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A report from CNN indicates that if you are hurt in an auto accident which appears to be low impact by the damage to the vehicles, the insurance companies are taking advantage by low balling offers. If you are injured in a minor car crash, chances are good that you will be in the fight of your life
It is always interesting to read about the top ten plaintiff’s verdicts in any given year. An article in LawyersUSA indicates a significant drop in the dollar amount of these verdicts.
A study reported at Medscape: Not a large study but it seems to fall in line with recent trends for treatment of herniated discs.Study Design: Prospective randomized controlled trial.Objective: To assess effectiveness of microdiscectomy in lumbar disc herniation patients with 6 to 12 weeks of sympto
An article in the Insurance Journal suggest that New Jersey lawmakers are considering capping medical costs in automobile accident cases. An ironic concept these days when medical providers demand caps on their medical malpractice liability.
The case of Pogge v American Family Insurance decided by the Nebraska Supreme Court has a very interesting fact scenerio. Three vehicle accident, injured plaintiff settled with first vehicle for total amount of liability coverage, plaintiff settles with second vehicle for less than the liability cov
We welcome Jim Quilty, newly retired International Vice President of TCU, to the firm as a field representative. IVP Jim Quilty retired at the end of July 2006 after 39 years of union leadership. Jim began his rail career on the Union Pacific Railroad in 1969 in Kansas City where he was a member of
The Washington Appeals Court says no. The case of Harris v Union Pacific reverses a trial court’s ruling on plaintiff’s motion in limine. It appears that the law in FELA, for injured railroad workers, is that while mitigation of damages is an issue, a railroad worker does not have relocate in anothe
Jim’s Market and Locker, Inc. a Harlan, Iowa, firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 5,226 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. Click on the USDA cite above for details.
The New York times reports:A driver’s risk of being killed in a side-impact crash decreases by more than a third if the vehicle has head-protecting side-curtain air bags, a study of accident data by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows. Automakers have agreed to make side-curtain air bag
A jury has awarded a former railroad employee $1.8 million after he claimed exposure to cleaning solvent at work in Louisville and Corbin caused permanent brain damage, reported in the Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal.The plaintiff alleged that solvents sickened workers at CSX or companies that
The Massachusett’s highest court allowed potentially hundreds of thousands of smokers to mount a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris Cos. Inc. contending that the cigarette maker duped them into believing that Marlboro Lights delivered lower tar and nicotine than regular cigarettes. The class
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. Inse
