I have two clients who were injured in significant car accidents. In both cases, these clients had uninsured motorist coverage. In California, uninsured motorist coverage doubles as underinsured motorist coverage. What does this mean? If you are hit by someone…
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California Debt Blog: Regional Arbitration Services
I have recently been contacted by several people who have had dealings with this company. As far as I can tell, Regional Arbitration Services is not an arbitration company at all, but rather a debt collection agency. I have never…
What to do if you are a passenger
After getting a call from a friend over the weekend, I realized most folks do not know what to do if they are a passenger in a car that is involved in a car accident. If you are the driver,…
California Debt Blog: Aggressive Debt Collection Tactics
Jim Puzzanghera of the LA Times wrote a great story on debt collection tactics. Jim’s first paragraph tells the story of most people these days: “Hard economic times have helped push millions of Americans deeply into debt, plunging many into…
Types of Damages in a Personal Injury Case
So you have been injured in a car wreck (although I prefer collision and some people still call it a car accident) and you don’t know what you can recover from the other party’s insurance company. Here is a short…
California Debt Blog: NCO gets sued by a burger chain
This is interesting. Whataburger, which by the way, has great burgers, has sued NCO Financial for debt collection violations. Why, you ask? Because NCO kept calling Whataburger and harassing its employees. From Chron.com: “Everyone hates harassing calls from unrelenting debt…
Free legal reports
It has been a while since I have shared this so I thought I would put it out there again. I have written a TON of free reports about the legal system, the law, insurance companies and personal injury cases….
California Debt Blog: Free Consumer Reports
It has been a while since I have shared this so I thought I would put it out there again. I have written a TON of free reports about the legal system, the law, insurance companies and personal injury cases….
California Debt Blog: Problems with Debt Collection Lawsuits
The New York Times has an excellent article on the problem with debt collection lawsuits. The article starts with this: “The same problems that plagued the foreclosure process — and prompted a multibillion-dollar settlement with big banks — are now…
Call an attorney right away
I know it sounds dumb. People get in a car accident (we prefer to call it a collision, since someone is at fault for it) and I suggest they call an attorney. But, maybe no one is hurt. Or maybe…