Miscellaneous

• The Rules On Calling Yourself A Personal Injury Specialist Are A Problem In Virginia (VA)

  Rick Shapiro | April 10, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  There are ethics rules that apply in Virginia (VA) that say you cannot hold yourself out as a personal injury specialist no matter how specialized you are in personal injury law. In Virginia (VA), there are no recognized specialties in any field of law, including representing injured people. The state could develop a system of certified specialties so that a lawyer who has been practicing in a...

• Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Social Security Disability

  Vance Jennings | April 10, 2007 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  Q: What is the Social Security Administration's definition of disability?A: The Social Security Administration's rules and regulations define disability as the inability to do any substantial gainful activity (SGA) as the result of medically determinable mental and/or physical impairments. These mental and/or physical impairments must be those that (1) have lasted or are expected to last for a...

• Salmonella in Peanut Butter Linked to Leaky Roof

  Rebecca Castell | April 10, 2007 10:29 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  After a two month investigation, ConAgra, the producer of Peter Pan peanut butter has determined that moisture from a leaky roof and faulty sprinkler allowed the salmonella bacteria grow and led to contamination of peanut butter produced in the company's Georgia plant. Evidently, the roof of the plant leaked during a storm and the plant experienced problems with its sprinkling system shortly...

• Legal Malpractice and The One Million Dollar Comma

  Geoff Trachtenberg | April 10, 2007 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  As in many legal malpractice matters, the "devil is in the details," but rarely does a dispute center around the use of a "comma," but that was the case in a recent Canadian contract dispute:The dispute is over this sentence: "This agreement shall be effective from the date it is made and shall continue in force for a period of five (5) years from the date it is made, and thereafter for...

• Florida Personal Injury Law Set to Expire in October

  Evan Rosen | April 10, 2007 5:01 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  As October draws near so does the expiration date set for Florida's No Fault/PIP law. This set of laws dealing with personal injury as it relates to car accidents has been the law in Florida for about 20 years. It requires that all drivers carry insurance for their own personal injury and for other people's property damage. In the event of an accident, each driver is covered by their own PIP...

• How Do You Know What My Case is Worth?

  Geoff Trachtenberg | April 09, 2007 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  One of the things a good personal attorney provides is assistance evaluating a case. After all, when all is said and done, that is really what matters most: what's it worth? The answer to this question is more complicated, since every case is different. If you believe myths about cases being worth "three times medical bills" or the like, you are likely to be way off base 95% of the...

• Couple Wins near $8 Million in Insurance Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | April 09, 2007 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  A couple will receive almost $8 million from a Menlo Park Insurance Company they sued, after the company had refused to cover the damages to their home caused by a landslide.Pacific Specialty Insurance was found guilty of insurance bad faith and breach of contract. The four week trial was regarding a landslide from five years ago that caused an estimated $500,000 in damages to their home. The...

• OSHA TO DOUBLE REFINERY INSPECTORS

  Bruce Roberts | April 09, 2007 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsTyler, TX

  The Occupational Health and Safety Administration announced that it would double the number of workers trained to perform safety inspections at oil refineries. The announcement came only after a report by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board chastised the agency's inspection of British Petroleum's refinery in Texas. An explosion at the Texas refinery in 2005 killed 15 workers...

• Research Confirms Danger of Talking on the Phone While Driving

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | April 09, 2007 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Recent research has looked at the human brain's ability to multi-task like driving and talking on the cell phone at the same time. The conclusion is that people are not as efficient as they think at being able to concentrate on two things at once. Car crashes and serious personal injury may be the result of driver distractions like cell phones. The researchers found that there was a delay of...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | April 07, 2007 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  The information found on this website should not be construed as legal advice and is not a substitute for professional legal consultation. You should not base your legal decisions solely on the information found in this site and you are encouraged to seek the counsel of an attorney regarding your specific questions or situation. The information found herein may represent the opinions or...