When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amoré. But when a hot dog hits you in the eye at a sporting event, that’s a lawsuit. A renegade sausage, a man in a fuzzy lion costume, and an unlucky sports fan in the wrong place at the wrong time are some [...]
As Chrysler minivans prepare for a recall, somewhere Toyota executives are breathing a sigh of relief. Some of the heat Toyota is feeling will be lifted as over 350,000 Chrysler minivans are recalled in a safety campaign launched by the automaker and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The defect in the minivans could be [...]
Sufferes of diabetes thought they found a golden ticket in Avandia. Backed with big bucks’ promotion and relentless advertising, Avandia appeared to be a friend to people with diabetes. Sold as a diabetes management drug, Avandia was pushed on websites like diabetes.com and diabetesmanagment.com, which are sites owned by their maker, GlaxoSmithKline. The sales skyrocketed [...]
Whether you’ve simply been stranded on the tarmac for hours at a time or your life has been affected by an unforeseen airplane crash or accident, we can all agree that something needs to be done to protect passengers. In fact, ask your co-workers or friends and you’re sure to hear one or several airline [...]
When it comes to the care hospitals provide, most of us share a pretty simple philosophy: we don’t like going but we assume that we’ll leave feeling better . We collectively trust doctors, nurses, technicians, drug companies, and insurance providers in exchange for results and peace of mind. Naturally, there are some fatal conditions that [...]
A defense against the eggshell plaintiff rule is the crumbling skull rule. The crumbling skull rule seeks to rebut the eggshell plaintiff rule by alleging that the harm incurred by the victim was inevitable and the defendant’s actions only had a minimal effect upon the already deteriorating circumstances. For example, a dying patient is treated [...]
With more than 300,000 people expected to descend on Las Vegas this New Year’s Eve, law enforcement agencies and car accident lawyers are gearing up for an increase in auto accident rates.
New Year’s Eve is probably the single biggest party night in Vegas, and law enforcement officers are being reallocated to specific areas in the [...]
Millions of people cross the threshold of the hotels in Las Vegas every year. Those footsteps all cause wear and tear on the sidewalks, in the hotel entry ways and in the hall corridors. Hopefully, you picked a hotel that maintains those common grounds and takes preventative measure to keep slip and fall accidents from [...]
A California jury awarded a 16.1 million dollar wrongful death lawsuit award to the family of a woman who died after participating in a Sacramento radio promotion nicknamed “Hold Your Wee for a Wii.”
It was in 2007 that Jennifer Strange participated in the stunt for radio station KDND-FM where she and other contestants were given [...]
California fire pits cause serious burns to unsuspecting victims every year.