What may come as a surprise to some homeowners is that a standard homeowner’s insurance policy does not cover damage caused by flooding.  The basic homeowners’ policy supports a home’s structure; personal possessions, such as furniture, clothes, electronics, etc.; certain liability claims brought against the homeowner; and sometimes additional living expenses if you must relocate […]

Perhaps nothing can be more disheartening than a court finding a defendant responsible for spoliation of evidence. This is because a finding of spoliation gives rise to a rebuttable presumption that the subject evidence was harmful to the spoliator. Thus, even a very innocent error in safeguarding potential evidence can be fatal to an otherwise […]

We all remember that dramatic moment when OJ Simpson was asked to put on the black gloves in front of the jury in the so-called “Trial of the Century.” Both gloves, according to the prosecution, contained DNA evidence from Simpson, Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman, with the glove found at Simpson’s house also containing a […]