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Winter’s Coming: What Nevada Property Owners Need to Know About their Duty to Remove Slippery Snow and Ice

With winter just a few weeks away, it is only a matter of time before Reno gets hit with hazardous winter weather conditions. And with an average snowfall of 22 inches and average November low temperatures being cold enough to cause icy conditions, it’s important…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 12 Nov 2019

Winter’s Coming: What Nevada Property Owners Need to Know About their Duty to Remove Slippery Snow and Ice

Detroit Hospital Performs First of It’s Kind Vaping-related Lung Transplant

Doctors at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit “have performed a double lung transplant on a man whose lungs were damaged from vaping.” From USA Today: “The hospital system announced Monday that it believes it is the first in the country to perform the surgery…

By Smith & Johnson, Attorneys, P.C.

/ 12 Nov 2019

Detroit Hospital Performs First of It’s Kind Vaping-related Lung Transplant

Is Vaping Causing Seizures?

In April, the FDA announced that it was investigating 32 reports of people suffering seizures after vaping. Since then, 92 more reports were made to that agency. Seizures were reported by first time users and experienced e-cigarette users. Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that…

By Smith & Johnson, Attorneys, P.C.

/ 12 Nov 2019

Teen Vaping and JUUL’s Market Share Continue to Increase

In just three short years, the number of teens who reported vaping nicotine in the past month has more than doubled. The Journal of the American Medical Association on 11/5/19 reported that 28% of high schoolers and 11% of middle schoolers reported vaping in the…

By Smith & Johnson, Attorneys, P.C.

/ 11 Nov 2019

Teen Vaping and JUUL’s Market Share Continue to Increase

Criminalization of Aviation Accidents Rarely Warranted

The fiery crash last week Aeroflot flight SU 1492 at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport killing at least 41 people and the Russian government’s opening a criminal investigation, once again raised the ugly specter of criminalization of aviation accidents and its harmful effect on aviation safety. I…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 11 Nov 2019

The Delay in Drug/Alcohol Clearinghouse Compliance Could Be Bad News for Truck Safety

On Oct. 1, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that registration for the Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse was officially open. This came three months prior to the Jan. 6, 2020 deadline, when Clearinghouse com

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 8 Nov 2019

The Delay in Drug/Alcohol Clearinghouse Compliance Could Be Bad News for Truck Safety

How JUUL Hooked Teenagers

“JUUL’s breakthrough “nicotine salts” formula for vaping liquid, now the industry standard, set off an epidemic of e-cigarette use by U.S. Teenagers. Now Investigators want to know if the company targeted young people as customers.” – Reuters One thing is clear, JUUL executives knew teens…

By Smith & Johnson, Attorneys, P.C.

/ 8 Nov 2019

Asbestos Linked to Cancer Detected in Johnson & Johnson Talc Baby Powder, 33,000 Bottles Recalled

Last month, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration issued a press announcement alerting the public that traces of asbestos, which are known carcinogens, were detected in a sample of Johnson & Johnson’s talcum Baby Powder. As a result of the announcement, J&J issued a voluntary…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 6 Nov 2019

Asbestos Linked to Cancer Detected in Johnson & Johnson Talc Baby Powder, 33,000 Bottles Recalled

JUUL Vaping Company Shipped Contaminated Products

In a stunning allegation a former Juul Labs executive has alleged that the vaping company knowingly shipped 1 million tainted nicotine pods to customers. This allegation comes in a lawsuit filed recently by lawyers representing Siddharth Breja, a one-time finance executive at the e-cigarette maker.…

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 5 Nov 2019

JUUL Vaping Company Shipped Contaminated Products

New California Law Allows Survivors of Childhood Sex Abuse to Seek Justice

California has joined other states across the nation and expanded the statute of limitations for victims of sexual assault. In October Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation giving victims of childhood sexual abuse until age 40, or five years from discovery of the abuse, to…

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 5 Nov 2019

NJ Eases Limit on Sex Abuse Lawsuits

New Jersey passed a bill to ease the limit on filing sex abuse lawsuits. Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation May 13 to ease time limit restrictions on when childhood sexual abuse victims can seek damages in civil court. The bill takes effect on December 1,…

By Andrew D'Arcy

/ 5 Nov 2019

Norman Pearlstine Receives Poynter Journalism Award

Norman Pearlstine, executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, was honored at the Poynter Institute’s Bowtie Ball in St. Petersburg, Florida on Saturday, November 2 for his distinguished service as a journalist. Poynter is a premier training institution and think tank for journalists. Pearlstine wa

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 4 Nov 2019