June, 2011 Blog Posts
Posted on Jun 30, 2011 By Scott Hughes
The first thing you should do is to contact your insurance company or insurance agent immediately and forward and documents you received. The insurance company has lawyers that will be assigned to ...
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Posted on Jun 30, 2011
The Ledger reported that while Governor Scott has only used his veto power six times since taking office, he did veto a measure that would amend the current law regarding background checks for ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
HBO recently aired a wonderful documentary by Susan Saladoff entitled Hot Coffee, which outlines the truth behind the infamous "McDonald's hot coffee case" and how insurance companies, ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2011 By Scott Hughes
In the Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts , the Court ruled that crime laboratory reports are only admissible against criminal defendants at trial if the analyst ...
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Posted on Jun 25, 2011 By San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer
Officials in San Diego are attempting to track down the person(s) behind the "Grandparent Scam" that has targeted dozens of elderly persons in the area. According to District Attorney Bonnie ...
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Posted on Jun 25, 2011
The Maplewood Communities Assisted Living Facility chain were informed earlier this month that come August 13 they will no longer be permitted to bill for services under Medicaid. The Miami Herald ...
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Posted on Jun 18, 2011
This past Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Created in 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) , the day is meant to form ...
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Posted on Jun 15, 2011 By Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer
In order to maintain a negligence/tort action in Arizona, an injury victim must establish the four elements of a tort. Those four elements are duty, breach, causation and damages. In other words, the ...
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Posted on Jun 15, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
In order to successfully maintain a negligence/tort lawsuit in Arizona, a plaintiff/victim must show that a defendant had a legal obligation to protect him from injury or harm - a “duty” ...
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Posted on Jun 6, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
Our job is not complete when we obtain a judgment or settlement for our clients. In fact, obtaining a settlement is sometimes the easier part of the case. The hard part comes when lien collectors come ...
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Posted on Jun 4, 2011 By San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer
A new list has been released this week by state officials listing nursing homes that have violated basic health and safety rules. One of the homes on the list was the Albany Care Center from Evanston. ...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2011
I recently wrote about the funding cuts Florida nursing homes are facing. The severely reduced budgets are particularly worrisome when I consider one of my clients, Theodore Archer. Mr. Archer's case ...
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Posted on Jun 2, 2011
The decision to place a loved one in a nursing home is a difficult one for many people. Concerns about everything from whether or not the staff is properly trained to the quality of food can influence ...
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