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Parking Lot Dangers — Van Backs Over Child And Mother
One of my least favorite places to have my kids is a parking lot. Pedestrians in parking lots are vulnerable. Cars are coming and going, and often approaching pedestrians from behind. Parked vehicles are backing out of spots. Drivers are racing to find that one free spot or racing to get out of the chaos…
Read MoreTragic Texting While Driving Story
In an effort to reduce texting while driving deaths, a mother and father are releasing photos of the text message their son was typing at the time he lost control of his car and died. Watch this tragic story from the Today Show. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the…
Read MoreFireworks Safety — Fireworks Causing More Personal Injuries
Today, the Consumer Product Safety Commission had a fireworks safety conference on the National Mall in Washington, DC. According to the CPSC, in 2010, approximately 8,600 Americans ended up in hospital rooms because of fireworks injuries. Most of these injuries involved burns to the hands or the face. Sadly, about 40 percent of the injuries…
Read MoreMore Studies Confirm Texting While Driving Is Worse Than Driving Drunk
I’m sorry for the lack of posts. The entire month has been nuts. Just this week, I have had to file two summary judgment responses, and I’m spending today finalizing some discovery. If you’re a regular reader of the blog, you know that we have somehow become a resource for information on texting while driving.…
Read MoreText Messaging (And Twittering) While Driving
Regular readers of our blog probably know that some of our most popular posts on the site are posts about text messaging while driving. As a result, early last year, I put together a resource page that gathered several article and studies on texting while driving. Since that time, there have been numerous developments in…
Read MoreHow the Paulson Plan Will Affect Personal Injury Claims
It’s hidden away, but one key plank of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s plan to save the economy is the introduction of federal regulation of the insurance industry. That could be potentially disastrous to many personal injury claims. Currently, the insurance industry is regulated by the states. Many states have adopted rules or laws that protect…
Read MoreHow the Paulson Plan Will Affect Personal Injury Claims
It’s hidden away, but one key plank of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s plan to save the economy is the introduction of federal regulation of the insurance industry. That could be potentially disastrous to many personal injury claims. Currently, the insurance industry is regulated by the states. Many states have adopted rules or laws that protect…
Read MoreHow Arbitration Steals Your Day In Court
MSNBC correspondent Bob Sullivan has a new article at his blog, The Red Tape Chronicles, entitled “How Arbitration Steals Your Day In Court.” The introduction is telling: If I told you there was a courtroom in America where consumers lose lawsuits to businesses 94 percent of the time, and there is no chance to appeal, you’d…
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