Whiplash can’t be seen and thus many feel it’s not that serious. Nothing could be further from the truth. “What causes whiplash? Usually car accidents take the lead for the highest number of cases. However, they are certainly not the only way to wind up with whiplash. That can happen to anyone riding a bicycle, skiing, taking a spin on a motorcycle, riding a horse or even on skateboards. It gives one pause for thought, […]

If you are serious about the music you create as a composer, you should be serious about music licensing. Music is everywhere in the world of entertainment: Movies, television, radio advertisements and commercials. There is always a need for top-notch songs and artists. “For an upcoming composer, licensing music is a vital step in growing a career,” said Anthony Spotora, a Los Angeles-based entertainment and business lawyer. “Licensing music means that your creation is not […]

Statistics show that family practitioners and general internists get the diagnosis wrong a relatively high number of times when a person is having a heart attack. A very recent study on heart attack diagnosis released by the Physician Insurers Association revealed that malpractice in this area is quite high among family practitioners and general internists. They have the highest number of med mal claims and the highest average indemnity payments of any group of doctors. […]

One of the main problems with traumatic brain injury is that no one is able to see it. It may manifest itself in many ways, including slurred speech. “Over the years that I’ve been practicing law, I’ve seen a fair number of traumatic brain injury victims. Each one has their particular story and each one manifests their injury in a different way. Typically speaking, some of the similarities amongst victims are loss of short-term memory, […]

Social networking websites are currently seeing extensive popularity, some of them connecting more than 500 million people across the world. Dallas-based immigration attorney Stewart Rabinowitz of the firm Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz advises social network users to only connect to people they already know. People use social networking websites for numerous reasons – to keep in touch with family across long distances, to search for romantic partners and sometimes even to find completely new friends based […]

Something as simple as an apology may reduce the number of medical malpractice lawsuits. It’s an innovative approach to a touchy problem. “If your doctor said that he or she was really sorry about what happened to you, would you perhaps make the decision to not sue them for medical malpractice?” asked Michael Smith, an Arkansas accident lawyer. It seems that might just happen in some instances. This is a new approach to doing medicine […]

If one has been unfortunate enough to have been involved in a personal injury accident, there is only so much time to file a claim. If the statute of limitations runs out, the injured person no longer has the ability to receive a settlement. Each state in the United States sets its own statute of limitations, which can vary from one to six years. Here in the Peach State, the limit is two years from […]

Misdiagnosis and carelessness handling of diagnostic testing can lead to delayed treatment resulting in death. Misdiagnosis of breast cancer sometimes happens. And when it happens, the patient and the patient’s family are left with the devastation of the news of finding out that the disease is at its later stages and treatment will not help. Such things as misdiagnosis and the carelessness handling of diagnostic testing can lead to this kind of negligence. “Mammograms are […]

Trade dress law might apply to bottles. This will have a significant impact on marketplace competition. A food packaging company may have crossed the line with its fruit-juice packaging and infringed on Coca-Cola’s trademarks. Where that line actually is often causes lawsuit like this one, but behind these types of lawsuits is the desire to protect a well-known brand and not confuse consumers. Johanna Foods of New Jersey filed a suit in federal court asking […]

When products cause serious harm, it’s time to consult an Atlanta personal injury lawyer. “No one expects they’re going to go to the store and come home with a defective product, especially one that will harm you. You go to buy something that you trust will do the job. Say, for instance, a chainsaw. You want to take down some trees in your yard. You didn’t expect that the hand guard on the chain saw […]