In a lawsuit against his ex-girlfriend, Richard O. Phillips has alleged that about six years ago, he engaged in oral sex with her. Unbeknownst to Phillips, he says, his girlfriend, Sharon Irons, allegedly saved the resulting semen and used it to inseminate herself. A pregnancy resulted, Irons gave birth to a baby, and DNA tests proved Phillips to be the genetic father.

Though Phillips allegedly did not learn of either the pregnancy or the birth until some time later, a court...

If you want a dog for home protection, the best type of dog is not a 100 lb muscle bound animal that can crush metal pipe. The best type of dog is a dog that simple makes a lot of noise. Most people buy dogs for house pets and a nice addition to the family. A dog that is bought for protection usually will not make a good house pet because they are trained to attack intruders.

Dogs have a hard time deciphering the good guys and bad. They see someone that does not come in the...

Regardless of whether an employee in the UK operates on a full-time, part-time, temporary or permanent basis, it is a fact that they are entitled to carry out their job in a safe and healthy environment. However, despite the fact that all employers have a duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees, accidents can and do happen.

There are several mitigating factors which can cause workplace accidents, ranging from the use of unsuitable or defective...

Let’s examine the legal implications of Battered Woman Syndrome. BWS was first proposed in the 1970’s. According to Joe Wheeler Dixon, PhD, JD BWS appears to be the product of legal advocacy and not science. BWS seems to owe its existence to the needs of legal advocates to support and justify claims by battered women who have killed (their batterers). The defense revolves around the woman’s mental deficiency and helplessness. Learned helplessness can be induced in lab...

Over 1.6 million people live in licensed nursing homes across the United States and another million live in other long-term care or assisted living facilities. As the baby boom generation gets up in age these numbers will soon increase significantly. If you or a loved one is shopping for a nursing home, or already reside in one, you may not yet be aware of the increasing reports of nursing home abuse and neglect that occur in these facilities.

Here are just a few things that...

Combating noise pollution

Man is a social animal; he needs comfort in every sense. People are not able to enjoy their lives completely because of the depletion in the environment and this happens because of the hostility between man and environment. Due to the advancement of science and technology, the problem of noise in recent years has emerged as one of the important pollutants of environment.

Noise pollution is a type of energy pollution in which distracting...

View from the Jury Box

By Michael Bauch

During jury selection for a medical malpractice case tried in New York State Supreme Court (Queens division), I asked a lot of questions—in hopes that this would disqualify me from consideration.

I had heard that lawyers usually don’t like potential jurors who ask “too many” questions. Questions might cause them to reveal something they would prefer not to or cause other jurors to start asking...

It is unfortunately true that we often get what we pay for. If you download your Health Care Proxy from the Internet, get it from a book, or from an attorney who does not adequately explain what you need to know about advance directives, you may end up with an ineffective or unenforceable Proxy. The following is our list of the ten things you must remember to make your advance directives as effective as possible:

1. Executing a Living Will is not enough. Although Living Wills are...

MRSA or Methicillin Resistant Staphlococcus Aureus has attracted a large number of compensation claims particularly when it results in death or health complications. According to reports, MRSA mainly affects vulnerable people including the elderly or the very sick, and people who have severely reduced resistance to infection.

MRSA Action UK recently announced that they will not only assist GPs and patients in deciding where they want to be treated, but will help the new regulator...

Mesothelioma cases are becoming more and more controversial these days. As individuals, you have the right to know and get informed about the risks of Mesothelioma. If you or a loved one suffers from the condition, you should know too that there are legal options which you can take. Here are some basic questions you should ask in relation to legal options.

Have there been successful cases?

Nobody would want to get sick. This is especially true if the illness is...