Commemorating Cicero

June 22, 2015 Hastings and Hastings
Attorneys everywhere ought to add Cicero to their list of mentors. The famous statesman, lawyer, and philosopher is a marvel of self-sufficiency, and basically responsible for modern prose and grammar conventions. Cicero fought for Rome rather than himself. All lawyers can learn a thing or two about service from Cicero. Cicero thrived around 100...
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Law Student Involved in Product Liability Case for Diabetes Equipment Malfunction

June 21, 2015 Hastings and Hastings
Law student Abbie Harper from the University of Chicago—considered amongst the top tier law schools in the country— recently was found dead in her Hyde Park apartment. She relied on defective diabetic test strips, which were later recalled post mortem. Also, an incompatibility issue arose with the insulin pump she utilized, says a Business...
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Protecting Yourself after the Accident

June 19, 2015 Hastings and Hastings
You’re cruising down route 66 under a bright Arizona sun saddled upon your favorite hog. You’re lady is on the back clutching your vest tightly for safety. All of a sudden, a car swerves into your lane. You evade catastrophe, maneuvering your bike off the road, aware from serious harm and into a ditch....
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Drowsy Driving

June 18, 2015 Hastings and Hastings
In the United States, 250,000 drivers get behind wheel fatigued, every day. Moreover, in a recent poll conducted by the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, it was shown that 54% of all adult drivers had driven while drowsy, while another 28% admitted to actually falling asleep behind the wheel. Of course...
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How the Good Guys Brought a Serial Killer to Justice

June 17, 2015 Hastings and Hastings
Dennis Rader, known as the BTK Killer (Bind, Torture, Kill), was brought to justice after terrorizing the community of Wichita, Kansa between 1974 to 1991. The BTK killer took a hiatus from murdering innocent victims for ten years. It was not until the early 2000’s that Rader resumed sending letters in 2004 to a...
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