Can businesses and property owners be held liable in mass shootings? No one will dispute that the ultimate responsible party is the shooter, but what about the businesses that fail to look after the safety of their customers, employees and other guests? The answer isn’t simple. Each case is unique. Businesses and property owners can […]
Athletes – Listen to Your Bodies: The Dangers of Ignoring a Concussion
August 12, 2016 By
With the Rio games in full-swing, we should take a moment to discuss the dangers of concussions. Specifically, why so many athletes suffer from them and their impact on long term health. Concussion Science Concussions have been associated with several severe symptoms including: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Migraines Anxiety Depression Problems with cognitive processing Memory loss […]
Industrial Hearing Loss
August 10, 2016 By
According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), 30 million people in the U.S. are exposed to dangerous levels of noise at work. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that about 22 million people are exposed to hazardous noise levels on-the-job and nine million more are exposed to chemicals that are […]
Safety Precautions in Rio this Summer
August 8, 2016 By
If you have been following the coverage leading up to the athletic events in Rio this summer, you may be wondering if the real competition is which host city can provide the most deplorable conditions. Problems with water, and more, plaguing the athletes’ housing in Sochi made headlines in 2014, but Rio takes the cake. […]
Motorcycle Accidents Explode Around Sturgis Bike Rally
August 2, 2016 By
With the 76th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally just around the corner, it’s time to take a look at last year’s statistics. In 2015, it was estimated that a record-breaking 1,000,000 people attended, according to Department of Transportation (DOT) traffic counts. Another record-breaking number from last year? Thirteen motorcycle accident deaths. The previous record was 11, […]
The Truth Behind High School Football – Football Safety Series
July 19, 2016 By
The 2016 high school football season is on the horizon, and in some states practice begins this month. With over 1 million players, high school football is still wildly popular, but participation is declining, some schools have dropped their football programs, and some doctors are calling for a ban on tackle football in high schools. […]
One in Five Americans Disabled
July 13, 2016 By
Disability is much easier to think of as something that affects other people than something that could easily affect you at any moment and is highly likely to affect you at some time in your life. The truth is that anyone can become disabled, suddenly or gradually. Right now, one in five American adults has […]
Negligent Security Claims
June 24, 2016 By
Every property owner, manager, or occupier has an obligation (or a “duty of care”) to provide adequate security to prevent criminal actions against guests, customers, and other people visiting the property. When poor security conditions lead to an assault, robbery, rape, or murder of a person on someone else’s property, the owner or manager of […]
Tort Reform
June 23, 2016 By
When you are injured because of someone else’s negligent actions, in most cases, you are entitled to compensation for your injuries. Lay people often refer to this as personal injury law or negligence law. However, lawyers know that the proper term is tort law. Like any other type of law, tort law can be changed. […]
