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• Accident Victims and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

  Rob Curtiss | July 13, 2007 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Sometimes individuals who are involved in scary accidents develop a psychological condition known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.PTSD is a panic disorder that afflicts people who have been in a situation where they thought they were either going to be killed or very seriously injured. PTSD victims tend to replay the event that frightened them over and over in their minds in a...

• Motor Vehicle Accidents and Whiplash

  Rob Curtiss | July 10, 2007 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Whiplash is the common term for a painful injury to the ligaments, tendons, or muscles of the neck. This injury is often diagnosed in car accident victims, particularly those who are rear-ended. Insurance companies that defend personal injury cases have tried to make whiplash into a kind of cliché, insinuating that it is a made up condition. However, personal injury victims who suffer from neck...

• New Hampshire Dog Bite Law

  Ed Van Dorn | January 31, 2007 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Many people ask us about their rights when they are bitten by a dog. We are asked this question because several years ago one of our clients was attacked by a pit bull. The people responsible refused to help the victim. After a trial by jury the client was awarded 2.1 million dollars. This was the largest verdict of this kind in the country. It made national news. As a result we are often...

• State Farm Reaches 2nd Agreement to Settle Suits by Katrina Victims

  Christina Cole | January 25, 2007 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. said on Wednesday that they have reached an agreement to settle insurance claim disputes with over 600 Mississippi residents who sued for Hurricane Katrina damage.Previously, State Farm hadn't confirmed the settlement that was publicized on Tuesday by homeowners' attorneys that negotiated a separate agreement that would benefit as many as 35,000 Mississippi...

• Voters Get The Other Side Of The Story Regarding Insurance Companies.

  Rob Curtiss | January 11, 2008 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  It's no secret that trial lawyers have come under heavy fire during the past two Presidential campaigns. We have been characterized so often as greedy and irresponsible that it has had an impact on the jurors who decide our clients' cases. This in turn, makes it more difficult for us to obtain justice for our clients. The 2008 campaign seems to be starting off a little different. The...

• The Spouses of Accident Victims May Also Have a Claim for Damages

  Rob Curtiss | November 20, 2007 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Often accident victims are so physically or emotionally incapacitated that they are unable to interact with their husband or wife the way they did previously. In situations like this the spouse of the injury victim has his or her own claim against the individual who caused the accident. The legal term for such a claim is loss of consortium. This means that the spouse of the injury victims has a...

• Workplace Deaths Down in New Hampshire

  Ed Van Dorn | November 08, 2007 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Workerplace deaths are down in New Hampshire and all of New England. Employers and Government Agencies responsible for improving workplace safety should be diligent in preventing worker injuries and deaths. According to statistics released yesterday by the Boston office of the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Workplace deaths declined in New Hampshire from 18 the year before to 14. This is...

• Burned Out California Home Owner's Will Look To Their Insurance Companies.

  Rob Curtiss | October 25, 2007 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Once again, a natural disaster has struck our Country. In San Diego, California thousands of homes are still threatened by massive fires. Our first prayer, of course is for the personal safety of all the residents of the area, and all the brave responders battling the fires. But it appears likely that many homes will be destroyed, which will cause home owners to look to their insurance...

• 40th Anniversary of Cog Railway Train Crash

  Rob Curtiss | October 05, 2007 4:52 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Several weeks ago, marked the 40th anniversary of the Mount Washington Cog Railway train derailment which killed 8 people and injured 70 others. Because of a systems failure, a train engine rolled off a trestle causing a passenger car to speed down the mountain until it jumped the tracks and flew into a rock.Ultimately, the Cog Railway settled a number of damage claims that were brought against...

• Man Struck by Bus and Seriously Injured

  Ed Van Dorn | October 03, 2007 9:46 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  A Concord man, John Smart, received life threatening injuries when struck by a Concord Area Transit bus while he was walking in a cross walk. While the accident is still under investigation by the police one thing is clear. Pedestrians walking in cross walks have the right of way. The business of our firm, Van Dorn and Curtiss, is dedicated to ensuring that personal injury victims recieve...