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The cases that require expert scientific support are quite common in the personal injury field. Take for example a typical medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff claims that Dr. “X” through his negligence caused injury “Y”. Typically, and at least thirty days prior to trial, plaintiff must, in accordance
There are thousands of products on the market, each of which can cause harm to the consumer or user of the product. When injury occurs as a direct consequence of use, there are various theories of law and legal remedies available to the consumer. For example, the product may have
Simply stated, negligence is the doing of an act that a reasonably prudent person would not do under the same or similar circumstances. Negligence is also defined as the failure to do an act that a reasonably prudent person would do under the same or similar circumstances. The above rule
Falling down steps is not an uncommon occurrence or unusual type of accident. It happens every day to people given the thousands of steps found overall in apartment buildings, subways, office buildings, private homes, commercial establishments, etc. The law is rather clear in a case where plaintiff falls and (1)
With millions of products on the market, it can be reasonably anticipated that a certain number of consumers will sustain an injury in the use of a product. The question therefore asises: what are the rights of the injured consumer as against the manufacturer? The same question applies to the
A typical case arises when a motor vehicle strikes a pedestrian thereby causing serious injury. The questions that are usually raised are whether the operator violated any traffic statutes (e.g. traffic light, stop sign, or other traffic devices); whether the operator drove his vehicle with reasonable care (e.g. speed, road
No matter whether caused by a car accident or a fall from improperly maintained stairs, suffering a spinal cord injury (SCI ) can change a person’s life. Unfortunately, SCIs are not uncommon: roughly 450,000 people in the United States currently live with a SCI. Each year, approximately 10,000 people suffer
According to statistics compiled by the American Cancer Society, nearly 242,000 men in the United States are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. In fact, besides skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among American men. Despite improvements in treatment options in recent years, nearly 30,000
According to statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation, there are nearly 500,000 truck accidents in the United States each year. Approximately 130,000 people are injured and 5,000 people are killed each year as a result of these accidents. In 98 percent of fatal truck accidents, the people killed
Turn signals are not always on the minds of today’s drivers, but a recent study suggests that they should be. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) recently researched driving practices and found that motorists miss making turn signals about 25 percent of the time. This results in two billion signal