Former justice secretary Jack Straw has called for tighter rules on car insurance companies who sell on customers\’ details to personal injury lawyers without their permission. The Labour MP for Blackburn said the practice was a \’racket\’ which pushed up insurance premiums as the costs of an increasing number of claims by no-win, no-fee firms …
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Morristown personal injury attorney F. Braxton “Brack” Terry this week cautioned East Tennessee residents to keep boating safety rules in mind as they take to the region’s plentiful recreational waters during June’s National Safety Month and throughout the summer. “People tend to forget that the ‘rules of the road’ apply when we operate motorized vehicles …
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a measure to cap payouts for medical malpractice and other civil cases that he said is good for business in the state. The law places a $750,000 cap on non-economic damages such as pain and suffering. The cap will be raised to $1 million in cases involving serious spinal …
If you were injured in a car accident or other serious accident and Medicare paid some of your health bills, your personal injury lawsuit may include reimbursing Medicare for those payments. This is because Medicare has a legal right to reimbursement for the \”conditional payments\” it provides to injured Medicare recipients. If Medicare is not …
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Social Media is continuing to explode in usage and is a huge part of our collective hyper-connected daily lives. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace and other forms of social media can, however, seriously harm your personal injury or medical malpractice case. Insurance companies, adjusters, investigators, and defense attorneys will want to uncover as much information as …
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If you have been injured due to someone else\’s negligence or reckless behavior, you will need a personal injury lawyer to determine if you have a valid legal claim. Most personal injury attorneys offer a free consultation. At the consultation, the personal injury lawyer will listen to the details of your claim and look at …
Detroit could become a test site for a stripped-down, cheaper form of auto insurance under a proposal aimed at convincing the large number of uninsured drivers in the city to drive legally. State Sen. Virgil Smith, D-Detroit, said last week that he hopes to introduce legislation this week to authorize insurers to offer Detroiters of …
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The Kansas Supreme Court is expected to rule at any time on a case that could dramatically change how noneconomic damages are awarded in personal injury cases. Noneconomic damages typically are characterized as pain and suffering and are capped at $250,000. There is no cap, however, for actual damages, which are paid out for lost …
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