Showing posts with label Judge Gonzalez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Judge Gonzalez. Show all posts

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Kabins Fails to Get Settlement Sealed ...

Yesterday the show moved from federal court over to Judge Gonzalez's courtroom, where Mark Kabins was attempting to have news of his $800,000 settlement with Dr. Daniel Burkhead (the anesthesiologist Kabins tried to blame for his own malpractice) sealed.

So much for that.

Up to bat for Kabins was local attorney John Spilotro. John is one of the nicest and most intelligent attorneys we have ever seen in practice. His morals are impeccable, and he smells very nice. If you think we're going to say anything bad about him ... fogitaboutit.

You may recognize Spilotro as one of the floats from the original March of the Morons ... though we would never intentionally insinuate that he was a moron. Did we mention how nice he smells? Like potpourri, but more manly.

During his argument to seal, Spilotro stated that the outrageous coverage from Channel 8 in the Medical Mafia case has been so unfair that he would hate for the media to get their hands on the agreement. If that happened, argued Spilotro, it would surely be distorted to put his client in a poor light.

That argument sounds perfectly logical to us ... we'd hate to see Kabins' impeccable reputation tarnished.

Spilotro has apparently been unhappy with Channel 8's coverage of the Medical Mafia case; he referred to George Knapp in court as "that guy who talks to little green men."

Judge Gonzalez declined to seal the case and sent Spilotro and his client back to meet with Burkhead and his attorneys to see if they could come up with a settlement that Kabins wouldn't be embarrassed by. Nice job, Betsy.

Err ... we mean, what's your problem, judge?! Don't you know a good argument when you see it? You keep fightin' that good fight, John!

(LV Now; Thanks, Tipster!)

Friday, June 26, 2009

Jacko's Death: The Vegas Connection

Bet you didn't think we could work a post about The King of Pop's death into our little Vegas legal blog, did you? Well, thanks to a helpful tipster - we found a connection!

Yesterday, shortly after MJ moonwalked his way into the great beyond, Clark County "Court Information Officer" Michael Sommermeyer sent the following email:

From: Sommermeyer, Michael
Sent:
Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:32 PM
To:
All Clark County Courts Employees
Subject:
Court News

Michael Jackson, who recently had a case in District Court Dept. 11, has died in Los Angeles following a cardiac arrest, according to the Associated Press. He died at 3:15 pm PDT after being rushed to UCLA Medical Center at approximately 12:30 pm PDT.

Michael Sommermeyer
Court Information Officer

Wow! Seventeen minutes after his death? That's incredible, Michael! Who says things move slowly down at the courthouse? Judge Gonzalez had that one cleared from her docket before the body cooled.