- Jon Lewis | June 30, 2009 9:40 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsOn Saturday, August 27, 2009, the Birmingham News reported two wrecks which killed two people. The first involved a motorcycle and a pickup truck. This occurred on Second Avenue North in Jefferson...
- Jon Lewis | June 29, 2009 9:36 PM |
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MiscellaneousIt was reported this past week that South Carolina Governor, Mark Sanford, has had an affair. The media has treated this as landmark news. What I think would be landmark news is a politician who has...
- Beth Scherer | June 29, 2009 2:33 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe last three articles dealt with the nutritional, physical and emotional stress that one deals with after an automobile accident along with some tips on how to cope with them. Part IV deals with...
- Stuart McAtee | June 29, 2009 8:00 AM |
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Miscellaneous
President Obama recently nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court much to the delight of some groups, while to the chagrin of others. Disability advocates are encouraged by the...
- Stuart McAtee | June 25, 2009 8:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousAccording to an Associated Press release, a Nevada boxing judge has been indicted in Las Vegas on a federal charge that he improperly collected about $250,000 in Social Security disability...
- Danny Lehane | June 24, 2009 10:35 AM |
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MiscellaneousAt some point an individual will need an attorney to draft or interpret a contract. Whether one elects to use an attorney is a different matter. So, let us look at the if, when and why one would or...
- Danny Feldman | June 23, 2009 8:31 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Every time someone falls down, people make jokes that the injured person will end up owning the place. What does the law say about a premise owner's potential liability if someone falls on your...
- Jon Lewis | June 23, 2009 5:59 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Yesterday, there was a tragic incident in the Washington, D.C. Metro area.
Norfolk InjuryBoard Article, by Rick Shapiro
By now, most people have heard that two Metro area trains collided killing...
- Stuart McAtee | June 22, 2009 8:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs mentioned in my earlier blog, the government has approved a one time payment for SSD/SSI recipients. Do you receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits? If so, you...
- Jon Lewis | June 19, 2009 2:54 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsTEN things we have learned from GM and Chrysler:
1. There is no corporate accountability.
2. They enjoy taking the public's money.
3. Their CEO's and executives have gotten rich while they have...
- Jon Lewis | June 18, 2009 9:02 PM |
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MiscellaneousWhat is the problem with our capitalistic society? Greed! Fraud! Scams! The recent economic collapse and corporate fraud highlights this problem. How do we protect against this problem? Our judicial...
- Jon Lewis | June 18, 2009 10:27 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThere was a short editorial in the Birmingham News this morning discussing Donte Stallworth's sentence versus Michael Vick's sentence. The article questions the justice between the two. After...
- Danny Feldman | June 18, 2009 9:28 AM |
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Automobile Accidents This is the last of a 6-part series regarding annoying or dangerous cycling behaviors.
Many people, almost without exception, non-cyclists, wonder why cyclists do not ride against (or into)...
- Stuart McAtee | June 18, 2009 8:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousRecently, we had the privilege of representing a 16 year old boy in his SSI claim which had been denied in its original application. Our client was diagnosed with Retinoschisis(among other things)...
- Jon Lewis | June 14, 2009 9:50 PM |
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Automobile Accidents In this last part of this series, I will discuss one last method for people to protect themselves and their families from accidents caused by drunk drivers. What happens if the drunk driver is...
- Danny Lehane | June 14, 2009 3:56 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe execs at GM have already started their spin machine spending countless amounts of money to tell us that they are not a bunch of wasteful, shortsighted, arrogant pseudo business experts. The...
- Danny Feldman | June 11, 2009 6:57 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThis is a continuing blog in a series of blogs regarding annoying or dangerous cycling behavior. It really goes without saying, doesn't it? - Don't text or talk on a cell phone while cycling.
Its...
- Stuart McAtee | June 11, 2009 9:43 AM |
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Miscellaneous Americans sometimes(all the time?) wonder where their money goes when they see their take home paycheck versus their gross pay check. While most people have heard of Social Security, they may not...
- Danny Lehane | June 10, 2009 7:18 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe death of David Carradine, while bizarre, may actually shed some light on a dangerous practice engaged in by preteen and teenaged kids.
(For those who do not have children, I would hope that...
- Jon Lewis | June 09, 2009 8:52 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsI just finished a book called Safety 24/7 - Building an Incident-free Culture. The authors, Gregor M. Anderson and Robert L. Lorber, Ph.D, make it clear that there are very few true accidents. In...
- Jon Lewis | June 08, 2009 8:36 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Birmingham News reported today that the State has instituted a new eCrash system. This system allows the State Troopers to submit wreck reports electronically. According to the article, this...
- Beth Scherer | June 08, 2009 10:12 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn the last two articles, I spoke about the importance of nutrition and exercise when healing from an automobile accident. I have discovered that in my 18 years of practice that the topic I am...
- Jon Lewis | June 04, 2009 8:21 AM |
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MiscellaneousI'm always amazed at all of the advertisements for Injury Attorneys in Alabama. You see ads on billboards, on television, and on radio. There are so many. How can anyone know who to choose? I also...
- Stuart McAtee | June 04, 2009 8:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousMust I always be waiting waiting on you?
Must I always be playing, playing your fool?
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing --Jack Johnson
The goal of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)...
- Danny Lehane | June 03, 2009 10:30 AM |
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MiscellaneousThere will be at least 75 quadrillion articles and opinions written on the GM bankruptcy and the effects of the same before the end of June 2009. This blog will not shed any light on the mechanisms...
- Jan Boswell | June 03, 2009 8:32 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThis is the final installment in Protecting Yourself from Medication Errors. In Part II, I will discuss protecting you from medication errors in the hospital.
Part III – The Hospital
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