Safety and Health Reporter
- Lethal Injections are Too Lethal
- Posted on September 18, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Lethal injections as currently used in Montana are unconstitutional. On September 7, 2012 a State Court Judge from Montana declared the lethal injections used by the state of Montana to execute prisoners to be unconstitutional. Apparently, what the state prison system does is they use a three drug combination in order to ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- The Glove Did Fit
- Posted on September 17, 2012 by Brien Roche
- In one of the trials of the century involving O. J. Simpson, he was asked for some reason, to put on the supposed glove that was used by the murderer and, as we all may recall, the glove did not fit.The prosecutor thought the glove did fit.
His defense counsel, Johnnie ...
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Posted in Intentional Torts
- Personal Injury Lawyer Addresses Res Judicata
- Posted on September 16, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Res judicata is a concept that is similar to collateral estoppel which was addressed in another posting. Res judicata can also be thought of as claim preclusion meaning that certain claims may be precluded from being relitigated if in fact they have already been litigated. As a personal injury lawyer ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Injury Attorney Defines Gross Negligence
- Posted on September 15, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Gross negligence is a legal concept that describes behavior that exceeds what is called simple or ordinary negligence according to injury attorney Brien Roche. Simple or ordinary negligence is conduct that a reasonably prudent person would not engage in. Gross negligence goes beyond that and is typically defined as that ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Injury Attorney:Contributory Negligence is a Bar to Recovery
- Posted on September 14, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Contributory negligence is a bar to recovery in most negligence cases according to injury attorney Brien Roche. The only exception to that is if the defendant's negligence rises to the level of what is called willful and wanton conduct. Willful and wanton misconduct is different from any other form of ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Auto Accident Lawyer Fairfax
- Posted on September 13, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Fairfax Accident Lawyer
An auto accident lawyer in Fairfax, Virginia is probably a bit more busy than attorneys in many other parts of the state because of the level of congestion in this area. Although the roads throughout the Fairfax area tend to be quite good the level of traffic and the speed with ...
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Posted in Auto Accident
- Product Liability Lawyers Fairfax
- Posted on September 12, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Product liability lawyers Fairfax are kept busy with claims because of the density of population and the overall sophistication of products that we deal with. Product liability claims may be seen in regards to exercise equipment, construction equipment, defective office equipment or defective household appliances or other household products.
Within any product liability claim ...
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Posted in Product Liability
- Personal Injury Lawyer
- Posted on September 11, 2012 by Brien Roche
- A personal injury lawyer focuses principally on vehicle accident claims whether they come in the form of motor vehicle collisions, truck accidents, bicycle accidents or pedestrian accidents.
Some personal injury lawyers expand the scope of their practice and go beyond the limits set forth above and also deal with medical malpractice ...
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Posted in Auto Accident, Personal Injury
- Injury Lawyer Addresses Apparent Agency
- Posted on September 10, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Apparent agency comes into play in those instances where a particular person or entity is not an actual agent of someone else but appears to be an agent of someone else according to injury lawyer Brien Roche.
One of the more common instances where you see that occurring is in a hospital ...
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Posted in Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury
- Accident Lawyer Comments On Rebuttal Witnesses
- Posted on September 9, 2012 by Brien Roche
- Accident Lawyer-The Use of Rebuttal Witnesses
Rebuttal witnesses are very common in civil litigation. At the conclusion of the defendant's case, the plaintiff may choose to call rebuttal witnesses for the purpose of rebutting something that was brought up anew during the defendant's case according to accident lawyer Brien Roche.
Rebuttal is an excellent ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
