Defective products can cause detrimental damage to unsuspecting consumers. In a perfect world, everything works well. Often times, though, that’s hardly the case. Manufacturers will build products that can cause harm or even death though it is never the manufacturer’s’…

There have been lawsuits involving the smoking of tobacco for more than half a century. Smokers, families of smokers and the government have been bringing suits against tobacco companies under different conditions for many years, but there have been changes…

Breach of confidence is a kind of civil wrong in which a person experiences harm via the unauthorized release of their confidential information. Legal action can be taken in such circumstances and the amount awarded to the plaintiff is dependent…

Smoke detectors, when properly installed and maintained, are the best way to keep your family safe from a fire in your home. However, not all alarms are the same. In fact, there two basic types of detector: ionization and photoelectric.…

Medical malpractice reform continues to be a topic of interest among healthcare professionals, insurance companies, and the legal community. Suggestions for reform range from shielding doctors that follow best practices from liability to putting caps on monetary awards to incorporating…

What happens if you get sick while on a cruise? Is there any legal liability on the part of the cruise line? Was the cruise line negligent and was their negligence the cause of your illness?  These are the legal…

You often hear people casually announce they plan to sue someone for slander, but suing for slander is not a casual matter. In fact, slander is a serious allegation referring to the spoken defamation of someone’s character. As such, the…

Laser hair removal in the U.S. has trended into that of a common procedure since its early advertising days 20 years back. So popular in fact, that many entrepreneurs aren’t even using professional physicians to perform the surgery. What’s scarier…

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Commission there were 2.24 million car crashes with injuries in 2010. That is a very big number and if we were to add the total number of car crashes without injuries the number…