Positive Train Control (PTC) is an ever evolving system, one that has seen many reinventions throughout its history. From 1920s where systems to automatically stop a train were first created, to now where PTC looks more like the technology of self driving cars, it has…
Civil litigators may think that the Florida Probate Code has nothing to do with their civil lawsuits, but when a party dies during the litigation, the probate statutes can greatly impact a civil case. Picture this: the lawsuit has been filed and served. The defendant…
Approximately 16 students were taken to the hospital in Gilmer County, Georgia on Jan 22 when their school bus flipped onto its side in a one-vehicle accident. The sheriff’s office in Gilmer County stated that the accident occurred on Yukon Road after 3 PM. The…
Two brothers and a friend died and two others were hurt in a car accident in Raleigh, North Carolina on Jan. 22. The brothers were 19 and 17, and their friend was an 18 year old man. The North Carolina Highway Patrol responded to the…
In Brito v. JP Antlers, LLC, No. 17-cv-01956-CMA-NYW, (D. Colo. 2018) the United States District Court D, Colorado, answered those questions. Plaintiff Carlos G. Brito (“Brito”) is paraplegic and requires the use of a wheelchair. Defendants JP Antlers, LLC and Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, LLC…
According to the American Association for Justice, a Georgia man and his wife recently reached a $2 million settlement agreement prior to trial with Bakeryequipment.com, Inc., an online supplier of new and used bakery equipment and parts. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants failed to…
The Impact Fund Delivers Hope in the Form of Impact Litigation By Amy Daniewicz 2017 was a painful year. We experienced existential threats to our planet from climate change made real by fire and flood. We faced political threats to our country from foreign interference…
Blood supplies are low on both the need side and on the donation. The call has gone out, but there is never a bad time to give the life saving gift of blood. I missed an appointment a couple of months back, but got in…