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…
Todd and Christine Rogers of Kernersville, North Carolina have been on a mission since the suicide that ended their young daughter’s life. Ashley Rogers, 15, died April 14, 2010—less…
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…
No student can make it through elementary education without a run-in with a bully at one time or another. Bullying is as prevalent in American schools as lunchboxes. But what if it…
My wife and I spent the weekend in New York City. On Saturday evening, we had tickets to see God of Carnage, starring Jeff Daniels, in a Times Square theatre on 45th Avenue. We had an outstanding…
Tulane University is attempting to assist with the BP oil spill in the Gulf. This tragic incident will have far reaching effects, and Tulane is already intimately familiar with such catastrophes due…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi2K_BCPUec As I type this, Deepwater Horizon, a British Petroleum [BP] well located just southwest of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, is spewing nearly 250,000…
I’ve written several posts about the tragic February deaths of two young sisters in Layton that were caused by the use of Fumitoxin aluminum phosphide around their family home, and the ensuing…
Wondering what led some Metro Detroit students to draft a proposal mandating that 911 operators receive more training, I uncovered a reason for concern with emergency assistance, and not…
There are a lot of people who don’t understand the difference between a civil lawsuit and a criminal action. To get a better idea of what the differences are, think O.J. Simpson. He was found…
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has launched an aggressive inspection program of 57 mines in the wake of the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 miners. The…
According to a report recently released by the Governors Highway Safety Association, the number of people who died in motorcycle accidents dropped dramatically in 2009. The number of such deaths…
