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California Wildfire Lawsuits Last year, California’s Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed an estimated $16.5 billion in private and business property. According to most estimates, as much as $4 billion of those property losses were uninsured. It was later determined that the fire was caused when sparks from a downed power line belonging to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) ignited dry underbrush. With high winds being forecast to last at least until Monday evening, the state is bracing for…

Across the United States there are about 1,500 commercial haunted houses in operation during the Halloween season each year. On top of that, approximately 3,000 more haunted venues are run by charities in October. Tens of thousands of people of all ages and from all walks of life flock to haunted houses every year to celebrate the days around All Hallows’ Eve. Unfortunately, hundreds of people are injured at haunted houses every year, sometimes seriously so and oftentimes because of…

Ohio University Launches Campus-Wide Fraternity Hazing Crackdown Here at The Doan Law Firm, we routinely monitor the national news media for reports describing how colleges and universities respond to reports of on-campus hazing incidents. In today’s post, we are pleased to note that another school has chosen to take drastic action to curb irresponsible activities by its student organizations. Unfortunately, that action has come too late for one freshman and his family. Ohio University has suspended all fraternities that are…

New Mexico Jury Awards $40 Million Verdict in Student Truck Driver Accident Although many of us don’t realize it, Interstate “Big Rig” trucking plays a vital part in our everyday lives. As an example, practically everything that you buy in your local supermarket was at some point transported by a commercial truck. The same holds true for the car you drove to the shopping center to buy your child’s back-to-school clothes: both your car and your child’s clothing were transported…

Follow-up: 2 Confirmed Dead, 1 Missing After Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Two workers have been confirmed dead and a third is missing but presumed dead three days after the partial collapse of a hotel that was under construction near New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. The cause of the accident, which occurred at the site of a Hard Rock Hotel that was being erected along Canal Street, is under investigation by state and federal workplace safety agencies, including the Occupational Safety…