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Death on Minnesota Roads: 2010 Official Highway Deaths Numbers Down Again

There was excellent news with the final data from the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety report showing that highway deaths were fewer across the state in 2010. The drop was 411 traffic fatalities…

By Mike Bryant

/ 22 Jun 2011

Death Happens Fast: RIP Ryan Dunn

Saturday night, I watched Ryan Dunn and Steve O on Minute to Win It. Today, Ryan is gone. As fellow lawyer blogger , Pierce Egerton, points out it wasn’t a good example for readers: UPDATE -…

By Mike Bryant

/ 21 Jun 2011

Can We Drive Without Highway Lights?

I was alerted to a new problem that is being done due too budget problems in my former home state of Rhode Island . They are turning highway lights off. Apparently, according to the RI Department of…

By Mike Bryant

/ 20 Jun 2011

Holiday: Happy Fathers Day

At times, we represent clients who are fathers and we see how much the injuries can change their lives. I was moved by the client that couldn’t fish or go camping outdoors with his children, after…

By Mike Bryant

/ 19 Jun 2011

How Safe is That Tanning Bed?

I’ve never had much interest in tanning. Seems like it comes or it doesn’t. It’s probably a product of having more skin than hair on my head, so it really doesn’t seem like it will improve things…

By Mike Bryant

/ 18 Jun 2011

Google Search: "Cut Throat Lawyer"

It was last year when I first heard from a fellow blogger that the way a person found him on the internet was to google cut throat lawyer. He apparently had written something that used the words to…

By Mike Bryant

/ 17 Jun 2011

Pool Season Means Safety

With the opening of pools across the country, it’s important that parents be thinking ahead about safety. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released a 14-page report that found 300…

By Mike Bryant

/ 16 Jun 2011

Avoid Dog Bites

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs. In Minnesota we have a solid dog bite law that imposes strict liability on the owner…

By Mike Bryant

/ 15 Jun 2011

Interesting Circumstances Lead to Medical Disclosures and Firings

Back in March, 10 people were injured and another was killed after a drug overdosing in Blaine Minnesota. It was later determined that they had ingested what is thought to be the designer drug known…

By Mike Bryant

/ 14 Jun 2011

Health Insurance and The Big Money Grab

I wrote about the drive for profits by the health insurance companies over a year ago: Health Care By The Numbers, Mike Bryant | November 21, 2009 12:58 PM This week the New York Times confirmed…

By Mike Bryant

/ 13 Jun 2011

Death of a Firm Friend

It was with heavy hearts that we heard that my former partner’s wife was killed in a car/bus collision in Wisconsin on Wednesday. It will be awhile before we find out all that happened, but right…

By Mike Bryant

/ 2 Jun 2011

Should The Pictures Of Those With DUI Warrants be Posted?

The group Minnesotans for Safe Driving is suggesting that the answer should be yes. Their idea is that by posting these pictures, more of these drivers would be stopped from being on the road. The…

By Mike Bryant

/ 2 Jun 2011