Author Archives: Michael Gillis

How Smart is Your TV?

If you are like me, you are somewhat technologically illiterate. I cannot tell you what I had to do just to figure out how to do a blog, and I need my nine year old to show me how my phone works. That is particularly interesting ...

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Cyber Harassment

This past week, an Essex county jury sent a loud and clear message to the defendant who took to cyberspace to harass our clients: if you harass people on the Internet so that they cannot enjoy the peaceful comfort of their own home, you will pay ...

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Crib Recall

On May 1, 2015, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ordered a recall of SULTAN and VYSSA crib mattress currently being sold at IKEA. The reason for the recall is that the mattresses can create a gap between the mattress and crib ends larger ...

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Patient Safety

According to the Journal of Patient Safety study, Evidence-based Estimate of patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care, preventable adverse events (PAE’s) contributing to deaths from care in hospitals cause one-sixth of all deaths that occur in the United States each year, more than 400,000 deaths ...

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Franklin on Death and Taxes

As April 15 looms ahead, we are all conscious of the immortal words of Benjamin Franklin who said “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” In addition to being one of our Founding Fathers, Franklin was an accomplished inventor, ...

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Product Recall: Airbags

Product Recall: Airbags     Despite record fines to GM, Hyundai and Toyota, more defective automobile parts surface, usually after causing horrific injuries. The most recent recall affects, which started with 4000 cars and is now over 14 million, involve automobiles with Takata air bags. The problem with the ...

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Who Should Share in the Tips?

      Legal Sea Foods is facing two class action suits which raise an interesting question: who should share in the tips? Behind the suit is an allegation that the people who roll the silverware in napkins, who earn minimum wages, should not get a portion of the ...

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Veterans

Recent articles highlight problems facing our veterans when returning from active duty. Difficulties receiving health care from the veteran’s hospitals has been well documented, and the public exposure of the problem is leading to reforms in veteran’s health care, the least that we can do. Health care is not their only problem. Despite laws requiring lenders ...

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Welcome to the Blog

Many of us start each New Year with resolutions, and for the past several years, I promised to start a blog. To date, I have not made good on that promise, not surprising since I am a technologically challenged. With any luck, the voyage starts here and the promise is kept. So why a blog? I ...

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