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Kyle and I will get back to the legal blogging in 2012. In his last post Kyle provided a recap and a look ahead and Creighton’s basketball season. This post will do the same for Nebraska’s basketball team and take a look … Continue reading
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The Creighton Bluejay basketball team enters Missouri Valley Conference play when it hosts the Missouri State Bears at the Century Link Center on December 28, 2011. Looking back, the Jays are 3-0 against teams from the conference with the best RPI rating, the … Continue reading
Posted in Trial, Voir Dire
I have written a couple of recent posts related to juror conduct as it pertains to use of electronic devices or social media. A recent criminal jury trial in Omaha provides another look at juror conduct and how to deal with potential … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, In-House Counsel
A pitfall in handling interrogatories in Nebraska’s state courts is waiving an objection by answering over it. While Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 33 specifically addresses the issue by providing “[e]ach interrogatory must, to the extent it is not objected to, be answered separately … Continue reading
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Creighton absorbed its first loss of the year last weekend at St. Joseph’s. In that game Doug McDermott scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. If you are a college basketball fan and you haven’t had an opportunity to watch the … Continue reading
Posted in Trial
Two weeks ago I posted about what can be done to mitigate juror’s use of electronic devices to obtain information about a case for which they serve as finders of fact. In it, I mentioned that jurors can be instructed … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery, Trial
One of the most dangerous discovery vehicles is requests for admission, or § 6-336 of the Nebraska Rules of Discovery. In Tymar v. Two Men and A Truck, 282 Neb. 692, __ N.W.2d __ (2011), the Nebraska Supreme Court provided a reminder of the dangers … Continue reading
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As a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and Creighton University’s School of Law, I experienced the unusual occurrence of two alma maters facing off against the University of Nebraska’s Basketball Team in the same year. The Rams were hosted by Nebraska on October … Continue reading
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This last Tuesday I volunteered to serve as a performance evaluator for the Nebraska Bar Foundation’s State High School Mock Trial Championship. The competition featured twelve state qualifying teams from high schools across Nebraska each seeking to be named the … Continue reading
Posted in In-House Counsel, Legislation, Trial
The world of health insurance and medical billing write-offs has created a hot topic in the world of personal injury trial practice, whether the measure of medical bill damages a personal injury plaintiff may recover is the amount billed by the provider … Continue reading
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