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Gwyneth Paltrow’s expert witness endures scathing cross-examination by the plaintiff’s attorney

An expert witness in Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski collision trial claimed plaintiff Terry Sanderson’s health symptoms could be linked to dementia rather than the 2016 ski collision. Sanderson was suing Paltrow for $300,000, claiming he was severely injured when Paltrow rammed into him from behind during a day on the slopes at Utah’s Deer Valley Resort. Neuropsychologist Angela Eastvold endured a scathing cross-examination by Sanderson’s lawyers after she told the jury the retired optometrist’s decline in cognition could be connected to possible dementia or even anxiety. She noted that “anxiety was playing a big role in her perceived difficulties” when she…Continue Reading

JJ’s grandmother ‘gave herself’ title

Lori Vallow doesn’t want the grandparents of JJ Vallow in the courtroom Vallow’s attorney said that JJ’s grandmother ‘gave herself’ title Vallow’s trial is scheduled to begin April 3(NewsNation) — “Doomsday mom” Lori Vallow doesn’t want the grandparents of JJ Vallow, one of her kids she is accused of killing, to be present in the courtroom during her trial. A judge will make a ruling on the matter next week. Vallow’s defense team told Judge Steven Boyce that she doesn’t want Larry and Kay Woodcock in the courtroom. Her reasoning is that legally, they aren’t grandparents. They told Boyce…Continue Reading

Texas attorney shot by Cheney during 2006 hunting trip dies

Harry Whittington, the man who former Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot while they were hunting quail on a Texas ranch 17 years ago, has died. He was 95. Whittington died at his home Saturday in Austin, family friend Karl Rove said Monday. Before Whittington was thrust into the national spotlight after the accidental shooting, the attorney was long known for helping build the Republican Party in Texas into the dominant political force it is today and for being the man governors went to when they needed to clean up a troubled state agencies. Rove, an influential Republican strategist and…Continue Reading

Texas attorney shot by Cheney during 2006 hunting trip dies | News, Sports, Jobs

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FILE – Austin, Texas, attorney Harry Whittington steps out to talk with members of the media, Feb. 17, 2006, in front of Christus Spohn Corpus Christi Hospital-Memorial. Whittington, the man who then-Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot while they were hunting quail on a Texas ranch 17 years earlier, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, in Austin, family friend Karl Rove said Monday, Feb. 6. He was 95. (AP Photo/Paul Iverson, File) Harry Whittington, the man who former Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot while they were hunting quail on a Texas ranch 17 years ago, has…Continue Reading

Attorneys, advocates seek stay of execution for Missouri man

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An attorney for Raheem Taylor is urging the US Supreme Court to halt a “constitutionally intolerable event” — the potential execution of an innocent man Tuesday evening. Taylor, 58, is scheduled to die at the state prison Bonne Terre, Missouri, for the killings of his live-in girlfriend and her three young children nearly two decades ago. Attorney Kent Gipson’s motion asks the Supreme Court to grant a stay of execution and appoint a special master to review Taylor’s innocence claim. A similar request to the Missouri Supreme Court was turned aside late Monday. The Midwest Innocence Project, the national NAACP…Continue Reading

Potential US Attorney Nominee Has Demonstrated Disregard for Constitutional Rights

The Revolving Door Project, a Prospects partner, scrutinizes the executive branch and presidential power. Follow them at therevolvingdoorproject.org. This week, NOLA.com reported that Keva Landrum has secured a nomination to be US attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, after two years of trying. If this is true, Landrum’s nomination represents a vicious break with President Biden’s campaign promises regarding criminal legal reform and of his obligation to protect the public interest. Landrum struggled, and so far failed, to secure the nomination because he would be a uniquely terrible nominees for a uniquely important position. How did we get here?…Continue Reading