June 2011

A parent can sometimes be liable for the harm his or her minor child causes to others.

Here are some situations in which, in California, a parent is automatically liable:

  • When the parent has signed  the child’s driver’s license application, and the child’s driving hurts someone (but the parent’s liability is limited to $15,000 per person

The Food and Drug Administration approved Yaz and Yasmin based on research that Bayer provided saying that the drugs were safe. We’ve been saying all along that the research was suspect and that, in fact, the drug is more risky than other birth control pills with no added benefits. The danger, we said, was the