Insurance companies like to play games with innocent injury victims. Don’t fall for their tricks and traps. Here are seven insider secrets insurance adjusters don’t want you to know about. When Insurance companies tell you that their offer is final, they are not telling you the truth. Nearly every adjuster…
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“Hot Coffee” Film Premiering Monday June 27, 2011 on HBO
I work in a field that is filled with myths. Myths that there are too many frivolous lawsuits filed; myths that injury victims lie and embellish in order to advance their cases; myths that injury victims are simply looking to get rich when they bring personal injury claims, etc. Many of these myths are created and…
"Hot Coffee" Film Premiering Monday June 27, 2011 on HBO
I work in a field that is filled with myths. Myths that there are too many frivolous lawsuits filed; myths that injury victims lie and embellish in order to advance their cases; myths that injury victims are simply looking to get rich when they bring personal injury claims, etc. Many of these myths are created and…
Great Article on Tort Reform
From the Los Angeles Times comes a wonderful piece on tort reform, and how we need to shift our focus to the real facts and statistics, and away from the half-truths that perpetuate tort reform efforts. Here it is: "Every circus needs a sideshow, which must be why every time the issue of rising medical costs…
Interesting New Tort Reform Article
Attorney John A. Day over at Day on Torts has new post on his blog about an interesting new article that explores the effects of tort reform around the fifty states. Here is a link to the article and here is the abstract: "This manuscript contains the most detailed, complete…
Asbestos Tort Reform is a Bad Idea
In recent months there has been much talk about limiting the damages that asbestos victims may recover. This only serves to further insulate culpable wrongdoers from the huge financial exposure they righfully face. This ultimately results in diminished relief for asbsestos victims. The following was provided by the April 2006…
Disappointing Tort Reform Imminent in Florida
On March 30, Florida took one step closer to enacting legislation that will severely handicap the rights of injury victims. The bill, H.B. 145, now awaiting Governor Jeb Bush’ s approval, will significantly curtail the rights of personal injury victims in Florida to sue multiple defendants for causing their injuries. …