Some politicians. like Lamar Alexander, yesterday, like to reduce the medical malpractice debate down to a soundbite. Get rid of the junk lawsuits is the usual cry. Naturally, I and, hopefully, you…
The testimony of Toyota’s president before Congress is not going over year well in many circles, primiarily because of the company’s failure to do anything for several years after first discovering…
My readers know that I don’t usually broadcast the financial details of litigation, but, bear with me in this case. This medical malpractice lawsuit returned a verdict of $10 million for a…
Medical malpractice is applicable in cases dealing with ophthalmologists; like this one involving an eye doctor who had been sued for med mal at least fifty times. He’d never faced discipline…
In 2003, no one seemed to know what was wrong with the young farm worker; because it took doctors so long to figure solve the mystery, the man died as a result of his infection. This is not an…
This result in this medical malpractice/wrongful death lawsuit demonstrates the tragedy of tort reform. Although the plaintiff (a deceased victim’s mother) received a verdict for her…
Dog packs are dangerous and the case described below shows just how dangerous. While many people don’t realize this, dog bite and dog attack cases may be pursued under the dog owner’s…
Misdiagnosis is a leading cause of death in the US. In this case, the family of a young mother who died giving birth filed a wrongful death suit in order to provide the baby with some financial…
Most people agree that dogs are wonderful; most families who have dogs consider their pets to be a part of the family. But, hat happens when your lovable pet bites a child so badly that the child is…
On February 8, 2010, a 14-year-old Brockbank Junior High School student was in the crosswalk, walking to school, when she was hit by a car and thrown nearly 100 feet. The girl was airlifted to the…
The name of the third victim in a February 3. 2010 fatal Tennessee highway accident has been released. The head-on collision claimed the lives of 34-year-old, Frankie Langley, 39-year-old, Karen…
Recently, Injury Board member, Lawrence Egerton, wrote about a woman, Judy Gail Siegel, who was struck and killed by a hit & run vehicle. Mr. Egerton speculated about the various recoveries that…