Posts tagged Sexual Abuse

• Reno Surgery Center Situation Different So Far From Las Vegas Hepatitis Scare

  Steve Klearman | March 10, 2008 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I've been travelling for depositions the last few days while the story of deficiencies among ambulatory surgery centers has been brewing.What's clear from the recent publicity regarding surgery centers other than the infamous Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada is that not so much is clear. Apparently when the State determined that as many as 40,000 people who visited the Southern Nevada house...

• Nevada Equitable and Legal Claims at Trial

  Steve Klearman | February 15, 2008 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On December 27, 2007 the Nevada Supreme Court clarified in Awada v. Shuffle Master, Inc., 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 57, the manner in which a Nevada District Court may handle mixed claims for legal and equitable relief at trial and found as follows:In this appeal, we consider the primary issue of whether a district court has the authority to bifurcate the legal and equitable claims presented in a...

• Update on Nevada Allstate Attorney Misconduct Case

  Steve Klearman | February 14, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In the ongoing squabble over Allstate defense attorney Phil Emerson's repeated misconduct in arguing cases at trial, the Nevada Supreme Court rendered its latest decision on January 17, 2008.In its introduction to Lioce v. Cohen, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 1, the Court stated:On December 28, 2006, this court issued an opinion in these consolidated appeals.[2] The defendants in each of the four...

• Deleted Emails and Production

  Steve Klearman | December 26, 2007 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Ah the new and complicated world of how email production is handled by courts.Scott Roseland, at cybercontrols (www.cybercontrols.net), cites to Benton v. Dlorah, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. D. Kan, Oct. 30, 2007. There, the plaintiff informed defendant at her deposition that she had deleted e-mails, and defendant filed a motion to compel plaintiff to produce relevant documents, to produce her hard...

• The Date-Rape Toy

  Steve Klearman | December 13, 2007 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The name Aqua-Dots sends chills down the spine of families in the U.S. If you haven't heard about the recall that happened last month, then you are likely in the minority. About 4 million units of the product were recalled last month because they break down into a date-rape drug when ingested. Currently 10 retailers and companies including Kmart, Walmart, Sears, Target and Mattel are being...

• Senator's Craig's Woes Deepen

  Steve Klearman | December 03, 2007 4:37 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Eight men say they either had sex with Sen. Larry Craig or were targets of sexual advances by the Idaho lawmaker at various times during his political career, according to Yahoo News citing the Idaho Statesman newspaper. Amid pressure from top GOP leaders in Washington, Craig announced his intent to resign from the Senate. He later changed his mind, deciding to finish out his term, which...

• HIV on the Rise in America

  Steve Klearman | November 30, 2007 7:55 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Wrongful Death
  

  According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2001 to 2005 (the latest years available), the number of new cases of HIV infection diagnosed among 15-to-19-year-olds in the United States rose from 1,010 in 2001, held steady for the next three years, then jumped 20 percent in 2005, to 1,213 cases.For young people aged 20 to 24, cases of new infection have climbed...

• Myspace and Disclosure of Teen Risk

  Steve Klearman | November 12, 2007 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I often borrow from D. Garth Sullivan, Esq. at Indox Consulting (www.indoxconsulting.com).Here's an interesting study about Myspace and the disclosure of teen health risks:Social networking sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, have become popular Internet venues for adolescent social interaction. Approximately 25% of the estimated 150-160 million users of MySpace, the largest site, are under age...

• Businesses Fighting Fewer Suits

  Steve Klearman | November 07, 2007 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The following comes from the American Associaiton of Justice quoting Sheri Qualters at the National Law Journal:American businesses are filing and fighting fewer lawsuits, according to Fulbright & Jaworski's fourth annual Litigation Trends Survey. Seventeen percent of respondents have not defended a lawsuit in the past year, compared with 11% in the prior year. The rate of corporations bringing...

• Why Binding Arbitration Can Forfeit Your Rights

  Steve Klearman | November 06, 2007 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Yesterday I blogged on some of the negative aspects of binding arbitration. Here's more information on why this often misunderstood form of alternative dispute resolution can be problematic.Buried in the fine print of most consumer contracts - such as credit cards, insurance plans and car deals - is a clause, which waives the buyer's constitutional right to trial by jury. These contracts...