In State v. Frankel, a police officer made a warrantless search of the defendant's residence after responding to an open-line 9-1-1 call. The Supreme Court of New Jersey addressed whether, under the "totality of the circumstances," such a warrantless search violated the defendant's rights under the Fourth Amendment.

Examines the impact of the Supreme Court decision in Hope v. Pelzer and explains the circumstances under which a government official is entitled to qualified immunity.

Large toxic tort cases can be lengthy, expensive, and complicated to pursue. Few lawyers who have not litigated such cases appreciate the complex issues that arise and the practical solutions to those issues. As with any case, identification and selection are key. Due to the amount of resources these cases demand, mistakes on either front can cause big problems. While the risks may be high, these cases have the largest upside for verdict/settlement of any case litigated today with successful recoveries in the tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars.

PowerPoint presentation titled Issues Involved in Taking a Nursing Home Case to Trial, presented by Navan Ward at the 18th Annual Spring Retreat & Seminar in Cancun, Mexico.

For five Long days in September 1993, Jere Beasley argued a strong case in a wrongful-death suit against Kubota, a tractor manufacturer: He uncovered internal documents in which company officials estimated how many people would be killed each year on Kubota equipment and what it would cost to settle the inevitable
lawsuits.