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• What Is This Statement from Social Security and Why Do I Keep Getting It?

  Stuart McAtee | November 01, 2009 3:11 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Recently, I recieved a Social Security Statement in the mail because my birthday is fast approaching and I meet certain criteria to receive such a statement. If you're age 25 or older, pay Social...

• Overcoming the Contributory Negligence Defence in a Bicycle Accident case

  Danny Feldman | January 26, 2009 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  This article follows up on the recent post regarding the use of rear reflectors in Alabama and the risks of not using same. Given that Alabama is a “pure contributory negligence” state...

• Making Sense of the Medical Record - Medication Administration Abbreviations

  Jan Boswell | October 22, 2009 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Deciphering a medical record can be a real headache, especially handwritten records. Once you break through the handwriting code, you have to deal with the alphabet soup that is medical jargon....

• Alabama Workers Compensation - Disadvantaged Employees

  Jon Lewis | September 30, 2009 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  We are in the process of representing an individual who was seriously injured on the job. He has had two back surgeries, and he is 72 years of age. He has been deemed 100% disabled, and we are...

• If I slip or trip and fall and get hurt, what am I entitled to?

  Danny Feldman | July 02, 2009 12:11 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  The short answer is that you are entitled to be put back into the position that you would have been in had the incident not occurred. Unfortunately, no matter how good your lawyer is or how sorry...

• If My Dog Bites Someone, am I resposible?

  Danny Feldman | September 08, 2009 12:31 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  In Alabama, the answer is probably. Under the old common law, a dog's first bite was free - in other words, no liability attached to the dog-owner, the presumption being that the dog-owner had no...

• AIG - Workers Compensation - The Bailout

  Jon Lewis | January 08, 2009 1:24 PM | 14 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Well, I have just seen first hand what the bailout has done for AIG: made them even more heartless and cold than ever before. We represent a family who lives in Mexico. Their son was employed by a...

• Can a Wife Sue a Husband?

  Jon Lewis | June 24, 2008 6:37 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Interspousal immunity governs the issue of whether a wife can sue her husband in tort for injuries that she sustained in an automobile accident due (at least in part) to his negligence. The “old”...

• Loser Pays - A Bad Idea

  Danny Feldman | November 10, 2009 7:53 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  When I was a law student at Vanderbilt, a contracts professor asked a question about whether the loser to a lawsuit should be required to pay the foreseeable costs, ie. the winner's attorney fees. I...

• How does the Wound Ostomy and Continent Nurses Society Position Paper on Avoidable versus Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers impact pressure ulcer malpractice cases?

  Jan Boswell | August 11, 2009 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  A recent position paper by the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society discussed avoidable versus unavoidable pressure ulcers. The paper concluded that there are clinical circumstances in which a...