If you are someone who reads my InjuryBoard posts from time to time, you know that I frequently write about the fact that the need for tort reform is a myth, perpetrated by big insurance, big…
Each year, the US Chamber of Commerce, hiding behind a website entitled FacesofLawsuitAbuse.org, runs a phony baloney contest called the Most Ridiculous Lawsuit of (whatever year was the last…
When we think about child safety as it relates to kids putting things in their mouth, we tend to think of choking hazards yet choking is only part of the danger. Many things that a child can put…
If parents of newborns don’t have enough to worry about, something else has now been added to the list. After a ten-day-old baby boy died from a rare bacterial infection known as…
Tragic elevator accidents may seem rare, but have become all-to-common in the past couple of weeks. Two elevator accidents killed two women in two weeks. Two weeks ago, a woman was crushed to…
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…
A Virginia man received Botox injections to 2007 to treat a hand tremor and writer’s cramp. The first two treatments went smoothly; after the third injection he suffered a rash, then mental…
Stanley Black & Decker has agreed to pay $960,000 to settle allegations that it knowingly failed to report safety defects with its Grasshog XP Weed Trimmer/Edger. The trimmer was recalled in…
My new hero is columnist Margaret Carlson, who writes for Bloomberg News. This is hardly a publication for pro-justice types, but read what she had to say, here. The quote I like the best? It has to…
It has been a long time in the making, but the documentary, Hot Coffee, will premiere on HBO on June 27 at 9:00 PM (ET/PT), 8:00 PM (Central). The film will also be available on HBO on Demand. Hot…
As many others have reported, here and elsewhere, John Stossel has stepped up his attack on our civil justice system. He is clever, even funny, in his attacks on your right to pursue justice for…
What child doesn’t love playgrounds? They are part of all of our childhood memories. But, schools and parks have a duty to the public to use safe equipment and provide safe locations for the…