Over the past decade, scientists and doctors have made many advances with regard to how head injuries, including traumatic brain injuries, are treated. One major reason for this was that in the global War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq among other places, we have had thousands of brave men…
According to a recent news article from ABC News, a childcare worker is now in jail after being accused of hitting a 9-month-old child when that baby would not stop crying. This particular defendant was running a childcare center out of her apartment. While many childcare providers do so in…
Following the death of Jose Fernandez, the baseball world was in a state of shock. We saw his teammate Dee Gordon hit the longest home run of his career and then break into tears while rounding the bases. We saw all of the Miami Marlins wearing Fernandez jerseys with his…
In Fecke v. Bd. of Supervisors Louisiana St. Univ. & Agricultural & Mech. College, a case from the Supreme Court of Louisiana, a college senior went to an indoor rock climbing facility located on the university campus. He had been enrolled in an Outdoor Living Skills Activity course and this…
In Regalado v. Callaghan, defendant was a subcontractor with a license to do concrete jobs and wanted to build his wife’s dream house according to court records. In order to save money on the project, defendant chose to be the owner-builder of his new home. According to the relevant state…
Hollaway v. Direct Gen. Ins. Co. of Miss., Inc., a case from the Supreme Court of Kentucky, involved a car accident in the parking lot of an apartment complex where the vehicles were both traveling at very low speeds. There were differing accounts of what actually happened in this car…
In Huang v. The Bicycle Casino, an appeals court in California was tasked with weighing the issue of liability of a common carrier. For example, if you are injured while riding in friend’s car, and that friend was at-fault in the accident, your friend would be held to the ordinary…
At some point in our lives, most of us have engaged in an activity for which we were required to sign a release of liability. If we have children, we have certainly had to sign participation forms for our children before they are allowed to go on field trips or…
Cleveland Nursing and Rehabilitation, LLC v. Estate of Annie Mae Gully, a case from the Mississippi Supreme Court, weighs whether a nursing home breached its duty of care to an elderly patient who died after complications form a fall. Plaintiff who was a resident at a nursing and rehabilitation home…
In Goodwin v. Al J. Schneider Co., a case recently weighed by the Kentucky Supreme Court, plaintiff was injured while attending a convention at a hotel and conference center owned by defendant. Plaintiff was staying at the hotel with his wife and was injured while taking a shower. According to…