Recent Blog Posts
Concussions Are Worse Than They Sound
In old cartoons, it is funny when a character gets a bump on the head from a falling object and sees stars, and then everything goes back to normal in the next scene. In real life, concussions are no laughing matter. They are intensely painful, and even though you eventually recover, it takes weeks… Read More »
Product Liability Lawsuits Arising From Chicken McNuggets
Consumers who get injured by consumer products when using the product in the manner and for the purpose that the manufacturer intended have the right to seek compensation for their injury-related financial losses by filing a product liability lawsuit. Many product liability claims against pharmaceutical companies arise when patients who take the drugs as… Read More »
Holiday DUI Accidents
The tensions between women in the same family can be the stuff of cheap, reality TV grade drama, or, in the hands of a more skillful writer, insightful explorations of the human condition. Relationships between mothers and daughters are a perennial favorite topic of book critics and everyday readers alike, and twists on the… Read More »
Intentional Motor Vehicle Collisions
Lawyers use language in strange ways, and it is more than just the Latin phrases. When you attend a consultation with a lawyer, the lawyer might tell you that a term you have been using in every conversation with anyone about the matter you are currently discussing with your lawyer is inaccurate. For example,… Read More »
Medication Dose Errors
It may be small, but a tiny decimal point can make a huge difference. Consider that spinach has long enjoyed the reputation of a superfood because a typographical error put the decimal point in the wrong place and made it look like spinach had ten times as much iron as it did. This is… Read More »
What Is The Fabre Doctrine?
Some of the legal concepts that you will encounter if you are a party in a legal case, or even if you just follow the news about the workings of the courts, bear the names of Supreme Court decisions. For example, medical or scientific evidence presented in a civil or criminal case must meet… Read More »
Three Teens Die After Pickup Truck Flips
Piling into a vehicle with as many of your peers will fit and traveling as fast as the vehicle will carry you is an adolescent rite of passage. When one person in your friend group gets a driver’s license and permission to borrow his or her parents’ car, everyone rides. If golf carts are… Read More »
Getting Adequate Compensation After Whiplash Injury
Some injuries make for great conversations. If you show up at work with your arm or leg in a plaster cast, all your coworkers will rush to sign it, or if your workplace does not have that kind of vibe, they will at least jump at the opportunity to wish you well. If you… Read More »
Underage Driving Accidents
The costs of raising children are a favorite humblebrag of parents. If you don’t have enough money to show off to the other guests at a social gathering, you can always cover your insecurity about your financial situation by complaining about how much you spend on diapers, baby formula, and daycare. If your children… Read More »
Road Rage Accidents
In most car accident claims, determining which driver is at fault for the accident means deciding which of them made a bigger mistake. For example, if one car rear ends another, is the rear driver at fault for driving too fast or not braking in time, or is the front driver at fault for… Read More »
