Fred Thomas On Your Life A to Z Discussing Auto Accidents
Fred Thomas On Your Life A to Z Discussing Auto Accidents.
I Was In An Auto Accident Do I Have To Sue?
I Was In An I Was In An Auto Accident Do I Have To Sue? Do I Have To Sue? This is a question I often hear when talking to potential accident injury clients. The answer is no. This is because the goal is to provide the at fault person’s insurance company with enough and sufficient […]
Labor Day DUI Arrest?
Last year’s Labor Day DUI arrest were up 16% from 2013. In addition the number of DUIs relating to suspected drug use were up last year from the prior year by 103, a 21% increase. While it is legal to drink (if over 21) and use medicinal marijuana (with a card) it is not legal […]
Arizona Tops List of Red Light Fatalities
Recently the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, released a report regarding red light fatalities, and Arizona topped the list. The study examined rate of red light fatalities per 100,000 residents. According to the study Arizona was at the top with 7.1 deaths per 100,000. Phoenix was higher than the State average at 10.8, Tucson and […]
Were You Injured At Your Gym?
Typically if you’re injured at your gym, you may think have little or no recourse against the gym for injuries. Most gyms have you sign a waiver and release form as part of your membership, in which you are expressly waiving any claims against the gym for injuries you suffer while at the gym, essentially assuming the […]
Landmark Ruling From SCOTUS
Today marked a landmark ruling from SCOTUS. However, the most impactful today’s ruling regarding same-sex marriages was not the only significant ruling this week. Today’s ruling will end same-sex marriage bans. The 5-4 split turned on Justice Kennedy’s majority OBERGEFELL Opinion. Kennedy’s twenty-eight-page opinion begins with a vast historical background of marriage and the law’s development […]
In California Uber Drivers Are Employees
In a recent decision the California Labor Commission determined that an Uber driver is not an independent contractor but that Uber drivers are employees. Uber sells themselves to potential drivers as an opportunity to make money when they want and how often they want. Recently a former Uber driver filed a claim for back wages […]
State Bar Has Published The Top 10 Verdicts From 2014
The State Bar Has Published The Top 10 Verdicts From 2014. The cases range from a wrongful death cases to a battle between two Keg Restaurants. The highest jury award in 2014 was $30,000,00.00. The case was a wrongful death case. The decedent was hit head on by suspect fleeing a bank robbery in Tempe. A […]
SCOTUS Finds Against Abercrombie & Fitch
Today SCOTUS overturned a 10th Circuit case and Finds Against Abercrombie & Fitch. The case of EEOC v Abercrombie & Fitch, an 8 to 1 Court held that even if an employee/applicant does not inform management of a specific religious practice, the 1964 Civil Rights Act maybe enforced against an employer who refuses make a religious exception for that […]
There Was A Foreign Body In Food, Now What?
Surprisingly, (or not) thousands of individuals are injured every year due to a foreign body in food. That foreign body could range from anything from glass, rocks, metal rivets, packaging materials, human hair, and even insects. If a patron of a restaurant suffers a physical harm from biting or consuming a foreign body in food, […]