Slate’s Law Blog
Heart Transplant Recipient Sues Hospitals for Malpractice
Some medical conditions are more common in some demographics than in others, but if a patient is having symptoms that could indicate a serious health condition, doctors should not automatically assume that the patient does not have this condition just because he or...
Two Injured Students Sue After School Bus Crash
No one ever said that riding a school bus was a pleasant experience. Once you arrive at school, the teachers and hall monitors are there, casting sidelong glances that usually prevent the school bullies from showing their worst side, but on the bus, it is open season...
Is it Premises Liability When a Customer Falls From a Balcony?
Law school lectures about premises liability cases usually involve scenarios where a customer gets injured in an accidental fall at a place of business, such as a restaurant or retail store. Most of the time, the accidental fall is the result of the customer slipping...
Unintended Acceleration Accidents
Is it possible that your car can crash even when you are exercising reasonable caution and did not make any mistakes? It does not happen often, but it is possible. Vehicle malfunctions can be a contributing factor in traffic accidents. They can fail to prevent a...
Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck by Car on Alameda Road
Pedestrian accidents can happen for a variety of reasons. The most common scenario where cars strike pedestrians is where there are no sidewalks or crosswalks, such that there is no designated place where drivers should expect to see pedestrians crossing the road or...
Drunk Driver Hits First Responders’ Parked Truck at Scene of Other Accident
Imagine walking toward your parked car only to find out that someone has crashed into it and damaged it while you were away. Your initial response will probably be a blaze of anger, but you will calm down when you realize that it will be easier to get your car...
Nervous System Injuries
Every time you do anything, it is due, at least in par,t to your nervous system. If you scroll through social media posts on your phone, it is because your brain sends a signal to your fingers, and the nerves in your fingers react. If you got distracted midway through...
Perplexing Personal Injury Lawyer Behaviors Explained
Lawyers have their own way of thinking, speaking, and acting. Some of it comes from following the conventions of the legal profession, but part of it is that the practice of law attracts a certain kind of person. People do not choose to become lawyers unless they...
Fancy Vehicle Safety Features are No Substitute for Simple Ones
Your health is priceless, and therefore people who can afford to do so are willing to pay top dollar for cars that have a reputation for safety and for upgrades to the safety features on your car. The research and development to make cars safer has been paying off....
Injured Customer Receives $31 Million Premises Liability Damages Award From Restaurant
In almost every family, there is at least one person who refuses to eat in restaurants under any circumstances, and that person’s reasons are usually a manifestation of his or her general nature as a control freak. For example, the person might be the sort who reads...