Thoughts From The World Of Law

     With the Colts/Patriots game coming up on Sunday, there is alot of discussion about whether the Colts can stop Tom Brady. They say that Senator Larry Craig has a wide stance. I wonder how he would do on defense.

      I read with amusement a recent political mailer that was sent out by Virginia House of Delegate member Watkins Abbitt. He is a 22yr member who left the Democrats in  2000, to become a Republican because he was threatened to get redistricted out, at the time. His latest campaign mailer accuses his current opponent of taking contributions from personal injury lawyers. "The kind who file frivolous lawsuits that hurt innocent people." He conveniently forgot to also add that he had sought contributions from the Virginia Trial Lawyer organization. However, it still amazes me that this kind of garbage is still being put out there. A guy like this probably won't support a "loser pays" bill, because he knows that the real frivolous lawsuits are those that are required by insurance companies, who fail to pay, even when their insured is at fault.

     Congrats are in order to Chris Booberg of our Virginia office, who received notice on Friday that he had passed the South Carolina bar exam. When you have been practicing for a while, it's not always the easiest thing to then go and take another bar exam. He did it!