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• I was hurt in a car wreck. What's my claim worth?

  Ward Merdes | June 29, 2009 2:26 AM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  I'm a personal injury attorney. We're asked this question every day. The phone rings. We hear about a wreck, a tragedy that changed the caller's life. We're then asked the dreaded question: What do...

• Andrews Missing in Presumed Plane Crash

  Mike Schneider | August 13, 2008 12:51 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Deputy Commissioner of Revenue, Brian Andrews, 56, and his son, Brandon, 24, are the subject of an intensive search in areas between Young Lake and Juneau. The Cessna 182 on floats had dropped...

• Linda Honeycutt Killed. Daniel Cox and Another Injured on Sterling Highway, Alaska.

  Ward Merdes | August 24, 2007 10:52 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Death and Injury on the Stirling Highway in Alaska. Honeycutt killed. Cox injured. Take these legal steps.The Alaska State Troopers reported today that the Sterling Highway in Alaska claimed another victim and injured two more in a head-on collision. Linda Honeycutt, 52 of Kasilof was apparently driving one of the two vehicles involved. She was killed. Daniel Cox, 64, of Eagle River was also...

• 28 year old National Guardsman Dies in Tragic Motorcycle Accident

  James Cool | June 01, 2009 11:08 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Fairbanks, Alaska—The Fairbanks Daily News Miner reports that 28 year old Nathan Gray of Fairbanks died last week when he lost control of his motorcycle and traveled off of the Johansen...

• AAJ CEO Jon Haber Made a Difference for All of Us

  Mike Schneider | April 08, 2009 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Jon Haber worked tirelessly for the American Association of Justice over the last many years. He brought the AAJ into the current century by updating its use of technology and making it appreciate...

• Three Killed in Alaska Float Plane Crash. Here's Alaska Law Their Families Need To Know...

  Ward Merdes | October 02, 2007 7:46 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  The AP reports that Greg Brophy, Sean Brophy and Tom Beatty were killed near the Royal Wolf Lodge in Katmai national Park and Preserve on Sunday. Their float plane, a Helio Courier H-295, was returning to Royal Wolf Lodge when it crashed into trees Sunday near Nonvianuk Lake. The pilot was also killed.The plane was apparently owned by CDM, Inc. (Branham Adventures) of Anchorage and leased to the...

• Cox Crossed The Center-Line, Killing Honeycutt & Injuring Aliment

  Ward Merdes | August 26, 2007 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Cox crossed the center line. Honeycutt & Harlan Aliment need to contact an attorney now.Updated reports from the Alaska State Troopers show that Dan Cox, 64, of Eagle River, was driving a red pickup truck northbound with Harlan Aliment of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, when his vehicle crossed the center line of the highway and collided with the front end of Honeycutt's white van. Honeycutt was...

• Three Men Killed In Dimond Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | October 13, 2009 11:21 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Three men killed in a car accident Friday night, were identified Saturday, according to Anchorage police. The three men were riding in one of the two vehicles involved in the crash. They were...

• 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,...

• Recent Shooting Could Lead to Civil Claims

  Mike Schneider | April 05, 2009 10:31 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  March 15, 2009, a party at a warehouse in South Anchorage went bad. Chad Zurfluh tried to break up a fight, was assaulted himself, and thrown out of the warehouse where the party was going on....