Many people remember hearing about the crash last February between a Metrolink train and a commercial truck. What was concluded about the cause of the crash? At about 6:00 on the morning of February 23, 2015, truck driver Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez of Yuma, Arizona went on duty. He worked as a farm equipment repairman. He […]
Young Truck Driver May Have Fallen Asleep, Crashing into Greyhound Bus
One of the last things anyone wants to see on the highway is a tangle of commercial vehicles. Just driving near a large truck or bus weaving in and out of lanes is enough to make your heart jump. So imagine the scare nearby drivers experienced when a tractor-trailer and Greyhound bus crashed outside Kettleman […]
Hurt in a Crash with a Recalled GM Vehicle? You May Be Entitled to Damages Even if It Was Long Ago
Do you think a company should get out of paying people hurt by its products just because the company receives a bankruptcy discharge? The truth is that the American bankruptcy system allows that to happen every day. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, particularly when the company fails to disclose potential liabilities of […]
Legal Tools to Improve Health and Wellness
The importance of law as a tool for improving health and wellbeing across the nation and across the world has been brought into the limelight by a recent report, Advancing the Right to Health: The Vital Role of Law, published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Development Law Organization, the University of Sydney, […]
Frightening Loser Pay Rule in Idaho
The legal community in Idaho is deeply concerned about a potentially dangerous change to their civil court system. The Idaho Supreme Court is on track to implement a “loser pay” system. This means that if you lose a court case, you would have to pay for the other side’s attorney fees. This nearly unprecedented stance […]
