Miscellaneous

• Think Outside the Box this Mother's Day

  Stuart McAtee | May 07, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  When helping disabled clients and potential clients with disability claims, it has become obvious that a good portion of our society does not have a good grasp of their own financial situation...

• Kinston Man Attacked By Ferocious Pit Bulls Feared For His Life

  Rick Shapiro | May 06, 2009 4:37 PM | 8 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  A Kinston, North Carolina (NC) man is recuperating only days after he was attacked my two menacing Pit Bulls that were apparently on the loose in his neighborhood. The victim, L.H. Clemmons, has...

• Ambulance Chasers

  Beth Janicek | May 06, 2009 12:29 PM | 2 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  In the San Antonio Express News, John MacCormack wrote about barratry by trial lawyers. Barratry is the unlawful solicitation of clients by lawyers. Lawyers are not allowed to contact a potential...

• Tort Reform: Why Conservatives Should Oppose It

  Paul Ford | May 06, 2009 9:51 AM | 1 CommentJonesboro, AR

  I recently attended a legal seminar and heard Ken Connor, an attorney from Florida, speak. Ken is a conservative trial lawyer. And his perspective on tort reform and people of conservative ideology...

• Critic Raises Questions over Crash and Death Rates of Cirrus Aircraft In “Dead Pilots Don’t Lie”--Surprising Fatality Safety Analysis of Cirrus “Parachute” Planes vs. Cessna Small Planes

  Rick Shapiro | May 06, 2009 8:00 AM | 14 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  I just returned from the Buffalo, NY funeral of my good friend, Michael Doran, a successful personal injury lawyer from Buffalo, New York, who last week died in a Cirrus SR20 plane he was...

• Hello InjuryBoard Readers

  Truckie D | May 05, 2009 11:44 PM | 14 CommentsVoices

  You might be wondering just what a fifty-something truck driver is doing writing a blog on a website run by attorneys. Good question. The answer is, there's a lot of myths, misconceptions, just...

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Continues to Beat Tort Reform Drum

  Bret Hanna | May 05, 2009 11:42 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, through its Institute for Legal Reform, has taken its well-funded campaign to curb the rights of the injured to a new level and venue. Yesterday, The National Law...

• Another Sex Abuse Trial Against the Catholic Church Set to Begin: Seattle isn't Fresno

  Paul Kiesel | May 05, 2009 9:26 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  ...At least for the victims' the sake, let's hope Seattle is different from Fresno. From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Archdiocese, Jury Selection is expected to begin later this week in a sex...

• PROTECT YOURSELF WITH UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE

  Danny Lehane | May 05, 2009 7:18 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Many motorists make what they think is a sound financial decision by electing not to purchase Uninsured/Underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage. I have represented many individuals that did...

• Frank Bailey Named Outstanding Trial Lawyer of the Year

  Ryan Scott | May 05, 2009 4:47 PM | 3 CommentsBentonville , AR

  On Saturday, Arkansas attorney and InjuryBoard Blogger, Frank Bailey was named the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association Outstanding Trial Lawyer of the Year. This is the most prestigious...