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The recent death of “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, as well as last month's column, got me thinking of some (somewhat) sports-related cases I’ve been involved in and the legal issues they entailed. My “Marvin Hagler” case actually had to do with a defective washing...

Since tax filing time is coming up, I thought I would share an interesting story concerning the taxation of personal injury settlements. The tax code includes a provision exempting such settlements from income taxes, so if you receive such a settlement as a result of...

Probate is defined as “the legal process of distributing a dead person’s assets.” But usually when we talk about probate, we are talking about the court system. In most cases, the distribution of your assets will need to go through probate court. This can be costly...

February 2021

“Probate” is defined as “the legal process of distributing a dead person’s assets”.  But usually when we talk about probate, we are talking about the court system. In most cases the distribution of your assets will need to go through probate court.  This can be costly...

This post discusses with how the Covid 19 pandemic might interact with the legal system. One way is potential liability on the part of employers  – can they be sued if an employee or customer contracts the virus? There is a very short answer in the case of...