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Could New Commercial Trucking Regulations Save Lives?
Every year, commercial trucks transport goods across the United States. Fleet owners and independent operators invest heavily in their trucks to ensure the highest safety and training standards. Despite these efforts, large truck crashes have increased by half since...
The End of Domestic Baby Powder Sales for Johnson & Johnson
The link between talc products and deadly illnesses is a source of continuing controversy that has put a prominent, longtime manufacturer under the microscope. To date, Johnson & Johnson has been named a defendant in more than 19,000 lawsuits, with many still...
Long-term effects of brain injuries
Traumatic brain injuries may affect a person’s ability to function every single day. While some people may gradually recover, other people may experience permanent disability after their injury. Many people might think that brain injuries will improve with time. The...
Immunizing Health Care Workers From Future Malpractice Claims
What is not known about the coronavirus is more than what is known. Information comes in snippets day after day. The only certainty during uncertain times is that while some age groups respond differently, no human being is immune. Health care workers on the front...
Real property claim seeks to expedite California road project
For the public good in California, it is sometimes necessary to use the law to take certain properties from owners. While this might sound as if it is a direct challenge to the fundamentals of ownership, there are certain projects that are in the public interest,...
What to do and avoid before filing a malpractice claim
In a study, the CDC calculated that there were 125.7 million hospital visits made in the U.S. in 2015 and 922.6 million visits to a physician's office. Among adults that year, 83.6% came in contact with a health care professional, and among children, 93% did....
A Negligent Driver Died in an Accident That Injured You. Now What?
Many people understand that if they are injured, or loved ones are killed in a car crash, they have options for legal recourse. What they often don’t realize is that even if the driver who caused the collision perished in the accident, they might still be able to file...
COVID Shines a Spotlight on Nursing Home Care
The COVID-19 pandemic brought dramatic changes. Once comfortable with gathering in crowds to entering homes and commercial buildings without the need for face coverings, life now is much different with daily routines radically altered. Businesses found themselves in...
Fighting for the Gig Economy
Uber and Lyft changed the transportation industry and the options consumers had for short rides once exclusive to taxicabs. Both started small and soon grew into multibillion-dollar companies, establishing the ride-share industry while providing new and lucrative...
Recalled onions sickened hundreds nationwide
The Food and Drug Administration says that an onion supplier is responsible for a salmonella outbreak that has sickened people all over America. Thomson International is based in California, and its recalled onions are sold under many different brand names, all of...
