I have decided that it’s time for me to come clean. I used to be insured by Allstate.
I know what you’re thinking. First, that the title of the book is Fast Food Nation. And second, that Mr. Schlosser’s book reminds you of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Most people I know would agree that we’re just eating too much high calorie, high sugar, high fat food and…
A recent Arizona Supreme Court ruling could scare away the snowbirds from Arizona (at least for surgeries). The Arizona Supreme Court ruled last week that a jury could award minimal damages to beneficiaries in a wrongful death claim, in this case to the adult children of Jerome…
My regular checkup at the dentist frequently starts off with a discussion about my dental hygiene, but often turns into a legal discussion. My dentist will occasionally tell me to stop talking in legal “mumbo jumbo” (for some reason he tells me of the origins of…
What is tort reform, anyway? If you look in the dictionary, you’ll see the word tort and the word torture have the same root – the latin word for “twisted”. Think of a tort as torture without criminal intent. Or, in nicer words “a wrongful…
I hope the answer to this question is no. Nearly twenty years ago, Robert Redford starred in a movie about hackers. One scene in the movie shows them decrypting the phrase “No more secrets.” The recent Pennsylvania case Largent v. Reed (Pa. Common Pleas Nov. 8, 2011) proves this…
The Tri-Cities (Kennewick, Pasco, & Richland, Washington) is one of the safest places to drive in the country.
Whether or not you need to file a lawsuit depends on whether the party who injured you, through its insurance company, offers you a fair settlement. Sure, you could accept an unfair settlement and you avoid filing, but we encourage all of our clients…
I am frequently asked about the cost of medical negligence claims. The questions usually revolve around why so many people are suing doctors (they aren’t) and why these same people are driving up the cost of health insurance (they aren’t, either). Occasionally, someone will ask…