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Top 8 Factors Impacting your Automobile Accident Case

After handling thousands of automobile accident cases, I notice the same issues continue to plague my clients.  Some are controllable.  Some aren’t. Here are my top issues! 1. Was the injured person wearing a seat belt? No juror likes when the injured victim doesn’t wear a seat belt.  If you

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Ten Dangerous Cruise Ports

As a maritime personal injury attorney, I have numerous cases against cruise lines.  Most of these cases involve my clients being hurt while onboard the ship.  However, some cases involve injuries sustained on excursions or even through crimes while at the port.  Below is a list of ports commonly listed

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Punitive Damages on the High Seas

Recently, the US Supreme Court has accepted a case that will finally decide whether punitive damages are allowed for persons injured or killed while working at sea.  The case is McBride v. Estis Well Service and involves an incident aboard a barge with a truck-mounted drilling rig.  The rig toppled

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Is a Signature Truly Needed In BOX 31?

Insurance carriers attempt to limit coverage whenever possible. It is a “trick of the trade.” Insurance companies utilize defenses such as exhaustion of benefits, lack of coverage, and material misrepresentation to bar otherwise viable claims. One defense, in particular, failure to sign BOX 31 of the Health Insurance Claims Form

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Will My Accident Case Settle Out of Court?

Will My Accident Case Settle Out of Court? Believe it or not, this answer will depend on you!  You are going to have a case and you will hire an attorney to represent you on it. That attorney will put forth all the effort in a pre-suit demand. The insurance

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Marijuana: How it can affect your disability case.

Does Social Security Disability Drug Test for Marijuana? How does smoking marijuana (A.K.A. weed, pot, cannabis, reefer, etc.) affect the strength of your claim for Social Security disability benefits? While there is currently no drug testing policy for Social Security disability (SSD) benefits, the answer to how marijuana can affect

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Disability Trust Fund Insolvent as early as 2016

It is no secret that the Social Security Disability Trust Fund is “running low.” There has been a lot of talks recently about the disability trust fund not being able to pay full disability benefits starting as early as 2016. What would this mean to beneficiaries? It would probably mean

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