Supreme Court at Crossroads in Wyeth Phenergan drug liability case

The right to recover for neglect by a pharmacist is an ancient one. It is at great risk in the case of Levine v. Wyeth, to be argued before the Supreme Court on Monday, September 22, 2008.

Adam Liptak lays out the issues in the Times.


My comments appear here.

Herreshoff regatta at Oyster Bay

On a misty Saturday morning,  June 28, Dave Seroy and I voyaged on North River 2 from City Island, Bronx to Center Island, Oyster Bay, for a day of racing Herreshoff designs at the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club.    We couldn't match the 16' LWL  Fish class boats, so I was disappointed that the Buzzards Bay 14 didn't come out.  Probably just as well - we got whipped by a bristol condition gaff rigged wood H  12 1/2 sailed by a guy with a Labrador Retreiver for crew.

The Fish Class boats are heirs of the original wood boats designed 90 years ago for the SCYC by the great one - Nathaniel G. Herreshoff.  Called the Seawanhaka Class each boat was named after a different fish.  That yielded the name Fish Class.  But the SCYC boats still carry SC on their sails.

A special thanks is due to Woody Glenn and SCYC for gracious hospitality.

Photos of North River 2 under sail are Copyright 2008 by Wayne Marciano.  Permission for fair use granted only with credit to photographer and display of copyright notice.

Olin J. Stephens II, Yacht Designer, Dies at 100

VimOlin Stephens designed boats when boats were legends. His Dorade won the 1931 transatlantic race from Ambrose Light to Lizard Point and earned him a ticker-tape parade.

Our family bond with Stephens is Vim - the 12 meter sloop. Built for Vanderbilt in 1939 at Henry Nevins yard on City Island, she was a contender in the 1957 America's Cup revival. Its owner was John Mathews, for whose stevedoring company my grandfather Capt. George Washington Conk (U.S. Army, Ret.) worked on the Brooklyn waterfront. His friend Sven Petersen was charged with maintenance. Bus Mosbacher, later JFK's protocol chief, was the skipper.

Olin J. Stephens II, Renowned Yacht Designer, Dies at 100 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com

The 4th Thomas F. Lambert, Jr. Conference

Successful Strategies for Jury Trials

October 24, 2008

Center for Advanced Legal Studies

Suffolk University Law School

Boston, MA

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North River 2

Desgner: L. Francis Herreshoff

Builder: The Boat School, Eastport, ME (1985)

Model: Buzzards Bay 14

Mahogany plank, oak frame

LWL 14'

LOA 17'

Beam 5' 10"

Draft 2' 6"

Ballast 750 lb. lead

Mast: 21'

Sail area: 145 sf

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The Back River

Out back at our cottage at high tide in summer.

Stones Point

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Industrial Yachting

Round Manhattan with a steel arch perspective.