CAOC Forum Magazine - 2007 Article Index
 
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2007
March April May June
 July/August September October November December
 
January/February 2007 No.1
4   President's Message: The Year of the Member  Christopher B. Dolan, with preface by President Ray Boucher
6   Editor's Message: Better Late than Never  Sharon J. Arkin
10 Mythbusters! The Truth the Tort Deformers Don't Want You to Know  Joanne Doroshow
25 A Historical Perspective on "Tort Reform" And a Call to Arms   Steve Ingram
30 The Issues, Rules, Risks, and Responsibilities of Arbitrator Disclosure  Alexander Polsky
32 Be Direct! Winning at Trial Through Effective Direct Examination of Your Client  Micha Star Liberty
36 Appellate Review Recent Cases   Kevin F. Calcagnie
41 Education Report Christine D. Spagnoli, CAOC Vice President and Education Chair
41 Class Action Seminar Is a Success Ingrid M. Evans, Seminar Chair and Moderator
46 Chief Executive Officer's Message: E Pluribus Unum  Michael Reyna
 
March 2007 No.2
4   President's Message: Anthem for the Gladiator  Michael Thorsnes, with preface by President Ray Boucher
8   Evaluation of the Insurance Bad Faith Lawsuit Guy O. Kornblum
12 New Federal Electronic Discovery Rules and Insurance Bad Faith Cases  Lee Harris
15  Genuine Issues and Barnacles: The State of the Genuine-Dispute Doctrine in 2007  Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich
19 The Use of Experts in Insurance Bad Faith Cases Charles M. Miller
30 Trying and Insurance Bad Faith Case Scott C. Glovsky
33 Punitive Damages: There Is No Single Digit Ratio Rule  Arnold R. Levinson
41 UnumProvident Reassessment: A Look at Unum's Own Statistics  Alice J. Wolfson
44 Legislative Department News CACI Revision Proposals 
45 2006 Hawaii Travel Seminar Donald L. Galine
46 Chief Executive Officer's Message: The Missing Piece  Michael Reyna
 
April 2007 No.3
6   President's Message: Making CAOC User-Friendly  Ray Boucher
7   Editor's Message: Proving Your Auto Liability Case, and More!  Brian Chase
8   Lawyers - Help Your Experts, Please!   Steven E. Meyer, P.E.
13 Tire Tread Separation – Two Theories of Liability   John Rowell
19 When Airbags Fail to Deploy: Using Technology to Prove How a Stroke Was Caused Because of an Auto Accident   Timothy J. Ryan and Kurt D. Weiss
22 Roof Crush Kills - Fact vs. Fiction   Brian Chase
25 Valuing Medical Services at 100% of Full Charges – Adding Cash and “In-Kind”  Contracted Values  Lawrence “Lan” Lievense, FHFMA, FACMPE
28 Fighting Medi-Cal with the U.S. Supreme Court on Your Side   Scott Sumner
31 Med Pay, Reimbursement and Chong   Jonathan G. Stein
35 Recent Cases   Kevin F. Calcagnie
40 The Fabulous CAOC Annual Beaver Creek Ski Seminar   Ronald H. Rouda, CAOC Former President and Seminar Co-Chair
42 Liens Seminar Report Lawrence Knapp, Seminar Chair
42 Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association
43 Tahoe Ski Seminar Report   John Demas, Seminar Co-Chair
46 Chief Executive Officer’s Message: Freedom Isn’t Free   Michael M. Reyna
 
May 2007 No. 4
4  President's Message: Welcome Our New Director of Communications  Ray Boucher
4  Convention Offers Opportunity to Renew Your Commitment to Continued Education Jordan Traverso
6  Editor's Message:The Changes Are Coming, The Changes Are Coming!  Sharon J. Arkin
7  The Latest Developments in Privacy Law Neville Johnson
10 Your Client's Privacy Is Not a Myth: How to Protect Your Client's Privacy-And Your Case-in Discovery Jeremy D. Pasternak
18 The Collateral Source Rule - It's Not Just for Trial Anymore Scott H.Z. Sumner
27 The Price of Bringing a Defamation Action Does Not Include the Automatic Waiver of the Plaintiff’s Privilege in Psychotherapist Records Stuart Esner
30 Advice to Give an Identity Theft Victim Andrew J. Ogilvie
33 Defense Attorneys as the Thought Police:Proving Damages While Preserving Your Client's Privacy in Personal Injury Litigation  Shaana A. Rahman
36 The "Surveillance Society": Can Privacy Torts Keep Up With Technology?  Sharon J. Arkin
39 Recent Cases Kevin F. Calcagnie
46 Chief Executive Officer's Message: Fear Not Michael M. Reyna
 
June 2007 No. 5
4  President's Message: Class Action Bill Halted   Ray Boucher
6  Editor's Message: Come Celebrate Justice With Us   Sharon J. Arkin 
7  Construction Defect: Slipping and Crumbling Home Developments   Raymond Paul Johnson and Thomas H. Schelly
12 Medicare’s Reimbursement Claim - The Only Constant Is Change   Matthew L. Garretson
18 Cumis Counsel: A Primer   Eileen C. Moore, Associate Justice California Court of Appeal
24 Liability of the Parent and Sister Corporations: Getting the Family To the Table   W. Timothy Needham
27 Three Keys to Successful Online Marketing   Michelle H. Frahm
29 Cool Technology for Hot Lawyers   Sharon D. Nelson, Esq. and John W. Simek
33 Recent Cases   Kevin F. Calcagnie
40 California Regional TLA Conference a Success   John M. Feder
41 Golf Tournament Report
41 The Charge of the Light Brigade   Miriam Bourdette
42 Lobby Day 2007   Denise Lariviere
42 New CAOC Affiliated Non-Profit Organization Formed for Consumer Group Grants And Donations
43 Lobby Day Report
43 Tort & Trial Seminar Report   Brent L. Bixby
44 Lobby Day Photos
46 Chief Executive Officer's Message: Courageous Captains   Michael M. Reyna
 
July/August 2007 No. 6
6  President's Message: CJAC Files ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ Initiative  Ray Boucher
7  Editor's Message: Good News Report  Sharon J. Arkin
9  Behind the Scenes in the Insurance Claims Industry: How Insurance Companies Have Revolutionized Insurance Claims Handling  Charles M. Miller
19 CAFA Exceptions: Is There a Way to Stay Out of Federal Court?   Robert J. Drexler, Jr. and Daniel A. Crawford
22 Separate Injuries Trigger Separate Limitation Periods   Daniel U. Smith 
24 What Every Tort Minded Plaintiff’s Attorney Needs to Know About the Doctrine of Respondeat Superior  Stephan C. Williams
29 Holding onto Securities: Affirmative Action Not Required for Reliance   John N. Frye
30 All the World’s a Stage – Especially a Courtroom   Bert L. Rogal
33 Defense Medical Expert: Turning the Defense Advocate into the Plaintiff’s Witness   R. Rex Parris
35 The Ethics of Online Client Development   Michelle H. Frahm
37 The UCL’s “Unfair” Prong: Recent Case Law Muddies the Waters Even More   Kimberly A. Kralowec
39 Recent Cases   Kevin F. Calcagnie
45 CAOC Women’s Caucus   Wilda White
September 2007 No. 7
6  Common Sense and A Call to Arms  Ray Boucher
9  Tell Us How to Make the Forum Better Sharon J. Arkin
10 Preventing the Tortfeasor from Purchasing and Profiting from The Plaintiff’s Hospital Lien Donald M. de Camara
14 MICRA and ERISA Linda Fermoyle Rice
17 Proceed with Caution: Reliance on the Mills Decision  Mark R. Taylor
19 Premises Security: Liability for Criminal Conduct of Third Parties Richard J. Baskin
27 Association Group Policies — The Latest Health Insurance Scam  Paul A. Roller
29 Selecting Out Juror Bias  Raymond Paul Johnson
31 Should Your Firm Make MySpace Its Space?  Ethan M. Watts
33 UCL Injunctions to Remedy the Past Effects of Wrongful Conduct: Before and After Proposition 64  Kimberly A. Kralowec
35 Recent Cases  Kevin F. Calcagnie
40 Deconstruction and Rebuilding Sharon J. Arkin
41 Public Justice 2007 Sarah Dean
42 Cingular’s Class Action Ban Struck Down as ‘Unconscionable’ Sarah Dean
44 Seminar Report: “Vehicle Dynamics & Handling”  Stewart M. Tabak
46 Justice Perverted  Michael M. Reyna
 
October 2007 No. 8
6   Preparing CAOC for What's to Come  Raymond P.  Boucher
7   Spotlight on Justice: Facts Show That the Tort System Protects Consumers Without Harming Good Companies  Sharon J. Arkin
9   Medical Malpractice Arbitration  John P. Blumberg
14 Breast Cancer - Consideration and Strategy  Daniel M. Hodes
19 The Legislative History of Health & Safety Code § 1371.25  Carolina C. Rose
22 Keeping It Physical - Enforcing the Discovery Act Limitations on Scope of Discovery in Defense Physical Examinations: Oral Examination or History Taking Is Not a Proper Component of CCP § 2032.220 Examination  Scott H.Z. Sumner and Jeremy N. Lateiner
28 Defense Medical Expert: Turning the Defense Advocate into the Plaintiff's Witness  R. Rex Parris
30 After the Shouting Is Over: Post Trial Motions  Sharon J. Arkin
33 Recent Cases  Kevin F. Calcagnie
40 Award Finalists
46 Masters at Work  Lawrence M. Knapp
 
November 2007 No. 9
4  Look to the Future  Raymond P. Boucher
6  Call for Articles  Sharon J. Arkin
7  Two-Wheeled Vehicle Collisions: Spotting the Viable Case - The Road to Recovery  Shaana A. Rahman
13 The Mythical Defense of Speculative Damages  Howard A. Kapp
17 Punitive Damages as "Excessive Punishment" - Fact or Fiction - What Courts Need to Know  Paul A. Roller
19 The Art of Storytelling  W. Mark Lanier
22 Using Focus Groups for Today's Jurors  J. Jude Basile
24 Demonstrative Evidence, Human Perception - and You  Graham Calhoun
26 Incorporating High-Tech into Your Trial Practice  Ted Brooks
29 Using Search Engine Marketing to Your Advantage  Michelle F. Frahm
31 Three Evolving Facets of UCL Restitution  Kimberly A. Kralowec
34 Recent Cases  Kevin F. Calcagnie
42 Consumer Advocates Help Defeat Allstate's Efforts to Hide Its Post-Katrina Pay-Out Procedures  Sarah Dean
44 Ventura County Trial Lawyers/CAOC Masters Program  Deirdre Frank
46 If You Build It, They Will Come  Michael M. Reyna
 
December 2007 No. 10
4  Devoted Advocates, I Need Your Help  Don A. Ernst
6  Developing Issues in Landlord Tenant Law  Shaana A. Rahman
7  Do I Have to Take Section 8? (The Answer Might Surprise You)  Richard Beckman
13 Keeping the Premises Safe and Habitable: The Scope of a Landlord's Duty  Shaana A. Rahman
17 Common Questions: Landlord-Tenant Rights in San Francisco  Sally Morin and James Millar
19 What Remains of a Tenant's Right to Sue for Wrongful Eviction in San Francisco  William Weisberg and Craig Miller
23 2007 Convention Report and Photos  Christine Spagnoli (large file)
32 When a Medical Malpractice Case Can Be Settled Even If the Defense Experts Do Not Think That the Case Has Merit  Bruce G. Fagel, MD, JD
34 Earl Johnson, Jr: Profile of a Mentor, Scholar and Outstanding Jurist  Phil Goar
36  Recent Cases Kevin F. Calcagnie
42 CAOC 2007 Awards

 

 

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