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• Poll: Teen Drivers Know Texting Is Dangerous; Do It Anyway

  Brett Emison | May 16, 2012 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A new poll released this week shows that nearly all teenage drivers know that texting and driving is dangerous, but nearly half admit to texting while driving. This survey (conducted for...

• Friday Legal & Safety News Roundup: February 10, 2012

  Brett Emison | February 10, 2012 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Legal and safety news from around the internet that caught my attention this week: Justice Kennedy As Healthcare Swing Vote: Which Way Will He Go? [Lee Pacchia at Bloomberg Law] ...

• Employment Discrimination - Alive and Well

  Lindsay Rakers | January 23, 2012 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  Employment discrimination in the workplace is still alive and well. It is important that Missouri residents are well-informed regarding their rights so that if something is amiss, it can be...

• Friday (the 13th) Legal & Safety News Roundup - January 13, 2012

  Brett Emison | January 13, 2012 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Happy Friday - here is some legal and safety news that caught my interest this week: Sexy Teen Fights for First Amendment Freedoms Over Slutty Yearbook Photo [Staci Zaretsky at Above...

• Legal & Safety News Roundup: January 6, 2012

  Brett Emison | January 06, 2012 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Happy New Year - here are some of the legal and safety related stories that caught my interest over the past week (or so): The Ridiculousness of the Virginia GOP Primary [Ilya Somin...

• Did You Know... Newt Gingrich Does Not Understand The Constitution Or The Civil Justice System?

  Brett Emison | December 19, 2011 11:15 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I've documented how many of those running for president - Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry - have come against the 7th Amendment right to civil jury trial and in favor of...

• Study: How the Insurance Industry Manufacturers Crises and Harms America

  Lindsay Rakers | December 15, 2011 7:01 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Americans for Insurance Reform, a project of the Center for Justice and Democracy, released a study today Repeat Offenders: How the Insurance Industry Manufacturers Crises and Harms America. ...

• Missouri PROMO Does it Again - this time in Columbia City

  Lindsay Rakers | December 05, 2011 9:59 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Directly from PROMO's Executive Director and our fearless leader, A.J. Bockelman: This evening, the Columbia City Council passed legislation to include gender identity in the city's...

• Calvin Klein Part of Huge Launch in Support of Americans for Marriage Equality

  Lindsay Rakers | December 04, 2011 10:30 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Following up on my recent brief post about marriage equality in the United States, it is exciting to see when campaigns for marriage equality make advances. This week, the Human Rights...

• Did You Know... Parents Must Use Caution With Bumbo Baby Seats?

  Brett Emison | November 28, 2011 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  It was not too long ago that my daughter was in her Bumbo baby seat frequently. But my wife and I never left her alone in the seat and never used the seat on elevated surfaces. All parents must...