"Appeals court overturns order allowing deposition of Terry Nichols; SLC lawyer seeks information about his brother's 1995 prison death"
(How Appealing)"Appeals court overturns order allowing deposition of Terry Nichols; SLC lawyer seeks information about his brother's 1995 prison death": Pamela Manson of The Salt Lake Tribune has a news update that begins, "The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned a judge's ruling allowing a Utah attorney to conduct videotaped depositions of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols and a death-row inmate." And Geoffrey Fattah of The Deseret News has a news update headlined " ...
July 2, 2009 08:44 pm
Ten People Killed in Catastrophic Oklahoma Trucking Accident
(Trucking Accident Attorney Blog)... three stopped cars, starting a chain-reaction crash that killed 10 people. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lieutenant George Brown said the scene was like a war zone, ... Creed's commercial driver's license was clean in both Missouri and Oklahoma. The initial highway patrol report said Creed was driving too fast for the conditions, ... out to the people affected by this terrible crash. As a St. Louis semi truck accident lawyer, I would have been interested in this crash no matter what the circumstances. But I'm ...
July 2, 2009 10:36 am
Devastating Oklahoma Crash Kills 10
(Dallas Fort Worth Car Accident Lawyer Blog)... accident has claimed 10 lives--some of which were residents of North Texas. The crash happened Friday and is still under investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Cars were stopped on the turnpike due to another accident up ahead when an 18-wheeler crashed into the ... person to die from her serious head injuries, 35-year-old Shelby Hayes. Others who died were residents of Oklahoma including: Oklahoma City residents Oral Hooks, 69, Earlene Hooks, 63, Antonio Hooks, 42, and Dione Hooks, 41 and ...
July 1, 2009 08:01 am
Tractor trailer in Oklahoma slams into line of stopped traffic, kills 9
(Atlanta Injury Law " Civil Litigation Blog)On Friday, 6/26/09, on I-44 near Miami, Oklahoma, a tractor trailer slammed into a line of stopped traffic, killing nine people. The tractor trailer driver apparently made no attempt to slow or stop. Whether the ... , etc., though those are tough theories of liability. Ken Shigley is a trial attorney in Atlanta, Georgia who has been listed as a "Super Lawyer" (Atlanta Magazine), among the "Legal Elite" (Georgia Trend Magazine), and in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Martindale), and is a ...
June 30, 2009 02:03 pm
Overcoming Procrastination
(Law Practice Tips Blog)Irwin Karp gave a very well-received presentation to our Oklahoma Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference on Overcoming Procrastination [How to Break the Habit.] He has graciously allowed us to publish a generous portion of his ... . Download this paper and pass the permalinklink to this post along to your friends. Someone once asked me why lawyers are often procrastinators. Being a lawyer, I didn't concede the point. But I did note that in traditional law school education, your grades are based on one ...
June 30, 2009 01:57 pm
Clemency Denied in Oklahoma
(StandDown Texas Project)... to deny clemency for a man facing execution for killing two campers in southern Oklahoma nearly 14 years ago. Board members heard two hours of testimony from lawyers, a medical expert, the victims' family members and the inmate, Michael P. ... one of the final avenues of relief left for DeLozier, 32, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection July 9 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Had the board decided in favor of clemency, the recommendation would have been forwarded to Gov. Brad ...
June 30, 2009 11:25 am
Wrongful Deaths Result From Driver Inattention ~ Commercial Trucking Accident ~ Interstate 44 ~ Semi-Truck Wreck
(Missouri Injury Attorney Blog)... 18-wheeler accident on I-44 in the northeast corner of Oklahoma on June 26, 2009, leaves 10 people dead and numerous others injured. According to a June 28 ... Hooks, 63, Antonio Hooks, 42, and Dione Hooks, 41, all of Oklahoma City, OK. The Hooks family was headed to Missouri to visit Ronnie Hooks. "They ... your thoughts and prayers. Alcohol was not involved in this accident, but an initial Oklahoma Highway Patrol report stated that Creed was traveling at an unsafe speed for the traffic conditions. ...
June 30, 2009 10:43 am
... factory (yes, ADX Florence has a chair factory), or a disagreeable guard. If you're Terry Nichols (yes, that Terry Nichols), it's the food. According to this brief AP article, Nichols, sentenced to life for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, on Monday requested a lawyer to help him file a lawsuit against the prison over the quality of the food. Rest assured, we're not doubting that whatever it is they ...
June 23, 2009 01:10 pm
Edmondson running for Oklahoma governor
(Point Of Law Forum)A regular mentionee on this site, Drew Edmondson is presently serving as the state's Attorney General, from which post he has launched controversial lawsuit campaigns against the poultry industry and others; he can expect plenty of trial lawyer support in...
June 22, 2009 10:11 pm
Minnesota, Washington, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts Have Most Nestle Cookie Dough E. coli Cases
(Food Poisoning Law Blog)... Delaware (1), Hawaii (1), Iowa (2), Illinois (5), Kentucky (1), Massachusetts (4), Maryland (2), Maine (3), Minnesota (6), Missouri (2), Montana (1), North Carolina (1), New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (1), Nevada (2), Ohio (4), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (1), Texas (3), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington (5), and Wisconsin (1). National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys is accepting cases from all states involved in the outbreak, which has sickened at ...
June 20, 2009 09:19 am
Minnesota, Washington, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts Have Most Nestle Cookie Dough E. coli Cases
(Food Poisoning Law Blog)... Delaware (1), Hawaii (1), Iowa (2), Illinois (5), Kentucky (1), Massachusetts (4), Maryland (2), Maine (3), Minnesota (6), Missouri (2), Montana (1), North Carolina (1), New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (1), Nevada (2), Ohio (4), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (1), Texas (3), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington (5), and Wisconsin (1). National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys is accepting cases from all states involved in the outbreak, which has sickened at ...
June 20, 2009 09:19 am
Judges gone wild
(South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog)... two female court employees as well as lying about his conduct to a judicial inquiry, the FBI and the Justice Department." Pennsylvania lawyer Robert J. Powell has agreed to plead guilty to felony charges stemming from his part in helping judges cover ... judge Michael J. Conahan hide their income. The Inquirer also reports that Powell admits to paying cash to Conahan." Prosecutors in Oklahoma have agreed to dismiss indecent exposure charges against Tulsa County Judge Jesse Harris, in exchange for his ...
June 19, 2009 05:32 pm
Nestle Cookie Dough Production Halted at Plant
(Food Poisoning Law Blog)... recall, including Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, California, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana, Georgia, ... E. coli O157:H7 from eating Toll House Cookie Dough, E. coli lawyers at the firm are ready to assist you. There is no charge for consulting with our firm. If ... If there is no recovery, you owe us nothing. To talk to a Nestle recall lawyer at Pritzker Olsen, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or use one ...
June 19, 2009 03:08 pm
Nestle Cookie Dough Production Halted at Plant
(Food Poisoning Law Blog)... recall, including Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, California, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana, Georgia, ... E. coli O157:H7 from eating Toll House Cookie Dough, E. coli lawyers at the firm are ready to assist you. There is no charge for consulting with our firm. If ... If there is no recovery, you owe us nothing. To talk to a Nestle recall lawyer at Pritzker Olsen, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or use one ...
June 19, 2009 03:08 pm
More News Coverage of the Osborne Ruling
(StandDown Texas Project)... prison," Mr. Neufeld said. "Some of them will die in prison." Only four states - Alabama, Alaska, Massachusetts and Oklahoma - do not have laws in place specifically dealing with postconviction DNA testing, and Alabama recently enacted one limited to ... was convicted of sexual assault in a 1993 attack on a female prostitute near Anchorage, Alaska. For strategic reasons, his lawyer on appeal did not seek the DNA evidence, and in parole proceedings Osborne confessed to some of the actions involved ...
June 19, 2009 09:31 am
Barack Obama’s Health Care Reform Heats up while Hospitals Fail to protect their Patients
(Thomas A. Sharon, R.N., M.P.H.)... by Bill Gratsch Blawg Review #209 : New York Injury Cases Blog Real Lawyers Have Blogs : Law Blogs, Blawgs, Law Firm Marketing The Mommy Blawg Law ... Sui Generis-a New York law blog: Medical Malpractice Oklahoma Blogs - Justia Blawg Search - Law Blogs, Lawyer Blogs … Blawgs Covering PR, Medical Malpractice, Product ... Hospitals Exploit Loopholes to Avoid Reporting Discipline of Doctors New York Construction Accident Lawyer Comments On New Study … Outdated Wrongful Death Laws Fail New York Family in ...
June 18, 2009 04:35 pm
Once Upon A Time: A Tale Of Search & Seizure
(Probable Cause)... i [sic] can follow a car a few miles i [sic] can find some sort of violation to stop someone. From a comment by an Oklahoma member of officer.com. And if law enforcement thinks the items they want are in a car, this is just way ... , the most common explanation given in the courts here in Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare counties where I am a criminal defense lawyer. There's another little irony in this. Although we're repeatedly told that law enforcement officers are trustworthy - so trustworthy, ...
June 18, 2009 10:24 am
Supreme Court Rules No Right to Post-Conviction DNA Testing
(StandDown Texas Project)... was a victory for Alaska, one state that does not explicitly allow such testing, along with Alabama, Massachusetts, and Oklahoma. States opposed to the testing have said it would be costly and would result in unnecessary litigation in cases in which a defendant ... in 2004. Another man also convicted in the attack has repeatedly said Osborne took part in the crimes. Osborne's lawyers had decided not to pursue the more advanced DNA testing before his trial, fearing the results might incriminate him. ...
June 18, 2009 10:03 am
Official, Authentic, Permanent? -- Not Online
(Law Library Letter)... , Supreme Court Software Developer, both were intrigued by the possibility of authenticating Supreme Court opinions in the future. The Law Library cooperates with the Oklahoma State Court Network (OSCN) to provide online Wyoming Supreme Court opinions back to 1990. Authentication has not been ... column (provided by law librarians at the Wyoming State Law Library and University of Wyoming Law Library) of the Wyoming Lawyer, October 2008, Volume 31, No. 5 (the article is available only in print).
June 18, 2009 06:27 am
... prompt and considered legislative response," Roberts said. Alaska, Massachusetts and Oklahoma are the only states without DNA testing laws. One wonders how Massachusetts, one ... does not explicitly allow such testing, along with Alabama, Massachusetts, and Oklahoma. States opposed to the testing have said it would be costly and would result ... only narrow a sample down to approximately 5 percent of the population. Osborne's lawyer chose not to use the more accurate RFLP method of DNA testing available ...
June 18, 2009 01:44 am