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NEWSLETTER #1

  • Bus accident aggravates pre-existing condition; jury award
  • Settlement in excess of $10 million for 39 bus passengers on tour from England
  • Arbitration results in $2.8 million for toddler whose severe disabilities were caused by brain damage during delivery

NEWSLETTER #2

  • Financial settlement in Dana Carvey medical malpractice case
  • $400,000 settlement for injured pitcher after insurance company secret videotaping backfires
  • Settlement of $1.5 million for parents of newborn with mild brain damage from negligent medical care during difficult birth
  • $950,000 settlement for clothing designer injured in taxi rollover accident
  • Martin Blake elected to American Board of Trial Advocates

NEWSLETTER #3

  • $3 million settlement for husband of wrongful death case of pregnant wife
  • Novel legal procedure developed to resolve high-profile collapsed balcony case
  • New evidence code rule opens up expert cross examinations
  • "Ghost surgery" lawsuit breaks new legal ground

NEWSLETTER #4

  • $1.4 million settlement for widow and children when video demonstration helps jury understand negligence of road construction company in failing to post signs warning of dangerous highway conditions
  • International videoconferencing allows injured English plaintiff to present live testimony in Orange County trial from his home in Dorchester
  • $12 million verdict in collapsed balcony case; $10 million recovered so far

Spring 2004

  • David Baum Obtains $71 Million Jury Verdict
  • International Videoconferencing Allows Everts and Witnesses to Testify from South Africa
  • Martin Blake Inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • David Baum to Speak on Presenting Medical Evidence at Trial at ATLA Conference in Boston

Summer 2005 (pdf)

  • A successful verdict in a dangerous road case. SEE VIDEO.
  • Current interesting cases
  • Martin Blake inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • Speaking engagements
  • Overcoming personal attacks in a death case

Winter 2008 (pdf)

  • Tragic Death in California's Wine Country
  • Negligent Neonatal Screening Results in Substantial Settlement
  • Freshman Student Dies in Cliff Fall on Unsupervised Beach Retreat
  • Cliff Jumping Promoted by Tour Company Leads to Death
  • Firm News