Hi. This is Mark Powell, a Scranton attorney – Legally Speaking. One of the most frequent questions we get is whether someone should deed their house to their children prior to death. Now, often, this is driven by the desire to save estate tax or to avoid the home going to a nursing home. Unfortunately, […]
Let’s face it, as trial lawyers, we all exercise some discretion as to when to object. Some of you may be surprised the consequences when you fail to object. I guess that’s why we all have that fallback like line like, “I knew that was not admissible but you know juries don’t like to hear […]
Recently, I read an article from a lawyer suggesting that judges should restrict evidence of distracted driving in auto cases. The author suggested that distracted driving is like drunk driving in that the mere mention of alcohol is so prejudicial that it should be excluded unless the plaintiff can prove that the defendant was impaired […]
