by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Dec 23, 2020
As many may already know, each state has “statute of limitations” laws. These laws effectively create a deadline for when someone can file suit in pursuit of a claim. There are different statute of limitations periods for different types of claims, i.e. (in Oregon)...
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Aug 26, 2020
Auto accidents are all around us! According to nsc.org, in 2019 the United States had an estimated 38,800 people lose their lives in auto accidents alone. If we break that down, that averages to almost 4.5 deaths an hour. Most of these auto accidents were caused by...
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Dec 19, 2017
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-cop-fatal-dui-settlement-20171218-story.html
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Nov 27, 2017
By Aimee Green agreen@oregonian.com The Oregonian/OregonLive The parents of a 2-year-old girl who died, reportedly after a heater in their apartment raised the temperature in the girl’s room to a lethal level, filed an $8 million lawsuit this week. Taqwa Dakhlalla was...
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Nov 14, 2017
By Tina Bellon HARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A lawyer for families who lost loved ones in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting told Connecticut’s highest court on Tuesday that Remington Outdoor Co. should be held responsible because its military-themed...
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Nov 9, 2017
By Theodore C. Levy (The National Trial Lawyers) The rights of every American citizen depend on the regulation of the conduct of insurance companies. The relationship between an insurer and an insured is asymmetric, in that the insurer is the powerful one, and the...
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Nov 7, 2017
Source: Anna Edney Bloomberg, Charleston Gazette-Mail (November 2, 2017) Paulette saw it happen at the playground from several feet away, the panic-inducing moment in 2014 when her 3-year-old son Charlie, who has a life-threatening allergy to milk, grabbed a...
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Oct 26, 2017
By David Ferrara Las Vegas Review-Journal October 17, 2017 – 3:45 pm ( Updated October 17, 2017 – 6:17 pm) The horrific final moments of a 28-year-old woman’s life at the Route 91 Harvest festival are detailed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles....
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Oct 18, 2017
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Remington Arms blamed a father for the accidental shooting of his daughter who was killed when a rifle discharged in their pickup truck. Shellsea Lefebre-Schiel, 12, died Sept. 21, 2014, after she was shot in the head while on a hunting trip...
by phillipgilbertlaw.com | Oct 10, 2017
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today launched a new user-friendly search tool that improves access to data on adverse events associated with drug and biologic products through the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). The tool is designed to make it...