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Ski Helmets Protect Against Brain Injury

Saturday, February 12, 2011 by Brett A. Burlison

From Legal Blog

by San Francisco Personal Injury Attorney Brett A. Burlison 

Helmets decrease the risk of brain injuries (also known as head injuries or traumatic brain injury – TBI) when used by skiers.
According to sports scientists at the University of Innsbruck, and as reported by the BBC,... Read More

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Topic: Personal Injury

California Supreme Court Rules Zip Codes Protected Under Privacy Law

Friday, February 11, 2011 by Brett A. Burlison

From Legal Blog by

San Francisco Personal Injury Attorney Brett A. Burlison


In A ruling issued Thursday the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that retailers may no longer collect ZIP Codes from credit card customers.

The case involved a 1990 law that prohibits businesses from recording... Read More

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Topic: Personal Injury

Supreme Court Protects Fiance Of Worker From Retaliation

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 by Brett A. Burlison

From Legal Blog - San Francisco Personal Injury Attorney Brett A. Burlison

On Monday the Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous opinion (8 – 0) that a third party is protected from workplace retaliation by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The case is Thompson v. North American Stainless and the 6th Circuit had ruled against the plaintiff who... Read More

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Topic: Personal Injury

Brain Injury Therapy Denial Investigated

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 by Brett A. Burlison

From Legal Blog - San Francisco Personal Injury Attorney Brett A. Burlison               0;  When someone in the civilian world suffers a brain injury – whether or not it is from a personal injury accident, a stroke, or some other illness or injury – the odds are pretty good that... Read More
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Topic: Personal Injury

FDA Launches Web-Based Resource

Monday, January 10, 2011 by Brett A. Burlison

From Legal Blog - by San Francisco Personal Injury Attorney Brett A. Burlison

The FDA is taking several new steps to increase transparency and educated the public better on its decision making process.

As part of this process, the agency has launched a new Web-based resource that the public and industry can use to keep abreast of the regulatory status for... Read More
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Topic: Personal Injury

After Shooting - Calls For Civility

Monday, January 10, 2011 by Brett A. Burlison

From Legal Blog - by San Francisco Personal Injury Attorney Brett A. Burlison

The shooting on Saturday in Arizona that killed six people and seriously injured Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has caused members of both parties to call for calm and greater civility in our political process.

We value political speech in our society so much that... Read More
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Topic: Personal Injury

Blue Shield Set To Raise Rates 59%

Saturday, January 8, 2011 by Brett A. Burlison

From Legal Blog - San Francisco-based Blue Shield has announced that it intends to raise health insurance premiums on individual policyholders 59 percent starting March 1.
This increase comes after WellPoint Inc. through its subsidiary Anthem Blue Cross tried to raise rates 39 percent and ended up raising them 14 percent on many policyholders.
And this is being done as Republicans in Congress are... Read More
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Topic: Personal Injury

42 Judges Renominated

Friday, January 7, 2011 by Brett A. Burlison

From Legal Blog

Forty-two (42) judges have been held up by the Senate for far too long and it is starting fro impact the Courts.

From Chief Justice Roberts to California’s 9th Circuit Justice Alex Kozinski, who leads the 9th Circuit Appeals Court, many experts, judges, and politicians have stated that the Senate should move on the confirmation of... Read More

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Topic: Personal Injury

Stanord Doctors Paid By Big Pharma For Speaking

Monday, December 20, 2010 by Brett A. Burlison

From Legal  Blog - San Francisco Personal Injury Attorney Brett A. Burlison

As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, and ProPublica, a recent investigation finds that over a dozen Stanford University doctors were paid by drug companies for promotional speeches – a violation of Stanford’s policy designed to prevent conflicts and the... Read More

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Topic: Personal Injury

Brain Injury Therapy Not Covered By Pentagon

Monday, December 20, 2010 by Brett A. Burlison

From Legal Blog - San Francisco Personal Injury Attorney Brett A. Burlison

Traumatic brain injury is a devastating disease and injury that impacts over 1.5 million injury victims every year.  It is also the signature injury for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

As reported by ProPublica and others, the insurance-style program designed to cover... Read More

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Topic: Personal Injury
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