Personal Injury Law Updates
Did The Insurance Adjuster Tell You The Accident Did Not Cause Your Injuries?
Did The Insurance Adjuster Tell You The Accident Did Not Cause Your Injuries? This happens allot in accidents in which insurance companies call “low velocity impacts.” Typically this occurs in accidents were the damages to your vehicle are less than an arbitrary amount determined by the adjuster (typically $1,500.00 or less). Often the Insurance…
Read MoreFred Thomas On Your Life A to Z Discussing Auto Accidents
Fred Thomas On Your Life A to Z Discussing Auto Accidents.
Read MoreArizona 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…
Read MoreWere 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…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreThere 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,…
Read MoreI Was In An Accident With Someone Who Does Not Have Insurance
Where you in an accident with someone who does not have insurance? While your first thought may be, what now, this was not my fault and this other driver does not have insurance. Well that may not be the case. In Arizona all insurance companies are required to offer their insureds Uninsured and Underinsured…
Read MoreAccording to Reports, Lumber Liquidators' Product Emits Dangerous Levels of Formaldehyde.
A recent Sixty Minutes report alleged that Lumber Liquidators’ Product Emits Dangerous Levels of Formaldehyde. Of course Lumber Liquidators is denying the report. If true what does this mean for the end user of the product or even those the flooring contractors who sold and/or installed the product? First, the installers who were injured by…
Read MoreI Was Injured While Skiing/Snowboarding Can I Sue The Ski Resort For My Injuries?
I Was Injured While Skiing/Snowboarding Can I Sue The Ski Resort? For most people outside of Arizona, not many people realize that Arizona has four ski resorts (Arizona Snowbowl, Sunrise Park Resort, Mt. Lemmon & Elk Ridge Ski & Outdoor Area). However, those who live in Arizona are very familiar and enjoy spending winter days…
Read MoreWho Is Responsible For A Dog Bite?
Who is responsible for a dog bite? Under Arizona law, an owner of a dog is strictly liable (absent provocation) for injuries his/her dog causes when the victim is on public property or is lawfully on private property. Arizona law defines an owner as “any person keeping an animal other than livestock for more than…
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