Month: February 2012

A Harris County jury recently awarded $20 million dollars to a young woman who was raped by a neighbor in her apartment complex. The jury awarded the victim $12 milion in personal injury damages: $7 million for physical pain and mental anguish and $5 million for future mental anguish; and $8 million for violating Texas’ deceptive trade…

In Georgia, the mother of a murdered seven-year-old is suing her apartment complex for hiring and retaining a maintenance man with a history of committing crimes against children. Joselinne Rivera, mother of slain Jorelys Rivera, is alleging that River Ridge at Canton, her apartment complex, failed to perform adequate background checks on its employees, including Ryan…

According to a recent article in the Washington Post, a recent federal analysis showed that 400 shades of popular lipstick contained trace amounts of lead. This analysis has exacerbated an ongoing dispute between regulators and consumer activists over how much lead is safe in cosmetics and how much makes the product defective. Five popular lipsticks…

According to a recent study published in the British Medical Journal, individuals who smoke marijuana within a few hours of driving are two times more likely than non-impaired motorists to be involved in a car accident resulting in serious injury or death. This study clarifies earlier studies which produced mixed results with respect to the…

In a recent recall, Nissan has recalled 39,000 Versa small cars because of a dangerous condition that has been detected. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety regulations require a driver’s foot must be on the brake before the car can physically be shifted into gear, but Nissan found that in the 2012 model cars made from June…