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Contractor establishes constructive notice in slip-and-fall case

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Contractor establishes constructive notice in slip-and-fall case

In our last post, we discussed a slip-and-fall case brought by a jewelry store’s independent contractor after he slipped on jewelry cleaning solution and fell in the store’s employee-only area.

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Sacramento jewelry store contractor sues after slip-and-fall

Slip-and-fall lawsuits against mall stores are common throughout California and are typically brought by store customers. One recent slip-and-fall lawsuit brought against a Sacramento mall store is slightly unusual because

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California company pays $1.5M settlement after truck accidents

A Ventura County trucking company recently settled the personal injury claims of two car drivers and a police officer for $1.5 million. The plaintiffs in this case alleged that the

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Government to pay $5.3M to settle wrongful death litigation

The United States government will have to pay $5,396,000 to the heirs of three adult women who were killed in a December 2009 car accident between a minivan and an

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Investigation continues after California Amtrak accident

At least 39 people were injured Monday when an Amtrak passenger train collided with a truck while on its way from Oakland to Bakersfield. The train vs. truck accident happened

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Woman files Humira cancer lawsuit against Abbott Labs

A woman recently filed a pharmaceutical liability lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories alleging that its popular arthritis drug Humira caused her to develop cancer. The woman received Humira injections for about

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Study: One-third of painkiller overdoses in the U.S. are from methadone

A recently released CDC study indicates that a third of U.S. prescription painkiller overdoses are caused by methadone, despite the drug only accounting for two percent of all painkiller prescriptions.

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Woman wins $5.5 million in vaginal mesh case

A woman and her husband recently won $5.5 million in a transvaginal mesh case against medical device company C.R. Bard Inc. Bard is one of many transvaginal mesh implant manufacturers

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Trampoline center spinal cord injuries on the rise

In our last post, we discussed the growing number of children who suffer severe spinal cord injuries at trampoline centers. CNN reports that trampoline injuries caused over 90,000 emergency room

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Trampoline centers increasingly popular despite patron injuries

Trampoline centers are a growing trend in California and across the country. Unlike traditional backyard trampolines, new trampoline centers are state-of-the-art facilities that feature dodge ball courts and other amenities.

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