When a lawsuit settles, both sides get something. When one of our cases settles, one of the things we get is a raft of mixed emotions. Undeniably, there is a sense of relief. Three weeks of 20 hour days suddenly open up. We can go home. (That sounds a little funny now that we are
Negligent Misrepresentation
The Sun Shines on Heightened Pleading Standards in Arizona

By Steven Boranian on
Posted in Negligent Misrepresentation, Punitive Damages
We don’t write a lot about our neighboring state of Arizona, but a recent hip replacement case in the District of Arizona caught our eye. We lived in Arizona for a year back in the mid-1990s, and it is a genuinely interesting and underestimated place. The 2010 census results have Phoenix as the sixth largest…
S.D. Cal. Dismisses Negligent Misrepresentation Claim for Lack of Rule 9(b) Specificity

By Stephen McConnell on
There is an exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC showing a warrior with eyes on the back of his head and a blank, eyeless face on the front. That odd image reflects the profound truth that we have seen what has already happened but are blind to the future.…