Doctors I meet always discuss the malpractice problem. They seem to worry about lawsuits to an incredible degree. Yet, the statistics show that doctors and hospital win an overwhelming majority of...
A friend of mine recently told me that he had read about a jury awarding emotional distress damages in favor of a husband and wife whose home was improperly wired by an electrical...
What is a guest passenger? The courts of Alabama have defined it as follows:
“Because the statute does not define the term ‘guest,’ we turn to caselaw for a definition:
“ “ “The general rule...
Over the last decade the number of Americans affected by
diabetes has drastically increased. According to a new report from the
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about 24 million...
A recall has been issued for about 320,000 cribs, after four children became trapped. Apparently the wooden slats on the crib’s frames can break and children can get trapped in the remaining gap....
The most significant change for attorneys focusing on personal injury was a new Virginia statute that requires automobile insurance carriers to tell the attorney representing someone hurt in a car wreck what the amounts of the automobile insurance are for the at-fault driver under certain circumstances.
It is your first trip to the State of Alabama. You have traveled to Mobile on a business trip. Your mission is to assess Alabama as apotential site for your company’s expansion. ...
Interspousal immunity governs the issue of whether a wife can sue her husband in tort for injuries that she sustained in an automobile accident due (at least in part) to his negligence.
The “old”...
According to a report
released today the pharmaceutical industry was once again the largest lobbying presence in Washington in 2007. Collectively the industry dumped some $168
million...
A panel of outside FDA advisers will be asked what types of studies should be conducted in order to evaluate the safety of diabetes' drugs Avandia and Actos, both of which have been linked to...