The first thing you feel after being in a car accident where no one got injured is relief that the accident was not worse than it was. Only then do the worries about finances start. How much will it cost to fix your car? Will you be able to get…
You probably have some kind of car insurance, since the law requires it. However, oftentimes you may not know what your car insurance actually pays until it’s too late. After a car accident, you call your insurance company, they might ask you follow-up questions by mail or phone, and…
When a company shuts down operations, pays off creditors and steps away, those involved may believe that’s the end of it and begin moving onto other endeavors. However, if the company has products that may have caused injury to others, the firm could be subject to litigation well after the…
The family of a Florida high school student who suffered permanent brain damage as a result of oxygen loss after collapsing on a school soccer field has won the right to continue their civil lawsuit against the school district. Continuation of the case, Limones v. Lee County School District, which…
When it comes to medical malpractice, sometimes it’s as much what the physicians and health care professionals did not do as what they did. This was the case for plaintiffs in Uriell v. Regents of UC, who accused a surgeon and surgeon’s employer of failure to diagnose breast cancer resulting…
In any personal injury claim, the very basics of what must be proven are: Duty of care Breach of that duty Causation Damages Explained more thoroughly, defendant must owe plaintiff a specific duty of care. That duty of care must have somehow been breach, and as a proximate result of…
Increasingly, companies and service providers require consumers to sign liability waivers, effectively agreeing to sign away their right to seek recompense should injury result from the activity or service. In large part, courts have upheld the viability of these documents, considered formal legal contracts. This is why people must be…