Earlier this year (March 2010), Georgia became one of the growing number of states that has overturned its legislated personal injury damage caps (aka tort reform), declaring the caps on damages…
I just recently blogged about the strange ways that brain injuries can manifest. I also commented that many head injuries occur during sporting events. Then, just yesterday, we see this frightening…
Brain injury is a term that conjures up many different images. But what we don’t always appreciate is the various ways brain injuries manifest. The Washington Post ran a story this week on one of my…
While the remnants of the BP oil spill have not hit Sarasota beaches, the potential economic fallout has local businesses worried that the devastating effects of the Gulf oil spill may have a…
What began with an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010 has turned into the worst environmental disaster in our nation’s history. The oil rig explosion, the sinking of the rig,…
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…
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar testified on Capitol Hill yesterday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and, among other causes, cited a collective responsibility for the…
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…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers to stop using liquid infant’s and children’s products that are part of a voluntary recall announced on April 30, 2010. The…
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…
Shoot first and ask questions later. Isn’t that what some of the gunslingers did? It seems like we have some new gunslingers. Several law firms have already filed class actions and have paid Google…
Johnson & Johson’s McNeil Consumer Health division announced recently the recall of many popular over-the- counter children’s liquid medicines. McNeil’s press release lists 43 recalled pediatric…
