Remember, if you have a loved one who is a resident in a nursing home, you have a duty to make sure that the staff looks out for his or her best interests. Sadly, this is not always the case at some nursing homes. Each year, countless personal injury lawsuits are filed in the U.S....
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FDA Warning: Dietary Supplement May Contain Prozac
If you take dietary supplements, you may want to make sure that the product you are ingesting is safe. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised against using a popular supplement after an examination of a shipment of the product was found to contain Prozac. http://youtu.be/77BCDbBGA2U According to BuzzFeed, the FDA announced last week that...
Read MoreHave GM Ignition Switch Death Claims Increased?
In an update to a previous blog we brought you, General Motors has announced that it has received an additional 33 claims for compensation over the last month regarding its ignition switch recall. The additional claims bring the total number of cases to 4,345. Of these, GM has received 479 claims for death, 292 for...
Read MoreBirth Injuries: Should I Have My Child’s Case Investigated?
Did you know that medical malpractice and/or the failure of a healthcare provider to act in a timely fashion during childbirth could have disastrous consequences? Common medical mistakes during child delivery include: Failure to respond appropriately to bleeding Failure to respond to fetal distress Failure to anticipate birth complications Misuse of forceps Delay in performing...
Read MoreTips to Avoid a D.C. Pedestrian Accident
We blog about pedestrian accidents regularly because they are a major problem in Washington D.C. In fact, in 2014, 52 people were killed in pedestrian accidents in the D.C. metro-area, an average of one pedestrian killed each week. The...
Read MoreHas GM Announced Another Vehicle Recall?
If you have been following our blog over the last couple of months, you may be aware that several manufacturers have recalled millions of vehicles over airbag defects, including General Motors. Sadly, the company has...
Read MoreTips for Driving in Icy Weather Conditions
As brutal winter weather continues to haunt the east coast, you need to make sure that you play it safe if you are commuting. Remember, ice, snow and sleet can pose dangers to drivers. In fact, over Valentine’s Day weekend this year, hundreds of people were involved in weather-related accidents in Maryland, Virginia and...
Read MoreHow is D.C. Preventing Child Pedestrian Accidents?
Personal Injury Attorneys Encourage Parents to Take Action on the D.C. School Crossing Guard Program On Christmas Eve, 2014, one family suffered a horrific tragedy when darkness, rain and traffic coalesced into an accident wherein a 3-year old boy was struck by a car. The boy was dragged 25 feet underneath the vehicle before the...
Read MoreWhat Are the 2015 Workers’ Compensation Rates For Maryland?
The state of Maryland adjusts its workers’ compensation rates for inflation annually on January 1, 2015. According to the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation of the State of Maryland, the average weekly wage of workers covered by Maryland Unemployment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 is $1,005.00, and this number is...
Read MorePaulette Chapman Teaches Lawyers About Jury Selection
How important is juror selection in trial law? It can be essential in getting the best possible outcome in many injury cases. With this in mind, on February 5, our very own attorney Paulette Chapman taught the D.C. Bar Association’s “Jury Selection” class to lawyers as a part of the Essential Trial Skills Series. Since...
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