411: Bullying: Wrong – and Sometimes Illegal!
411: Bullying: Wrong – and Sometimes Illegal!

“Idiot.” “Loser.” “Dork.” “Fatso.” These are just some of the demeaning, hurtful and often unwarranted insults hurled by aggressors, bullies, etc., at their victims. In recent years, public awareness of bullying here in the U.S. has culminated in public outrage...

P.I. Pulse: More Police Negligence Results in Shootings, Injuries and Death
P.I. Pulse: More Police Negligence Results in Shootings, Injuries and Death

  It seems as though indiscriminate or negligent shootings by police have been popping up in the news rather frequently recently. This should give us pause, given that the police are supposed to be out on the streets working to...

P.I. Pulse: Going to Court Against the Police
P.I. Pulse: Going to Court Against the Police

The police serve the public, first and foremost, in an effort aimed at maintaining law and order. We rely on the police to protect us and make us feel secure; sometimes, however, it ends up being the police that are...

P.I. Pulse: Texting a Driver Could Land You in Court
P.I. Pulse: Texting a Driver Could Land You in Court

We all know that using a cell phone while driving is dangerous – in fact, in 2011, 1.3 million auto accidents involved cell phones. And take a look at this frightening statistic: texting while driving makes a car crash 23...

411: The Legal Theory of Unjust Enrichment
411: The Legal Theory of Unjust Enrichment

As we’ve remarked multiple times on this blog, and as you were probably told countless times during your youth, life isn’t always fair. That said, as we’ve also expressed consistently on this blog, the law does provide a remedy for...

What Tort Reform Supporters Aren’t Telling You
What Tort Reform Supporters Aren’t Telling You

  The tort reform movement, an effort to limit plaintiff’s rights to collect compensation for injuries or losses they’ve experienced due to the negligence of others, has put out into the general public many fallacies about personal injury law, and...

411: The Dangers of Prescription Drugs
411: The Dangers of Prescription Drugs

  Without a doubt, among the greatest benefits that evolving scientific technology has provided us with are prescription medications tailored to treat previously incurable medical conditions or prevent other medical issues.  Still, the fact that pharmaceutical companies have discovered new and...

P.I. Pulse: The NFL Settles with Former Players
P.I. Pulse: The NFL Settles with Former Players

As we have previously discussed on this blog, in recent years, many former NFL players have joined together to file a lawsuit against the National Football League for damages they have incurred as a result of injuries sustained while playing...

P.I. Pulse: Fast Food Restaurants on the Defense
P.I. Pulse: Fast Food Restaurants on the Defense

  Fast food restaurants seem to have a timeless place in the chronicles and developments of personal injury law. Fresh in the memories of all trial lawyers (in addition to those of many others) is Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants, the...

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