Ever heard of a concept called vicarious liability? This is a legal concept that holds someone who is not directly involved in an accident responsible for accidental or intentional damages caused by…
Lawsuit Financial is a member of the Better Business Bureau. The Bureau’s trademark registered tag line is Start With Trust. It’s mission is to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust. More…
Last night, Injury Board member Brett Hanna penned an excellent IB post entitled Lax Oil Industry Oversight? That’s an Understatement. Brett, a fine lawyer from Salt Lake City, Utah, reports that…
Often the result of a crushing blow to the spine is paralysis; a severe blow may paraplegia (paralysis of the lower extremities) or, worse, it may result in quadriplegia (affecting all of the…
Premises liability is an area of personal injury law; it revolves around injuries or deaths that occur on someone else’s property – either a residence, business, or state, county and…
If you ride a motorcycle, then you should be aware of the number of fatalities that occur every year on the highways and byways of the nation; you must take extra precautions to avoid becoming a…
I’m from Michigan where helmets are required gear for all motorcycle riders and passengers. While in Florida, attending the Injury Board’s Radius of Influence 2010 convention, I noticed that many…
A Stockton, CA family has been awarded nearly $30 million in a wrongful death nursing home lawsuit. The family’s 79 year old matriarch was suffering from mild dementia when she was moved to…
An evening of drinking led to a fatality in the early morning of Mother’s Day. A drunk Clinton Township, MI man left a bar and got behind the wheel of his Eldorado at the same time another man…
If you’re not that familiar with the terms ‘personal injury’ or ‘tort’ and what they might mean in terms of the law, its best summarized as accidental, negligent or intentional actions by…
Sometime in early-2008, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company began a new advertising campaign called the Responsibility Project. The company calls it a place to discuss doing the right thing. I will get…
Dog bites are not all that well recognized as being a health problem, but if you look at the statistics involving the number of people who did get bitten, you’ll understand this area of the…
