You can’t really sue the government for property damage or injury due to a common law doctrine known as sovereign immunity. This doctrine came into existence as a way to protect monarchs from being sued, but still holds true since you can’t just sue the U.S....
Traditionally, the theory of buyer beware has ruled real estate transactions. However, things have changed significantly and now the realtor has certain duties towards the person they are representing, including loyalty, full disclosure, obedience, and...
Most employment in the US is “at will,” meaning that an employer has the right to terminate the employee at any time and for any reason, as long as it is not an illegal reason. So, how do you know if your termination was legal or illegal and how do you know if you...
There was this lady in New York who felt that her landlord didn’t have the right to kick her out of her apartment since her legal guardian was the previous tenant. Under current succession laws in that state, Maria DeTommaso (the 63-year-old woman that had lived in...
It’s really sad to say, but there have been a larger number drunk driving deaths already in 2014. It’s even sadder to say that many of these deaths were people who didn’t deserve to die. But, because someone chose to be careless and irresponsible while drinking then...
If you are in a situation in which you’ve turned to an attorney for help, this likely means an event compelled you immediately to seek legal assistance or a circumstance in your life has moved into a dire state. It could be a problem at your workplace, within the...
If a drug does what it’s supposed to do and may possibly have what we like to call ‘bonus benefits’, people who need it jump for joy. That’s how 24-year-old Carissa Ubersox from Madison Wisconsin felt about the birth control pill Yaz. She’d heard that it helped with...
In California, employers are required to give you a 30-minute lunch break. These breaks are supposed to be off duty, meaning that an employee is free to leave the property if he or she pleases. In the event that the employer doesn’t allow you a break, they have to pay...
Insurance bad faith means the unfair or disrespectful behavior of an insurance company when they turn away from an insurance claim that they should clearly pay. In addition to not paying you what you deserve, an insurance company’s unprofessional delay in issuing you...
In April of this year, the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in the case of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Naiel Nassar. The question before the Court involves the required level of proof a plaintiff must show in a Title VII...