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A Mississippi attorney must pay $1.5 million for having an affair with a former clients wife.
Affirming a jury verdict in Rankin County Circuit Court, the Supreme Court of Mississippi found Ronald Henry Pierce liable to his former client, Ernest Allan Cook, who, along with his wife Kathleen Shorkey Cook, had hired Pierce to represent them and their son in a medical malpractice action. The appellate court found Pierce, a solo practitioner, liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of contract and alienation of affection.
Pierce began having an affair with Kathleen Cook in September 2000 after her husband had moved to California to pursue a film career. Ernest Cook discovered the affair and hired a private investigator. The Cooks terminated Pierce as their attorney in the medical malpractice action in December 2000 and were divorced in …
German-American-Law-Journal: Schadensersatz wegen Diskriminierung am Arbeitsplatz
arbeitsrechtblog / Ein Blick über den Tellerrand: Das German-American-Law-Journal berichtet von einem Fall aus den USA, in dem es um Schadensersatz wegen Diskriminierung am Arbeitsplatz (aus den Rechtsgedanken der Breach of Contract und Intentional Infliction of Emoti…
Schadensersatz wegen Zuneigungsdiebstahl
RA-Blog / Ein gehörnter Ehemann hat in Cook County, Illinois/USA, einen Nebenbuhler erfolgreich auf Schadensersatz verklagt, da dieser ihm die holde Gattin abspenstig gemacht hat. Zugrunde liegt der Klage ein wenig bekanntes Gesetz im Staat Illinois, da…
Vetter Wins One For Olbertz
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Blogger.de-provider Olbertz provides blog services to bloggers. Novitel has problems. Presumably, an employee blogged about working conditions. Novitel sued Olbertz, arguing, inter alia that he should release servers and data…
Schaden durch Diskriminierung
German American Law Journal :: US-Recht auf Deutsch / KW - Niederkassel. In der Rechtssache Lewis Herrera v. Lufkin Industries, Inc., Az. 04-8089, urteilte das zehnte Bundesberufungsgericht am 30. Mai 2006 über eine Klage auf Schadensersatz wegen Diskriminierung am Arbeitsplatz. Der Kl&…
Courtroom artists/Gerichtszeichner
Transblawg / Photographs arent permitted during trials, so courtroom artists traditionally make sketches in the UK, the USA and Germany. (Germany lets cameras in before the trial, but cant force people not to cover their faces). The big difference is that U…
Ernie the Attorney [LexBlog Q & A, part 2 of 2]
Handakte WebLAWg / On Friday, we launched part 1 of our LexBlog Q & A featuring Ernest Svenson (better known in the blogosphere as Ernie the Attorney), a pioneer of legal blogging who documented Hurricane Katrina from his hometown of New Orleans and provides insig…
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