tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120240024449223632026-09-07T01:30:14.848-04:00Accidents, injuries and your legal rights and obligationsSimon W. Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12503701086809671976noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412024002444922363.post-1663320166896636782011-10-04T17:55:00.002-04:002011-10-04T17:58:18.143-04:00

It should come as no surprise that the earth upon which we walk contains valuable resources of all varieties.  We have the common mining pursuits of coal and oil.  But there are also the less obvious mining pursuits of uranium, lithium and other rare metals.  The value that sits under our feet is so immense, expensive and risky to reach that only a handful of big business miners

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Patient's widow sues Mayo Clinic over hepatitis C jacksonville.com If you or a loved one has gone to a hospital for help and left the hospital in a worse condition, you may need a Cleveland medical malpratice attorney. Hospitals are required to maintain the highest standards for quality of care and cleanliness. When these standards aren't meet, malpractice victims get hurt and some even die. In

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We all face tough choices in our lives with regard to our parents.  As our parents enter their golden years and need more assistance, we need to decide how much of that assistance we - as their children - can provide and how much assistance professional nursing homes can provide.  When we make the choice to send our loved ones to a nursing home, we expect that they will be taken care of

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Medical Student Suffers Dog Bite Injury in Florida The above article provides just one more example of how dangerous dogs and animals can cause serious and permanent physical injury and serious and permanent pain and suffering. When you or a loved one has been attacked by a dog, the damage caused can last forever. At times like these it is important to protect your rights to safety and

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With what may be the worst shortage of critical drugs in years, hospital operating rooms may now be exposing their patients to an increase in unnecessary, dangerous risks. If you or a loved one was injured because the proper drugs were not available at the right time, call a Cleveland hospital negligence lawyer or a Cleveland medical malpractice lawyer. One of the most necessary operating room

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If diagnosed timely, most cancers are treatable.  Failure to timely diagnose cancer or a cancer misdiagnosis can create unnecessary medical costs and unnecessary pain and suffering for the cancer patient and his or her family and friends.  When a physician or doctor fails to timely diagnosis and treat cancer, your chances of survival are significantly reduced.  If you or someone

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Linking Medical Errors, Nurses’ 12-Hour Shifts How can we expect medical providers to practice at the high levels of concentration and focus that we need of them when they are working 12 hour shifts or longer? Needless to say, the system in place is troubling. Many medical errors are committed purely due to physical and mental exhaustion. And none of us are the better for it. Patients get hurt.

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Doctors in sex cases left on honor system - chicagotribune.com The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is having major problems watching over the nearly 180 physicians and chiropractors on probation. The Department's probation unit has 3 officials to monitor more than 7,500 state-licensed individuals. Does it seem like this regulatory system is working? Why doesn't the

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On September 30, 2010, the Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals ruled on behalf of the injured party. This case started when the city had received a complaint that a fire hydrant was leaking.  After doing repairs and cutting into the road, an orange barrel was placed at the construction site and a flashing sign was allegedly placed at some distance west of the barrel. The plaintiff attempted to

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Getting insurance coverage in play is crucial in personal injury cases.  While insurance contracts are never easy to read, it is very important that you spend as much time as you need to understand all the complexities within the insurance contracts at issue.  If you look closely enough, you may uncover strategies to keep coverage in play and your case going forward. Some insurance

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In Lorraine v. Markel Am. Insurance Co., 241 F.R.D. 534 (D. Md. 2007), the court identified five evidentiary issues that must be overcome in order to introduce electronically stored information as evidence at trial. First, the information must be relevant.  This should be easy to establish since social networking information provides a litany of photos, status updates and commentaries

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Attorneys are increasingly using social networking sites to discover relevant information for use in trial preparation, i.e. depositions, as well as for use at trial as admissible evidence. Sites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter provide a wealth of personal information on the defendant or other witnesses in the cases.  However, just as the skilled attorney can use these sites

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In Malack v. BDO Seidman, LLP, No. 09-4475, 2010 WL 3211088 (3d Cir. Aug. 16, 2010), the Third Circuit refused to endorse the “fraud created the market” theory. Fraud requires the plaintiff to prove a (1) misrepresentation or omission by the defendant, (2) of a material fact, (3) scienter of defendant, (4) defendant’s intent to induce reliance, (5) reasonable reliance by the plaintiff, (6)

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In devising a proper estate plan, it can be important for the surviving spouse to have enough cash flow or other liquid assets to cover the estate administration and estate tax bills when they come due after the death of your spouse. If the surviving spouse's assets are tied up in illiquid assets, then there might not be enough cash to pay these bills.  This could put added pressure on

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In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., the Second Circuit held on September 17, 2010 that in ATS suits alleging violations of customary international law, the scope of liability—who is liable for what—is determined by customary international law itself. Because customary international law consists of only those norms that are specific, universal, and obligatory in the relations of States

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