Wrongful Death

• Stearns Again One of the Thirteen Most Deadly Minnesota Counties

  Mike Bryant | January 20, 2012 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  This past week, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety released it's list of the most deadly counties due to drunk driving. They are: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Olmsted, Ramsey,...

• Elevator problems found in Manhattan building where malfunctioning elevator crushed woman

  Paul Napoli | January 16, 2012 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Officials found numerous elevator violations in the building where ad exec Suzanne Hart died last month in a tragic elevator accident. Suzanne Hart, 41-year-old Director of New Business...

• Are Cars Worth More than People?

  Mike Bryant | January 14, 2012 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  It's always interesting when you stand up in front of a jury and you talk about peoples' actual losses. Sometimes it's a relative thing to what the juror has experienced in their own...

• Died Doing What He Loved or Fighting For His Life?

  Mark Bello | January 13, 2012 9:46 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  An offshore powerboat racer lost his life on November 11 after a powerboat accident in Key West. He was critically injured when a 38-foot catamaran rolled over during a turn in the final lap of...

• MI Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Lawsuits Against 911 Operators

  David Mittleman | January 13, 2012 8:25 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  The Michigan Supreme Court will soon hear arguments about whether lawsuits against two 911 operators and their handling of emergency calls from a 5-year-old Detroit boy should be dismissed. The...

• Missouri Chamber's Tort Reform Policies Just Don't Work

  Brett Emison | January 10, 2012 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  I wrote yesterday about how the Missouri Chamber's special interest politics will grow government, raise taxes, and threaten our Liberty. Since then, some friends have pointed out some...

• Unfairness of Binding Arbitration Highlighted in Blackwater Contractors' Wrongful Death Suit

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | January 09, 2012 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  The recent settlement of four wrongful death lawsuits brought by family members of military contractors killed in Fallujah, Iraq, during March 2004 for about 2 percent of the $30 million...

• How The Chamber's Special Interest Politics Will Grow Government, Raise Taxes, And Threaten Liberty

  Brett Emison | January 09, 2012 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Accountability. Responsibility. Liberty. Justice. These are fundamental American principles enshrined in our Constitution. But they are under attack in states across the country. I typically...

• No Snow : Are The Roads Safer?

  Mike Bryant | January 06, 2012 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  I was thinking about this topic over the last couple of days. Seems like almost every day there is a story of a highway death or major impact. In many of the cases, the key issue seems to be...

• Thinking Snowmobiling Safety

  Mike Bryant | January 03, 2012 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  As I write this I hope that Minnesotean snowmobilers with get a chance to ride a lot. We know htere will be some snow so we have to talk safety. It's not unusual that we see snowmobiling...