When most of us think of babies or small children, normally a big bright smile comes to our faces and wonderful visions of children having lots of fun times while they‘re playing, laughing, and giggling. Unfortunately in more cases than you would want to imagine, this however is not the case. Too often we hear on our television news channel, or read in our newspapers, day after day of yet another child that has been abused in one tragic way or another.

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Why might someone need to hire a Los Angeles dental malpractice attorney?  Easy.  Because everyone understands that in a city like Los Angeles, the home of all things Hollywood - including the glitzy and glamorous world of beautiful actors and models - physical appearances matter.  Dentists don’t just clean teeth anymore, no.  The profession has expanded into a lucrative field of “cosmetic dentistry” and the varying types of procedures that are...

Three of the types of maritime accidents reported each year are those involving unseaworthiness, commercial fishing accidents, and tug and barge accidents.

Accidents Involving Unseaworthiness

Federal maritime laws require that ship owners and employers provide a “seaworthy” vessel for its crew at all times. If a vessel is determined to be unseaworthy, and it is linked to a seaman’s injury (or wrongful death), that worker or his/her loved ones can receive...

Accidents happen to everyone, so be prepared. If someone is hurt in your home or vehicles, on your property or another situation where you have ownership or authority, it is important to document everything that happened from the very beginning. For someone to bring a personal injury suit against you in South Carolina, they must prove you had a duty to them, that you failed to carry out that duty, resulting in damages and that your failure caused those damages.

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Under specific circumstances, Michigan drivers can recoup some of their out-of-pocket costs to fix damage to their car via the Michigan mini-tort law. These circumstances are outlined below as well as what steps can be taken to recover some of these costs.

What is Mini-Tort?

Michigan no-fault laws do not require collision coverage. That is where the limited property damage liability or mini-tort provision comes into play. Limited property damage liability, known as the...

They are something that we all take for granted, the brakes on our car. We expect them to work perfectly when necessary, and especially if we need them in an emergency. It’s a part of the vehicle that’s certainly overworked – the average driver uses their brakes an estimated 75,000 times in a year.

Fortunately brake failure accidents are relatively rare. Comprising an estimated 5% or less of car accidents per year in the United States. It’s very unusual for...

If you are searching for lawsuit funding you should begin by contacting LawLeaf today!

Lawsuit funding can be defined as a lawsuit cash advance against a pending personal injury lawsuit. The most common lawsuit funding types are those of pre settlement funding cases. There are several benefits for those people that appy for lawsuit funding. First, lawsuit funding for personal injury cases are typically loaned as non recourse, meaning you don’t pay back the lender unless...

Surgical errors are among the most serious forms of medical malpractice ; approximately 98,000 hospital patients die each year as a result of such errors. How and why are surgical errors committed?

Although surgeries vary greatly in scope, patients risk injury any time they submit to any kind of surgery. Surgical errors can be committed by anyone on the health care team overseeing a procedure, from the surgeon to the anesthesiologist to the nursing staff. Health care...

Since its initial FDA approval in 1985 Lupron has made an impact on hormone therapy, primarily in treating advanced prostate and breast cancer. In addition to the benefits provided to millions of patients all over the world, a large number of patients have suffered from serious side effects that in all too many cases have debilitating affects on their lives.

The makers of Lupron, TAP Pharmaceuticals, were criminally charged with allegations of price gouging and questionable...

There are a number of people in the UK that decide for personal reasons to undergo a vasectomy or sterilisation procedure. It could be that they feel their family is complete, or in some cases it may be done for financial reasons. Whatever their reason, they have a right for the procedure to be done properly.

However, in some instances the procedure does not go successfully, as some patients find themselves with unwanted pregnancies and end up giving birth to a child they did...