- Brett Emison | July 30, 2010 10:42 AM |
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MiscellaneousSo much news about trial lawyers is negative... take the vindictive dry cleaning guy for example. Bad news and a few outrageous lawsuits sell papers and get ratings. Good news about lawyers doesn't...
- Brett Emison | July 29, 2010 10:09 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAs a grand jury expands its investigation of Toyota's steering problems, the company announced another recall for its steering defect. Here's a round up of coverage:
Toyota recalling Toyota...
- Brett Emison | July 28, 2010 11:16 AM |
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MiscellaneousI've written before on the many reasons why politics should be kept out of the courtroom - particularly in the selection of judges. Non-partisan, merit-based judicial selection is the best way to...
- Brett Emison | July 27, 2010 11:30 AM |
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MiscellaneousRound up of Legal News and Commentary from around the internet:
Why a crash is not just an accident by Eric Turkewitz (New York Personal Injury Law Blog)
Thoughful rebuttal to Walter K....
- Brett Emison | July 26, 2010 11:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
With gas prices these days, you often hear about keeping your tires properly inflated. You might also rotate, balance, and check your tires regularly for wear, but most drivers do not know that...
- Brett Emison | July 23, 2010 10:29 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsFord reported net profits of $2.6 billion over just the last three months. This marks the 5th straight profitable quarter for the automaker and marks its highest profit in 6 years. Ford earned $2.1...
- Brett Emison | July 22, 2010 4:56 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI wrote in May about how car makers - through the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers - were lobbying against a bill designed to make NHTSA stronger and vehicles safer.
Christopher Jensen at The...
- Brett Emison | July 21, 2010 11:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsMore bad news for Toyota this week as a federal grand jury investigating Toyota's handling of safety issues subpoenaed documents related to faulty steering components. The new request expanded the...
- Brett Emison | July 19, 2010 3:30 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI want to follow up on my earlier post about the dangers of loose objects in vehicles. In some vehicles, a loose can of peas or other unsecured items might be the least of your worries.
What if you...
- Brett Emison | July 19, 2010 10:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsMost people are not aware that unsecured objects in your vehicle can become dangerous projectiles in a crash. ABC's Good Morning America featured a story on the dangers of unsecured cargo in...
- Brett Emison | July 17, 2010 11:12 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
Ted Frank lied about me in a blog post (apparently without comments enabled), so I will answer his accusations here.
First, a little background.
On July 13, 2010, Ted Frank wrote a short...
- Brett Emison | July 15, 2010 10:30 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsTo borrow a phrase from our friends at overlawyered... I told you so.
Toyota has been caught planting a story and misleading the public... again.
After doing just a little bit of homework, the...
- Brett Emison | July 15, 2010 10:30 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsToyota is jumping to conclusions again and trying to blame its own drivers for Toyota's sudden acceleration problems.
This week, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled, Early Tests Pin...
- Brett Emison | July 14, 2010 2:26 PM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began a two-day hearing yesterday to assess the risks and side effect dangers of the diabetes drug, Avandia.
Avandia was introduced more than a decade ago...
- Brett Emison | July 14, 2010 10:35 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsJim Suhr has reported for the Associated Press that Toyota bullied automotive professor David Gilbert and Southern Illinois University over Gilbert's investigation of Toyota's sudden acceleration...
- Brett Emison | July 13, 2010 10:33 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn May, the United States Supreme Court announced that it would hear an appeal of a case that had alleged a seat belt design defect, but was dismissed because the vehicle complied with the technical...
- Brett Emison | July 13, 2010 8:33 AM |
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MiscellaneousWhen it rains celebrity legal news, it pours. I wrote yesterday about how one of Lindsay Lohan's attorneys may have breached the attorney-client relationship. Now there's even more celebrity legal...
- Brett Emison | July 12, 2010 6:04 PM |
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MiscellaneousOk. Here is something I didn't plan on writing about when I woke up this morning... a blog post about Lindsay Lohan with People Magazine as my source!
Here's why Lindsay Lohan made this blog: One...
- Brett Emison | July 12, 2010 3:05 PM |
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MiscellaneousSome interesting legal headlines from around the country:
Lawsuits may reveal more Avandia data by Susan Heavey at Reuters (on Yahoo!News)
Chuck E. Cheese settles suit over mascot's...
- Brett Emison | July 09, 2010 2:23 PM |
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MiscellaneousAn unusual degree of self restraint has prevented me from commenting directly on John Stossel's ridiculous news (fiction) story last night. Thankfully, others have commented:
John Stossel:...
- Brett Emison | July 09, 2010 12:38 PM |
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MiscellaneousYou've probably heard the saying: A person who represents himself at trial has a fool for a client. The folks Lowering the Bar have an amusing post demonstrating the truth of that statement. Click...
- Brett Emison | July 09, 2010 10:30 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has ordered the 10 states with the most railroad crossing collisions to implement safety improvements that reduce these train collision or lose millions of...
- Brett Emison | July 08, 2010 10:30 AM |
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MiscellaneousJason Paris, guest blogging at Eric Turkewitz's site, wrote an entertaining piece about the insurance industry. I recommend you click over to Eric's site and read it. As Eric said: Lawyering isn't...
- Brett Emison | July 07, 2010 3:52 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesSome of the latest headlines from the BP oil spill:
BP Texas City Refinery Blast Victim: BP Keeps Killing People at ABC News
BP Chief Hayward Looks To Abu Dhabi Prince For Bailout at SmarTrends...
- Brett Emison | July 07, 2010 10:34 AM |
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MiscellaneousGreg David at crainsnewyork.com wants tort reform in New York. My question is why?
I've written about the dangers of tort reform before. I won't retread all of the arguments against it, but I...
- Brett Emison | July 06, 2010 10:43 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)I have written about the poor training, maintenance and oversight at smaller regional airlines before (here and here). Now, ABC News has reported on another flying danger -- young, inexperienced air...
- Brett Emison | July 05, 2010 4:53 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsLast week it was just a maybe... this week it is reality. Toyota has recalled 270,000 Lexus and Crown vehicles because of defective valve springs, a critical engine component that could cause the...
- Brett Emison | July 03, 2010 9:02 AM |
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MiscellaneousI've written about how Don Blankenship -- CEO of the Massey Energy Company responsible for the West Virgina mine explosion -- attempted to buy a West Virginia supreme court judge in a partisan...
- Brett Emison | July 02, 2010 2:55 PM |
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As we celebrate our Independence Day this 4th of July, remember your freedoms and liberties that so many have died to defend. One of those rights is the right to a trial by a jury of peers.
In...
- Brett Emison | July 01, 2010 2:46 PM |
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MiscellaneousNow that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has finished her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, here's what others are saying:
The Consensus: Kagan Does Well, But Still Rankles Some...
- Brett Emison | July 01, 2010 10:40 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsJust days after Toyota stopped production of a Lexus model because it failed to comply with federal minimum standards on fuel leakage, Toyota announced the possibility of yet another recall... this...
- Brett Emison | July 01, 2010 10:15 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIf you have been following the Toyota sudden acceleration problem at this blog, on Injury Board or elsewhere, you probably already know that Toyota's dirty tricks are putting you at risk. I've...