December 2020

December 26, 2020 Dear Friends: I hope everyone has had a safe, healthy, and happy holiday thus far, and that you anticipate more of the same in your future. Table of Contents You can raise standing for the first time on appeal–and the trial court can consider standing at any point in the proceedings You […]

December 19, 2020 Dear All: As we close in on the end of the year, I have not one clue as to how many opinions our appellate courts will churn out before the New Year.  But they show no signs of abating their productivity thus far, as our Table of Contents reflects: Table of Contents

December 12, 2020 Dear All: Here are a few error preservation rulings for your consideration, from this last week. Table of Contents If the parties and the trial court treat a motion in limine as if it was a motion to exclude the evidence, this case holds that the ruling on the motion preserves error

December 5, 2020 Dear All: Echoing the late Hunter S. Thompson, well, yes, and here we go again.  But it is a gorgeous day. Table of Contents We have to object to the failure of a court to grant a jury trial A party preserved its complaint as to the jury charge You can first