Even if your job involves handling dangerous items, you still expect to be safe at work. In an unfortunate recent case, that expectation was not met for a women in Connecticut.A hospital in New Haven admitted a worker after she got her hand caught in a machine at a Schick razor factory called Edgewell Personal Care.The Gory DetailsA production manager from the factory in Milford told WTNH-TV that the worker had been performing a routine job that Thursday morning when she got her right hand caught in the machine. Emergency crews responded right...Continue Reading...
An accident that causes serious injury can happen in any number of situations. You might be rear-ended at a stop light, or you might be hit by a speeding semi-truck driver as you attempt to merge onto the interstate.Who is to blame for the wreck? Can you hold that person financially responsible for your property damage and medical expenses? Negligence Laws and Accident CasesWhen you sue for damages caused by negligence, you must prove several things. First, you must demonstrate that the other party owed you a duty of care, and that they committed...Continue Reading...
It only takes an instant for a car accident to occur. It can be extremely disorienting and you may not know what to do amidst all the confusion and chaos. However, if you remember the guidelines mentioned in this article, you can make sure that the situation is well handled, all while securing important details that could make all the difference in a possible injury recovery case. These guidelines represent the crux of guidance issued by the California Highway Patrol (‘CHP’) and California DMV.Your first priority should be to handle...Continue Reading...
A Jefferson Parish man has been arrested for hitting a bicyclist with his car and fleeing the accident shortly afterward. Local resident Paul Tucker was driving a vehicle while intoxicated at the time of the accident. He was later arrested and charged with a laundry list of crimes, including the following:Operating a vehicle while intoxicatedVehicular negligent injuringHit-and-run drivingReckless operation of a vehicleDriving against trafficViolating one-way trafficDue to overcrowding at the prison, Tucker was immediately released on a $12,550...Continue Reading...
Shanda Cherie Cothern, a twenty-five-year-old woman from the Angie area, was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle that ended her life. She was found to be at fault for the accident, speeding much faster than the designated limit in the area. She had a juvenile passenger with her at the time who was injured yet survived. That person’s name is not being released to the public. The thirty-three-year-old driver of the other vehicle was also injured but survived. His or her name is not being released, either.Details of the CrashThe...Continue Reading...
“Quid pro quo” is the Latin term meaning “this for that”. Under California law, quid pro quo is a form of sexual harassment that occurs when a supervisor or someone in a position of authority requests sex, sexual favors or a sexual relationship in exchange for not firing or otherwise punishing the employee, or in exchange for favors, such as hiring, promotions or raises. In these instances, unwanted sexual favors become a bargaining tool for advancement in the workplace and can create a hostile work environment for everyone...Continue Reading...
Personal injury claims turn on whether or not the defendant was negligent in his or her actions to the plaintiff, but what does that mean? Negligence is a legal term of art that gets tossed around rather casually by lawyers when it comes to recovering damages. Like most legal terms, it has a very particular technical meaning. Negligence is an act or failure to act when you owe a duty to another individual. The Prima Facie Elements of a Tort in Negligence – In order to prove negligence in California, the plaintiff must be able to...Continue Reading...
Once the pleading stage of your California personal injury case has passed – that is, after you have filed your complaint seeking compensation and the allegedly at-fault defendant has had an opportunity to respond - your case, assuming it has not been addressed through dispositive motions, will proceed to the discovery phase. The importance of the discovery phase and the discovery process as a whole cannot be overstated: It is during this process that each side gains access to the documents, evidence, and witnesses that the other side...Continue Reading...
