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How Can Waiting to File a Personal Injury Claim Hurt?
Letting the clock run on a personal injury claim rarely helps. Statutes of limitations require a case to be filed in a court with proper jurisdiction within a given time after an injury or the claim is barred forever. Such statutes generally vary from one to three years. When people […]
Fools In The Law
For April Fool’s Day, I devote my newspaper column to what I call “Fools in the Law”. Here’s one example: A law was proposed one year requiring all new legislation introduced in New Hampshire “shall include a direct quote from the Magna Carta”. House bill 1580 had three sponsors, one […]
Personal Injury: Claims Against The Government
Government Immune to Claims The concept of sovereign immunity historically shielded government entities at all levels against liability, meaning they could not be sued. “The King can do no wrong” is the way it was put in the distant past. Even though there was no King in the United States, […]
Personal Injury: Expert Testimony
Heavy impact on the human body can fracture bones. This seems obvious. But, in a court of law, cause and effect and the extent of damages must be supported by expert medical testimony. For example, a passenger in a motor vehicle breaks an arm when the driver looks down to change the […]
Never Give “Statements” in Your Injury Case Without An Attorney
After an accident insurance companies want to take statements. It’s how they document claims. You have a duty to cooperate with your own insurance company. And, it’s a good idea to cooperate with the insurance company for the person or company that caused an injury. So, allow the insurance company to look at a car […]
What Will The Bankruptcy Trustee Ask at the Creditors Meeting
A bankruptcy trustee is assigned to each petition filed in the bankruptcy court. The trustee conducts a creditors meeting approximately 30 days after Chapter 7 or 13 bankruptcy petitions are filed. But, despite the name, creditors often don’t show up. More important is preparing for questions by the trustee. Take your driver’s license or other government issued photo ID […]
Are Taxes Voluntary? Federal Income Tax?
While everyone else is running out and filing their taxes, I keep telling them that I’ve heard that there is no actual law that makes people file taxes. Are taxes voluntary? Where is the law that makes people run out and file their taxes? This is one of those great […]
Contingent Fee Agreements
Contingent fee agreements allow those who have sustained an injury to retain an attorney to pursue their case with no initial payment and no monthly legal bills. Instead, the attorney gets a percentage in the end. While there has been some controversy about this arrangement in the past, and some […]
Slip and Fall Accidents – Open and shut case?
Slip and fall accidents never present ‘open and shut’ cases. The person injured must have facts that, when applied to premises liability law, show that the owner of the property where the injury occurred either did something they should not have done, or failed to do something that they should […]
What Address Do You Use For Creditors in Bankruptcy?
What address do you use from all of your bills in filing a bankruptcy? Bankruptcy rules require listing all creditors both on the right schedule for the type of debt but also on the matrix. A bankruptcy noticing center mails notices based on the matrix. The Secret In The Fine […]
