In Huang v. The Bicycle Casino, an appeals court in California was tasked with weighing the issue of liability of a common carrier. For example, if you are injured while riding in friend’s car, and that friend was at-fault in the accident, your friend would be held to the ordinary…
At some point in our lives, most of us have engaged in an activity for which we were required to sign a release of liability. If we have children, we have certainly had to sign participation forms for our children before they are allowed to go on field trips or…
Cleveland Nursing and Rehabilitation, LLC v. Estate of Annie Mae Gully, a case from the Mississippi Supreme Court, weighs whether a nursing home breached its duty of care to an elderly patient who died after complications form a fall. Plaintiff who was a resident at a nursing and rehabilitation home…
In Goodwin v. Al J. Schneider Co., a case recently weighed by the Kentucky Supreme Court, plaintiff was injured while attending a convention at a hotel and conference center owned by defendant. Plaintiff was staying at the hotel with his wife and was injured while taking a shower. According to…
We have seen a lot of news coverage around the country about police-involved shootings and the protests that increasingly follow. One recent shooting in Charlotte that has led to considerable protests from the community and across the nation was partially captured on cell phone video where the wife of the decedent can…
According to a recent news report from the Daily Caller, Joe Scarborough’s 25-year-old son has just suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) after falling down a flight of steps. He is currently in Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Scarborough is currently working on a MSNBC show called “Morning Joe”’…
Jose Fernandez, a 24-year-old pitcher for Miami Marlins was the clear choice for staff ace and was at the beginning of a promising career when he was tragically killed in a boating accident in Miami. Fernandez was a two-time All-Star selectee and was expected to be the anchor of the…
When we drop our children off at daycare, we hope for the best and assume they will be fine. However, there is always a chance that an accident will happen. Day care workers and administrators have a duty to ensure your child is protected from unreasonable and/ or foreseeable hazards.…
Traveling by bus is generally pretty safe. Millions of people do it without issue each year, and we know on the whole it’s safer than being in a car. Still, bus crashes do still happen and when they do, they tend to be catastrophic. That’s what reportedly happened recently in North Carolina. According…
According to a recent news feature form FierceBiotech, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have just agreed to provide $3 million to a biotech firm that is developing portable brain monitoring system. The lab opened three years ago and is working on products that are portable and will be able…