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Zimmer All-Metal Hips Next Wave of Products Liability Lawsuits

by Andy Arnold | Jun 26, 2011 | Litigation, Personal injury, Products Liability

I will soon file a lawsuit for a client who had both hips replaced with metal-on-metal hips manufactured by Zimmer. Since the hip replacements, my client’s pain has been debilitating. She has since incurred over $170,000 in medical expenses for the two... read more

Spartanburg Kiddie Train Tragedy: More Questions than Answers

by Andy Arnold | Mar 22, 2011 | Litigation, Personal injury

UPDATE 3/24/11–Well, less than a week out and the first lawsuit has been filed. And it appears to be on behalf of someone who was clearly injured, but lucky compared to many of the injured. But, it is their right to seek a prompt remedy for their... read more

Oh No You Didn’t: Supreme Court Extends Title VII Protection Against Retaliation

by Andy Arnold | Mar 14, 2011 | Employment Law, Litigation

Let’s say you work for the same employer as your fiancé/fiancée–and she/he complains of sex discrimination. Can your employer retaliate against you because of his/her complaint? Believe it or not, this was an open question until January 24, 2011, when the... read more

Nursing Home Negligence: Breach of the Standard of Care

by Andy Arnold | Aug 31, 2010 | Litigation, Nursing Home Law

In most nursing home cases, it is all about the standard of care. In South Carolina, a nursing home negligence case will generally have an experienced and knowledge nurse who testifies that there was a breach of the standard of care (if not multiple breaches). In this... read more

Ten Proverbs for Litigators

by Andy Arnold | Sep 19, 2009 | Litigation, Practice of Law

Trying cases is what I think I do best. There are some lessons that I have learned along the way. Twitter helped be shrink them down to 140 characters or less. Here are my top 10: 1. Cases are won as much by facts forgotten as facts remembered. 2 If truth is in... read more

Defamation Basics: A good name is as good as gold, but some ain’t worth two cents.

by Andy Arnold | Aug 9, 2009 | Employment Law, Litigation

I had a jury trial a couple of weeks ago, in which I represented a small business being sued for defamation. There are two types of defamation: (1) Written defamation, which is called libel; and (2) spoken defamation, which is called slander. My case involved... read more

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