What do twelve California hospitals have in common? All have been fined for preventable medical errors that injured or killed patients. Alameda Hospital in Alameda. In 2009, seven patients were…
Did State Farm Insurance buy Llyod Karmeier a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court to escape a billion dollar judgment? Yes, according to lawyers who want the billion back. An Illinois case dating…
A Philadelphia family was awarded $2.9 million in a wrongful death of their 14-year-old daughter killed in a 2004 hit-and-run accident by a drunk driver. The 21-year-driver was also driving on a…
Today I read an article by Christine Hines, Public Citizen’s Consumer and Civil Justice Counsel that I felt was worth sharing with my readers. I have paraphrased it, slightly, for length and…
I’ve been a Michigan attorney for 35 years. Prior to founding my current company, Lawsuit Financial Corporation, and going into the lawsuit funding business, nationwide, I practiced personal injury…
Notice to all Americans who support a plaintiff’s access to the civil justice system: This is the dirtier side of the politics of denying the public access to justice. Behind your backs, billion…
Americans and their pets are senselessly injured or killed in accidents because they are not informed or neglect to utilize pet travel harness. Every 18 minutes an accident occurs due to a loose pet…
Unfortunately, in many families, both parents must work; consequently, children are caring for themselves at least a few hours before and/or after school. How do you know when your child is ready to…
This week, an estimated 500,000 public school buses in the U.S. will transport children to/from school. The Center for Auto Safety and the National Coalition for School Bus Safety hoped this year…
One of the catch phrases of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and tort reform groups is “frivolous lawsuits” – a lawsuit that has no legal basis, or is so petty, that suit isn’t…
A recent lawsuit has led an online dating service to conduct background checks on members to screen out known sex offenders. A woman sued Match.com after being sexually assaulted by a man she met on…