Many people do not understand the difference between legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty.Legal malpractice arises when an attorney owes someone a duty of care and, by an act or omission, the attorney's conduct breaches that duty of care and causes that person cognizable harm. While the "person" harmed is typically a client, an attorney-client relationship is not required and legal...
Yesterday morning, paramedics and other emergency personnel responded quickly to the scene of an accident where a bus and another car were involved in an auto accident. The car, according to authorities, unknowingly ran into the back of the commuter bus near King and Church street in Clayton County. Numerous people on the bus were treated for injuries sustained in the bus accident but there has...
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Initially the contaminated pet food recall focused on wet food that consisted of "cuts and gravy" produced by Menu Foods, Inc. Now the recall has been extended to a least one brand of dry dog and cat food called Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food. That food, along with those manufactured and put into the stream of commerce by Menu Foods allegedly contains melamine, a product used in Asia as...
Motorcycle riders are by nature very safe drivers . They know the dangers of the road and are on the lookout for other drivers . The Tennessee State Legislature has now passed a law outlawing wheelies by motorcycle drivers . The law would allow tickets to be given for reckless driving for the use of wheelies by motorcycle drivers . So if you are riding your motorcycle in...
The FDA has completed their own testing of the wheat gluten used to make the recalled pet food and found melamine in it. Melamine is used to make plastic kitchenware. It is also used as a fertilizer in Asia. Earlier this week the New York State Department of Agriculture announced it found rat poison in the recalled food. The FDA testing did not find rat poison.The melamine finding comes a...
Driving under the influence of alcohol was reportedly the cause of a fatal motor vehicle accident Wednesday in Chambers County, Alabama.A man from Marietta, Georgia, was killed in a head-on crash caused when a Nissan truck crossed over the median on I-85 near exit 77. The man driving the Nissan truck was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash, say local police.If you or someone...
Think you have found an excellent source to obtain your prescriptions drugs such as Ambien, Zanax, Lexapro and Ativan? Think again! Many Americans who ordered these drugs were shocked when the FDA has issued an alert regarding buying these specific drugs over the internet because they have found some of these pills contain the anti-psychotic drug, haloperidol, commonly know as Haldol.Used...