Investigating Motor Vehicle Accidents Motor vehicle accidents (accidents involving an all-terrain vehicle, a motorcycle, a car or a truck) account for more deaths than accidental drownings, aircraft accidents, residential fires, and hunting accidents combined. However, many people would be surprised to learn that in many cases motor vehicle accident investigations fail to uncover all the facts relating to why these accidents occurred. In today’s post the motor vehicle accident injury lawyer at The Doan Law Firm will discuss why most…
Class Action and Mass Tort Lawsuits Everyone has seen the “lawyer ads” that urge you to contact a toll-free number if you have been injured by using some particular product or medical device. But did you know that many of the lawsuits filed in such cases are classified as either class action or mass tort lawsuits rather than as individual personal injury lawsuits? In today’s post the class action/mass tort lawyer at The Doan Law Firm will explain the similarities…
Regarding deaths that were linked to fraternity hazing or to fraternity sponsored “social events,” 2019 was the deadliest year in the past decade. In today’s post, our fraternity hazing lawyer gives a year-end recap of fraternity hazing practices that led to the needless deaths of 8 young men.
Liability In Mass Shootings and Terroristic Acts In Wake of Recent Mass Shooting Incidents Businesses, Event Promoters Rushing to Purchase Special Liability Insurance This Sunday morning, a mass shooting occurred at a church in White Settlement, Texas. According to early reports carried in the online edition of the Dallas Morning News, two churchgoers have been killed and one has been transported in critical condition to a local hospital. The shooting comes at the end of a year that saw: 22 killed…
Public Housing Often Fails to Meet Modern Fire Safety Standards Many older public housing apartment buildings, homeless shelters lack smoke detectors and fire sprinklers In a previous post, we reviewed the recent tragic deaths of 6 people in a Las Vegas hotel that had been converted to an apartment building. In that post we noted that early reports suggested the building, which is privately owned, did not have an operating fire sprinkler system and that smoke detectors were either not…