Dr. Quinn maintains several blogs which discuss various topics related to the practice of law. Currently, these blogs include Insurance Law, Insurance Law History, Law Practice, Expert Witness Testimony, Jurisprudence, and Philosophy.
INSURANCE LAW BLOG
Insurance law falls into three major categories. First, the insurance company will hire lawyers to represent the insured in case they are sued for something related to their insurance contract. These are known as "insurance defense attorneys." The second category of insurance law helps insured people determine when an insurance company must pay a claim. Third, insurance companies typically hire attorneys to make sure the company complies with all applicable laws and regulations, which can vary by state.
Topics: Coverage disputes, insurance bad faith, cases, news, perspectives, and practices.
INSURANCE LAW
LatestDog Bite Insurance
THREE BITES AND COVERAGES(?) Michael Sean Quinn* Suppose the large dog, Ruffian, belonging to A bit B three times in A’s front yard, where A and B were having a hostile but peaceful conversation. In other words, the two...
EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY BLOG
An expert witness, particularly in common law countries such as the United States, is a person whose opinion by virtue of education, training, certification, skills or experience, is accepted by the judge as an expert. Expert witnesses may also deliver "expert evidence" within the area of their expertise. (Visit Expert Witness Testimony to learn more).
Topics: expert witness...
EXPERT WITNESS
LatestExpert Testimony–Insurance Bad Faith Case
DRAMATIC SURPRISE FOR PLAINTIFF –WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? Imagine a deposition in which the very experienced independent adjuster for the insurer says this: I have always worked for insurers but I have nothing to gain by having...
LAW PRACTICE BLOG
There are various ways in which lawyers can run into legal-related problems or issues of legal ethics including civil lawsuits, legal malpractice, and breach of fiduciary duty or lawyer criminality and its consequences for discipline.
Topics: legal malpractice, legal ethics, civil lawsuits, fiduciary duty, lawyer criminality, and discipline.
LAW PRACTICE
LatestLAWYER AS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER
LAWYER AS THERAPIST? Michael Sean Quinn* John G. Balestriere recently published some excellent–or at least mostly excellent–advice: Lawyers “have to be unemotional in our work, but we can’t...
JURISPRUDENCE BLOG
Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law seeking to explain the nature of law in its most general form and provide a deeper understanding of legal reasoning and analogy, legal systems, legal institutions, and the proper application and role of law including the social, philosophical, political and other random topics.
Topics: legal theory, nature of law, legal reasoning, legal systems, legal institutions, the role of law, social, philosophical, and other random topics.
IN THE COURTS
The courts of the United States are closely linked hierarchical systems of courts at the federal and state levels. The federal courts form the judicial branch of the US government and operate under the authority of the United States Constitution and federal law. The state and territorial courts of the individual U.S. states and territories operate under the authority of the state and territorial constitutions and state and territorial law.
COURTS
INSURANCE LAW – History
The practice of insurance law, including insurance policies and claims can be broadly broken into three categories - [1] regulation of the business of insurance; [2] regulation of the content of insurance policies, especially with regard to consumer policies; and [3] regulation of insurance claims.
INSURANCE LAW HISTORY
PHILOSOPHY BLOG
Philosophy of law is a branch of philosophy that examines the nature of law and law's relationship to other systems of norms, especially ethics and political philosophy. Philosophy of law and jurisprudence are often used interchangeably, though jurisprudence sometimes encompasses forms of reasoning that fit into economics or sociology.
PHILOSOPHY
OLDER POSTS – All Blogs
LAWYER VIOLENT CRIME
FAMILY VIOLENCE Michael Sean Quinn* A New York personal injury (and maybe probate) litigator who lived in Fairfield Connecticut had spent his off duty time beating and stabbing members of his family. Some of the beatings were...
Read MoreMEGYN KELLY v. DONALD TRUMP
LAWYER MEGYN v. WITNESS DONALD Michael Sean Quinn* Q. Given that you have called at least one woman a “fat pig” and described other women by insulting epithets, why should you of all people be elected President of...
Read MoreDOG BITE CASE AND JURY QUESTIONS
THREE BITES AND JURY QUESTIONS IN TEXAS Michael Sean Quinn* Suppose the large dog, Ruffian, belonging to A bites B three times in A’s front yard, where A and B were having a hostile but peaceful conversation. In other...
Read MoreNUNC PRO TUNC JUDGMENTS, TEXAS STYLE
NUNC PRO TUNC JUDGMENTS: “BETWEEN-NESS” IS ESSENTIAL Michael Sean Quinn* A “nunc pro tunc” (“now for then”) judgment is a device for replacing an already existing final judgment...
Read MoreHeadline: CGL INSURANCE POLICY DEFECTIVE SAYS TEXAS SUPREME COURT
CGL POLICY (CONTRACT) LANGUAGE “CONVOLUTED” Michael Sean Quinn* In a complex coverage case key words in the standard and almost universally used “Commercial General Liability” have been listed and then...
Read MoreCicero’s Axiom of Advocacy
A CICERONIAN AXIOM Michael Sean Quinn* Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) aka Cicero, one of history’s greatest lawyers, as well as one of the top 10 orators of Western Civilization, one of the top 50 philosophers...
Read MoreTHE CONCEPT OF “COMPENSATION”
DAMAGES AND COMPENSATION IN CIVIL LITIGATION Michael Sean Quinn* You can’t have enough legal education. If you studied damages in law school and if you have been out of law school for more than six months, it’s time...
Read MoreSAME SEX MARRIAGE–JUDICIAL REVOLT? JUDGES REVOLTED? JUDGED REVOLTING?
NO GAY MARRIAGES AROUND HERE, PERIOD?: A Tennessee Judicial Ethics Case Michael Sean Quinn* A judge (“J”) announced the pending dismissal of a post gay marriage divorce case in which each spouse was suing the other...
Read MoreLOVE, LAWYERS, AND LAW
LOVING TRUTH AND LOVING LAWYERING Michael Sean Quinn* One of the most significant American philosophers of the late Twentieth Century and on into the early 21st...
Read MoreSome Legal Dictionary Entry Conjectures:”Order, Adjudged, and Decreed”
“ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED” Michael Sean Quinn** One frequently sees two or three of the above three words conjoined in court documents, such as final orders, final judgments, final decrees, judicial decisions,...
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