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• Traps and Pitfalls in Representing Truck Accident Victims

  Truck accident insurance investigation teams and defense lawyers are some of the most competent adversaries a plaintiff lawyer will encounter. The truck company investigators are often at the scene of the accident before the vehicles…

• Defense Neuropsychologists Want to Replace Jurors

  Defense neuropsychologists are hell-bent on being able to testify whether they believe an injured person is telling the truth. They cannot be serious, you say. Determining the veracity or credibility of a witness is the…

• Fredericksburg Tractor Trailer Crash Yields Jail Time for Truck Driver

  On February 2, 2009, a tractor trailer truck loaded with 83,000 pounds of sand ran a red light on U.S. 17 and killed a Stafford, Va. woman. The truck driver told police he thought the…

• Department of Labor States Drug Reps are Entitled to Overtime

  The issue of whether Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives ("Drug Reps" as they are sometimes called) are entitled to overtime has been bouncing around and dividing the Federal Courts for several years. However, just yesterday the United…

• Are Enemies of 7th Amendment Outraged About This Frivolous Defense?

  Let's see if the insurance industry-sponsored lobbyists who call themselves tort reformers hold any press conferences or buy any advertisements to criticize the frivolous defense being put forth in the case where the pet chimpanzee…

• Congress One Step Closer to Killing Feres Doctrine

  The Feres Doctrine is a legal precedent from a 1950 United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that service members injured in the course of their duties are prohibited from suing the…

• NFL Players Ass'n Announces Formation of Concussion and TBI Committee

  Below is the Press Release from the NFLPA Communications Director: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carl Francis Carl.Francis@nflplayers.com 202-756-9169 NFLPA ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF CONCUSSION AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY COMMITTEE For the past few months, the NFL…

• Long Term Risks from Concussions are Real

  As scrutiny of brain injuries in football players escalated the past three years, with prominent professionals reporting cognitive problems, academic studies supporting an association, and autopsies of former NFL players revealing brain damage resembling advanced…

• If You Thought Texting While Driving Was Dangerous...

  What could possibly be more dangerous than a teenager texting while driving? how about the driver of an 18 wheeler tractor trailer truck using a computer keyboard on his lap while driving. Hundreds of thousands…

• Experience Counts When Representing Victims of Brain Damage

  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1.4 million people suffer traumatic brain injuries (TBI). This number is a conservative estimate as brain injuries often go undetected. TBI’s are caused by a blow…