Miscellaneous

• Major Personal Injury Law up for Debate

  Evan Rosen | March 27, 2007 6:09 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  Well the insurance lobby propaganda is up to business as usual. Today I read a post on the Sun-Sentinel website titled "Keep Target off Deep Pockets." The post is clearly stating that "Fabre v. Marin" and it's resulting codification is the only thing keeping lawyers from going after only deep pockets, leaving truly at fault, non-wealthy defendants out if they chose. Futher, the post...

• School District Named in Personal Injury Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | March 27, 2007 2:55 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A personal injury lawsuit has been filed against a school district putting some of the blame for a sexual relationship between instructional aide and student on district officials.The lawsuit filed last week, in Riverside County Superior Court, seeks more than $25,000 in damages and names the school district and former instructional aide as defendants.The aide charged with three counts of...

• Denial of payment by "long term care" insurance companies

  IB Contributor | March 26, 2007 9:08 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Will your insurance company pay when the tiime comes?According to a recent article in the New York Times , 64-year-old Mary Rose Derks, believed in long term care insurance (LTC). She faithfully paid Conseco Insuranace Company a $100 a month for a long-term care policy. Mary Derks was determined she would not be a burden on her family.After Mary had been hospitalized numerous times for chronic...

• Attorney Referrals Used to Show Bias In Personal Injury Suits

  Geoff Trachtenberg | March 26, 2007 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  It might surprise you, but defense lawyers salivate over attorney referrals to medical providers. Indeed, "attorney referral" is even a factor in the pre-litigation "evaluation" systems used by insurers. Defense lawyers make the argument that, where a tort victim goes to an attorney and gets a doctor referral, the injured person's care is suspect and/or "attorney-driven," regardless of any...

• Your Identity Could Cost Just Fourteen Dollars

  Staff Writer | March 26, 2007 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  I just learned from an article in the on-line publication Infoworld that your identity and all sorts of personal information associated with it may be available for purchase on the internet for just fourteen dollars. A research report generated by the Symantec Corporation suggests that identity theft criminals can purchase confidential personal information as follows:U.S.-based credit cards...

• House Passes Whistleblower Protection Act

  Mike Ferrara | March 26, 2007 12:29 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Public Citizen reports that yesterday was a historic victory for whistleblowers and for the nation. By an overwhelming margin, the House of Representatives voted 331 to 94 in favor of the "Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007." This major reform honors the many brave federal employees who have dared to stand up to government waste, fraud and abuse. As a result of enhanced...

• Brain Injuries

  Larry Buckfire | March 25, 2007 8:16 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  The State of North Carolina recognizes the month of March as Brain Injury month. The number of brain injuries being diagnosed by physicians increases every year as awareness in the medical community on this injury continues to rise. The war in Iraq has led to countless soldiers being diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries and the injury suffered by reporter Bob Woodruff has attracted...

• Pet Food Recall Expanded

  Larry Buckfire | March 25, 2007 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  The Pet Food recall has expanded to sixty million cans of wet food. Pet deaths from kidney failure have been reported throughout the United States. It has been determined that rat poison was in the food. The recall involves brands including Procter & Gamble Co.'s Iams, Nestle SA's Mighty Dog and retailers' own labels. Our firm has received numerous calls and e-mails from clients whose pets...

• Wiretap Lawsuit Against Bush

  John Rice | March 25, 2007 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  The federal government in an effort to maintain national security is urging an appeals court to drop a lawsuit filed over President Bush's eavesdropping program. The Justice Department argued that the alleged secret relationship between AT&T and the government should remain a state secret. The lawsuit was filed by Electronic Frontier Foundation accusing AT&T of illegally allowing the National...

• Immunity for Space Travel Bill on Governor's Desk

  Ben Glass | March 25, 2007 6:51 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  I posted earlier about this inane idea to pass a law to immunize from liability these groups who are developing commercial space flights. Now the bill sits on the Governor's desk and I suppose he is seriously considering one more immunity bill for Virginia. (I'm not against space flight for real people. Great if you can afford it, I imagine. ) What I do think is wrong is for the state to grant...