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• Tort Reform and the 2008 Election

  Rob Curtiss | December 07, 2007 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  While it has been overshadowed by Iraq and immigration thus far, tort reform is sure to be a hotly disputed issue in the upcoming election. If we recall in 2004, questions were asked about tort reform in both the Bush-Kerry presidential debates and the Cheney-Edwards vice presidential debates. It will undoubtedly be a subject of debate this time as well, particularly in the head to head meetings...

• Workplace Deaths Down in New Hampshire

  Ed Van Dorn | November 08, 2007 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Workerplace deaths are down in New Hampshire and all of New England. Employers and Government Agencies responsible for improving workplace safety should be diligent in preventing worker injuries and deaths. According to statistics released yesterday by the Boston office of the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Workplace deaths declined in New Hampshire from 18 the year before to 14. This is...

• Personal Injury Mediation

  Ed Van Dorn | June 22, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  In the past ten years or so there has been significant movement in the law to encourage alternate dispute resolution, largely refered to by the acronym ADR. This means that the law is encouraging legal claims to be settled before reaching the court room. This is generally a good thing especially in personal inury cases. By personal injury cases I mean automobile accidents, industrial accidents,...

• Listerine Agent Cool Blue Rinse Recalled

  Christina Cole | April 17, 2007 11:39 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Johnson & Johnson has recalled Listerine Agent Cool Blue Plaque-Detecting Rinse after concluding the product's preservatives did not effectively control certain types of micro-organisms.Johnson & Johnson said their McNeil-PPC division recalled approximately 4 million bottles, which comes in Bubble Blast and Glacier Mint flavors.In a release, J&J said "the company had conducted a thorough...

• Medical Malpractice Means Negligence

  Rob Curtiss | February 08, 2007 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Many people think that a doctor only commits malpractice if he or she is reckless or deliberately inattentive in their treatment of a patient. Actually malpractice simply means negligence, it is the medical equivalent of failing to stop at a stop sign and causing an accident. Just as drivers have a duty to be reasonably careful when driving, doctors have a duty to be reasonably careful when...

• Insurance Law May Change

  Ed Van Dorn | March 28, 2007 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Yesterday an attorney from our office, Christina Rousseau testified before the New Hamphsire Senate Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection Committee on behalf of a proposed law to make insurance companies subject to the New Hampshire Consumer Protection Act. Presently insurance companies are exempt from this law that imposes penaties on businesses that engage in consumer fraud or bad faith....