PC Magazine Oprah Winfrey has been urging her viewers to promise not to text or make telephone calls while driving. Last Friday she dedicated her show to the subject. Some 23 states, including Tennessee, have laws banning texting while driving. Eight other states have partial bans on texting while driving. …
The good news is that a division of Johnson and Johnson appears to be acting promptly to solve a problem. The bad news is that the consumers who use the 43 recalled products for children and infants are going to be wondering if their children have suffered any harm from…
When a person dies as a result of someone else’s negligence, Tennessee law permits only certain people to assert a claim to recover damages for the death. This article does not discuss who receives the damages awarded by settlement or judgment of the case, but only who has the right…
Elliott Wilcox shares another great post from his Winning Trial Advocacy Tips blog. I know I rant and rave about how wonderful this blog is and I fear I may be accused of a man-crush on Elliott, a gentleman I have never spoken with, much less met. But there is…
The Federal Highway Administration has ruled that the 2009 Edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices must be adopted by the states as their legal standard for traffic control devices within two years. Here is an excerpt of the Federal Register discussing the rule change. The MUTCD contains…
The Governors Highway Safety Administration has released a preliminary report indicating the motorcycle deaths have decreased on our nation’s highways. If the final numbers are substantially similar, deaths will have dropped for the first time in over a decade. Based on preliminary data gathered for the first nine months of…
ABA Journal.com reports that "in 1996, a Delaware hospital conducted an internal investigation of a pediatrician accused of inappropriate conduct with young patients and concluded he had done nothing wrong. Hence, administrators reportedly never informed the state’s medical disciplinary board or law enforcement authorities of the allegations." Now, the hospital…
Dealing with Medicare on subrogation issues can be a nightmare. This bill, HR 4796, the Medicare Secondary Payor Enhancement Act, would help make things easier by requiring the Center for Medicare Services to respond to requests for their lien amount within 60 days.
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a fascinating article about a California program that helps determine if physicians who have been disciplined can start practicing again. The goal of PACE (Physician Assessment and Clinical Education Program) is " to evaluate the competence of troubled doctors whose infractions range from serious medical…
Stark & Stark’s Pennsylvania Law Monitor has a nice post about the impact of Facebook on personal injury litigation. An excerpt: The Internet and social networking sites have changed the face of litigation in this country. However, there are some precautions that you can take to protect yourself, short…