Safety and Health Reporter
- Fraud Upon Elders Discussed By Injury Attorney
- Posted on March 17, 2013 by Brien Roche
- There is a division within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that is designed explicitly to prevent fraud upon elders. That office is known as the Office for Older Americans.
During the recent financial crisis, Americans 55 and older lost approximately 40% of their net worth. Part of this was simply ...
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Posted in Intentional Torts
- Product Liability:Energy Drinks Discussed By Products Liability Lawyer
- Posted on March 16, 2013 by Brien Roche
- Product Liability:Energy Drinks
Teenagers and young adults have recently become the focus of marketing for energy drinks. The two most famous such drinks are Red Bull and Monster.
The scientific data shows that these flavored drinks contain high amounts of caffeine and other stimulants that stimulate the central nervous system, cardiovascular system ...
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Posted in Product Liability
- Legal Precedents II As Discussed By Injury Lawyer
- Posted on March 15, 2013 by Brien Roche
- Legal Precedents II
On March 25, 1931 ten Scottsboro Boys acquired fame/notoriety not so much because of their conduct but because of where they were on that day. Several teenage boys, both black and white and two white girls boarded a train from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Memphis. During the course of ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Private Healthcare Providers Discussed By Medical Malpractice Lawyer
- Posted on March 14, 2013 by Brien Roche
- The days of individual physicians, groups of physicians or other private healthcare providers treating patients through what traditionally has been known as private practice may well being coming to a close.
With increasing emphasis on cost effectiveness in healthcare, many private practices and physicians are being bought up and consolidated by ...
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Posted in Medical Malpractice
- Osteopath Healthcare Providers Discussed By Injury Lawyer
- Posted on March 13, 2013 by Brien Roche
- You may have seen the designation DO sometimes after a physician's name. Some people get confused thinking that DO means Doctor of Optometry. In fact DO means Doctor of Osteopathy which is different than the designation for an Optometrist which is O.D.Osteopath healthcare providers, are increasingly becoming equivalent to medical doctors ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Motor Vehicle Accident Data Addressed By Accident Lawyer
- Posted on March 12, 2013 by Brien Roche
- Motor vehicle accident data is becoming more and more available to third parties as electronic sophistication grows. Many cars that are currently on the road record speed, direction, gear setting and when brakes activate and for how long as a matter of record within the electronic data recorder.
Some recording systems ...
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Posted in Auto Accident
- Bacterial Injury Threat Discussed By Injury Lawyer
- Posted on March 11, 2013 by Brien Roche
- The bacterial injury threat has become more alarming in light of recent statements from the Centers for Disease Control. The bacteria itself known as Carbapenen-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae or also known as CRE, is a bacteria that was first seen on a wide-spread basis at the National Institute of Health where it ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Poison Injury Highly Treatable Says Personal Injury Lawyer
- Posted on March 10, 2013 by Brien Roche
- Poison injury is a ongoing problem throughout the United States.
There are a number of things that can be done to prevent poisoning such as:
Storing your medicines and household products in their original containers.
Lock these products away from children.
Use child resistant packaging.
Read the label before using any medicine.
Do not mix any ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
- Product Liability-Guns Addressed By Product Liability Lawyer
- Posted on March 9, 2013 by Brien Roche
- Product liability-guns and shooter liability issues are not only important for the legal community but also of pressing general concern to the public.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has taken the lead in opposing any sort of background check or federal registry for handgun purchases and handgun owners.
The present federal law prohibits ...
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Posted in Personal Injury, Product Liability
- Legal Precedents Addressed By Injury Lawyer
- Posted on March 7, 2013 by Brien Roche
- Legal precedents are simply cases that have been previously reported by either an appellate court or a trial court that create some precedent or in some cases binding case law.
In July of 1839 a ship full of 53 African slaves known as the La Amistad was wracked with rebellion as ...
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Posted in Personal Injury
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