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Supreme Court rejects blood transfusion case
Attorney News |
2014/12/01 23:14
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The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from the estate of a Michigan woman who died following a kidney transplant after turning down a blood transfusion because of her religious beliefs.
The justices on Monday let stand a state appeals court ruling that said the estate of Gwendolyn Rozier could not sue her doctors for negligence.
Rozier received a kidney from her daughter in a 2007 surgery but doctors later found that her body was rejecting the organ. She refused a blood transfusion, in keeping with the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Rozier's estate accused the doctors of failing to timely recognize internal bleeding, among other allegations, which would have eliminated the need for a transfusion.
The Michigan appeals court said the transfusion was a necessary medical procedure under the circumstances. |
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Personal Injury Lawyers Practicing Throughout Texas
Attorney News |
2014/12/01 23:07
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Our team of attorneys has extensive experience representing clients from every part of Texas. The Salazar Law Firm not only gives personal attention to each client, but we also have the resources and technology to handle all types of cases. Many individuals do not know about their rights when it comes to the law, but we are here to help. For anything from a simple injury case to a highly complex legal issue, we will give you results. Call us today to be informed of your rights and to have your case reviewed.
You can be assured that your case will be seen and handled by each member of our staff, which allows your case to be known by the whole firm. This lets us be thorough and enables you to reach out to anyone on our staff. We make ourselves available at all times, even if that means answering your call after hours. Ultimately, the Salazar Law
Firm seeks to responsibly deliver quality service to Texans all over. This means we have staff who can communicate in Spanish, Vietnamese,and English.
Our office works best in casual attire, saving our suits for court and client meetings. Working hard need not be dull. United by the desire to produce the best outcome for our clients, our staff members are a team of friends in addition to being co-workers. Our employees not only get the job done, but also pursue hobbies and accomplishments outside the office. Each person brings something unique to the table. This kind of environment allows us to strive for business excellence in all the work that we do. |
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Securities Arbitration and Litigation
Attorney News |
2014/11/22 00:12
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The Law Offices of Place & Hanley, LLC is a nationally recognized
securities and commodities arbitration law firm which represents investors nationwide. At Place & Hanley we represent investors in claims against their brokers, broker dealers, investment advisors,financial advisors and insurance companies.
We have prosecuted claims against many Wall Street firms, such as Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, UBS, Oppenheimer, as well as some mid-sized broker dealers. Our securities lawyers advocate on behalf of their client's savings when their brokerage accounts were mishandled or when they have become victims of negligence, unsuitable investments, and financial fraud.
The staff and lawyers at the Law Offices of Place & Hanley are dedicated to representing wronged investors who have lost money from the willful or negligent acts of their broker or financial advisor. Our firm has experience recovering millions of dollars for both individuals and group claims, as well as class action litigation with securities related matters. In addition, we have fought on behalf of or clients for recovered punitive damages and attorney's fees.
Our firm has successfully brought negligent brokers to justice in many State and Federal Courts, in addition to Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (JAMS), the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the National Futures Association(NFA), Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (JAMS), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA f/k/a NASD). We firmly believe that the victims of these negligent firms deserve a chance at
financial recovery. |
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Court: Some NC legislator emails must be released
Court Line |
2014/11/22 00:11
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North Carolina legislators aren't required to give up emails with other lawmakers and staff to those suing over the state's election-overhaul law, but correspondence with third parties is largely fair game, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Joi Peake ruled on the extent of legislative confidentiality in three lawsuits filed against the state and officials including Gov. Pat McCrory and challenging provisions of the 2013 law. Attorneys are collecting evidence for trial on the lawsuits next summer.
Those who sued demanded emails and other correspondence from more than a dozen state legislators that they hoped would provide insight to why the law was approved. The lawsuits, filed by civil rights groups, the U.S. government and voters among others, say that elements of the law are unconstitutional and discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act because they harm minority voters.
The lawsuits seek to overturn provisions that reduced the number of early voting days by one week, ended same-day registration during the early-voting period and mandate photo identification to vote in 2016.
In her ruling, Peake said legislative privilege applies to communications between legislators and their aides but not between lawmakers and constituents or interest groups. The state's attorneys cited no authority by which lawmakers should receive the privilege simply because they expected privacy with the communications, she wrote.
Peake rejected a request by the suing groups to require state attorneys to create a log of specific documents with lawmakers or staff corresponding with each other and that lawmakers believe are subject to the privilege — presumably for Peake later to decide whether the documents should be disclosed.
The privilege log "would itself significantly intrude into the legislative sphere, and would also place a heavy burden on the legislators in contravention of one of the aims of the legislative privilege," she wrote. |
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Nags Head homeowners get federal court victory
Court Watch |
2014/11/13 23:45
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Nags Head homeowners banned from repairing their beachfront property for five years because the town declared them a public nuisance are back at work, getting those homes renovated.
The Virginian-Pilot reported a U.S. District Court judge ruled last week for the homeowners on part of their claims, allowing them to start repairing their houses.
The dispute started with a winter storm in November 2009 that damaged parts of the town.
Nags Head wanted nine houses removed after the storm to protect the public and to maintain use of the beach, Town Manager Cliff Ogburn said. The homes take up most of the beach and block passage of rescue vehicles, he said.
"You can't walk north and south because of these houses," Ogburn said.
The town sent notices to homeowners saying the damaged houses sat on public trust property and would have to be removed or razed. Also, the town wouldn't issue building permits for repairs.
U.S. District Court Judge James Dever ruled the town is responsible for the homes becoming nuisances.
"But even assuming the damage from the November storm caused the cottages to become nuisances, no evidence suggests the cottages would have continued to be nuisances had the town allowed the owners to repair them, as North Carolina law obligated the town to do," Dever wrote in his decision, dated Nov. 6.
The decision involves a lawsuit brought by Roc Sansotta, owner of Cove Realty. He manages the nine cottages for the owners and has a partial ownership in five of them, the decision says. |
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