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Wrongful Death Suits in Virginia Tech Shootings Successful: School Found Negligent Due to Premises Liability

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | March 19, 2012

Five years after a campus shooting spree left 33 dead and numerous injured, a jury has finally weighed in on a negligence suit filed by the parents of two of the deceased. This week jurors sided with the families, finding that Virginia Tech was negligent when it delayed warning students and faculty that a shooter […]

New Rule Requiring Rearview Cameras in All Passenger Vehicles May Help Prevent Automobile Accident Injuries

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | March 14, 2012

Personal injuries or wrongful deaths that are caused as a result of car accidents are always tragic, especially when they could have easily been avoided. Some of the most tragic incidents of automobile accidents are when they involve children. According to KidsAndCars.org, a nonprofit group that pushed the government to begin tracking such tragedies, on […]

Continued Trend towards Pedestrian Accidents Gives Cause for Concern

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | March 7, 2012

Pedestrian accidents in Georgia appear to be on the rise, and it’s a very disturbing trend for those concerned about traffic safety – which is almost everyone. In 2006 the city of Atlanta, which includes Cobb, Fulton and DeKalb counties, had the highest pedestrian fatality rates – 16 died that year in each respective county. […]

San Francisco Shuttle Bus Company Potentially Liable for Wrongful Death and Elder Abuse.

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | February 29, 2012

As reported by The San Francisco Chronicle in early February, a San Francisco elder abuse attorney filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that a shuttle bus company and its driver were negligent in the transport, care and death of an elderly dementia patient who went missing for ten days, and are thus liable for the […]

Filthy Surgical Instruments may lead to Patient Infection, which may in turn lead to Medical Malpractice Suits against Hospitals.

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | February 22, 2012

In 2009, John Harrison, a then 63 year old oil industry sales manager in Mission, Texas, had surgery to repair the rotator cuff in his right shoulder, a routine procedure that usually requires at most a single night’s stay in the hospital, followed by physical therapy. For Harrison, however, there was nothing routine about the […]

E-Cigarettes Don’t Have the Nicotine, but Do Present a Risk: Product Liability Suit Likely

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | February 15, 2012

With recent campaigns to educate the public about the dangers of cigarette smoking, e-cigarettes have been touted as a reasonable, more “healthy” and non-addictive alternative. It’s an electronic device that creates a mist that can be inhaled. They run on batteries and use either heat or ultrasound to have an aerosol effect – giving users […]

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled by Ohio School Bus Company

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | February 8, 2012

When we send our children off to school, we expect them to be taken care of, and we also expect them to be kept safe. From the school bus to the school house doors, it is expected that the school system, school administrators, and school personnel will act in such a manner that ensures the […]

Drivers Sue Deceased Victims for Car Accidents: Georgia Representative Seeks Passing of Bill that would Give DUI Drivers Clean Slate

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | February 8, 2012

Recent years have seen a trend that is especially disturbing to car accident attorneys: at-fault drivers suing their victims or victims’ families. In 2010 a teenager on trial for the vehicular homicide of a pregnant woman and her son sued the victim’s family in civil court. In that case, a failed suicide attempt was the […]

Are Hospitals Doing all they Can to Ensure Patient Safety and Decrease Instances of Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death Suits?

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | February 6, 2012

Are hospitals doing all they can when it comes to patient safety? The February issue of Washingtonian magazine addresses that very question in an article entitled “Minor Mistakes, Deadly Results.” The story presents some alarming data when it comes to this issue. Despite touting stringent procedures in the operating room and on the floor, medical […]

After Being Associated with a Salmonella Outbreak, Taco Bell May be Liable in Possible Products Liability Cases

By Robert N. Katz, Esq. | February 2, 2012

After weeks of anonymity as “Restaurant Chain A” in an investigation into a salmonella outbreak that infected dozens of people in ten states, Taco Bell has been identified as the “Mexican-style” restaurant chain linked to the dangerous infections. The salmonella outbreak, which occurred in October 2011, infected 68 people in total, mostly in Texas, and […]