One of the very first doctrines of law that I learned in law school was the doctrine of respondeat superior. Though the legal field has largely abandoned the use of Latin phrases for every legal concept imaginable there are still a few doctrines that maintain their...
This week we return to the issue of expert testimony that we previously discussed in our November post So You Think You’re an Expert. Whereas our previous discussion was meant to provide a basic overview of the standards for expert testimony at trial, this week we...
This past week, the Indiana Court of Appeals released a sixty-one-page opinion upholding a jury verdict of $14.5 million against State Farm Fire & Casualty Company for defamation. In the case State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Radcliff, the court was asked to...
It has been almost a year since we completed our twelve-part series on various aspects of damages recoverable through a lawsuit. The series was extremely successful with the installment on contract damages remaining our most highly read post each month to date. It was...