Schuyler Donaldson, Author at GUERRA LLP

Causes of Pressure Cooker Explosions and How to Avoid Them

Posted on August 23, 2021December 17, 2024 by Schuyler Donaldson

A pressure cooker is a sealed cooking vessel that uses high pressure to increase the boiling point of liquids. This allows food to cook more quickly and with less water and energy than with standard cooking methods. However, pressure cookers can be dangerous. Manufacturing defects and design defects are frequently the cause of pressure cooker explosions. Some common injuries from pressure cooker use are steam burns, contact burns, splashed/spilled hot liquids, and explosions. However, proper use can minimize the risk of these types of injuries when using a pressure cooker.

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Is My Employer Required to Provide Water on the Job Site?

Posted on August 4, 2021December 18, 2024 by Schuyler Donaldson

The federal government established the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”) to create rules that maximize workplace safety. Given the hazards of heat stroke and heat exhaustion to employees, OSHA requires employers to provide water on the job site.

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Federal Preemption in Pharmaceutical Cases: What is “Newly Acquired Information?

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Schuyler Donaldson

More than 131 million Americans use prescription drugs. Studies have shown that there were 2.74 million serious adverse drug reactions in 2014 and around 128,000 people have died from drugs prescribed to them. So, what happens when drug manufacturers fail to warn consumers of dangerous and deadly side effects? Consumers are able to sue the drug manufacturer, but they must come prepared because the drug manufacturer will already have the argument that the consumer’s suit is preempted. A lot of times this argument will force the case to be dismissed, leaving consumers hanging out to dry.

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Legal Writing Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Posted on July 19, 2021August 5, 2025 by Schuyler Donaldson

COMES NOW, PLAINTIFF in the hereinabove case, by and through the undersigned counsel of record, and WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, files the aforementioned MOTION TO …

Yikes. Between the case caption, the title, and the procedural throat-clearing of the introductory paragraph, the readers of a legal motion usually spend the first-page thinking, “Get to the point!” Bryan Garner, editor-in-chief of Black’s Law Dictionary and longtime proponent of using plain English in legal writing, refers to this as “filibustering boilerplate” and “time-wasting guff.”[i] It’s true that many lawyers enjoy the pomp and circumstance of formal legal writing. But a good writer can make a pleading, motion, or brief both elegant and readable—and in the process, make it more persuasive.

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How Guerra LLP Women Lawyers Successfully Balance Being a Mother While Paying Attention to Upward Mobility

Posted on July 14, 2021December 10, 2024 by Schuyler Donaldson

It has been proven that women work harder and are more productive than their male counterparts in the workforce.1 Yet still, women continue to fight gender gaps and glass ceilings to achieve their positions and when asking for promotions, women do not receive the same outcomes as their male counterparts.²

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