Hot Coffee and McDonald’s
In 1992, a 79-year-old woman named Stella Liebeck was sitting in the passenger seat of her grandson’s stopped car, ready to add some cream and sugar to her McDonald’s coffee. She put the Styrofoam cup between her knees and pulled the lid off; the coffee dumped into her lap, scalding her inner thighs. The burns…
Read MoreMichael Bloomberg’s Gift to Johns Hopkins
Michael Bloomberg is the former Mayor of New York; he even considered running for President. He is also a businessman, running a Fortune 500 company that markets itself as “the global business and financial information and news leader, giv[ing] influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people…
Read MoreTaylor Cunningham Awarded the 2016 Plaxen Adler Muncy Civil Trial Advocacy Scholarship
Plaxen Adler Muncy, P.A. is very proud to announce that Taylor Cunningham is the 2016 recipient of the Plaxen Adler Muncy Civil Trial Advocacy Scholarship. Mr. Cunningham is currently a 2L student at the University of Minnesota Law School, and is expected to graduate in May, 2018. We awarded Mr. Cunningham his $2500 scholarship at…
Read MoreThink Pink: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Tanique Plaxen participating in Barbells for Boobs Breast cancer is a killer. It is the second most common type of cancer in American women (second only to skin cancer), and it’s expected that more than 40,000 women will die from breast cancer by the end of 2016. At Plaxen Adler Muncy, we have been personally…
Read MoreThe CDC Has Labeled Sepsis as a “Medical Emergency”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning about sepsis, a potentially fatal complication of infections. When caught in time, sepsis can be treated, but a delay can lead to serious injury or even death. (Both actress Patty Duke and boxer Muhammad Ali died of sepsis-related complications this year.) The illness moves…
Read MoreThe Hazards of Bicycle and Car Door Accidents
Bicyclists have many hazards to contend with when they must interact with drivers on the roadways. Drivers must also be on the lookout for bicyclists and other moving vehicles when they open their doors after having parked their cars. “Dooring” laws require that people who are exiting a vehicle make sure that it is reasonably…
Read MoreMaryland Court of Appeals Sets New Precedent for Social Host Liability
We all know that drinking and driving is dangerous. We all know that it is illegal. Yet every day, someone gets behind the wheel of a car when he or she clearly should not, and puts the lives of themselves and others at risk. Thanks to the Maryland Court of Appeals, however, a new precedent…
Read MoreGraco’s Latest Recall Adds to the Largest Car Seat Recall in U.S. History
Graco Children’s Products is one of the leading manufacturers of baby toys and equipment in the country. The chances are good that if you have children, you own a Graco product – most likely, one of their car seats. However, under the insistence of safety regulators, Graco has recalled 1.9 million infant car seats because…
Read MoreToyota Recalls 1.4 Million Cars because of Exploding Autoliv Airbags
For the last two years, all of the focus has been on Takata, a Japanese manufacturer whose defective airbags have been implicated in the deaths of at least 14 people, and in the injuries of at least 139 others. Honda has also been implicated in some lawsuits. Not to be outdone, Toyota has recalled more…
Read MoreIKEA Finally Recalls Dangerous Dressers Implicated in the Deaths of Three Children
Furniture giant IKEA has recalled almost 36 million dressers and chests which have been implicated in the deaths of three children and the injuries of 19 more since 2014. The pieces are known to tip over, and lawsuits are alleging that the weight of the furniture is crushing toddlers. The recall was announced in cooperation…
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