Paying Medical Bills Pending A Car Accident Settlement by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 5/21/2012 Many personal injury cases involve injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Victims of car accidents often find themselves with mounting medical care bills and wonder how to pay them while the case settles. ...more
Dog Bite Attorneys Answer the Question: How Can I Prevent Dog Bites? by Demas Law Group on 5/21/2012 Sacramento dog bite lawyers are often called upon to represent people who have been savagely bitten and seriously injured by another person’s dog. These injuries can be extremely painful, incredibly traumatic (especially for...more
Conflict of Interest Kills Pain Control Advocacy Group by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 5/21/2012 Here's another tale of Big Pharma insinuating itself into places it doesn't belong, to the detriment of quality care and patient safety. Established to support patients with chronic pain, their families and the...more
Five Common Mistakes to Avoid During Deposition by Daniel E. Cummins on 5/21/2012 In this article published in the Pennsylvania Law Weekly, insurance defense attorney Daniel E. Cummins of the Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania insurance defense law firm of Foley, Cognetti, Comerford, Cimini &...more
Youth Hockey Hit: Part of the Game or Criminal Assault? by Lawyers.com on 5/18/2012 A vicious check in a youth hockey game in Massachusetts had the family of an injured player pushing for a criminal trial, although ultimately prosecutors decided not to press charges against the teen who delivered the...more
Disclosing Pre-Existing Conditions and Injuries in a Personal Injury Case by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 5/18/2012 In New Mexico, if you suffer an injury in an accident that is due to someone else's negligence, you can recover damages for your injuries from the defendant or the defendant's insurance company. ...more
Football practice meant real-life trauma for Alabama teen player by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 5/18/2012 For many high school students, joining the football team is part of the thrill of growing up. They get to make friends, develop sportsmanship and maybe even get popular in school for being a star player. Unfortunately, for at...more
The Michigan Supreme Court Comes Full Circle On The Effect Of The No Fault Act’s Minor/Insanity Tolling Provisions On The Act’s... by Warner Norcross & Judd - Appellate Practice... on 5/17/2012 In the 2006 decision in Cameron v Auto Club Ins Ass’n, a narrow majority of the Michigan Supreme Court found that the provisions of the No Fault Act that tolled the statute of limitations for minors/insanity did not prevent...more
Oregon Dog Bite Laws by Sean DuBois on 5/17/2012 Dogs can be man's best friend, and they can also be dangerous. Dangerous dogs should be kept away from people, especially children, and if they aren't, their owners can be held responsible and financially accountable. In...more
Oregon Laws for Pedestrian Right of Way by Sean DuBois on 5/17/2012 The laws surrounding pedestrian right of way can be complicated. You need to know 1) when to cross as a pedestrian and 2) when to yield as a motor vehicle driver. Violating any of these laws can cost you big - in both...more
The Perecman Firm Scores Another Victory by David Perecman on 5/17/2012 The trial judge had decided that summary judgment was not proper because a jury had to decide if the defendants were required to provide more protection than the ladder itself where, as here, the crane operator had slipped...more
Washington Appellate Court Limits Liability for Personal Injury Claims Brought by Contractor’s Employee Against Landowners by Sedgwick LLP on 5/16/2012 The Washington State Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a landowner’s contractor’s employee for personal injuries that the plaintiff allegedly sustained while working on a...more
Church Members Prohibited From Soliciting Donations In Front Of Grocery Store by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 5/16/2012 Church members can be permanently barred from soliciting donations outside a stand-alone grocery store, under a recent court of appeal ruling (Ralphs Grocery Company v. Missionary Church of the Disciples of Christ (---...more
$78.5 Million for Woman with Baby that ‘Came Back to Life’ by Lawyers.com on 5/16/2012 A Pennsylvania woman was awarded $78.5 million after a doctor waited over an hour to deliver a baby in critical danger, resulting in brain damage and severe cerebral palsy that will demand medical assistance for the rest of...more
Psychiatric Patients Get the Short End of the ER Stick by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 5/16/2012 The hospital’s emergency room is filled with patients representing a range of urgent problems. The kid with a broken ankle, courtesy a bumpy slide at second base. The woman wearing dark sunglasses and cradling her migrained...more