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How to calculate personal injury damages

How much can you get if your leg is broken in a car accident and you miss 12 weeks of work? What amount will a jury award if you fall

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 7 Jan 2021

Concept image for personal injury law featuring a book and a stethoscope.

Transgender youth targeted by state legislatures

State legislators across the country already have started filing bills for their 2021 sessions that would target the rights of transgender youth. Transgender rights activists are preparing to fight what

By Elaine Silvestrini

/ 11 Dec 2020

Transgender flag being waved at an LGBTQ pride march.

With some holdouts, states overwhelmingly require masks

This article was updated Feb. 5, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden plans to ask all Americans to wear masks for 100 days to slow the spread of COVID-19. This would be

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 9 Dec 2020

Close-up of a ‘No Mask No Entry’ sign taped to a storefront in Queens, New York.

Plant-based meat alternatives forced to beef up labeling

If you’ve tried an Impossible Burger at Burger King you know why meat producers might feel threatened by this plant-based burger. It’s not bad. Not bad, at all.

By Craig Kopp

/ 4 Dec 2020

Packaging for an Impossible Foods plant-based burger on a gray background.

Vaccines should come with protection against risks, experts say

Editor’s note: With the recent vaccine news, the Legal Examiner is publishing this updated followup version of a previously published article. UPDATE: As the country gears up for a

By Elaine Silvestrini

/ 25 Nov 2020

Scientist in a laboratory holding a test tube labeled ‘COVID-19’ and a syringe.

Fewer child sex trafficking prosecutions under Trump

Contrary to the belief among certain conspiracy theorists that President Donald Trump is battling a massive ring of child sex traffickers, the administration is prosecuting significantly fewer child sex traffickers

By Elaine Silvestrini

/ 4 Nov 2020

Woman sitting alone, looking out a window.

DNR tattoos create permanent uncertainty

Three years ago, an unconscious, 70-year-old man in deteriorating condition was brought into Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Doctors found he had a tattoo reading “Do Not Resuscitate” across his

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 29 Oct 2020

Illustration of a human body with DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)on the chest.

Pregnancy can negate a living will

Most people know the purpose of a living will. The document, first proposed in the 1960s, dictates what kind of life-sustaining medical treatments one wants and does not want so

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 13 Oct 2020

Close-up of a husband holding his pregnant wife's hand during a hospital examination.

Sexual abuse victims get new chances to come forward

A few weeks ago, a Catholic priest on the verge of being ordained bishop of Duluth, MN, was forced to resign after being accused of sexual abuse of a minor

By Waveney Ann Moore

/ 6 Oct 2020

Man holding a crying boy's shoulders while the boy makes the silence gesture with his finger.

Golf injuries are big business for lawyers

Golf is an $84 billion business that generates an additional $59 billion in wages. Where that much money is involved, there are inevitable lawsuits seeking redress for injuries, some fatal. As a result, collateral specialties involving golf injuries among legal firms and global insurance agencies ar

By Sheila Mullane Estrada

/ 24 Sep 2020

Golfer hitting a ball off a tee on a golf course.

Are parental leave policies unfair? Trial will decide.

The question of whether fathers deserve as much parental leave as mothers when a new child comes into the home is in the hands of a Washington, D.C. district judge.

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 23 Sep 2020

Living will: Create it before you need it

Creating a living will is something everyone agrees is a prudent move, but also something nobody wants to think or talk about. End of life conversations are extremely hard, more so perhaps, when the end seems a long way off. But that’s the time to get one’s wishes documented.

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 22 Sep 2020

Documents for a living will declaration accompanied by a pen and stethoscope.