Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on a 10 year old sexual discrimination law suit brought against Wal-Mart. ((Photo courtesy of colodio)) I was listening to a summary of the oral argument yesterday when I heard this:
I was driving at the time just about lost it. Replacing witnesses and evidence with statistical models? Oh, Judge Scalia, you’ve clearly never practiced in Workers’ Compensation…
What has two thumbs and loves to hear itself talk? THIS GUY!!!
There was a great turn out this morning to the “How to Obtain an Accurate PD Rating with the AMA Guides” put on by the Workers’ Compensation Section of the State Bar. We covered a lot of ground in just two hours, from the DEU perspective presented by Annalisa Faina and Barry Knight entitled “Anatomy of Rating”, to Mark Gearheart’s “Substantial Medical Evidence to Support a Permanent Disability Rating,” and my own presentation on “Litigating Ogilvie.” There was a lively discussion on the state of Almaraz/Guzman, Blackledge, and Ogilvie. ((Lively as in “barely civil”)) ((I’m kidding!))
Thanks to everyone who e-mailed me asking for the cases cited during our presentations. I’ll be uploading them shortly.
Tonight is the “2010 Steve Jimenez Special Recognition Awards” honoring:
Lifetime Achievement: The Honorable Pamela Foust (Ret.)
Judge of the Year: The Honorable Jorja FrankHon. Jorja Frank
Applicant Attorney of the Year: Marc Marcus
Defense Attorney of the Year: Michael Marks
If you’re attending tonight, please stop me and say hello! (I’ve got a name tag and everything)
You'd have to know the theme song to really get it...
You’ll understand the title in just a moment…
For the last few months my laptop has been in bad shape. Such bad shape I’ve been using a backup laptop. ((Trust me, the back up laptop is nothing to brag about.)) Something on my laptop’s motherboard went bad and killed the battery. ((You see, the motherboard – it went bad. It was one bad mother… Oh, forget it.)) ((The photo does not belong to me and is probably the property of MGM.)) I could still use it – but I had to keep it plugged in all the time. If I needed to move it, I had to shut it down all the way, move it, then boot it up – since it had no battery life at all.
Well, Dell’s kick ass incredible customer service took care of me – once again. I can’t thank these guys enough for going above and beyond. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, my next laptop is going to be a Dell. Thanks to Lionel my laptop is sporting a totally brand-spanking new motherboard and power cord. I’ve also just slapped in a totally new battery as well.
Three doctors is probably just plain excessive. And more than a little creepy.
My prior record for doctor depositions was three in one month. This was not at all intentional. It was probably a number of factors. I tend to take more doctor depositions than most. ((Photo courtesy of Little Miss no Name. Photo editing – all me!)) Almaraz/Guzman issues are usually best addressed during a deposition. And, lastly it just happened to be an extra busy month.
This week I attended three doctor depositions (two set by myself, one set by a co-defendant). I’d say that pretty well trumps three in a month. :)
A special shout-out goes to Doctors Z, J, and C. Thanks for putting up with me guys. Also, special thanks to Mr. W, my co-Defendant without whom this wouldn’t have been possible.
