On Friday, October 29, a chlorine gas leak in a pool injured 2 students. A power failure caused chlorine vapors to spread from the pool area throughout the school. The Hopkins Hazardous Materials…
The third week of October, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Kohler Co., of Kohler, Wisc. recalled Kohler and Sterling Frameless by-pass bath doors. The glass doors can shatter, posing…
This past week, Peter Orszag presented his ideas concerning medical malpractice reform. Basically, he argued that there was a need for evidenced based guidelines. leaving aside the fallacy of the…
Last month , a Minneapolis man died eight days after he was teased at the downtown Minneapolis YMCA. The medical examiner concluded that the 28-year-old man suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest while…
From ThePopTort: Great review of the new book about Justice Brennan ( I bought it this week) A interesting look at how tort reform is not a success in Texas. Nationally: President Reagan…
Late Friday, Judge William C. Pate ruled that internal church documents of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego pertaining to priests who had been convicted, credibly accused or named in molestation…
Last week, Richard John James Robinson, 73, was found guilty of 21 charges relating to offenses against boys, all aged under 16, between 1959 and 1983. He did these atrocities in parishes in…
Halloween is a week away. Each year we fill pumpkin bags with leaves and spreading them out on the roof of the garage. It won’t be long before we are, like many of you carving real pumpkins. My…
Here at the Injuryboard we’ve spent a lot of time on the issue of teen drivers. Hopefully, some of the advice is sinking in and it’s helping. If it saves the life of some unknown teen that is…
Sunday afternoon, the new superintendent of Cass Lake-Bena schools was killed after being in a car accident. The car she was in was hit head on by a semi head on state Highway 34 west of Walker. She…
There is a law firm in Connecticut that has a drive through window from Above the Law. Torts Prof points out another example of Texas’ lack of justice. Injuryboard blogger Mike Myers gives us…
There is a lot of talk going on about the recall of Dupay hip replacements. If you have one, you may have received a letter from your orthopedist claiming that Johnson and Johnson is offering to…