- Mike Bryant | December 31, 2011 7:28 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
This year has been a busy one. We thank everyone, who took the time to read any of our posts. It was especially gratifying to have so many people weight in with comments. Here s a list of our...
- Mike Bryant | December 31, 2011 9:56 AM |
Category:
Wrongful Death
There is no doubt that Jon Lewis, Noble McIntyre, and David Mittleman will be cheering on their local teams in the bowls this year. Sure Jon will have a little bit more at stake with the National...
- Mike Bryant | December 30, 2011 9:38 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThis month, we we were looking at the issue of talking to the adjuster over at the Minneapolis Blog. Here is the overall blogs:
It is not unusual for insurance companies to have specific adjusters...
- Mike Bryant | December 29, 2011 1:04 PM |
Category:
Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
Conrad Zwirtz is lucky to be alive and slowly healing after the last rung of the portable steps to his deer stand gave way causing him to fall 15 feet. He suffered serious injuries, but...
- Mike Bryant | December 29, 2011 9:52 AM |
Category:
Automobile Accidents
The economy has created a increase in Pro Se litigants. The Minnesota courts have been seeing the raise and all of the issues that come with people representing themselves. When asked, the usual...
- Mike Bryant | December 28, 2011 9:51 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
It's been great to have a forum to talk about making the world safer, but even more important has been the opportunity to learn from Injuryboard posts by great lawyers across the country....
- Mike Bryant | December 27, 2011 9:39 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
I looking the the toys the boys got for Christmas this week. It was interesting how there are extra warnings and safer fetures on toys. How much things have changed. Maybe the manufacturer made...
- Mike Bryant | December 26, 2011 9:06 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Learning by doing can be a powerful teaching tool, and for complex subjects like chemistry, the science lab can be an engaging way to get students excited about a subject. But, as a recent lab...
- Mike Bryant | December 25, 2011 5:49 AM |
Category:
Miscellaneous
Due to having divorced parents I had the opportunity growing up of seeing Christmas arrive in two separate parts of the country. With my mom, Christmas in Rhode Island was lobster dinner at my...
- Mike Bryant | December 24, 2011 8:59 PM |
Category:
Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
There is probably a lot of XBoxes that will be sold this holiday season. It is important that they not be used as a way to get the kids out of the way or as substitute baby sitters. That ever...
- Mike Bryant | December 24, 2011 6:03 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
The third week of December, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc., of St. Louis, Mo., almost 300,000 ( 284,000 in the United States and 13,200 in Canada)...
- Mike Bryant | December 24, 2011 9:59 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
We hear it all the time at this time of year: The roads are crazy! People are is a rush as they deal with the final holiday needs.
- The are often slick.
- The full parking lots are...
- Mike Bryant | December 23, 2011 9:41 AM |
Category:
Wrongful Death
So many of the posts here on the Injuryboards center on tragedy . Deadly collisions, horrid medical results, and all sorts of dangerous products. It's just great to learn of a study about how...
- Mike Bryant | December 22, 2011 9:12 AM |
Category:
Automobile Accidents
Joe Crumley and I have each tried a number of cases involving this type of care. It is important to keep on top of what the care is showing us. It is simply great to see how helpful it has been...
- Mike Bryant | December 21, 2011 9:21 AM |
Category:
Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
With the Christmas day coming soon, the kids can tell you to the minute, it's important that consideration go into safety with the lights and tree.
“Holiday decorating-related fires...
- Mike Bryant | December 20, 2011 9:10 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
It's a question that personal injury lawyers get from time to time. Because of ongoing law changes the questions keep coming.
It scares the heck out of client to suddenly get a letter...
- Mike Bryant | December 19, 2011 9:03 AM |
Category:
Wrongful Death
This past week, law enforcement groups in Minnesota have been announced that DUI patrols will be increased for the holiday season. Since a lot of our work is in Stearns County, which ranks as one...
- Mike Bryant | December 18, 2011 8:02 PM |
Category:
Miscellaneous
Today, only about 38-percent of the United States' population is eligible to give blood. Of those eligible, only about 8-percent donate.
A blood donation provides a true gift from the...
- Mike Bryant | December 10, 2011 9:58 AM |
Category:
Automobile Accidents
From time to time, I look at other lawyer's ads from around the country. It was an article in the St Peterburg Times that got me looking at what is being done by Culpepper and Kurland.
...
- Mike Bryant | December 09, 2011 9:51 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt's not usual to hear from an adjuster or a defense attorney arguments about the amount of property damage a car has. There are insurance companies who from time to time decide that they...
- Mike Bryant | December 08, 2011 9:47 AM |
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
The tort reform fight continues, with substantial evidence that it is a well thought out and organized moment. Bill Moyar recently described the present moment in his keynote speech at the Public...
- Mike Bryant | December 07, 2011 9:30 AM |
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
The signs are clear that a better run U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is making a difference in child safety issues. Having an administration that cares about consumers is the key....
- Mike Bryant | December 06, 2011 9:28 AM |
Category:
Miscellaneous
I recently had a scheduling conference with Magistrate Leo Brisbois. It was an interesting experience because there had originally been talk about trying to do it by phone but we ended up making...
- Mike Bryant | December 05, 2011 9:24 AM |
Category:
Spinal Cord Injuries
It's not unusual that we see snowmobiling injuries in the office. They are usually people running into objects, such as posts, fences or lines, in the right away of snow trails or people...
- Mike Bryant | December 04, 2011 9:36 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
We are going from Black Friday into solid hardcore Christmas Shopping and the big return days. That means people are filling the Malls parking lots. They are often distracted and they are driving...
- Mike Bryant | December 03, 2011 9:43 AM |
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Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
That numbers seems stunning. It accounts for more than 1,200 deaths in private and state run homes over the last decade. The examples are individuals who have drowned, fallen, and been over...
- Mike Bryant | December 02, 2011 9:39 AM |
Category:
Automobile Accidents
It is not unusual for people to come to us after making a real attempt at trying to deal with their case on their own. It is a combination of hoping that they are not really hurt that bad and...
- Mike Bryant | December 01, 2011 9:33 AM |
Category:
Automobile Accidents
Recently, here at the Injuryboard there was a very interesting topic about the selling of a structured settlement by Hank Didier:
The Top 5 Mistakes People Make When Selling Their Structured...