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Climate Change Litigation is Real, Too

Jun 14, 2018
A federal court in California is considering whether San Francisco and Oakland can maintain their case in court against oil and gas producers like ExxonMobil for knowingly selling a product that has already caused costly damages to their communities. The case and the others like it filed by nine more communities across the United States have drawn comparisons to those…[...]

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New Orleans Tricentennial

Jun 13, 2018
The start of January 2018 marked the 300th Birthday of the “Crescent City” of New Orleans. My family and I are planning a return visit this summer and I can almost taste the food already. The city is titled as the birthplace of Jazz music and is home to my favorite food on the entire planet! Creole food is the…[...]

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Medical Professionals Need Signed Certificate Before Conducting DoT Exams

Jun 12, 2018
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ("FMCSA") has recently issued a statement that a medical professional does not become a certified medical examiner until he or she receives a signed certificate and is placed on the national registry. The FMCSA provides that in addition to a medical provider passing a written examination, the agency conducts a thorough validation process before it…[...]

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The Myth of the “Independent” Medical Examination

Jun 11, 2018
Sasquatch. The Abominable Snowman. The Easter Bunny. All are well-known fantasies that have been talked about for longer than any of us have been alive. Today, I want to add another, less well-known but equally fictitious name to the group: the “independent” medical examination. For those who have yet to be exposed to this mythical creature, allow me to explain.…[...]

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Distracted Driving Harms More Than Just the Victim

Jun 8, 2018
Distracted driving is dangerous to drivers, passengers, and nonoccupants alike. Anything that causes a driver to either take their attention away from driving, take their eyes off the road, or take their hands off the wheel is a distraction. A specific type of driver distraction occurs when a driver diverts their attention from the driving task to focus on their…[...]

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Blog Series, Part 4: What is a Tort?

Jun 7, 2018
This blog is part of a series - for part 3, click here. Earlier in this series, we discussed the nuts and bolts of negligence law. Generally, the law imposes a duty of reasonable care in our day-to-day activities. Negligence is a breach of that duty. If someone is injured by another’s negligence, the law of negligence provides a means…[...]

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Sonny Palmer “Sunshine Classic” 2018

Jun 6, 2018
Coming in early June, my late brother-in-law, Carl James Palmer, Jr., known to all as Sonny Palmer, will be remembered by his family and friends during the Sonny Palmer Sunshine Classic. Sonny passed unexpectedly in January 2012 and that year his family began a yearly tradition by having a golf tournament in his name with the proceeds being donated to…[...]

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Legal News and Product Recalls

FDA Approves First Home Test Kit for Breast Cancer

Jun 5, 2018
This past April, for the first time, the Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved a kit to test for breast cancer risk that consumers can purchase “over the counter” without having to go through their doctor first. Offered by 23andMe, which is best known for its ancestry DNA testing, the kit involves taking a saliva test to identify three genetic…[...]

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Proposed Changes to Allegheny County’s Jury Selection Process

Jun 4, 2018
On the day the Pennsylvania Superior Court announced its decision in Trigg v. Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (May 14, 2018), a joint ad hoc committee of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County (Academy) and the Allegheny County Bar Association’s (ACBA) litigation section finalized its report and recommendations concerning Allegheny County’s civil jury voir dire process. Over the course of three…[...]

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Summer Sun Safety Tips

Jun 1, 2018
To many people Memorial Day weekend is not only a time to honor our fallen heroes, but it is also the unofficial start to summer. To those who consider Memorial Day as the start of summer, this past weekend’s temperatures didn’t disappoint! With temperatures reaching into the mid-eighties and plenty of sunshine to go around, now seemed like a good…[...]

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