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(There's that phrase again - the one used as a mantra by those who are eager to legislate away your right to a constitutionally guaranteed trial by jury. As often as they repeat it, I'll repeat the truth: Medical malpractice settlements and jury awards are estimated to account for only 1-2 percent of...

 The challenges are many, the GAO found. They include problems enacting and enforcing teen driver safety laws, the limited number of standardized driver education programs, and difficulties involving parents as their teens learn to drive. The GAO had a number of recommendations, including developing driver education standards and encouraging parent participation in teen...

Individual states are required by the federal government to survey nursing homes each year. The inspections are to ensure that nursing homes provide quality care in a safe environment for our elderly and disabled citizens. To make sure the state inspections are being done properly, the federal government selects some of those nursing...

First of all, it's very important that you talk with us if you've been seriously injured in an accident, fall or a medical malpractice incident. The law is so complex and the insurance companies and their defense lawyers are so aggressive that the average person doesn't stand much chance trying to go it...

Don't do it. The other insurance company's representative may sound friendly and helpful, and their request may sound harmless. But they have an ulterior motive: to get you to say something that they can use against you later to reduce or even deny your claim. It could be a simple question like, "How are...

After many years of working with clients who've had car accidents, we've put together a kit of resources that you can keep in your vehicle's glove box. We call it the DLS Law SmartKit. The SmartKit contains first aid supplies and bandages, an emergency display banner to notify other drivers of the accident, and...

In our office we see a fair number of brain injuries caused by car accidents. One of the symptoms of these injuries that we've noticed from time to time is sleep disorders - either sleeping too little or too much, or disturbed and broken sleep. Now a study has been released that show that...

Car accidents are the leading cause of death for teens. Young drivers are involved in fatal crashes at more than twice the rate of all other age groups. In Colorado, 16-year-old drivers have the highest rate of crashes of any group in the state and are nearly three...

At first glance that sounds admirable. On second glance, I wonder. The company wouldn’t comment for the NPR story, other than to say it wouldn’t make public statements about confidential conversations. However, NPR interviewed members of the family of one of the dead miners, and they said they had met with Massey officials on...