Blog Posts in October, 2013
Posted on Oct 30, 2013 By David Thomas
On October 21, 2013, a 12 year old student at Sparks Middle School in Nevada allegedly shot and killed a popular math teacher and wounded two classmates before turning the gun on himself. Authorities ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2013 By David Thomas
Maryland Attorney General and Gubernatorial candidate Doug Gansler was among a group of parents who went together to rent a beach house for their sons to celebrate their recent high school graduation. ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2013 By David Thomas
We've all seen the video by now. Two men and a teenager in a National Park in Utah, laughing and high-fiving each other after one of them topples a huge boulder off its base. The men, David Hall ...
Continue reading "Social Media and Personal Injury Lawsuits" »
Posted on Oct 16, 2013 By David Thomas
Sometimes a confluence of events can provide for absolutely horrifying results. Such was the case last month when a motorcyclist was killed when his motorcycle collided with a tractor-trailer. ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2013 By David Thomas
The idea of parents being held responsible for their children's actions is not a new one. Courts can fine parents--and in extreme cases even jail them--for the truancy of their children. Courts ...
Continue reading "Holding Parents Responsible for their Children's Conduct: How Far Do We Go?" »
Posted on Oct 9, 2013 By David Thomas
The motorcycle gang "Hollywood Stuntz" pulled a stunt this past week that went horribly wrong. The whole encounter between the bikers and an SUV was caught by a camera on one of the bikes, ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2013 By David Thomas
By now, every driver knows that texting while behind the wheel is dangerous. So dangerous, in fact, that getting behind the wheel and texting is 23 times more likely to cause accidents than getting ...
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