Seatbelt usage across the U.S. averages 66% in the front seat, but rear seat passengers use safety belts only one-third of the time according to the Air Bag Safety Campaign. Ironically, the rear seat offers the highest level of safety in a crash and the most protection, but only if passengers are wearing a lap […]
All Terrain Vehicles: Deaths and Injuries to Children
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s latest estimates, from December 30, 1987 to the end of 1991, there were more than 1033 deaths and 224,500 injuries from all ATVs. Almost 40% of the victims have been, and will continue to be, children under 16. During this period approximately 415 children died and 90,000 were […]
Brain Damage at Birth: A Malpractice Case Study
INTRODUCTION David Smith, age two, is severely brain damaged and lives in a near vegetative state as a result of a cascading torrent of malpractice set off by Defendant Michael Thomas, an obstetrician, who failed to properly test his mother for gestational diabetes. That malpractice was aggravated and accelerated into an avalanche by labor and […]
The Tragedy Of Elder Abuse: Outrageous Misconduct By A Residential Care Facility That Resulted In Death By Starvation And Dehydration. A True Story
The following is a true case report of elder abuse and death caused by a Residential Care Facility in California and is taken verbatim from the complaint filed in the Superior Court. The names and dates have been changed to protect the privacy of the family of this tragically abused elder who died of starvation […]
Child Molestation: School’s Failure to Supervise a Volunteer Senior Citizen – A Case Study
INTRODUCTION The following facts are true. These five cases resulted in positive outcomes because parents joined together and immediately hired an experienced civil trial lawyer at the outset. The original version of this article was prepared as a trial brief for five preschool children and their parents who filed suit against a local school district […]
