Insure.com’s list of cars that will lower your car insurance bills Most people consider price, make, model and safety when shopping for a car. And then they find out how much it will cost to insure it. Ouch. No question, there are certain factors that affect…
Jamel McNair and Denita McNair, the children of James McNair, a comedian killed in the New Jersey Turnpike crash which injured Tracy Morgan, have received a $10 million wrongful death settlement from Walmart, which will go towards annuities paying for their monthly expenses, starting at…
On February 12, 2015, a garbage truck accidentally hit and killed a young boy at the intersection of Central Avenue and Quail Street in Albany, New York. The driver was working for ICS Waste and Recycling at the time of the accident. Surveillance cameras on…
A New Orleans mother filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in December 2014 against an urgent care facility claiming the facility’s negligence resulted in the wrongful death of her daughter, the Louisiana Record reported. The health care providers at East After Hours were not proficient in…
Erin Sauchelli, a young woman seriously injured by an Uber driver while walking in Manhattan, has filed a lawsuit, claiming that use of the Uber app to respond to potential riders is a distraction and is against the law, which begs the question…Is Uber driving,…
The issue of wrongful death-related asbestos claims has been receiving increased news exposure after the recent ruling by the Pennsylvania Superior Court in Wygant v. General Electric that the statute of limitations for these claims will begin at the time of the diagnosis. “The statutory…
On January 22, 2015, another Xarelto lawsuit was filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court. The plaintiff, Sonja Lemoins, claims that after taking Xarelto to help prevent a stroke, she suffered adverse effects. In essence, she states that her blood cannot congeal or clot in…
The first sentence of a 2015 AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety factsheet on teens and distracted driving highlights the need to reduce all causes of car crashes involving drivers younger than 20: “963,000 drivers ages 16-19 were involved in police-reported motor vehicle crashes in 2013, which resulted…
As temperatures begin to rise in Florida and the snow begins to melt up north, I find myself perplexed by the condition of the global market for lawyer’s professional liability (LPL) insurance. While we seem to have a continued influx of capacity, we also are…
After a year of reviewing the safety and side effects of prescription testosterone drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on March 3, 2015 that it would require manufacturers to include heart attack and stroke risks on the warning labels for Axiron and…