Since President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, lawyers and legal commentators have been exploring the boundaries of this new law. The question is – can people file lawsuits for…
Additional appellate remedies should be available to consumers who have been subjected to arbitration and are left with an award against them. The Federal Arbitration Act and a recent ruling by the…
The pendulum is swinging toward reasonable accountability in the business world. News flash: Officers have fiduciary duties to their companies! The lack of regulation that lead to our disastrous…
So many people are faced with this exact question if they have been injured in a car accident, slip and fall, or injured by product that was defectively manufactured or designed. Lets start with…
This post will wrap up my series on uninsured/underinsured motorist (um/uim) coverage. In Part 1, we talked about the basics of um/uim coverage and buying all that you can afford. In Part 2, we…
Arbitration is expensive and favors business over consumers. Furthermore, it is an arrogant concept based upon the notion that industry insiders are better able to deliver justice than judges and…
This week, Congressman Hank Johnson from Atlanta, Georgia will introduce the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009. This is an act which would prohibit mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer,…
There have been recent blogs on InjuryBoard about the Chamber of Commerce’s attacks on the tort system. That attacks are often point to medical malpractice – most often to insinuate your…
In previous posts in this series, I have described Uninsured/underinsured (um/uim) insurance and discussed stacking of coverages. Today, let’s talk about damages. Um/uim coverage provides bodily…
According to the Daily Report, the Georgia Senate is considering a bill that would allow jurors to hear evidence at trial of whether or not a claimant was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the…
If you have more than one vehicle insured under the same insurance policy and you are involved in a collision where the at fault driver is uninsured or underinsured, you can stack the…
Reading another post on this site about uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage provoked me to talk about this issue in Alabama. This type of insurance is purchased from your own carrier…