My friend, Wendy York, has some great information on her website. If you have a discrimination case, harassment, elder abuse or nursing home case, you should look at her website. One of the other pages on her website is about…
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So you want to buy insurance………what should you consider?
So you want to buy insurance. Great. Maybe you need it. Maybe you want to protect yourself. Maybe it is a combination. What do you consider when buying insurance? Here are some basic things to consider when determining who to…
Payday Loan Company Charges Interest Rate that is Too High?
A Philadelphia payday loan company has been accused of violating Pennsylvania’s interest rate statutes. In legal terms, the interest rate statute is called an usury statute. Basically, usury is the concept of charging an interest rate that is higher than…
Verdict in Georgia for Woman Raped at Apartment Complex
A Georgia woman received a $9,000,000 verdict after being raped and robbed at her apartment complex. The amount reflects what the plaintiff’s attorney asked the jury for and is 30 times more than was offered by the defendant. This is…
Attorneys Firing Clients and Clients Firing Attorneys
I have been contacted three times in the past 2 days by people who have either fired their attorney or been fired by their attorney. Let me just pass on some advice here. If you are not getting along with…
How Consumers Are Charged for Auto Insurance
An Op-Ed piece out of the San Francisco Bay Area asks that insurance rates be fair to all. The piece is premised on a Consumers Union study that found that insurance rates change by zip code. That is probably not…
What Happens when an Excluded Driver Causes an Accident?
Let’s say that you are responsible and have auto insurance. But, your husband or boyfriend or wife has a less than stellar driving record. This person is excluded from your auto policy and does not have his/her own policy. This…
COLOSSUS: Can it evaluate your injury?
Many, if not most, insurance companies are currently using a software program called Colossus. Colossus was designed to figure out what every case is worth. The developer realized that each adjuster would settle a claim for a different value, and…
Sen. Lott is a hypocrite
This is going to be short. For more details, go to Frank Pasternak’s blog, Wisconsin Personal Injury Lawyer Blog. Here it is in Reader’s Digest version: Sen. Lott, R-Miss, is a big proponent of tort reform. He thinks there are…
Sony-BMG Sued over Software
For those of you who recently bought a Sony-BMG manufactured CD, you should be aware of ongoing litigation against Sony. When you buy a CD from Sony-BMG, and you want to play it in your computer, you are required to…