by Vickery & Shepherd | Nov 4, 2016 | Captain's Corner, News, Trial Lawyers, Trial Lawyers College, Uncategorized
HOUSTON, TX – Vickery & Shepherd is excited to announce that partner, Fred Shepherd, has been admitted to the State Bar of Wyoming. “I am honored and thrilled to be admitted to the Wyoming Bar,” said Fred Shepherd. “Although I am a native Texan by birth, I have...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Jun 14, 2016 | Captain's Corner, Uncategorized
Two avowedly devout Muslim men have died over the last two weeks. One was the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Because of his faith, Muhammad Ali, nee “Cassius Clay”, risked his fame and his fortune, and, on April 28, 1967, claiming “conscientious objector”...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Jun 6, 2016 | Captain's Corner, Uncategorized
Welcome to our Blog. Please read, enjoy, and leave us a comment or send a topic request through our contact form. I am Captain Andy Vickery, USA, date of rank 6/4/71. Here is a picture of me a month after I pinned those railroad tracks on my shoulders, walking to the...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Sep 5, 2015 | Captain's Corner, Justiceseekers
Imagine, if you will, that Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis has a first cousin, Ken Davis, who is a federal judge. He shares her fervor for the teachings of the Good Book. But, on his particular hot button religious issue, he has a much stronger, clearer proof...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Jul 14, 2015 | Justiceseekers, lawsuits, Product Liability, Uncategorized
On July 13, 2015, US District Judge Tena Campbell in Salt Lake City, Utah issued an opinion soundly rejecting Forest Laboratories’ motions challenging the scientific propriety of our expert opinion evidence that Lexapro caused Kurt Shipley to take his own life, and...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Jun 2, 2015 | Justiceseekers
The Seventh Amendment right to jury trial is vanishing, right before our eyes. Make no mistake about it. Vanishing! And, tragically, the fault for this fecklessness with the Founders lies on the doorstep of the very people who were empowered by Article III with life...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
A federally deputized corporal from the Houston Police Department decides to pay YOUR small company’s driver to drive YOUR truck to the Mexican border, load it up with illegal drugs, and try to catch some bad guys. He knows that the driver is lying to “the owner” –...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Feb 18, 2014 | Captain's Corner, Trial Lawyers
Well, if this one don’t take the cake. First, a big defense firm has the chutzpah to send a young associate into the federal jury assembly room, and then, has the unmitigated gall to refuse to produce his/her notes, claiming them as “work product.” See the story,...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Feb 12, 2014 | Captain's Corner, Justiceseekers
The judicial committee has proposed an amendment to Rule 26, Fed.R.Civ.P. If passed, the scope of discovery will no longer be information that is relevant, or likely to lead to relevant evidence. Instead, there will be a new barometer. The judge can weigh in and...
by Vickery & Shepherd | Jan 22, 2014 | Captain's Corner, Drug Injury, lawsuits, Product Liability, Uncategorized
On January 21, 2014, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made it clear that pharmaceutical companies who are negligent in their design or marketing of drug products will be held accountable under the law. The drug company in Lance v. Wyeth argued that the only two bases...
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