Archive for April 2023

No case matches the McDonald’s hot coffee case for the sheer number of times it’s been either made fun of or trotted out to discourage personal injury victims from seeking compensation. The myth of this case was that someone got themselves hurt because they were “too stupid” to know that “coffee is hot” and then…

April is Distracted Driving Month, when organizations and advocates nationwide raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. The National Safety Council calls distracted driving an epidemic, noting it causes more than 3,000 deaths and 400,000 injuries in the United States each year. Almost 80% of crashes and 65% of near-crashes involved a driver looking…