InjuryBoard Louisville Archives

• Protecting Children in the Event of a Car Accident

  Karl Truman | April 28, 2009 3:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Secretary for the United States Department of Transportation, Ray Lahood announced plans to urge automakers to test its child safety seats and make recommendations which seat restraints are the...

• Nevada Re-Evaluates Its Limits on Medical Malpractice Damages

  Karl Truman | April 24, 2009 5:32 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  In 2004 Nevada passed a law that capped punitive damages to $350,000 in medical malpractice cases. The bill was part of the “Keep our Doctors in Nevada Act” in which supporters claimed...

• Tort Reform Arguments Fueld by Insurers, Tobacco Companies and Corporations

  Karl Truman | April 22, 2009 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A tort simply defined, is a civil wrong, where the injured party may be entitled to recover monetary damages. Tort Reform refers to proposed laws designed to curtail litigation and limit the...

• Parents can help prevent teen driver car crashes

  Karl Truman | April 21, 2009 2:40 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Whenever one gets behind the wheel of a car the process of risk assessment begins. This is why drivers look both ways before entering the roadway. The driver is determining issues of risk before...

• Reforming Product Saftey Laws to Protect Children

  Robin Bara | April 20, 2009 3:05 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  In August of last year, Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), in part due to the estimated 563 recalls in 2008 alone. A majority of the products were recalled on...

• The Reality Behind Frivolous Litigation

  Robin Bara | April 17, 2009 10:58 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Most people, at some point in life, will hear about a ridiculous lawsuit filed by some overzealous attorney practicing somewhere in the country. These lawsuits, once picked up by the media, spark...

• GM Recalls 1.5 Million Vehicles

  Robin Bara | April 16, 2009 5:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  CNN has announced that GM is recalling over 1.5 million of its vehicles manufactured between 1997 and 2003. The recall is due to potential fire hazards. Some people have speculated that the...

• Understanding Injuries in Low Impact Car Accidents

  Robin Bara | April 16, 2009 5:54 PM | 4 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It is a common misconception in a low impact auto accident that if the vehicles involved sustained minimal damages, the people in that accident received minimal to no injuries. While it’s...

• Medical Malpractice Reform

  Robin Bara | April 09, 2009 4:02 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  President Obama declared in early March that Medical Malpractice Reform is being considered as part of the overall proposition to reform the healthcare industry. As part of the reform, President...

• Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009

  Robin Bara | April 09, 2009 11:23 AM | 10 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  In March 2009, The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009 (HR 1237) was introduced to the House. The act prohibits nursing homes from inconspicuously placing mandatory arbitration clauses...

• Keeping up with FDA Recalls

  Robin Bara | April 09, 2009 11:20 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  President Obama announced in early February the need for FDA reform, due largely in part to the salmonella outbreak from tainted peanut butter, which left over 500 people ill and 8 people dead. It...