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VOIR DIRE: SCOTT MARTELLE

Scott Martelle

Martelle is a veteran journalist, including 12 years at the Los Angeles Times.

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Naptime for Voir Dire

Friday, August 27, 2010

Voir Dire is taking a little hiatus. Meanwhile, we leave you with an appropriate Warren Zevon song….

Metrolink crash should spark reform of damages cap

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Under the federal Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997, the most Metrolink and Connex Railroad, which had been contracted to operate Metrolink’s trains, can be liable for in damages is $200 million — which, in fact, the two entities told a judge Wednesday they are willing to pay to settle the outstanding claims from the deadly crash.

Prop. 8 is a threat to American democracy? Um, no.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The argument that legal recognition of gay marriage in California thwarts democratic expression is wrong.

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When marked crosswalks can be more dangerous for pedestrians

Monday, July 19, 2010

A teenage girl is in a permanent vegetative state after she was hit by a car in this marked crosswalk in Millbrae. The civil lawsuit that followed showed Caltrans was paying lip service to results of studies of crosswalk safety going back nearly 40 years.

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