We know that if you hit someone and leave the scene, this is technically hit-and-run, right? Well, the leaving of the scene must be intentional or it is not a crime. In point of fact, for me it...
The victim of slip-and-fall injury was awarded $38.6 million by a California jury. The victim suffered a brain injury after slipping and falling from the balcony of a hotel. The argument...
New Hampshire recently became the first state to pass legislation on what is being referred to as an “early offer” program for medical malpractice claims. Governor John Lynch...
ABC News reported that 3 US Air commuter jets nearly avoided a mid-air collision at Reagan International Airport in Washington, DC after air traffic controllers modified approach vectors due...
During a college football game in October 1985, Marc Buoniconti fractured his spine between the third and fourth cervical vertebrae. Since then, he’s lived his life in a wheelchair, unable...
As Americans drive increasingly older vehicles, statutes of repose inflict Draconian results for drivers of these older cars, trucks, and SUVs.
A statute of repose completely cuts off...
The Missouri Supreme Court decided to strike down caps on payouts in medical malpractice lawsuits. The Court determined that the 2005 state law which placed an arbitrary cap on non-economic...
Here at the Legal Examiner, we have for a long time been writing about how, through a process of delay and defend, insurance companies have been working to reduce their costs. It does seem...
Accretive Healthcare, one of the nation's largest medical debt collectors, will be forced to pay $2.5 million to the Minnesota State attorney general for violating a law requiring hospitals...
An estimated 795,000 Kenmore Dehumidifiers have been recalled by Sears because they can overheat, smoke, melt and catch on fire, posing a fire and burn hazard.
The company, to this date, has...