- Troy Schwant | August 30, 2009 5:48 PM |
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Automobile Accidents I like most men from the South, really like College football. Ok, I love college football. Growing up in the South, it is tradition to attend tailgates at college towns like Tuscaloosa, Athens,...
- Pete Mackey | August 30, 2009 5:17 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe healthcare bill being considered seems to have a 1000 angles. One of the problems with tackling this monster is that it has many causes, and most of those causes lead back to a special interest...
- Pete Mackey | August 29, 2009 6:10 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI ran into a friend in court a few weeks ago who looked distressed. As we spoke, the cause of that distress spilled out - a fire had just about destroyed a weekend getaway he owns nearby. The cause...
- Gaines Drago | August 25, 2009 2:41 PM |
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MiscellaneousAs the dog days of summer come to a close and we begin to hear the groans of children heading back to school, we should take a moment to sit down with our kids and teach them about safety. After...
- Pete Burns | August 24, 2009 10:25 AM |
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Miscellaneous Let’s hear it for New York federal Judge Jed S. Rakoff who, in presiding over the settlement between the S.E.C. and Bank of America. Judge Rakoff is requiring disclosure of the identity of...
- Pete Mackey | August 24, 2009 8:52 AM |
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MiscellaneousThough there has been press coverage of Wendell Potter's changing role, it has been curiously light. In June, he testified before Congress on the abuses of HMOs. Now he's back in the picture,...
- Troy Schwant | August 24, 2009 1:01 AM |
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MiscellaneousMore and more people don't realize what they are signing up for when they take new jobs and the fact that they are taking on new responsibilities. This is a big mistake that can come back to haunt...
- Billy Cunningham | August 19, 2009 6:53 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseWhile we have learned about nursing home owners and operators setting up sham corporations to own property, rent facilities, ‘manage’ nursing, and ‘consult’ with nursing...
- Gaines Drago | August 18, 2009 12:18 PM |
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You’ve finally retired and have purchased that dream plot of forty acres. You know the one just outside of town, with open spaces where grandkids can come and explore, where the only...
- Pete Burns | August 17, 2009 2:36 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeKentucky Senator Mitch McConnell is yet another anti consumer republican trying to shift the focus from insurance reform by pretending that problems in health care are the result of “junk...
- Troy Schwant | August 16, 2009 10:05 PM |
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MiscellaneousAs someone who grew up on the coast, I used to enjoy hurricane season. Most of my friends enjoyed hurricane season, what wasn't to like? School would shut down, families and friends would get...
- Pete Mackey | August 15, 2009 6:22 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeWhen a lay person calls me about a legal problem, it is generally a friend or former client. We encourage them to call us because, although we confine our practice to civil jury trials, we want them...
- Billy Cunningham | August 15, 2009 12:56 PM |
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MiscellaneousMaybe arbitration involving consumers is beginning to run its course. A recent post by Wayne Parsons describes Bank of America’s decision to stop forcing arbitration on consumers. Wayne cited...
- Troy Schwant | August 09, 2009 2:32 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsRecently, one of the partners at my law firm, Burns, Cunningham & Mackey, blogged with the recommendation of having your child secured in a rear facing car seat versus being in a front face car...
- Pete Mackey | August 08, 2009 8:16 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn the last entry of this series, let's discuss you acting as your own lawyer. Rule number one -- don't think about it. Rule number two -- don't think about it. If rules number one and two go...
- Billy Cunningham | August 08, 2009 12:45 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseOver 300 union members at the four OMNI nursing homes in New Jersey have been without a contract since 2007. Two years ago, the owner of these homes, Avery Eisenreich, walked away from the...
- Gaines Drago | August 05, 2009 11:06 AM |
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MiscellaneousNearly all of us have had it happen to us at least once. First all oxygen appears to be sucked from the room, then, almost simultaneously, your stomach is twisted into a pretzel as if you are one of...
- Troy Schwant | August 02, 2009 11:50 PM |
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Workplace DiscriminationMore and more companies are requiring their prospective employees to enter into employment contracts, and in this economy, most prospective employees would sign anything if it meant they were able...
- Pete Mackey | August 02, 2009 9:19 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn the second part of this series, I want to discuss health insurance and how it plays into the settlement of your injury claim in a car collision. The overwhelming majority of Americans who have...
- Pete Burns | August 02, 2009 3:38 PM |
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MiscellaneousPost hoc underwriting is the process the medical insurance companies use to cancel a customer’s policy after the customer develops a serious illness. If the individual develops a condition...