Capital Brands, manufacturer of the high-speed blender the NutriBullet, is facing a lawsuit that alleges they failed to warn consumers that the appliance has the potential to explode without warning. The suit claims these explosions can cause severe injuries to NutriBullet users, including skin and facial injuries, severe burns, and even broken bones. The class…
National Public Radio (NPR) released an investigation early this year regarding people with intellectual disabilities and sexual assault. The numbers were, unfortunately, appalling. As the United States deals with an ugly period in history with the explosion of #MeToo, our most vulnerable population seems to be left behind. NPR, with assistance from the Justice Department,…
A former Royal Caribbean International employee who suffered a catastrophic injury while working on board the ship in 2008 has been awarded $20.3 million for her injuries. While working at her job as a marketing manager on the cruise line’s Voyager of the Seas, Lisa Spearman experienced severe injuries to her hand during a fire…
In late June, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York announced that Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick was accused of sexually abusing a teen 45 years ago while serving as a priest in New York. After a forensic investigation and review of those results by the Archdiocesan Review Board, the accusations were found credible. The Vatican…
A child recently suffered minor injuries after a surge of gusty winds blew a bouncy house from his Adelanto, California home onto a nearby highway. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department reported that high winds blew the bounce house—with the 9-year-old boy inside—onto the roadway a few hundred feet away. According to the Los Angeles…
Five years after the accident, an injured woman and the family of a deceased woman recently came to a settlement with the City of Los Angeles, ending lawsuits accusing the city of failing to properly maintain parts of the Venice Beach Boulevard, allowing a driver to get around barriers and plow into pedestrians. The Los…
The University of Southern California is currently facing an increasing number of lawsuits over allegations that Dr. George Tyndall, a former campus gynecologist, sexually abused his patients over a period of nearly 30 years. Taylor & Ring is currently representing former patients of Tyndall’s in their cases against him and against USC. If you were…
Technology and traffic apps can be a lifesaver for those of us trying to find our way around unfamiliar areas, or when we want to find a shortcut if we’re stuck in traffic during our daily commute. We might find ourselves in neighborhoods we never knew about before, on side streets that help us escape…
Summertime in California is cause for celebration—holidays like Fourth of July, outdoor barbecues, community events, and more. You might plan your evening around watching or setting off fireworks. Fireworks can be exciting and fun to watch, but they also cause injuries. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), hundreds of people go to the…
Waymo has just announced a new partnership with Jaguar to build and outfit up to 20,000 I-PACE fully electric cars over the next two years for their self-driving ride-hail service. They plan to put the fleet into production by 2020 and have prototypes on the road in Arizona by the end of 2018. This will…