Ted Babbitt, a past president of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, has been writing articles for the Bulletin for over 17 years. Some of the articles that he has written are below and are all in .pdf format.

April 1999 - Setoff of Personal Injury Protection Benefits
May 1999 - Comparative Negligence in Medical Malpractice Cases & the Generic Listing of Witnesses
June 1999 - Collateral Estoppel
July/Aug 1999 - Discovery of Financial Information Regarding Experts Revisited
October 1999 - Sandbagging
November 1999 - Spoliation of an Employer
December 1999 - Subsequent Tortfeasors and Fabre
January 2000 - Death of a Party
February 2000 - Fabre and Subsequent Treating Physicians
March 2000 - Voir Dire Racial Bias
April 2000 - Fabre and the Phantom Defendant
May 2000 - Plaintiff's Attorney's Right to be Present at Physical Examination
June 2000 - Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Exclusion Held Constitutional
September 2000 - Attorney's Fees in Wrongful Death Cases
October 2000 - Objection During Final Argument, The Final Word
November 2000 - Liability of Initial Tortfeasor for Subsequent Injury
December 2000 - An Offer of Judgment Requires Strict Construction
January 2001 - Testimony of a Psychologist on Causation
February 2001 - Intentional Misconduct, An Exception to the Worker's Compensation Defense
March 2001 - Court Awarded Attorney's Fees in Multi-Party Action
April 2001 - Procedural 1983 Due Process Claims
May 2001 - Application of Stuart v. Hertz in Malpractice Cases
June 2001 - Court's Duty to Review Reliability of Scientific Evidence
July/Aug 2001 - Punitive Damages of a Corporation
September 2001 - Liability of Landowner for Obstructions to Vision
October 2001 - Record Activity and Good Cause on a Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Prosecute
November 2001 - No Setoff Where Third Party Defendant is not Found Liable
December 2001 - Rear End Collisions and Sudden Stops
January 2002 - Slip and Falls Come of Age
February 2002 - Cause of Initial Incident Inadmissable
March 2002 - The Impact Rule and Ingestion of Foreign Substances
April 2002 - Liability for Service of Alcoholic Beverages
May 2002 - What is the Court's Authority to Assess Attorneys' Fees Against a Lawyer?
June 2002 - Limitation Placed on Recovery of ERISA Lien
July/August 2002 - Juror NonDisclosure
September 2002 - Offer of Judgment Attorney's Fees
October 2002 - A Primer on Frye
November 2002 - Backstriking the Jury
December 2002 - Personnel Records in Nursing Home Cases
January 2003 - Are Impeachment Depositions Subject to Discovery?
February 2003 - When Does A Wrongful Death Action Survive?
March 2003 - Evidentiary Issues in Malpractice
April 2003 - The Lack of Prosecution "Got Ya" Rule Marches on
May 2003 - Gender Neutral Jury Selection
June 2003 - ERISA Preemption
July/August 2003 - Hearsay
September 2003 - Negligent Spoilation
October 2003 - Offers of Judgment
November 2003 - Unfair Trade Practices
December 2003 - Offer of Judgment - Contingency Risk Multiplier
January 2004 - Damages of Minor Child in Death of Parent
February 2004 - Medicare Liens
March 2004 - The Latest on NICA
April 2004 - Shining the Light on Summary Judgment
May 2004 - Discovery of Opposing Counsel's Billing Records
June 2004 - Subsequent Treater's Conduct
July/August 2004 - Admissibility of Medical Bills
September 2004 - Exclusion of Expert Witnesses "Sandbagging"
October 2004 - Work Product Limitations
November 2004 - Workers' Compensation Unrelated Works Exception
December 2004 - Declatory Judgments
Janaury 2005 - Daubert & Frye: Where Does Florida Stand?
February 2005 - Death of a Nursing Home Resident: What are the Rights?
March 2005 - The Economic Loss Rule in Florida
April 2005 - Bifurcation
May 2005 - Governmental Immunity Revisited
June 2005 - Discovery in Bad Faith Actions
July/August 2005 - Work Product Discovery
September 2005 - Set Off of HMO Discounted Bills
October 2005 - Pleading the Punitive Damages
November 2005 - The Wacky World of Offers of Judgment
December 2005 - Juror Misconduct
January 2006 - Setting Cases for Trial
February 2006 - Depositions of Senior Officers
March 2006 - Failure to Prosecute - The Trap is Removed
April 2006 - Racial Discrimination n the Exercise of Peremtory Challenges
May 2006 - Discovery and Work Product
June 2006 - Unrelated Works Exception Revisited
July/August 2006 - Amendment 7 - Let the Sun Shine
September 2006 - Pretrial Disclosure
October 2006- Witness Tampering
November 2006- Medicare and Medicaid Liens
December 2006 - First Party Spoliation
January 2007- Common Law Bad Faith
February 2007- Limitation on Expert's Testimony
March 2007- Punitive Damages
May 2007- Hospital's Nondelegable Duty
June 2007- Juror Misconduct Revisited
July/August 2007- Substitution of a Party Upon Death
September 2007- A Suggested Form for Offers of Judgment
October 2007- Forum Non Conveniens
November 2007- Insured Physician Bad Faith Actions
January 2008- Erosion of the Impact Rule
February 2008- When Does Frye Apply?
March 2008- Latest on Liability for Obstructing Foliage
April 2008- Setting a Cause for Trial
May 2008- Federal Preemption
June 2008- Race Neutral Jury Selection
July/August 2008- Proposal for Settlement to Multiple Parties
September 2008- Proposed Complex Litigation Rule
October 2008- Relation Back
November 2008- The Latest on the Impact Rule
December 2008- Sanctions Due to Delay
January 2009- Patient's Right to Know
February 2009- Intentional Tort Exception to Workers' Compensation Immunity
March 2009- An Impartial Jury
April 2009- Anti-Dumping Statute
May 2009- Undertaker's Doctrine
June 2009- Business Records Hearsay Exception
July/August 2009- Arbitration? Not So Fast
September 2009 - Doctors Still Fighting Disclosure
October 2009 - Summary Judgment in Vicarious Liability Cases
November 2009 - Medical Malpractice Good Samaritan Act
December 2009 - Use of Depositions of Employees