Tag: Negligent Oil Company

13 Nov

Voir Dire: How to Ensure Fair Trials for Injured Clients

“Voir dire” is a phrase that American courts have borrowed from French and Latin, and it can be roughly translated to mean “speak the truth.” In the American justice system, we use the phrase “voir dire” to refer to the…

9 Nov

Violating Safety Rules Can Lead to Severe Injury

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” A form of the Golden Rule can be found in every major religion, and it is universally understood across disparate cultures and nationalities. The same cannot be said for…

30 Oct

Fighting For The Benefits Of Injured Employees

If our civil justice system must give a benefit to someone, who deserves to receive that benefit — an injured person, or the person who made the bad decision that caused the injury? This is the question that the collateral…

26 Oct

Oilfield Explosion Results in Severe Burns and Brain Injury

“But everyone else is doing it!” This excuse has been around for as long as there have been parents and children. This appeal to common practice is a cousin to the so-called “bandwagon” rhetorical device, which has been exploited to…