At this time of year, please remember not to drink and drive. The CHP is in a “maximum enforcement” period for the next two weeks. That means they are out on the road and they will stop you. In this…
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Myths about the legal system
My friend, Wendy York, has some great information on her website. If you have a discrimination case, harassment, elder abuse or nursing home case, you should look at her website. One of the other pages on her website is about…
Verdict in Georgia for Woman Raped at Apartment Complex
A Georgia woman received a $9,000,000 verdict after being raped and robbed at her apartment complex. The amount reflects what the plaintiff’s attorney asked the jury for and is 30 times more than was offered by the defendant. This is…
Settling Your Personal Injury Case
When you are done with your personal injury case, what happens? How do you resolve your case? When do you get paid? What happens next? These are questions that have been asked of me lately. Here are some answers. When…
New Personal Injury and Insurance Podcast
I am pleased to announce the creation of the Personal Injury Podcast series. Currently, episode 1 is available. This episode covers the basics of automobile insurance. It can be found by following this link. Unlike some podcasts, there is no…
You are in an Accident with No Insurance: Who is at fault?
I keep seeing people ask this same question and there is no response out there. So, here is the answer. I guess I need to first ask the question: If you are involved in an auto accident and you do…
Insurance Fraud – Again!!!!!!
This is a story that really annoys me. An attorney has been accused of insurance fraud. He was, allegedly, the mastermind behind an insurance fraud operation that would recruit people to get into accidents. Apparently, some of these people were…
Another Bad Faith Verdict
Here is another example of an insurer’s bad conduct towards one of its own policyholders. In this case, American Family Mutual Insurance failed to pay $125,000 in lost wages to a Univ of Colorado professor. A jury awarded him almost…
Fees on PI Cases
Someone asked me the other day if I thought they were charged a fair fee on a personal injury case. It is hard to say. Each case is different, and each attorney runs his/her own office differently. But there are…
A vote for contingency fees
The contingency fee is always under attack. Certain groups do not want to see attorneys take cases on a contingency fee. The reasons vary from claims that the attorney gets too much money from the outcome to claims that it…