Facebook can be a valuable source of information, from reconnecting with high school acquaintances and finding out what your neighbor is up to without leaning over the fence, to fact gathering and reading news blogs. But a Florida judge has ruled that Mark One debt collection company cannot use Facebook as a resource for collecting […]
Supreme Court Rules To Uphold Church’s 1st Amendment Rights
The Westboro Baptist Church has won a Supreme Court case on Wednesday for their right to protest at military funerals. The case involved a small fringe church in Topeka, Kansas widely known for picketing the funerals of U.S. soldiers, reasoning that their deaths were a direct result of God’s wrath against homosexual acceptance. The case […]
USA Today reports military insurer denies coverage of new brain injury treatment
USA Today reports that “military health officials are refusing to pay for a new treatment for traumatic brain treatment despite widspread support for the therapy among doctors and lawmakers.” The treatment in question is cognitive rehabilitative therapy, or CRT. Tricare Management Agency, a component of the military health system, made a statement to The Military Times saying, […]
Hidden Medical Debt Can Deter Refinance
If you’re looking to buy or refinance a home, something you may want to do is make sure there are no erroneous bills floating around with your name on them. The Wall Street Journal revealed how two $11 doctor bills prohibited Jeanne White from refinancing her Colleyville, Texas home. When she contacted the Doctor’s office that […]
Families USA Report Reveals Insurance Scams
Health insurance is at the forefront of most American’s thoughts these days, and some are out to take advantage of that. A new report byFamilies USA, a consumer advocacy group, takes a look at some of these phony insurance “associations”, and exposes these scams. The document, “Buyer Beware: Unlicensed Insurance Plans Prey on Health Care […]
Sears and Swanson: Your Home Team
Lance Sears and Victoria Swanson joined as partners in 1991, forming an unusually long-standing dynamic duo, now having over 30 years experience. Lance Sears was raised in Boulder, Colorado and moved to Colorado Springs after his graduation from University of Colorado Law School in 1975 and began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney. […]
Are You In Good Hands?
Allstate Agrees to $10 Million Settlement A news release has confirmed that automobile insurance giant Allstate has agreed to pay a $10 million in a regulatory settlement following an investigation by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) that lasted for a year and a half. The settlement involves forty-five states, but New York is […]
Nursing Home Residents Have Civil Rights
New category of lawsuits for civil rights violations at nursing homes. The Legal Intelligencer (7/1/09, Duffy) reports, “In a landmark opinion that recognizes a new category of lawsuits, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments give residents of county-run nursing homes the right to bring civil rights claims […]
Insurance Investment Losses = Lower Claims Settlements
The insurance industry has seen a double ‘whammy’ in 2008: a huge decline in sales of insurance products (due to the decline in sales of autos and houses) along with double digit declines in the value of their investment portfolios. For property/casualty insurers (like auto and homeowners insurance companies) these events will no doubt lead not […]
Jurors in the Electronic Age
Even though the judge gives the standard instruction to ‘not talk about the trial until it is over’, connected people who are selected to serve on juries can’t seem to refrain from texting or tweeting during their jury service. Recent experiences reported from around the country show that many jurors can’t stop doing what they […]
