As a practical matter, not all wear and tear is created equally. Stove and other appliances can be misused in a fashion that damages them, as I...

Whether or not you can recover damages will be based on the very specific facts and whatever documents might relate to what is going on, so...

Liability for injuries to pets (considered property under the law) is based on negligence theories. Unfortunately, in general, owners who allow...

There is no ethical prohibition on a lawyer representing more than one party who is adverse to you. If an ex tried to hire your former family...

Unfortunately, in this day and age of electronic charting, a simple typo can populate entire fields or information can be carried over from a...

Unfortunately, AVVO's guidelines for use prohibit solicitation for legal services on the Q&A portion of its site. To find family lawyers (not my...

Unfortunately, AVVO is a site designed to allow volunteer lawyers can try to provide some guidance to folks with potential legal issues and is not...

While med mal is not my area of specialty nor do I have the initials DMD behind my name, leaving foreign objects behind pretty much will always...

HIPAA only applies to medical providers and their handling of protected health information. Patients can consent to their medical providers...

I concur with both my learned friends. First, the law provides no protection generally from people saying mean, even racist things, and mere...