Miscellaneous

• Big Oil and Insurance Team to Disadvantage Alaskan Families

  Mike Schneider | June 29, 2007 12:51 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  If you are hurt or killed on the job you can't sue your employer or fellow employees. And it used to be that employers/fellow employees were the only ones that enjoyed this immuntiy from negligence...or worse. But a couple of legislative sessions ago, Sen. Ralph Seekins of Fairbanks, big oil, and big insurance teamed up to make things even better for negligent big business, while leaving...

• Multi-Million Dollar Dry Cleaner Lawsuit Tossed

  Jane Schneider | June 28, 2007 8:32 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  On Monday, June 25, 2007, a judge ruled that no pair of pants if worth $54 million. Roy Pearson, ad administrative law judge sued a Washington D.C. dry cleaner alledging that the dry cleaners lost his pants and tried to give him a pair that were not his. D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled that the owners of Custom Cleaners, the Chung family, did not violate the consumer-protection...

• Law a Giveaway to Insurers and Careless Landowners

  Mike Schneider | June 27, 2007 12:52 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Representative Paul Seaton, of Homer, Ak has proposed a law, HB25, which will immunize landowners, largely to the benefit of the insurance industry, from suits brought by Alaskans seriously injured or killed because of landowner carelessness. Rep. Seaton is trying to do the right thing for public recreation, but unless huge loopholes in the bill are closed, the public policy "baby" will be...

• Injured Crime Victims Have Hope

  Mike Schneider | June 22, 2007 12:06 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Some crime victims are seriously or catastrophically injured. Some are killed. The criminals often have little or spend what they have on defense lawyers. Most victims know about the Violent Crimes Compensation Act. But few know that there are private insurace policies that may pay for the harms and losses they have suffered.The Violent Crimes Compensation Act may be a small help, but by its...

• When Injured in an Accident, Help Your Attorney Help You

  Jane Schneider | June 21, 2007 8:53 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  When you are injured in an accident, and hire a lawyer, there are a number of things you can do to assist in obtaining a timely settlement. You should keep a file that contains all documents you obtain which have anything to do with your accident. The types of documents you should keep and provide to your attorney include any medical bills you receive, medical records, correspondence from the...

• Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage Decision

  Mike Schneider | June 20, 2007 12:56 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  The Ak Supreme Court recently ruled that insurance companies can sell you less uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage to protect your family from serious injury or death, than you buy to protect others from your own negligence...and they can do so without your written OK.AS 21.89.020 demands that a carrier providing Uninsured or Underinsured (UM or UIM) coverage get your written OK if the...

• Child Dog Mauling Lawsuit Will Go To Trial

  Mike Schneider | June 15, 2007 12:58 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  The Alaska Supreme Court, in a 3/2 decision, announced that Alaska's minor Statute of limitations, AS 09.10.140(c), requiring a minor injured under the age of 8 to file suit on or before his/her 10th birthday, deprives the minor of his/her due process right to access the courts. See, Sands v. Green, and State of Alaska, S-11582, Op. no. 6121, May 4, 2007, a personal injury lawsuit alleging...

• Selecting a Personal Injury Attorney

  Jane Schneider | June 14, 2007 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  When you are injured as the result of negligence, you should seek legal advice immediately before you discuss the matter with an insurance adjuster, before signing any documents, and before valuable evidence can be lost. Remember, the less money insurance companies pay on claims, the more money they make. Before saying anything to anybody, get the advice you need from a qualified personal...

• New Jersey Industrial Accident Hurts Couple

  Shannon Weidemann | May 08, 2007 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  A couple using a forklift to move a printing press into a trailer were hurt in an industrial accident in New Jersey. They had been hired to move printing presses out of the old Tapco Inc. building. The trailer overturned onto the woman and her husband was thrown off the forklift he was operating. The wife was pinned under the trailer and her husband suffered a severe head laceration. Because...

• State Farm Sued for Denial of Insurance Claim

  Christina Cole | April 30, 2007 10:23 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Several lawsuits for denied insurance claims have surfaced against State Farm following Hurricane Wilma. On April 24, one of those suits went to trial.A Beaumont couple claims State Farm has denied their insurance claim refusing to pay the full amount of property damage suffered from Hurricane Wilma.According to the petition filed in Jefferson County District Court, the storm caused roof and...