Rawlings Law Firm

04/05/2023

We're so excited to be supporting the arts and the Little Theater of Winston-Salem!

Thank you so much to our newest playbill advertisers, Rawlings Law Firm, for choosing to advertise with us for the remainder of our 88th Season!

Check out their website for more information! 👇

https://www.rawlingslawfirm.com/

11/14/2022

Did you know that 1.8% of doctors account for over 50% of all payments made for medical malpractice claims?

09/22/2022

Today's fact is a two-for-one: Did you know that the state with the most medical malpractice cases in the last 30 years is California, with 138,110, and the state with the least medical malpractice cases in the last 30 years is Hawai'i, with 2,438?

09/15/2022

This Saturday, September 17, is Constitution Day!

09/01/2022

Did you know that the longest-serving Supreme Court Chief Justice in American history was John Marshall, who served for 34 years, 5 months, and 11 days

08/31/2022

Did you know that the longest-lasting litigation in Supreme Court history last 55 years? It revolved around the inheritance rights of Myra Gains and was ruled on in 1889, four years after Gaines passed away.

08/25/2022

Did you know that the shortest serving Supreme Court Justice was John Rutledge? He served for one year and 18 days, from 1790-1791. He also holds the record for the shortest tenure as a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, at only 138 days.

08/24/2022

Did you know that the original Supreme Court had only six members, all of whom were appointed by President George Washington? Their names were James Wilson, William Cushing, John Blair, John Rutledge and James Iredell, with John Jay, one of the Founding Fathers, as the first Chief Justice

08/18/2022

Did you know that William Howard Taft was both the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and the 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1921-1930)?

08/16/2022

Today's Fun Fact is that the Supreme Court Case Feres v. United States, heard in 1950 under the Vinson Court, established the Feres Doctrine.

08/11/2022

Here's a pair of fun facts:

Did you know that until the 1866 case Gardner v. People, doctors were not allowed to give expert testimony in legal matters except as to whether a death was caused by a blunt or sharp object?

and

Did you know the first time medical malpractice was portrayed in film was 1932's "Alias the Doctor"? The story involves medical malpractice, wrongful imprisonment and the assumption of another person's identity.

08/11/2022

Did you know that President James A. Garfield was arguably a victim of medical malpractice? Physicians today believe that it was infection from unsanitary surgery, not the bullet wound he suffered, that killed the 20th president of the United States.

Picture courtesy of the Encyclopedia Britannica.