Legal
3 min read
Autonomous Car Series
Autonomous vehicles have many roadblocks to navigate before becoming a common consumer product, these will be expanded on in further posts.
Autonomous vehicles have many roadblocks to navigate before becoming a common consumer product, these will be expanded on in further posts.
Representing Undocumented Hispanics in Injury Cases I was eight years old when my family and I moved from a small mountainous town in Puerto Rico to South Jersey. We did not speak English, nor did we have family to help, so we relied on the…
Larry Nassar, the doctor accused of abusing more than 100 women and girls, was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison. More than 80 victims testified against Nassar, describing the impact of being assaulted by him. Nassar admitted molesting athletes during treatment when he…
A state district judge has ruled that North Dakota’s law limiting damages in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional. Last April, a 35-year-old woman was awarded $3.5 million, $2 million in economic losses and $1.5 million for non-economic damages. The jury decision was the result of…
According to the American Silver Alert Coalition, a Silver Alert is a public notification system that broadcasts information about missing persons, especially seniors with Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia or other mental disabilities, in order to aid in their safe return. Silver Alerts use a wide array of media outlets,…
Fentanyl robbed the word of two irreplaceable musical geniuses in less than 18 months. Prince unintentionally overdosed on a combination of fentanyl and the similar, though less-powerful opioid, U-47700 on April 16, 2016. Then, on October 22, 2017, Tom Petty experienced fatal cardiopulmonary arrest after…
Nearly 50 lawsuits have been filed against LivaNova Deutschland GmbH (LivaNova) the manufacturers of the 3T Heater-Cooler device, which is used to keep patients warm during open-heart surgery. These units have been linked with certain bacteria that can contaminate the patient in surgery and potentially…
Drunk driving is not a new epidemic. It’s the number one cause of deaths on the road.
Since we began the Bairs Foundation in late 2016, one of the challenges we have faced (like many new not-for-profit organizations) has been getting the word out. We’re the first nonprofit in the non-recourse lending space, and we’re looking to help plaintiffs in need as…
The wages truckers earn are too low, forcing them to work extended hours that sometimes exceed legal limits, according to a new report recently presented at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board. While some may believe that truckers work long hours because they…