Prompt investigation of a car wreck involving serious injury or wrongful death is a must. Frequently alcohol is involved in car wrecks and bars are often the source of the alcohol. Dram shop laws…
Whenever a tort reform proposal is advanced, it is trumpeted as a cure for a problem. When an individual leads the charge, it is usually a politician or industry lobbyist who stands to gain from…
The next time you sign a contract, make sure you look closely and make sure you aren’t signing away your rights to a jury. One of the fundamental principles of our court system, is that in most…
The change the reformers want to persuade the American people to enact is to abandon the Constitutional protection of a righ to trial by jury. Rather than allow a group of 12 disinterested citizens…
Paul Bland, a staff attorney with Public Justice in Washington, D.C. and a leading advocate for consumers is asking attorneys who are members of the American Bar Association to contact colleagues…
Tort Reform is the process of changing the civil justice system to limit a claimant’s remedies and/or damages. It is sought by those who perceive the civil justice system as negatively impacting…
Please make sure you know all the dangers involved. This is a horrible accident that claimed the life a 10 year old who was wearing a helmet. Her family is in my prayers. A 10 year-old Warren…
The Columbus Ohio Dispatch reported that a jury returned a verdict against Whetstone Gardens & Care Center due to the death of Peter Southard by dehydration- lack of water. Mr. Southard had…
With the job market shrinking, a lot of people are starting new businesses, and when doing that they sometimes enter a lease based on what the agent leasing the retail space tells them. Please be…
This past week a legal secretary I knew died in an automobile wreck when she crossed over the center line and struck an oncoming car. Apparently, she was texting when she veered over and could not…
Wyoming lawmakers are taking steps to improve on the state’s abysmal work safety record. Wyoming had more work place fatalities per 100,000 workers than any other state in 2007. To Governor…
An editorial of the April 9, 2009 issue of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine encourages Congress to swiftly pass Medical Device Safety Act of 2009 and to allow lawsuits by injured…