When injured due to a car accident, slip and fall, dog bite, nursing home abuse and neglect or from near any cause or issue, medical bills create significant issues from multiple respects. Some various and very “high-level” topics are as follows (and much more details and information is available upon request): Health insurance. Your health…
As most are aware, Carnival Cruise ship the Triumph recently endured an incident at sea. Passengers allegedly endured horrendous and deplorable conditions on what was allegedly to be a vacation of a lifetime for some. When purchasing an automobile, purchasers routinely check out the safety features to make a decision before purchasing. How many people actually check…
Yesterday, we discussed early reports of the landmark proposed settlement of a class action brought against Toyota stemming from the widely-reported 2010 alleged defect that caused vehicles to unexpectedly accelerate. The problem with the early reports, however, is that some of them painted the story with too broad of strokes, and now, as subsequent articles suggest, many…
As multiple news outlets are reporting, Toyota has agreed, in principal, to settle a class action lawsuit in California stemming from the highly-publicized dispute that arose in early 2010 after a number of complaints were logged that the auto giant’s vehicles were accelerating unintendedly. It should be noted that there have been several different “groups” of litigation that…
In an investigative study that feels eerily similar to a Hollywood screenplay, NBC recently released the details into their investigation claimed ground water contamination in North Carolina that the state allegedly did not notify residents of for over six years. As the article details, the Environmental Protection Agency began calling residents in the area this past summer…
Many are familiar with the tragic freight train derailment in June 2009, where water runoff on train tracks in Cherry Valley, Illinois (just outside Rockford) caused a train to derail. Leaking ethanol then caused thirteen of the train’s cars to catch fire, injuring many and killing two. The National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”) recently released…
The fact finding process in civil cases is known as “discovery” — that is, where you can ask the other side to turn over any document or other piece of evidence/information in their possession that might have some bearing on your case (provided that you ask for it in fairly descriptive terms). Many litigants make…
Conversations and communications between you and your attorney are covered by what is known as the attorney-client privilege. Privilege attaches to such conversations and communications so that you and your lawyer can freely discuss your matters without being judged and without hesitation, amongst other reasons. To be entitled to the protection of the attorney-client privilege,…
Parties to a lawsuit (usually with the assistance of their attorneys) are under a duty to answer everythingtruthfully, but that doesn’t mean that it’s always easy to get a “straight” answer out of someone. This is one of those areas that distinguishes attorneys — recognizing the difference between a party giving an affirmative yes or…
One of the most sensitive parts of filing a lawsuit after you’ve been the victim of an injury is the extent to which your private medical issues must come to light. It is unfortunate that you have to give complete strangers access to your most private records, and it is an unfortunate side effect of…