September 2012

 May a pet owner recover for emotional distress when another intentionally injures his pet?  It depends.  While in other states pet owners may recover for emotional distress, up until last month California courts only allowed juries to award economic damages to a pet owner and refused to award an owner for his emotional distress including

Atrial fibrillation is a type of irregular heartbeat that can cause blood clots, heart attacks and strokes. For years, doctors have prescribed blood-thinners like Coumadin, also known as warfarin, to those who suffer from atrial fibrillation. The blood thinners prevent the clots from forming, and so prevent the heart attacks and strokes.

A few years ago a