I keep on this issue because it is so clearly a bad idea by Mr. Garamendi. His rate proposal, which I have talked about several times before, now has a new foe: the senior citizens. The California Senior Advocates League…
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Health Insurance for Twenty-Somethings
There are millions of uninsured people in this country. A large number of those people are between 19 and 39. These people go without insurance for a variety of reasons – some financial, some because they do not think they…
More on Affordable Auto Insurance in California
I recently posted about a California law that will expand a pilot program to provide affordable auto insurance in California. The initial information was a bit fuzzy, so there is more information available now. If you are single and make…
Auto Insurance Rates
Despite my post earlier this week about ratings for auto insurance and the value of zip codes, Commissioner Garamendi has proposed changes to how insurance rates will be set. Apparently, Mr. Garamendi believes that zip codes should not carry any…
Drinking and Driving – Reminder
At this time of year, please remember not to drink and drive. The CHP is in a “maximum enforcement” period for the next two weeks. That means they are out on the road and they will stop you. In this…
Myths about the legal system
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…
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…
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…
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…