Browning Law

07/09/2026

Warning Labels and Holding People Accountable

Today’s warning labels came about as a result of tragic accidents. Warnings which may appear to be silly, such as the warnings that you see on ladders about how not to use a ladder or warnings about not touching hot surfaces, or handling explosives may seem obvious, but companies put warning labels on their products after they’ve been successfully sued and had to pay money for selling dangerous products.
Today I met with a young man who had been horribly injured by an explosion. Before deciding to take his case, I had to explore whether there were appropriate warning labels on the item which had exploded in his space. To my great surprise, they were absolutely no warning labels for something incredibly dangerous.
Without giving further details, I will say the seller of this particular item is in deep trouble.
Among other things, the task of a personal injury lawyer is to hold bad actors accountable for their actions. Lawyers and jurors each have a part to play in keeping consumers safe. The lawyer points out the danger caused by the defendant, and then it’s the jury’s job to hold the defendant accountable by assessing an appropriate amount of damages to be paid by the defendant.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the defendant normally does not pay the judgment; his insurance company pays for the defendant’s mistakes. The more mistakes defendant makes, mistakes that hurt people, the more money the defendant has to pay for insurance, and in this way, the defendant is held responsible. If the defendant makes too many mistakes, he becomes uninsurable.
A deceased friend of mine, Daniel Cathcart, started his career back in the 1950s by holding the Cessna company accountable for producing faulty airplanes. Cessna was experiencing a series of fatal airplane crashes. The cause of these crashes was a fuel line that became clogged while the airplane was in mid-flight.. Dan Cathcart held the Cessna company responsible by making them pay for everyone hurt or killed by their faulty airplanes. Cessna became so upset with Mr. Cathcart, that, according to him, they sued him to try to intimidate him and make him stop filing lawsuits. It didn’t work. Daniel counter-sued Cessna and won. In his words, Cessna bought him a very nice house in Beverly Hills California.
Before you hate on personal injury lawyers, realize that they put up their own money to protect you from dangerous products. Cessna produced safe planes because of Dan Cathcart, and many household items and tools are safer today because some personal injury lawyer put up his own money to vindicate the rights of a victim injured or killed by an earlier, unsafe version of that same product.

07/08/2026

With our celebrating America’s 250 year anniversary. It is a good time to remember this country was founded upon a dream George Washington had for this country.

George Washington (Nate Bargatze) tells his soldiers (Kenan Thompso...

07/08/2026

Today I would like to talk about traumatic brain injuries.
Years ago I had no idea how common traumatic brain injuries occur during automobile accidents. Many times, people have traumatic brain injuries and they don’t even know it. Common symptoms are: brain fog, memory difficulties, oversensitivity to light, headaches, difficulty with balance, vision, difficulties, difficulty in reading and unusual fatigue.
The unusual fatigue occurs when a healthy part of the brain takes over a function of part of the brain damaged in a car crash. Since one part of the brain can no longer do what it was designed to do, another part of the brain is now working twice as hard to make sure that task gets done.
Many people who have these symptoms never get properly treated. That’s a shame for so many reasons. Mainly it’s a shame because there are now effective treatments for traumatic brain injuries.
At Browning Law, we work with Cognitive FX out of Provo Utah.
They trust us and work with our clients because they know our number one concern is the treatment and healing of our clients. We care about the welfare of our clients.
 We trust the staff at Cognitive FX because they are honest and effective.
Everyone that Browning Law has referred to Cognitive FX for treatment has stated that the experience has been life-changing for them.
Doctors can never put people back together as good as God made him in the first place. I think that same thing as true with traumatic brain injuries. TBI can be treated, and the person treating may retrieve 50%, 60%, 70% of their function, but I rarely do they get back 100% of what they’ve lost.
I mentioned all this for two reasons.
#1. If you have any of these symptoms after experiencing an automobile, accident, come and talk to us about treatment and making sure that your injuries are properly valued.
I’ve had cases referred to me before where whoever was handling the case had no idea how disabling traumatic brain injuries could be, and have addressed  these symptoms as minor inconveniences that will eventually go away.

One more thing I would say about Cognitive FX. They have done the best job I have ever seen of documenting the extent of a traumatic brain injury. They focus in on what part of the brain needs to be fixed. They accomplish this by using MRI technology to take a movie of your brain while having you undergo various mental tests. The various mental tests will fire off different parts of your brain, and this is all recorded with the MRIs and quantified in a way that shows you exactly how much you’ve lost and what needs to be done to get you back to normal.

07/04/2026

I agree 100%. Happy to repost, in honor of my late brother, Robert Browning, who survived Vietnam after enlisting in the USMC.

07/04/2026

What you need to know about personal injury jury trials:
1. Unless the defendant is a national corporation, there is a 99% chance he will not pay a dime, no matter what the jury verdict. A billion dollar insurance company is the real defendant. If the 70 year old truck driver is sitting in the defendant’s chair in a trial, it is really Allstate or State Farm or one of 1000 other insurers that has made a decision before trial to refuse to pay a just claim.
2. Attorneys for the plaintiff have zero incentive to bring frivolous lawsuits, because they don’t get paid one dime unless they win. If you bring a frivolous lawsuit, you will lose, and your lawyer gets nothing.
3. Defense attorneys get paid by billion dollar insurance companies whether they win or lose. They do not make a decision whether to defend a lawsuit based on whether their client is at fault. They go to trial because they have their marching orders from an insurance company to go to trial.
4. When the value of an injury is the issue, the insurance company has its
professional witnesses on speed-dial. The company will choose a doctor who conducts an “independent medical evaluation” on the plaintiff. The doctor has testified for insurance companies for 10 or more years and knows the result he is being paid to produce, and how his opinion will affect a jury verdict. There is nothing independent about this doctor. Many of these doctors make over $1 million per year giving opinions their insurance clients wish to hear: the problem was pre-existing (even though the plaintiff had no prior symptoms); the injury is real but merited only 4 months of treatment (even though the plaintiff has been suffering for the past 3 years after the accident); the problem would have healed by now if the plaintiff had undergone recommended medical treatment (that the plaintiff could not afford), so the current suffering is the plaintiff’s own fault. Do not be fooled into believing insurance companies hire these doctors because they are good; they hire them because they are very good at burying valid claims.

I will share more insights into the realities of personal injury lawsuits in the days to come.

07/04/2026

I wanted everyone to know what I am doing with my life. While many of my friends have retired, I have no intention of doing so. I have practiced law in Idaho for 42 years now, and I have a very strong law firm that can help a lot of people. I honestly believe that God put me here for a purpose, and I am in a position to help a lot of people.
On the criminal side, a member of law enforcement was falsely accused of a crime that carried a life sentence. A month ago I defended him before a jury and he was unanimously acquitted. I have successfully defended a lot of people falsely accused of felonies that could have put them in prison for life.
As to my personal injury practice, I just spent 2 weeks in master classes of trial advocacy, learning and practicing skills taught by the most successful trial lawyers in America. I did this because my clients want the best possible results, and I to this end, I am proud to have associated with these men in Trial Lawyer University. 40 years of experience and 119 jury trials is good, but my clients deserve great results, and I am doing everything in my power to bring about great results, including another week of trial advocacy workshops in August, and my associate Steve Carpenter will be joining me in California for this additional specialized training.
Because good isn’t good enough. Our clients deserve our best, even if it means spending additional time and money in advanced training.