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428,000 VW Diesel Vehicles Violated Emissions Standards
428,000 VW Diesel Vehicles Violated Emissions Standards Volkswagen AG violated federal law by allowing 482,000 diesel VW and Audi cars sold since 2009 to evade emissions requirements by using sophisticated software to alter the results. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of California made the announcement regarding one of VW biggest sellers in…
Read MoreUber Driver Sued for Sexually Assaulting Teen
Uber Driver Sued for Sexually Assaulting Teen Uber is once again going back to court and not holding up to its claims of trustworthiness. A mother of a 13-year-old girl is suing Uber and one of its drivers after the driver sexually assaulted her daughter. Isagani A. Marin, a driver for Uber, drove the 13-year-old…
Read MoreHow You Could Be Signing Away Your Right to Trial by Jury Without Knowing
How You Could Be Signing Away Your Right to Trial by Jury Without Knowing The right to trial by jury is vital to our country’s legal system. Our founding fathers revered the right to jury trial. It was cited in the Declaration of Independence and in three separate places in the Bill of Rights. Unfortunately,…
Read MoreThe Civil Jury Trial: The Anchor of Liberty
The Civil Jury Trial: The Anchor of Liberty Thomas Jefferson, certainly no small participant in writing up our Constitution, called the right to jury trial “the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” Sir William Blackstone, writing about our Common…
Read MoreTakata Refuses to Expand Recall Leaving Auto Manufacturers with Large Burden or Penalties
Takata Refuses to Expand Recall Leaving Auto Manufacturers with Large Burden or Penalties Close to 8 million vehicles by 10 different auto manufacturers have been recalled this year due to Takata’s exploding airbags. The airbags could inflate in minor accidents or without cause sending pieces of shrapnel into the driver’s body which could result in…
Read MoreA Call To Support Your Seventh Amendment Right
ABOTA, the American Board of Trial Advocates, recently launched the Save Our Juries website. SaveOurJuries.org‘s mission is to “uphold the jury system provided by the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by educating the American public about the current issues, the history and the value of the right to trial by jury” according to the…
Read MoreUber Under Scrutiny For Failure to Screen Drivers Properly
Uber Under Scrutiny For Failure to Screen Drivers Properly San Francisco and Los Angeles have recently filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Uber for failure to perform proper background checks on its drivers and misleading consumers about the safety of Uber’s services. Although the company does drug and alcohol testing, it does not do fingerprint…
Read MoreTrial By Jury
Trial By Jury “For almost eight centuries trial by jury remains the best, safest, surest and perhaps the only bulwark to protect the basic rights of the average citizen. It is still the ‘Lamp of Liberty’ and it must be preserved.” The Case for the Jury System (1969) Joseph T. Karcher As Americans, we take…
Read MoreWhat you should know when hiring an attorney
What you should know when hiring an attorney Under what circumstances should you hire an attorney? Personal injury laws vary by state and individual situations. Having correct knowledge of these laws is imperative. If you have been injured in a car wreck that was not your fault, hiring a personal injury attorney can help you…
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