Small Businesses Hurt by VW Emissions Scandal The Volkswagen emissions scandal has created a great deal of hype and outrage. For some background, read my post from last week. As my Injury Board colleague in Baton Rouge astutely pointed out, consumers are not the only ones…
Volkswagen has admitted to manipulating 11 million vehicles to lie to regulators about emissions. VW had installed software in its so-called “Clean Diesel” sedans to sense when the vehicle was being tested for emissions and provide a result that indicated compliance with environmental regulations.
After a three-day jury trial in Ingham County, attorney David S. Mittleman, assisted by attorney Kate Mortensen, was successful in obtaining a verdict for his client, a 17-year-old girl who was injured in an automobile accident in 2012. Our client is very pleased with the…
Flu season is coming soon, and along with it the ubiquitous bottles of waterless hand sanitizers. Pockets, key chains, purses, and desks will be adorned with the multi-colored disease fighting product before you know it. And while the alcohol-based gel is useful for killing most…
You’ve probably heard a lot about “vaping,” the general term for using e-cigarettes and similar devices. Manufacturers have been trying to position vaping as a safer alternative than actual cigarettes and as a tool to help current smokers quit. Still, not everyone is convinced vaping…
The average passenger vehicle nowadays weighs in the neighborhood of 4,000 pounds. That’s two tons of metal and glass routinely traveling the highway at speeds of up to 80 miles per hour. As dangerous as that sounds, numerous safety features help protect motorists from catastrophe. …
Last month the National Institutes of Health announced the astonishing results of a breakthrough study. According to the NIH, 5 men who were previously completely paralyzed were able to move their legs with the help of noninvasive spinal cord stimulation. The findings of the study…
As much as we hate to admit it, summer is nearly over and the school year is about to begin. With kids from kindergarten to high school trekking to and from school during peak times, chances of a dangerous accident increase. Here are a few…
It’s no secret that the internet has worked its way into medical care over the past several years. Medical records are stored and transferred electronically and are available to patients almost immediately through online portals. Websites such as WebMD emerged, and eventually created apps. Providers
Doctors and health care providers, like everyone else, want to be paid fairly for the services they provide. For patients with health insurance, one would think the insurance company would pay the doctor an adequate amount. After all, that’s why you pay such a high…