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• Helicopter Crash Kills Four

  Mike Schneider | April 17, 2008 9:25 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  An ERA helicopter carrying state workers and a 14 year old boy crashed Tuesday in bad weather. The crash took place about one mile Southeast of mile 119 of the Glenn Highway. The state workers were...

• Fire Deaths May Result In Lawsuits

  Jane Schneider | April 04, 2008 12:08 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  There have been many deaths and serious injuries this winter from fires where smoke alarms were apparently not in use. Where these events happen in private homes and the dead and injured are the...

• Assault Conviction Could Make Civil Suit Easy

  Jane Schneider | April 02, 2008 12:48 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Cassalin Blawat, 18, has been charged with assault for stabbing her boyfriend in Anchorage a couple of weeks ago. If she is convicted, or pleads either guilty or no contest to the charges, her civil...

• Crash Leaves One Dead, One Seriously Injured

  Jane Schneider | March 31, 2008 12:32 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  3/9/08 at 8:30 p.m. witnesses reported that Marie Niemeic was westbound in the eastbound lanes of O'Maley Road between the Old Seward Highway and C street. The head on collision she caused with Ashley Goldman left Goldman seriously injured and Niemeic dead. Goldman will need a good attorney to help her through the legal maize.Unless Niemeic's insurance company voluntarily pays its liability...

• Tok Snowmobile Wreck...

  Ward Merdes | March 26, 2008 10:21 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  The AP reports that Tok resident Kenneth Albright, 41, was killed when his snowmobile collided with a pickup truck in Tok. The passenger on Albright's snowmobile was also injured. That passenger needs to IMMEDIATELY contact an attorney who will investigate this wreck. Do it before evidence is lost. Also, there is a two year Statute of Limitations for related claims. Insurance likely covers the...

• How To Find a Personal Injury Attorney

  Jane Schneider | March 14, 2008 12:12 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  There are many ways to find a good attorney to help with a personal injury or wrongful death case. Rating companies like Martindale-Hubbell or "Best Lawyers in America" can be consulted. Ask court system personnel or retired or sitting judges who is capable of taking on such a case. Your attorney must know a lot more than the law...he or she much have a sense of the practical, be able to try...

• Stabbing Could Lead to Personal Injury Suit

  Jane Schneider | March 12, 2008 12:04 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  According to charging documents, a pool game at Klondike Mike's in Palmer lead to a stabbing. Jonathon Gilliam, 21, is charged with assault, attempted murder, and evidence tampering for the alleged stabbing of Richard Beck, 42. But if Beck is seriously injured or has big bills and lost wages, he should hire a good personal injury attorney to investigate the case. I Gilliam owns a home, or is...

• Ex-FDA Officer Says Eli-Lilly Put Profit Over Patient Health

  Jane Schneider | March 10, 2008 12:51 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Retired FDA medical officer, John Gueriguian, who spent 20 years with the agency, testified for the State of Alaska last week in Anchorage Superior Court. The State is suing the drug maker over medicaid costs incurred because of increased side effects it attributes to Zyprexa, a drug used to treat depression and schizophrenia. Gueriguian said the company distorted the science and downplayed the...

• Insurance Adjuster Being Unfair?

  Ward Merdes | March 06, 2008 7:01 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  After a motor vehicle wreck in Alaska, many folks try to deal with insurance adjusters on the phone. The problem is that insurance adjusters are trained to always say "No." It's in their blood. Don't feel bad when they tell you "No" - or if they tell you that your injury "just isn't worth that much..." It doesn't matter how badly you are hurt - if it's a head injury, broken / fractured bones,...

• Finding a Good Personal Injury Attorney

  Jane Schneider | February 22, 2008 12:09 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  A good personal injury attorney usually enjoys the respect of legal professionals. Ask lawyers who practice in other legal subject areas, judges, court personnel and friends in the insurance industry for referrals to a qualified personal injury attorney. Martindale-Hubbell, LawDragon, and Best Lawyers in America provide the public with peer reviewed assessment of attorney performance. ...