Screening for bowel cancer is a necessary process that has effectively cut down on the number of deaths from this disease. Last year, nearly 50,000 Americans died as a result of colorectal cancer;…
Construction job sites are often located near power lines. Most times a warning is posted about working too close to those lines. In this recent New Mexico case, it isn’t clear if a warning…
Most of you who know me, know that I own a lawsuit funding company. My company assists people who need legal finance assistance to pursue litigation to a just conclusion. I work with their attorneys…
Drivers involved in auto-pedestrian vehicle accidents are required, by law, in most states, to stay at the scene of the accident and render aid. In this case, the driver left the scene after…
Teenagers, partying, driving and alcohol are often a deadly mix. They were in this case from California. Here is what happened to cause this horrendous automobile accident. The young owner of the…
Funny thing about tort reform (deform), is that people think that a scared physician runs needless tests because they might be sued; that, in turn, jacks up the cost of health care. If the…
As those who read my posts know, tort reform is a hot topic in the heatlh care debate. As the theory of the tort reformers goes, tort reform is needed because juries don’t know what they are doing…
I have written many articles about the various distractions people engage in while driving. These include talking on the phone, texting, eating, changing the radio, putting on make-up; the list goes…
Tort reform strikes again! The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a recent change in the law that requires a patient to prove that an emergency room physician is grossly negligent in order to maintain…
As most of you who read my articles know, I am no fan of insurance companies. My usual targets are liability insurance carriers who delay and deny, squeeze the dignity and fight out of the plaintiff…
A car veers off a deserted highway in the middle of the night at 70 mph and goes over the embankment. Nobody sees it happen and the driver is dead. A car drifts from the lane for no apparent reason…
Here is yet another case where a plaintiff was denied full adjudication by a jury of his/her peers because of a legislative capped recovery. The family of Hector Alvarez was awarded $1.25 million in…
