- Jon Lewis | July 31, 2009 6:27 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsToday, it was reported on CNN.com that Honda is issuing a recall on 440,000 vehicles. According to the article, there is a potential defect in driver-side airbags in 2001-02 Honda Accords, 2001...
- Stuart McAtee | July 30, 2009 2:54 PM |
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MiscellaneousIn the Social Security Administration's(SSA) process of determining disability, certain factors will be factored into the decision. One of the biggest factors is medical records and information...
- Danny Lehane | July 28, 2009 2:06 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesWhen an individual is injured or suffers an illness arising out of and in the course his/her employment, that individual has certain rights provided to her/him under the Alabama Workers’...
- Jon Lewis | July 27, 2009 9:32 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeFor years, we have received calls about potential medical malpractice claims. Many times, the potential client is only complaining about poor bedside manner. Had the doctor or nurse simply said, I'm...
- Danny Feldman | July 27, 2009 1:53 PM |
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Miscellaneous Professor Gates recent arrest in Cambridge and the resulting furor surrounding the arrest and the President's comments concerning same shows that race, as usual, remains an issue that has the power...
- Stuart McAtee | July 23, 2009 8:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs I have written in previous blogs, the SSD approval process can be a lengthy ordeal. What if you have medical condition that can cause severe disability, or even death, within a short period of...
- Danny Lehane | July 22, 2009 2:42 PM |
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MiscellaneousPracticing law can be stressful, life can be stressful. Self control, discipline and restraint are three of many necessary ingredients to navigate through both. Often times, remaining silent is the...
- Stuart McAtee | July 16, 2009 5:22 PM |
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MiscellaneousRecently, we had the pleasure of representing a disabled client who, among other things, was HIV positive. He has suffered for years with chronic fatigue, insomnia, weightloss, anxiety, depression,...
- Jan Boswell | July 16, 2009 1:26 PM |
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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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- Jon Lewis | July 15, 2009 6:30 PM |
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MiscellaneousWhat is fraud? What is misrepresentation? Many people think they have been defrauded when they have not, and many people don't know that they have been defrauded when they actually have been.
In...
- Danny Lehane | July 15, 2009 1:58 PM |
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MiscellaneousObesity is a problem in America. That is not news; it is an obvious observation. According to CalorieLab and other such entities that measure the fattitude of the U.S., the “fattest”...
- Stuart McAtee | July 13, 2009 12:07 PM |
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Just when you thought the world couldn't be more bizarre, according to the New York Daily News, a Brooklyn man impersonated his dead mother to collect Social Security checks and rent subsidies....
- Danny Feldman | July 13, 2009 9:13 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)This is the kind of headline that tends to aggravate reasonable people. Apparently, a New York teen fell into a sewer while she was texting. See story at:...
- Stuart McAtee | July 09, 2009 12:06 PM |
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In our Social Security practice, we often recieve questions from clients about certain items required by the Social Security Administration(SSA). Below are a few questions commonly asked by...
- Jon Lewis | July 08, 2009 7:36 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn the last couple of weeks, the Birmingham News has run an article on the Porche Driving School along with several articles covering wrecks leading the the death of several drivers and passengers....
- Danny Lehane | July 08, 2009 4:46 PM |
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MiscellaneousWe recently settled a 6 figure case where the client sustained significant injuries as a result of the negligence of an UNINSURED driver. Although we recovered all the money that was available,...
- Stuart McAtee | July 06, 2009 8:00 AM |
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Could it be that a Texas farm that employed mentally disabled workers exploited them and took their SSD payments? Allegations are bothersome about the Dallas Morning News story about a farm in...
- Danny Feldman | July 02, 2009 12:11 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)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...
- Stuart McAtee | July 02, 2009 8:00 AM |
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In an age where banks are dodging lawsuits from every angle, they have found a way to seize money from customers' accounts causing concern not only from consumers, but from congress. As if the...
- Danny Lehane | July 01, 2009 12:49 PM |
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MiscellaneousAre non-compete clauses enforceable in Alabama? The short answer is yes but there are exceptions. Opinion after opinion on cases involving noncompetition agreements insists that such agreements are...