Melito & Adolfsen P.C. Legal Articles
Tell me what you’re looking for? by Lou Adolfsen
Settling a case does not have to be complicated. Certainly, you need to know what you are willing to pay, and you should try to find out what your adversary is willing to take. How you get there is the issue. The most important thing is to prepare yourself in the...
“Taking the Suddenness Out of Accident”
But an insurance underwriter came up with the phrase: “Taking the suddenness out of accident.” Now that’s poetry. The poet was describing the “occurrence” definition in an insurance policy.
The Border is Secure! ICE detains Everyone Who Crosses the Southern Border
The New York Times recently reported a new procedure at the border of Mexico for people making attempts to illegally cross into the United States. The number of crossings is the lowest it has been in many years. Everyone is detained and thereafter interviewed....
Accidents, pain, lawsuits, doctors and lawyers. Is the pain real? The Nail Gun Story.
Anyone injured in an accident allegedly caused by the negligence of another can sue for pain caused by the injury. The increasing number of surgeries from accidents is now a major focus of defendants and the insurance industry. Some defendants and insurance companies...
Lawyers Should Use AI as a Tool (ChatGPT and Google Bard are quite impressive!) – Not To Misrepresent the Law
Stop worrying about AI or Chat GBT and start thinking about human beings and how they should manage these incredibly useful and sophisticated devices. They are not going to take over the world. And they certainly are not going to destroy it. We can do that ourselves.
Terrorism, “sting” operations, prisoner swaps and Brittney Griner
…the case of Ali Fayad is a model for a prisoner swap of Brittney Greiner, a US basketball player, for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer — two people, who had nothing whatsoever to do with each other, now somehow have become especially important in each other’s lives.
Investigating and Defending Nurse Homes in Cases of Severe Pressure Ulcers
When a resident of a nursing home suffers from severe pressure ulcers any claim against the facility may initially seem indefensible. But careful evaluation of the record may very well show that not to be the case. If there was a well thought out care plan followed...
The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Case Show the Importance of Special Verdicts or Answers to Written Questions in Jury Verdicts
The defamation cases brought by Johnny Depp and Amber Heard against each other, entertaining as they were to many Americans, involved complex issues of law as applied to the facts alleged by the parties……Without these answers, a court could not properly review the verdicts.
Requesting a special verdict in one case may may help win the case and then be used in a related to achieve another win
If you own a restaurant in New York and you can show that your landlord harrassed you, Covid-19 may relieve your obligations to pay rent
COVID-19 has caused many restaurants in the City of New York to close or greatly limit their service, preventing them from paying some or any of the rent to their landlords. In a case involving a restaurant on the upper east side of manhattan, a Judge denied summmary...
What Does Marty Ginsburg Have to Say? A Little Story About the Husband of Notorious RBG
Many years ago, as a young lawyer, I worked at a law firm which still exists today, Roberts & Holland LLP. The firm specialized in taxation and one of the senior partners, Sidney Roberts, was known all around the world for his treatise, written with William C....