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The Mere Violation Of A Technical Rule Has Often Been Deemed Sufficient For Legal Action And Recovery


Businesses in California are facing, among other things, 100-400% increases in workers' compensation premiums, increasing employer mandates, and high tax and regulatory burdens. Unfortunately, a certain litigation strategy threatens many companies in an environment ripe for abuse. California's Unfair Competition Law is unique in that it allows anyone to sue businesses for alleged unfair business practices, even if they have not directly incurred the alleged wrongdoing, and even if no one was actually harmed. The mere violation of a technical rule has often been deemed sufficient for legal action and recovery. For example, small nail salons are being targeted for using the same bottle of nail polish on more than one customer and a motorcycle shop was sued for abbreviating the words "on approved credit" (OAC) on a print ad. This shift from traditional tort law requirements, such as proving actual injury, has contributed to an atmosphere that is most appealing to practitioners of the art of shakedown. Some law firms threaten small businesses with suits unless they settle to avoid exorbitant fees and costs and limit risk of an unjust, arbitrary action. Many of the businesses targeted by these unfair competition suits or claims are small, minority owned businesses guilty, at most, of minor, technical, or administrative violations, often unknowingl

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Did You Know?    
 
 
There are four general types of slip and fall accidents
Trip-and-fall accidents, where there is a foreign object in the walking path. Stump-and-fall accidents, where there is an impediment in the walking surface. Step-and-fall accidents, where there is an unexpected failure or hole in the walking surface Slip-and-fall accidents, in which the interface of the shoe and the floor fails Both the property owner as well as the injured person can be held to varying degrees of responsibility for an injury.

 


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KPMG to Pay $456 Million for Criminal Violations
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Appointment To State Bar Of Michigan Board Of Commissioners
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Injury Terms

 


Today's Terms

Soft Tissue Injury

Definition:
Injury to the ligaments, tendons and fibers of the body that connect the skeletal bones.

Compensation

Definition:
Compensation is defined as a recompense for loss. If you suffer an injury, either physical or psychological as the result of an accident that was not your fault, then you may be able to claim a financial award to cover any loss of income, the cost of medical bills, or any other costs that you have incurred as a result of the injury or accident that you would not normally have incurred.

Burn, third degree

Definition:
A burn in which the damage has progressed to the point of skin death. The skin is white and without sensation.

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Topics Related to Personal Injury:

  • Workplace Accidents
  • Head, Back, Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Slip and Fall Injuries
  • Defamation
  • Animal Bites

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  • Barre
  • Bennington
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  • Burlington
  • Colchester
  • Essex Junction
  • Milton
  • Montpelier
  • Rutland
  • Saint Albans
  • South Burlington
 


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