Everybody knows (or should know) that young children should be kept away from cigarettes. In reality, everyone should stay away from cigarettes as much as possible, but young children are especially susceptible to the harms of cigarettes, both because...
In personal injury law, we deal with “torts” – civil wrongs that unfairly cause loss to an individual through the wrongdoing of another. Torts, these wrongdoings, can be in the form of crimes, but someone can also be liable for...
Concert promotion company AEG Live, was found not liable for Michael Jackson’s untimely 2009 death by a California jury on Wednesday, October 2, 2013. Back in 2009, Michael Jackson’s prescribing doctor prior to his death, Conrad Murray, was convicted of...
Cell phones have, without a doubt, made us safer – they have caught crimes on camera, allowed us to stay on the phone with a friend as we walk home late at night, etc. Cell phones have also made...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
