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• Medical Malpractice Cases Rarely Have Quick Resolutions

  Rob Curtiss | September 27, 2007 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  I often get calls from people who believe they have been the victims of medical negligence. Often these individuals will tell me that they don't want to launch a full scale malpractice suit. Rather, they only want the doctor or hospital to admit the mistake and to pay for their medical treatment related to the malpractice in the future.Unfortunately, these cases rarely resolve so easily....

• Personal Injury Claims and Insurance Companies

  Ed Van Dorn | September 11, 2007 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  In the movie "Sicko" there is a scene where Ehrlichman says to Nixon: "The less care they give 'em, the more money they (the insurance companies) make." That is the universal truth concerning all insurance companies. Witness the insurance industries miserable performance in covering the claims from Hurricane Katrina. And even in the 9/11 tragedy some insurance companies have made desperate...

• Motor Vehicle Accidents and Neck Injuries

  Ed Van Dorn | September 11, 2007 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Anyone who has been unfortunate enough to have been in a motor vehicle accident and suffered a serious neck injury knows that insurance companies will most often assume that the victim is exaggerating the extent of the injury and try to down play the case. This is so even though study after study has demonstrated that serious neck injuries can occur in motor vehicle accidents even at lower...

• Automobile Accident Victims Often Suffer Lasting Depression

  Rob Curtiss | September 07, 2007 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  In addition to any number of physical injuries, victims of automobile accidents often suffer depression or related emotional difficulties. Often the depression is caused in part by the victim having to adjust to accident related physical limitations. A recent study concludes that depression sufferers often feel worse than individuals with chronic physical ailments. Insurance companies are...

• CPSC Warns Of Rise in College Dorm Fires

  Courtney Mills | August 21, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a warning about the prevalence of fires in college dormitories, fraternities, sororities, as well as barracks. The CPSC referred to some stunning basic facts on fires in college dorms.According to CPSC Chairman Nancy Nord, "Going to college marks an important milestone, and the CPSC doesn't want that to be marred by a potentially tragic...

• So-Called "Soft Tissue" Injuries Can Be Hard On Car Accident Victims

  Rob Curtiss | August 08, 2007 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  People who have been injured in car accidents often count themselves lucky if they have no broken bones. Unfortunately, injuries to connective tissue, the fibrous tissue which connects muscle to muscle and or bone to bone are often just as debilitating. When connective tissue such as ligaments or tendons are strained, stretched or torn they heal by forming scar tissue. The problem is that scar...

• Botulism and Legal Liability

  Ed Van Dorn | July 25, 2007 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Yesterday I blogged on a recent discovery of botulism contaminated food products. Today's Washington Post has more on this story. Now there are 92 products manufactured by Castlebury Foods that should be avoided. The Post story leads with this warning.People should immediately throw away more than 90 different products, from chili sauce to corned beef hash to dog food, produced at a plant linked...

• Canned Meat and Botulism

  Ed Van Dorn | July 24, 2007 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Our firm regularly tracks news of consumer product safety concerns to pass information on that will be a benefit to public safety in our community. A recent development in consumer saftey involves botulism in canned meat. Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. There are three main kinds of botulism....

• Auto Accidents and Insurance

  Ed Van Dorn | July 20, 2007 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Did you know that where you live is important to insurance companies when they set your automobile insurance rates. When assessing risk of auto accidents insurance companies usually look at how often car accidents and theft occur close to your home and this helps them determine your rates. Studies by the insurance companies show that most accidents occur close to home. One company asked 11,000...

• Motor Vehicle Accidents on Rural Highways

  Ed Van Dorn | July 20, 2007 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  To those of us living in Northern New Hampshire its no secret that automobile accidents on rural highways can be deadly. A recent study by the University of Minnesota confirmed that rural auto accidents are statistically more deadly than accidents on urban roads. University of Minnesota research by the Center of Excellence on Rural Safety found rural roads deadlier when it comes to car crashes...