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A comment on A Car Wreck with an Uninsured Driver: What do I do?

paige summers — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:07:39 GMT

i rearended a person last week and im from another state i called my insurance co and the said my insurance was cancled but i wasnt nofited that my bill was due i tried to work it out with the other party now they put lawer on the case what can i do i have no money as im supporting my mom wife kids and two sisters...please help...???

A comment on Tort Reform: Why Conservatives Should Oppose It

Mike Bryant — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:45:17 GMT

Good post, it makes a lot of sense, but unfortunately it wasn't a cry that helped win elections.

A comment on Bicycle Safety Tips and Resources to Avoid Serious Injury

Jon Lewis — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:13:22 GMT

Margaret, this is very good information. Danny Feldman, my partner, writes regularly on Alabama bicycle accidents. He is an avid cyclists and has handled numerous cases involving bicyclists.

A comment on Wearing a Bicycle Helmet May Save Your Life if You are in a Bicycle Accident

Opus thePoet — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:08:36 GMT

Wear a helmet, just don't expect it to do much. The US standard for bicycle helmets is 12.5 MPH or about the speed of an adult head falling over from a cruiser bike. In impacts with motor vehicles helmets are a mitigating factor in head injury, not a preventative. In other words a helmet might save your life, but not the life you had prior to the wreck. The question at that point becomes not if you will have brain damage but how severe the brain damage will be and what kind of personality will come out the other side. Very seldom is there an improvement in one's personality after brain damage.

And having made that dour statement let me add that I always wear a helmet when I ride, just not the traditional bicycle helmet. I wear a full-face BMX type helmet with a fiberglass or carbon fiber shell, that will slide on pavement instead of digging in and twisting my head, possibly causing rotational brain injury. The chin bar also prevents a repeat of my last wreck where I had my face torn off and hanging over my eyes, which was very uncomfortable healing up after getting sewn back on. Helmets have never prevented wrecks, but I wear one to mitigate damages when a wreck cannot be prevented.

A comment on A Car Wreck with an Uninsured Driver: What do I do?

Mike Bryant — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:11:54 GMT

This is vital coverage to protect yourself, your family and your passengers. Very important information.

A comment on What do I do After I Have been Involved in a Car Accident?

Paul Ford — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:10:01 GMT

I was asked yesterday by another IB member what I was passionate about in the practice of law. Well, this is one of them. The use of runners and direct mail solicitation is so detrimental, in my opinion, to the practice of law. More importantly, it is detrimental to those we serve. These types of practices add fuel to the tort reform fire by creating the appearance that lawyers are in fact greedy. Years ago, the phrase was "ambulance chaser" Direct solicitation does away with that. They simple fill the mail box of those who have been involved in a accident.

Recently, my daughter, who does not share my last name, was in a wreck. I was amazed at the number of letters she received. I knew a lot of the attorneys sending the letters. I have opinions about whether they (at least some of them) would have delivered the quality service they promised, as opposed to trying to maximize the potential for settlement without significant legal work.

I encourage every attorney I visit with to read Chapter 11 of David Ball's book on damages. He is correct that many in our own profession are digging the graves for the rest of us. That is why I chose to become (just this year) a participant w/ InjuryBoard. I want to be part of the movement to change the perception of trial lawyers; and even more to truely change how trial lawyers do business in their offices, courthouses and communities.

A comment on What do I do After I Have been Involved in a Car Accident?

Mike Bryant — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:06:55 GMT

Very good information. The race by both the insurance companies and the needy need to both be stopped.

A comment on Hospital Negligence: Yes, Hospitals are Dangerous Places

Martine Ehrenclou — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:53:01 GMT

Paul--
I didn't see your response until today. Spin impacts the truth but medical mal practice attorneys didn't invent this one. I personally interviewed over 150 nurses and physicians across the country--not one of them quoted any statistics or studies. They told me their truth from their real life jobs--drastic nursing shortage, developing doctor shortage, hospital financial crisis--most cannot do the jobs they aspire to. Have you recently looked at CDC studies? Institute of Medicine Studies? The Joint Commission? No spin there. But people not making claims has more to do with the need to settle out of court than spin.

A comment on US Airways Flight 1549:Tort Reform and the Media Bias

Phil Goettel — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:17:51 GMT

Paul....I think Mr.Tormey Esq. above just made my point. He is a plaintiff attorney obviously, and he already knows it had nothing to do with ingestion of geese....it was dual engine failure..plain and simple...RIGHT.! Don't get me wrong, not all plaintiff's attorneys are like him, but unfortunately, many are, and they tarnish the name of the attorney's that are honest and actually care about people and safety, such as Amber describes above.

A comment on Hospital Negligence: Yes, Hospitals are Dangerous Places

Paul Ford — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:45:40 GMT

Martine--
Thanks for the post. I look forward to learning more about your new book and the research you did in writing it. What is amazing is how the spin impacts the truth. The truth is that hospitals are dangerous places. Yet if you listen to the spin, one would conclude that the "alleged" medical malpractice crisis has been created by greedy trial lawyers. I bet you are aware of the Harvard study that found the "vast majority" of patients injured by medical negligence did not make a claim. More truth lost in the spin.