The Bizarre Death of Chelsea Ake-Salvacion, Cryotherapy, and The Law
News broke this morning that a worker at a Nevada spa, Chelsea Ake-Salvacion, was killed in an accident involving a cryotherapy* tank. According to reports, Ms. Ake-Salvacion decided to take a dip in the cryotherapy tank after work, unsupervised, and an accident occurred. Her body was discovered frozen solid the next day. Other reports, citing...
Can the Producers of “Legal Highs” be Sued Successfully?
The manufacturers of a class of custom-made drugs known as "legal highs" have seemingly found a way to sell incredibly dangerous products, deny the product's known usage, and then hide behind their disclaimer to avoid any legal accountability. We've got a problem with that. And, as we'll discuss, we think there may be a way...
18-Wheeler Rollover Accidents Shouldn’t Be Fatal
There is a huge problem that has been claiming the lives of truck drivers for years, yet most people are completely unaware that it's even a problem: minor rollover incidents that crush truckers to death. At certain high speeds a rollover accident is simply unsurvivable, and I'm not suggesting that manufacturers build indestructible cars that...
18-Wheelers Have Unprotected Fuel Tanks and That’s a Problem
Each year, somewhere between several dozen and one hundred truck drivers burn to death. These incidents get reported, the news basically implies that the truck drivers killed themselves, and no one seems to care beyond that. Then it happens again, and again, and again. But let's get one thing perfectly clear. The majority of these...
Client Stories: Products Liability in a Boating Accident
Not all accidents are like the ones you see on the news. As a matter of fact, it's often the case that an accident will seem to have been caused by one thing, and turn out to have been caused by something completely different. This is one of those cases. A few years ago, we...
