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  • Unprecedented Actions: HoverBoard Industry Is Deemed Unsafe
    Last Thursday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission took the unprecented step of sending a letter to all hoverboard manufacturers, importers and retailing telling them that all hoverboards are potentially unsafe.  One major manufacturer, Swagway, has also told people who own its hoverboards to quit using them until they are deemed...
  • What Is A Life Care Planner?
    Many of our more serious cases require a life care planner. A life care planner is an expert witness, usually a doctor or nurse or combination of the two, who sets out the likely care that you'll need for the rest of your life.  It can include things such as...
  • I’ve Been Injured In A Water Park Or An Amusement Park? Can I Sue Or Make A Claim?
    It's that time a year again.  Almost like clockwork, as soon as school is out, I get inquiries from people like you asking whether you can make a claim against a water park or an amusement park after you get injured. And the answer is generally yes.  If you're injured...
  • Hope After Brain Injury Video
    Here's a good video trying to explain some of the things that brain injury victims go through.  Unfortunately, too many of my clients go through this.    
  • Brain Injury News: Ohio State Football Player Found Dead After Head Injuries
    There was tragic head injury-related news out of Ohio this weekend. Yesterday, two individuals sifting through a dumpster in Columbus, Ohio found the body of Ohio State football player Kosta Karageorge, who had apparently committed suicide. Karageorge had been missing since Wednesday.  Earlier that day, he sent an ominous text...
  • Campus Rape Crises
    As the father of a high school girl, the statistics about campus rape and sexual assault rates that scare me to death.  But the stories behind the assaults are much more troubling than the mere numbers. This isn't something that I would normally write about here, but it is something...
  • Can I Sue A Day Care For Neglect?
    Yes.  Texas law allows parents to sue a day care for neglect of a child. Unfortunately, many kids suffer injuries while they are entrusted to care workers at day care.  These injuries can occur from neglect, abuse or improper supervision of the children.  Your rights and remedies often depend on...
  • NCAA Settles Its Own Concussion Lawsuit
    I've written often about the lawsuits between the NFL and former professional football players regarding their concussions.  Now, the NCAA is settling (or at least trying to settle) its own lawsuit about sports-related concussions. Under the proposed class action settlement, the NCAA will fund a $70 million pool of money...
  • I Waited Two Months To Go To The Doctor. Do I Still Have A Case?
    I received this question the other day, and I thought others might be interested in the answer as well. The short answer is "yes."  Just because you didn't immediately go to the doctor does not mean that you were not hurt and that you don't have a case. But those...
  • How Long Will My Personal Injury Case Take?
    This is a common question we hear, and it's hard to give a great answer because the potential span is so large depending on a number of factors.  For instance, we might resolve some cases within a few months of opening the case, and we might resolve some several years...