Personal Injury Lawyer News
Fact or Fiction: You Can Be Arrested for Harassing Animals
August 16, 2018
This is a fact!
A man was recently cited after another Yellowstone visitor took video of him walking up to a bison in a roadway congested with stopped cars and waving his arms. The animal charges him a couple of times, but Reinke doesn’t appear to get hurt.
Then, Yellowstone rangers
Can Police Officers Be Held Liable for Steering Trump Supporters into Violent Mob?
August 9, 2018
20 plaintiffs who attended a Trump campaign rally in June 2016 accuse San Jose, California police officers of directing them into a violent crowd of protestors. Plaintiffs say the officers stood by and did nothing while the rally attendees were physically assaulted with objects and hit.
An elderly
Fact or Fiction: Over 9,000 Lawsuits Claim Johnson’s Baby Powder Causes Cancer
July 25, 2018
This is fact! There are more than 9,000 talcum-powder lawsuits across the country. The lawsuits name as defendants companies like Johnson & Johnson and even the companies that mine talc and supply it to the manufacturers.
While only a few lawsuits have gone to trial, so far Johnson & Johnson
Why is MGM Resorts Suing the Las Vegas Shooting Victims?
July 21, 2018
MGM Resorts owns the Mandalay Bay hotel, used by Stephen Paddock to shoot and kill 58 people and wound more than 500 others. MGM also owns the Route 91 Harvest festival venue which hosted the music festival where victims were targeted.
In federal U.S. District Courts in California, Nevada,
Suing Over Bed Bugs – What You Need to Know
July 13, 2018
Planes, trains, automobiles, hotels, apartments, houses, and even movie theaters – what do all these places have in common? Bed bugs have attacked people there!
In Southern California a family was awarded $1.6 million against their apartment owner for suffering a bed bug infestation that left their child, then
In California, Courts Can’t Force Yelp to Remove Negative Reviews
July 5, 2018
Lawyer Dawn Hassell filed a defamation suit against her firm’s former client, Ava Bird. Bird acknowledged she wrote a one-star review of the Hassell Law Group that complained her lawyer had withdrawn from her personal injury case “because her mom had a broken leg, or something like
Your Online Shopping Will Cost More After this Supreme Court Ruling
June 24, 2018
For most of its early years, most Amazon customers paid NO sales tax, which saved them significant amounts on items like electronics. Critics argue that this gave Amazon a huge early advantage that traditional brick and mortar retailers did not. Now, Amazon has almost $120 billion in revenue from product
Fact or Fiction: The Trump Administration “Lost” 1,500 Children
June 16, 2018
As I worshipped in Hampton Roads this morning, I couldn’t help but consider how Scripture commands compassionate treatment of migrants and refugees. Yet this administration is separating kids from their parents and unable to account for 1,500 lost children! Shame. https://t.co/oSyMYcS3y3
That Gay Wedding Cake Case
June 8, 2018
Colorado baker Jack Phillips welcomes and serves everyone, of all sexual orientations, selling them coffee and off-the-shelf baked goods. In the past he has declined requests for Halloween, Satanic, and divorce cakes, and he has even refused to create cakes with anti-gay messages.
However, he does not design custom
Did the California Supreme Court Just Turn All Uber Drivers into Employees?
June 1, 2018
Did you know that the following types of workers are often classified as independent contractors aka “1099ers”, rather than employees in California:
Uber and other ride-share drivers
Strippers
Hair stylists and nail salon workers
Many truck drivers
Food delivery couriers
Even FedEx had been classifying its drivers as independent contractors,