Quick updates: John Giddens was featured on America’s Radio News a few days ago discussing these claims. Claim Updates A Master Complaint has been filed in the United States Federal District Court in Philadelphia, PA. Short Form Complaints are due next week for former players that have counsel. The general allegations applicable to all counts […]
Giddens Law Firm wants you to know when you go to the Emergency Room in Mississippi, you should arm yourself with the information that is available about stroke. The below information will help make you and/or your family a patient advocate. Some of the issues that we have come across involve ER physicians and nursing […]
The NFL Concussion Settlement is nearing its “Effective Date” the date when the settlement finally begins going into action. We thought highlighting some of the pitfalls of the Concussion Settlement, and its requirements may help players avoid costly mistakes and seek to provide some of this information in this entry, but will also be happy […]
In Mississippi the law of negligence includes comparative fault or pure comparative negligence, which is a partial legal defense that has the effect of reducing the amount of damages that a plaintiff can recover in a negligence claim based upon the degree to which the plaintiff’s own negligence contributed to the injury. Additionally in Mississippi […]
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada have announced a recall of approximately 300 mountain bicycle handlebars due to fall hazards. Imported by the Shimano American Corporation, the agencies found that the bolts holding the handlebars together can come loose while riding and can cause riders to lose control and fall. The company has […]
As part of our firm’s commitment to bring good information about car wrecks and 18-wheeler wrecks to the community please consider this list of things to do after a auto accident, 18-wheeler accident or motorcycle accident. Accident Checklist / To Do’s 1. Turn off the ignition in all the cars or 18-wheelers involved in the […]
Providing information to people who are injured and wonder if they have a claim is an important part of the practice of law. One resource we have started using in order to serve and inform the community at large are social media sites. Here is a question that was posed on one of those sites […]
In many of the cases we work on we try to paint a vivid picture of the negligence that caused the injury, or show what should have been done but was not. In some of our recent personal injury and wrongful death cases illustrations and photographs have made all the difference in the outcome of […]
2011 has been a busy year, and we would like to give you a look into our success over the past year. 18 wheeler litigation. In one instance we downloaded ECM black box data to determine the speed breaking and other driving factors applicable to an accident causing critical injuries to our clients. Securing the […]
URGENT– Recently Kotex Tampons recalled about 1,400 cases of Kotex Tampons do to the risk of infection due to the bacterium Enterobacter sakazakii in the raw materials used in manufacturing the tampons. The bacteria can cause infections and lead to health risks including urinary track infections, septic shock, pelvic inflammatory disease and other life threatening illnesses. The […]