Posts tagged General Personal Injury

• Ritter Case Demonstrates Value of Jury

  Larry Knapp | March 17, 2008 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  For those who are down on the Civil Justice System for whatever reason, consider the opinion of John Ritter's widow, Amy Yasbeck. Ms. Yasbeck's husband died under circumstances that led to medical malpractice claims. Several of the defendants, after evaluating their chances in front of a jury, chose to settle their claims. Apparently, there must have been enough merit in the claims that the...

• Civil Justice System Causes Bayer Corporation to Protect the Public

  Larry Knapp | November 06, 2007 7:37 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  This is the kind of publicity the civil justice system routinely fails to garner. While it is easy to target lawyers and lawsuits as the bane of all of society's problems, actions like the recent decision by Bayer to pull its drug Trasylol from the market demonstrate how important it is to have a system of redress that causes powerful corporations to consider the potential penalty of making...

• Food Poisoning can lead to Injury and Death

  Larry Knapp | October 11, 2007 8:17 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Conagra Foods, Inc. is pulling its pot pies from store shelves due to injuries that are hospitalizing people. While the company is not recalling its product, it is offering to reimburse the consumer for the cost of the pie. Food poisoning can lead to system wide infection and organ failure. Thus far there have been no deaths reported.Our office once represented an elderly gentleman who was...

• Electrocution Injures Worker in Downtown Stockton Accident

  Larry Knapp | September 28, 2007 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A jackhammer punctured a downtown electrical cable Wednesday afternoon. More than 700 homes and businesses lost power, and the worker using the tool was electrocuted.St. Joseph's Medical Center and Stockton City Hall were among the facilities in the dark since about 11:30 a.m. The hospital was relying on emergency generators and functioning normally, a spokeswoman said, although visitors were...