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Article Excerpt
For two years before a complex medical negligence case I handled went to trial, one judge presided over it. During that time, he did not render decisions on anything other than routine issues.
Nevertheless, he was familiar with the litigation, the parties, and the attorneys, and in those routine matters, he was reasonable in his adjudications and appeared to understand the case. His management, in fact, lived up to his reputation for being fair and evenhanded.
I was, therefore, reasonably confident that my clients would receive a fair shake in pretrial motions and at trial. Indeed, I was pleased to see that the judge had set aside a Friday afternoon, before trial started on Monday, to hear and decide about 20 pretrial motions. Having these motions decided before trial would not only clarify certain disputed issues, but it also would...
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