Articles from Trial (April 1, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A lawyer's view from the jury box.	Eads, Joan		2563
A promise kept.	Casey, David S., Jr.	President's Page	781
An Air That Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana, Uncovered a National Scandal.	Gordon, Kate	Book Review	875
Chipping at the core of justice: our law promises every litigant one bite at the apple. The Supreme Court, apparently conscious of Adam's fateful chomp, has been doing its best to keep civil rights claimants from getting theirs.	Perkins, Jane		2947
Civil liberties in an age of terrorism: safeguarding individual rights while ensuring national security is more difficult now than ever. Litigation under the PATRIOT Act may help achieve the right balance.	Glenn, Richard A.		3720
Clarification.		Correction Notice	45
Correction.		Correction Notice	59
Dairy farmers no longer must ask: 'Got milk?'.	Moen, Christian Harlan		887
Fairness the ballot box: several high-profile cases claim that citizens who use inferior voting machines are disenfranchised when others vote with state-of-the-art technology. These cases ask: what good is the right to vote if every ballot isn't counted?	Chemerinsky, Erwin		3132
Father who didn't see son's accident can sue for emotional distress.	Sileo, Carmel		720
Federal class action calls Wal-Mart a 'criminal enterprise'.	Moen, Christian Harlan		788
Fifth Circuit sinks claims of disabled cruise-ship passengers.	Moen, Christian Harlan		603
Florida lawyer sues court reporters for fudging margins.	Hellwege, Jean		515
Guilty without charge: people identified as unindicted coconspirators in criminal cases often suffer permanent injury to their reputations, but they have no forum in which to clear their names. Grand jury reform can remedy this violation of due process.	Robbins, Ira P.		7
Hearsay.			264
Hope for civil rights: plaintiffs are starting to feel the effects of the Supreme Court's ruling in Hope v. Pelzer as courts reexamine qualified immunity.	Jones, Craig T.		2917
Immigrants' right to workers' comp: undocumented foreign-born workers are often hired for the most dangerous and lowest paid jobs. They deserve workers' compensation protections - but don't always get them.	Smith, Rebecca		4006
Immune-system injuries prompt suits over arthritis drugs.	Jurand, Sara Hoffman		1502
Indiana curfew struck down by Seventh Circuit - for now.	Jablow, Valerie		762
New Jersey bar disavows court-annexed arbitration.	Porter, Rebecca		590
Select the right jury for your case: here's how to root out bias among potential jurors during voir dire to strengthen your client's chance of a fair trial.	Christensen, Dan		3420
Situational Mediation: Sensible Conflict Resolution.	Blitman, Bruce A.	Book Review	1293
The rights of 'enemy combatants'.	Bradley, Craig M.		2212
To reach settlement, lawyer must have 'actual authority'.	Jablow, Valerie		729
Utah court rejects bid to limit contingent fees.	Hellwege, Jean		1391
Wisconsin court finds mother liable for teen's fatal drinking binge.	Sileo, Carmel		777