Jury trials look so easy on television and in the movies. In “real life,” preparation for a jury trial takes many months. Every single piece of evidence is like a building block. The early investigation is like the”foundation.” Any missing bricks can be exploited by the insurance company lawyers and cause the entire structure to…
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All clothing will burn given enough heat or exposure to flames. For example, in a case handled successfully by Doug Landau on behalf of a “Disney on Ice” pyrotechnical engineer, his clothing caught fire because as he attempted to destroy plastic explosives in the Texas dessert, not because of any defect in his garments. We…
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Recently, Doug Landau was an eye witness to not one, but TWO episodes where a bath robe caught fire. What was even more startling was the fact that, because of the nature of the absorbent fabric, it was not immediately apparent that the wearer was on fire ! Some synthetic fibers do not give off…
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Given the massive nature of the recent peanut butter recall there is much speculation as to whether people made ill by these products will have viable claims. Lawyers involved point out that a positive salmonella diagnosis will be the key component for these cases. Either a positive stool culture or a blood test is the…
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Many people are burned by flammable garments each year. Some victims of these defective products are “burned” a second time, when they entrust their cases to lawyers who advertise, but do not know what they are doing. One of the ways these lawyers can ruin a meritorious “Flammability case” is by failing to preserve the…
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