Category: wrongful death
Tripping Hazards and Dangers
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, Older Adults, slip and fall, wrongful death, Young Adults You’re in a store, just walking along. You’re paying attention but you’re not staring at your feet either. You’re just walking like you always do. Next thing you know, you are on the floor in severe pain. “What happened?” “HowContinue reading
Where’s The Beef? Recall Continues, Expands
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Food Injuries, Infants, Older Adults, recall, wrongful death, Young Adults As the recall of ground beef expands over e-coli concerns, Americans learned that some hummus products sold at Trader Joe’s and other retailers is being recalled over Listeria contamination. “The law is very clear. Sellers and distributors of food mustContinue reading
Nest Recalls Smoke Detector + CO Alarms
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, insurance claims, Product Liability, recall, wrongful death Today, Nest recalled about 440,000 Nest Protect: Smoke + CO Alarms because the alarms may not sound when they should. This is an incredibly dangerous situation and leaves hundreds-of-thousands of people unprotected. If you own this Nest product, call NestContinue reading
Hit and Run During Live Radio Interview
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Children, injury, Older Adults, Pedestrian Injuries, wrongful death, Young Adults Matt Williams is the general manager of the Washington Nationals baseball team. Yesterday, he was in his car speaking with a local radio station about his team and the upcoming game. While stopped in traffic, he is rear-ended by anotherContinue reading
Big Success for Seminar
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories injury, insurance claims, Nursing Home, Nursing Home Abuse, Older Adults, seminar, wrongful death This past Saturday, Dixon Law Office along with the Law Offices of Noreen Costelloe, hosted a seminar titled Protecting Your Assets from the High Cost of Aging. Dixon Law Office founder, G. Grant Dixon III, discussed liability insurance and gaveContinue reading
Lions, Tigers and . . . Attacks!
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories animal attacks, Children, dog bite, injury, Older Adults, wrongful death, Young Adults A young boy is at a petting zoo. He is petting an ostrich, supposedly a tame ostrich. As his hand strokes the soft feathers, the bird spins his head and bites the child in the head. The bleeding wound isContinue reading
Anchoring Our World
“I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” Thomas Jefferson. Juries have taken a beating in the last couple decades. Politicians, pundits,Continue reading
Crane Collapse
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Construction Injuries, injury, Older Adults, workers compensation, wrongful death, Young Adults Aerial cranes are amazing machines. They are able to lift hundreds-of-thousands-of-pounds high into the air and place them delicately into position. When they work well, it looks like a ballet. When they don’t, death and destruction almost always follow. BecauseContinue reading
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Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Children, Infants, injury, Older Adults, wrongful death, Young Adults Does your lawyer return your calls? Does your lawyer answer your questions? Can you reach him or her when you need to? Have you ever wondered why not? The number one complaint clients have about their lawyers is that theContinue reading
Burning Down The House
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Children, Infants, injury, Older Adults, wrongful death, Young Adults There is perhaps no disaster more catastrophic than a house fire. The damage to your home, furniture, clothing, and stuff is hard to live with. When a loved one is injured or killed, the catastrophe is much worse. Clients areContinue reading