What to Know if You Slip and Fall During Holiday Shopping
Although Black Friday has come and gone, brick and mortar retail has a surprisingly strong outlook heading into this year’s winter shopping season. That means that as winter holidays approach, we can expect packed stores and increasingly chaotic shopping outings. When we include icy parking lots and other common winter weather hazards in this equation, […]
How Winter Amplifies Construction Job Site Dangers
Construction is an especially hazardous job, and safety should always be top-of-mind when working on a building site. The winter season, however, presents a wide array of hazards. As the weather gets colder and the snow begins to fall, there are a few additional safety precautions that can make work significantly safer. In this article, […]
Exploding Truck Fuel Tanks Common Cause of Wrongful Deaths
In 2019, 51-year-old trucker Cornelia Marie Wilson was killed when she veered off the road, rammed into a tree, and her truck erupted in flames. It was later determined that Wilson had no serious injuries upon collision with the tree The culprit? A Los Angeles Superior Court explained that the side-mounted fuel tank on the […]
Three Risk Factors for Driving this Thanksgiving
Last winter was a cautious time for many families. With COVID-19 surging, many of us were left to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas with our faraway loved ones over Zoom and Facetime. As the first holiday season with the virus in retreat, this Thanksgiving will be especially special for many families who’ve been apart for over […]
Roundup Lawsuit Updates October 2021
In 2018, Bayer acquired the Monsanto company, and since then they have faced a consistent onslaught of Roundup cancer lawsuits. After a flurry of losses in court over the past few years, in late July Bayer set aside an additional $4.5 billion (on top of $11.6 billion they had already reserved) to help them pay […]
Who Can File a Mesothelioma Lawsuit for Asbestos Exposure?
If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer related to asbestos exposure, your life has likely been turned upside down. Concerns about undergoing treatment, missing weeks of work, and expensive medical bills can cause an unbearable amount of stress. Unfortunately, for many people the stress of a cancer diagnosis is enough […]
Breast Cancer and Medical Malpractice in New Jersey
Many of us have known and loved someone who has battled breast cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that in America in 2021, there will have been 284,200 new breast cancer cases and 43,600 breast cancer deaths. In fact, according to a recent statement from the World Health Organization (WHO), breast cancer accounts for 12% […]
Bayer Loses Third Recent Roundup Appeal
For decades, Bayer’s glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup has been in the news for allegedly causing cancer, and mounting evidence–as well as verdicts against the company–show no signs of letting up. In recent news, they lost a third appeal, once again attempting to claim that the product isn’t dangerous. Even as Bayer loses lawsuit after lawsuit, […]
How an Attorney Can Help After a High-Speed Crash
Drivers love to believe they can travel 5 or 10 miles per hour over the speed limit and not get pulled over. Because it’s unlikely we’ll get a ticket every time we speed, it’s tempting to think that speed limits are arbitrary. In reality, speed limits are carefully determined by traffic engineers using a variety […]
Failure to Warn: When Your Construction Accident is Your Employer’s Fault
If you work in construction, you know better than anyone that job sites are dangerous, and there is seemingly endless potential for construction site injuries. In fact, according to a recent study on injuries in the U.S. construction workforce, there were roughly 3.1 work-related injuries per 100 full-time workers in 2017, including 1,013 fatalities. Despite […]