Helping You Put Your Life Back On Track After A Serious Injury
In a split decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court has affirmed the dismissal of Ferguson v. University of Mississippi Medical Center, a wrongful death by medical malpractice lawsuit that was filed against medical providers who allegedly caused the death of the plaintiff’s brother shortly after he was taken by ambulance to a hospital for treatment in September 2008. In this most…
Whenever someone takes a prescription medication they receive from their doctor to a pharmacy, they trust that the medication provided to them is exactly what the doctor ordered. However, that is not always the case. Pharmacy errors are shockingly common across the United States and vary in severity from those that are caught before the medication is ingested to those resulting…
Earlier this month, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that discussed the application of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (the “Act”) to personal injury cases brought against foreign governments. According to the Court’s decision, the “commercial activity” exception to the Act is limited to cases where the activity which constitutes the “gravamen” of the defendant’s allegedly negligent…
Earlier this month, a California appellate court decided a case that arose when a man was injured after he tripped and fell while fleeing from a chainsaw-wielding employee at a haunted attraction. In the case, Griffin v. The Haunted Hotel, Inc., the plaintiff was a visitor to one of the defendant’s several haunted attractions operated in the San Diego area.…
Earlier this month, a teenager lost her life in a fatal accident after the driver of the car she was riding in lost control of the vehicle and collided head-on with a large utility vehicle. According to one local news source, the deceased teen was in the car with another teen whom she had met online through social media and had…
Earlier this month, an appellate court determined that a woman who injured herself while on a government-owned playground was not entitled to compensation under a premises liability theory. In ruling against the plaintiff, the court cited the state’s “recreational use statute.” The Facts of the Case According to the court’s written opinion, the plaintiff was a young girl who injured…
Earlier this month, a volunteer poll worker was struck and killed by a passing motorist as he was attempting to collect some items that had fallen out from the back of his van. According to one local news source covering the accident, the tragedy occurred near the intersection of Banta Trail and South Meridian Street in Indianapolis. Evidently, the man…
Earlier this week, an Indiana State Trooper was injured when he was struck by a passing vehicle as he was responding to the scene of an accident. According to one local news source, the original accident occurred around 6:00 in the evening on Interstate 80 eastbound, near the Interstate 65 exit. Evidently, the Trooper was on the scene of the…
A decision recently released in the case of Baumann v. Zhukov by the federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of a truck driver who caused a September 2012 accident that later resulted in five members of a Maryland family losing their lives. The family was killed when their vehicles were hit at full speed…
Earlier this month in Miami County, a 10-year-old girl was killed when the car that she was riding in was struck by another vehicle after that driver ran a stop sign. According to one local news report, the accident took place near the intersection of Miami County Road 1200 North and Miami County Road 100 West. Evidently, the young girl…