Medical malpractice | January 20, 2017 There’s a lot of negative political press these days about medical malpractice claims suggesting that juries are just handing out ridiculously high settlements. Do these arguments have merit? According to several decades of studies on the subject: no. Doctors are sympathetic defendants and tend…
Car accidents | January 12, 2017 Just about every business out there is capitalizing on the demand for more personalized services. Grocery stores and pharmacies, in particular, have picked up on the trend, offering free deliveries to attract more customers in their highly-competitive markets. But if you get hit by…
Defective Products | January 5, 2017 Conventional legal wisdom used to pretty much say that if you were injured by a defective product that came from a Chinese manufacturer, you were going to have an uphill battle winning a lawsuit and actually collecting the judgment on your claim. Even though…
Car accidents | January 5, 2017 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed a new rule this month regarding communication between motor vehicles. Vehicle-to-vehicle technology allows for the sharing of important information such as speed, direction and location of nearby cars and trucks. When combined with things like driver warnings…
Defective Products | December 30, 2016 Are more defective products likely to find their way into consumer hands over the next few years? Quite possibly, if the incoming presidential administration cuts the power of the Consumer Product Safety Commission to levy serious fines against businesses that fail to immediately report…
Drunk driving accidents | December 27, 2016 Roughly one-third of deadly car accidents involve drivers who have had too much to drink. Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that the general increase in traffic deaths over the past two years has included an increase in drunk driving fatalities.…
Medical malpractice | December 23, 2016 Nursing home abuses can stay hidden for years — often coming to light only when something serious happens to a resident who has family members who won’t let the case rest or a conscientious employee finally has enough and steps forward. For example, two…
Drowsy driving | December 15, 2016 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been attempting to install a new set of rules regarding hours of service for truck drivers. Those rules were blocked by Congress this week, some say at the behest of trucking industry lobbyists. The goal of the…
Firm News | December 13, 2016 Motor vehicle recalls reached record highs in the past two years. Despite the increase, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to make it easier for consumers to report auto safety problems with their cars. The NHTSA has proposed a rule that would force…
Car accidents | December 12, 2016 The weather outside is frightful—and so are the nation’s highways. The first snows of the winter season often create havoc on the highways because drivers who haven’t dealt with ice and snow for many months seem to have forgotten how to drive in the…