- Pete Burns | March 30, 2009 2:00 PM |
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MiscellaneousAIG may be too big to fail but thankfully its management will be called to account for their conduct. Americans, while furious about the huge bonuses, know that the tax man is not the answer. The...
- Troy Schwant | March 28, 2009 11:47 PM |
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MiscellaneousWith everyone trying to squeeze the most out of every dollar, the possibility of getting caught up in a scam can happen to anyone. By now all of us have gotten the emails from the Prince of some...
- Pete Mackey | March 28, 2009 8:08 PM |
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MiscellaneousFederal Judge Danny Reeves recently denied a motion for a mistrial by lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. (now disbarred) for defrauding their Fen-Phen clients by taking more (much...
- Billy Cunningham | March 27, 2009 9:25 AM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseLast week I wrote a blog on the proposed Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act introduced in the Senate. This week, let’s explore some of the provisions of that bill .
It will enable...
- Pete Burns | March 24, 2009 3:22 PM |
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MiscellaneousI was trying a case recently in Gadsden Alabama and needed to find someone/anyone who had been transferred from Riverview Regional Hospital to UAB. The object of the exercise was to determine how...
- Troy Schwant | March 21, 2009 11:17 PM |
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MiscellaneousWell it only took 25 years longer than expected, but Big Brother is finally here. No, Im not talking about the government, Im talking about Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook. If you haven't joined one...
- Billy Cunningham | March 21, 2009 9:08 AM |
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While Congress is debating health care reforms, two Senators, Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Herb Kohl (D-WI), have reintroduced the Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act. This bill would...
- Pete Burns | March 17, 2009 1:13 PM |
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MiscellaneousArbitration is an illogical procedure for dispute resolution in our society. Arbitration clauses are buried in consumer contracts of all sorts and until you have a legal problem most people either...
- Pete Mackey | March 17, 2009 9:03 AM |
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MiscellaneousMy wife and I were at a party Saturday night and the conversation turned to ... what else? The economy. The couple I was speaking with were worried, like everyone should be, about where things are...
- Pete Burns | March 16, 2009 10:15 AM |
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MiscellaneousWe are justifiably outraged that AIG is paying $165,000,000 in bonuses to its executives while taxpayers have paid $170 billion to bail AIG out. AIG says it is contractually obligated to make these...
- Troy Schwant | March 15, 2009 12:26 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsWhen some people are asked how the economy is affecting them, most people talk about retirement accounts, and the lack of available jobs in their respective fields. Well this past week I came face...
- Pete Mackey | March 13, 2009 4:39 PM |
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MiscellaneousA joint project by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System recommends radical changes in the discovery rules in civil lawsuits....
- Billy Cunningham | March 13, 2009 10:53 AM |
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MiscellaneousLast week I wrote a blog on labor and materialmen liens and suggesting to contractors and suppliers that they protect themselves before getting into construction project. What happens in other...
- Pete Mackey | March 11, 2009 7:20 AM |
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MiscellaneousI had business in Tampa this week and used the InjuryBoard office for my depositions. It is interesting to see this site from a different angle. I ate supper Monday night with Tom, Nick, Angus and...
- Pete Burns | March 09, 2009 1:17 PM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsSome experts will say anything. The defense Lasik surgery expert, Dr. Woolfson, testified that he has performed approximately 70,0000 Lasik procedures without ever performing the wrong prescription....
- Troy Schwant | March 08, 2009 11:47 PM |
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MiscellaneousHow many times have you known someone that has been involved in a motor cycle accident and when you tell someone that your friend has been hurt, the person rolls their eyes and almost gives you the...
- Billy Cunningham | March 06, 2009 8:00 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesIf you are a contractor, subcontractor or a person who supplies labor or material on a construction job whether residential or commercial, you need to protect yourselves in this market. We are now...
- Pete Burns | March 02, 2009 2:04 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeLasik surgery is a highly profitable and consequently aggressively advertized medical procedure. Before you undergo Lasik surgery get all of the facts including the likelihood that you will develop...
- Pete Mackey | March 01, 2009 8:00 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn my last post, I discussed the proposed State Senate Bill in Utah which would, among other things, subject out-of-state medical experts to disciplinary proceedings for submitting false testimony...