Thomas C DeVoto

Hi, I'm Tom DeVoto, St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney. A couple of weeks ago, I posted a video on the Indiana St. Fair stage collapse tragedy in response to questions that clients, friends and family members had about the tragic situation. I indicated that the Indiana law had a waiver of liability with a personal liability cap of $750,000 and an aggregate cap of $5 million depending on how many people have been injured, the money would be split up among the victims.

On September 1, 2011, the State of Indiana announced that a fund with the $5 million was set up for funerals, medical bills and other related needs. The State of Indiana will no longer have responsibly after the $5 million has been spent.

The interesting question is; "How the money will be divided among the victims?"

Will setting up a fund, prevent an individual from setting up a personal lawsuit to get a larger portion of the settlement?

St Louis Personal Injury Attorney, Thomas DeVoto speaks about the limit caps and aggregate gaps that the Indiana may have to pay if a lawsuit is won from a defendant of this tragedy. Many questions and many lawsuits may come out of this event.

This video subject is about getting into a car accident and the things you need to do when in a car accident. This information is very important in any car accident case. The things you need to get is:

Things to record about yourself
• Date and Time of accident
• Location of accident
• The direction the car was headed

Information about the other driver
• Driver Name
• Address
• DOB
• License

Owner of information if car is owned by someone else besides the driver
• Address
• Date of Birth

Other Vehicle Information
• Make and Model of other Vehicle
• Drivers Plate Number
• VIN if possible
• Witnesses are also important
• Name and Address
• Date of Birth
• Contact Phone Number

Do not leave the scene until the police arrive. Get the police officers name, case number and the officer's department service number.

This Supreme Court case was brought by a California couple who objected to a $30 charge for what was said to be a free cellphone. They had signed a "take it or leave it" standard contract from AT&T Mobility that required them to resolve disputes through arbitration and barred them from banding together with others to seek class-action treatment, whether in arbitration or in traditional litigation in court.

The United States Supreme Court held in Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing that federal drug labeling laws directly conflict with, and therefore impliedly preempt, state law failure-to-warn claims against generic drug manufacturers. Mensing is the latest in a series of federal preemption cases involving the pharmaceutical and medical device industry