Archive for January, 2009
What is Statute of Limitation for A Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, or Wrongful Death Claim/Case/Suit in Virginia VA
Our Virginia injury law firm, based in Norfolk/Virginia Beach is often called by potential clients with questions about what the personal injury statute of limitations is for personal injury/medical malpractice and wrongful death suits filed either in Virginia VA or North Carolina NC. The answers depend on a number of circumstances and there are some [...]
Personl Injury Lawyer Ads on Television
I was shocked recently to see a television ad from a lawyer expressing his “goal” this year to recover twenty five million dollars in personal injury claims this year. The Florida Bar does have restrictions on legal advertising and on the unsubstantiated claims that lawyers can make. Lawyers in Florida are not allowed to brag [...]
Chicago Personal Injury Firm Secures $3.45 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement
Corboy & Demetrio, a Chicago-based personal injury law firm, and David Barry, Jr., one of its Chicago personal injury lawyers, settled a medical malpractice lawsuit recently for $3.45 million. The lawsuit involved the failure to timely treat a patient who went to the Hospital’s emergency room with severe leg pain and waited four hours to [...]
New Book by Phoenix Personal Injury Attorneys Details the Truth about Insurance Companies and How They Can Take Advantage of Innocent Injury Victims
New Book by Phoenix Personal Injury Attorneys Details the Truth about Insurance Companies and How They Can Take Advantage of Innocent Injury Victims What happens to families of individuals who are killed or those who have been seriously injured by a drunk driver, reckless driver, or other dangerous behavior? Personal injury attorneys have written a [...]
Nervous Shock and Psychiatric injury- How Far Compensatable?
Tort law compensates for four kinds of damage or injury viz [i] personal injury, [ii] property damage, [iii] psychiatric injury and [iv] economic loss. The first two are straightforward while the last two are obfuscated in confusion and generate a lot of controversy among the practitioners, academic lawyers and the judiciary. This article will focus [...]
Workers’ Compensation Information Center for Injured Workers Offered
ForThePeople.com, the website for national plaintiff’s law firm Morgan & Morgan, is now offering online informational resources for individuals injured at work. If you have been injured on the job, it is important to educate yourself on labor laws and your legal rights. The workers’ compensation section discusses common jobsite injuries, including back injuries, head [...]
Houston Personal Injury Lawyer Assists Victims of Hurricane Ike
Houston personal injury lawyers at the Walker Texas law firm continue their efforts to help insured Hurricane Ike victims find recourse months after the devastating storm that resulted in more than 730,000 insurance claims filed. Although insurance companies have settled between 60 to 80 percent of the claims as of December 10th, thousands more remain [...]
US Airways passengers get $5,000 each; is it enough?
Many US Airways (LCC) passengers who endured a crash landing in the Hudson River 12 days ago say they appreciate the $5,000 that the airline has offered — but some say it’s not enough. Joe Hart, a salesman from Charlotte who suffered a bloody nose and bruises, says he “would like to be made whole [...]
Elevator Accident Lawsuit Filed Over Ohio State Univ. Student’s Death
An Ohio wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Ohio State University over the death of a student who was killed in an elevator accident in a dormitory more than two years ago. The elevator accident lawsuit was filed by the parents of Andrew Polakowski on January 9, 2009 in the Ohio Court of Claims. [...]
Family files wrongful-death lawsuit in Halloween crash
The family of an East Dubuque woman who was killed in a three-vehicle pileup on Halloween has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit. Tabitha Carroll, 32, formerly of Carpentersville, died last fall while she, her husband and their son were on their way from a Huntley pumpkin farm to East Dundee to celebrate Halloween with family. The [...]
