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8 Steps to Be the Rockstar Personal Injury Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

The backbone of all good personal injury law firms is its paralegals. Paralegals are essential to a personal injury law firm, whether for a solo practitioner or a large firm with many lawyers. A valuable personal injury paralegal is a paralegal who knows not only the law but also the medicine.

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City ordinance violation does not extend Tennessee’s typical one-year personal injury statute of limitations.

Day on Torts

Ordinarily and subject to several important exceptions, the statute of limitations in Tennessee personal injury cases is one year. One exception to that rule is Tenn. 28-3-104(a(2), which addresses situations where the civil defendant faced criminal charges as a result of a incident giving rise to the cause of action.

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Decedent’s personal injury settlement did not become wrongful death proceeds after his death.

Day on Torts

Before his death, decedent filed suit for personal injury and loss of consortium in West Virginia. The Court explained: Here, Decedent brought suit in West Virginia for personal injury and loss of consortium. M2021-00081-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Dismissal was therefore affirmed.

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Statute of limitations extended to two years where defendant was given traffic citation after car accident.

Day on Torts

Where plaintiff’s personal injury claim was based on a Tennessee car accident for which defendant was given a traffic citation for failure to exercise due care under Tenn. 55-8-136, which is a Class C misdemeanor, the statute of limitations for plaintiff’s action was extended to two years pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. §

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The New Zealand Court of Appeal on the cross-border application of New Zealand consumer and fair trading legislation

Conflict of Laws

The New Zealand Court of Appeal has just released a judgment on the cross-border application of New Zealand consumer and fair trading legislation ( Body Corporate Number DPS 91535 v 3A Composites GmbH [2023] NZCA 647 ). In response, 3AC protested the New Zealand court’s jurisdiction.

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Nirvana Stuck in Lawsuit Over Nevermind Album Cover

The IP Law Blog

2255, which allows victims of child pornography to bring a civil cause of action. He claimed that he had suffered personal injury “as a result of each defendant’s ongoing violation.” The district court agreed with the defendants and dismissed the complaint with prejudice. Nirvana, LLC, et al. ,

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RICO injury, federal jurisdiction, and giving veterans the benefit of the doubt

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is back in the relist business with a vengeance. The court will be considering 123 petitions and applications at this week’s conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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