- Wayne Parsons | June 25, 2006 10:28 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsYour family is shocked by the sudden death of a loved one. The cause of death involves an automobile, truck, bus or other motor vehicle. As you attempt to recover emotionally from the tragedy, precious time is passing that may allow the the party responsible to escape from responsibility for what they did to your family. The evidence is slipping away and sometimes the guilty party is actively...
- Wayne Parsons | June 20, 2006 9:54 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsDid you know that your auto insurance policy provides medical coverage for injuries that you suffer in an auto collison or auto accident? This very important part of your insurance policy is relatively unexpensive and the basic "minimum" is not adequate to cover your medical bills in the event of a serious injury. Personal Injury coverage, often referred to as Personal Injury Protection (PIP),...
- Wayne Parsons | June 20, 2006 9:41 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe State of Hawaii Department of Health regulates nursing homes and assisted living facilities in this state. If you have questions about nursing homes in general, or particular, the Department of Health is a resource for your questions.The contact information is:Department of HealthState Licensing Section at (808) 692-7400 or write: Department of HealthState Licensing Section601 Kamokila...
- Wayne Parsons | June 20, 2006 9:37 AM |
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MiscellaneousFor years Congress has debated dozens of tort 'reform' proposals that would limit the legal rights of ordinary Americans and protect businesses that place dangerously defective products into the stream of commerce. In the wake of recent tragedies involving rollovers and tire tread separation, American motorists and their families should wonder how Congress comes so close to enacting bills that...
- Wayne Parsons | June 20, 2006 9:26 AM |
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MiscellaneousUnsafe Medicine: FDA Whistleblower TestimonyVioxx is one of many dangerous products found to kill and injure patients after receiving FDA approval. Below are just some of the products recalled in 2004.Baycol - Manufactured by Bayer Pulled from the market after 31 reported deaths due to a rare side effect of the drug that causes a "toxic breakdown of muscle tissue that can lead to kidney...
- Wayne Parsons | June 20, 2006 9:11 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAmerica's product liability laws are a powerful warning to even the most audacious wrongdoers that they cannot market and sell products that injure or kill consumers and expect to get away with it. The following are just a few of the safety changes prompted by our liability laws and punitive damages. Over-priced prescription drugs Drug-maker SmithKline maintained a monopoly for one of its drugs...
- Wayne Parsons | June 20, 2006 9:07 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe "Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005," has absolutely nothing to do with job growth or corporate competitiveness. Under the guise of a broad statute of repose, this legislation stacks the deck against almost every American employer in favor of the manufacturers and sellers of machine tools and other durable goods used in the workplace. And it closes the courthouse door...
- Wayne Parsons | June 20, 2006 9:03 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsPublic Pressure Led to Safer Design of "Little People"Tired of meeting grieving parents, Massachusetts trial lawyers Edward M. Swartz and James Swartz launched World Against Toys Causing Harm (W.A.T.C.H) to encourage safer toy design and educate parents about unsafe toys they discover through lawsuits. The popular "Little People" line by Fisher-Price is one of those unsafe toys they sought to...
- Wayne Parsons | June 18, 2006 2:17 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe Center for Justice & Democracy is an organization that tells the truth. CJ&D's leader Joanne Doroshow gets it! She digs beneath the spin and the political deals to expose the attempt by corporate CEO's and politicians to shut the court house doors in America to people like you.Here are some articles that show what great work Joanne doroshow and CJ&D are doing for all Americans. Our office is...
- Wayne Parsons | June 18, 2006 1:35 PM |
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MiscellaneousA February 2006 Los Angeles Times report shows how Industries get quiet protection from lawsuits. Federal agencies use little known regulations and suspect legal opinions to protect car makers and others from challenges by consumers and states. read the whole story from Alan C. Miller and Myron Levin.Near sunrise on a summer morning in 2001, Patrick Parker of Childress, Texas, swerved to avoid a...
- Wayne Parsons | June 18, 2006 1:18 PM |
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MiscellaneousTrial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ), a leading consumer advocacy attorneys organization, forces changes to an anti-consumer class action against Verizon; ustomers to be paid soon. the story below is a report from Trial lawyers for Public Justice. I am the state of hawaii coordinator for TLPJ. Consumers must protect the right to file class action lawsuits. Class actions are the only effective...
- Wayne Parsons | June 13, 2006 11:09 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsYou are injured by the negligence of someone else and you wonder what is a fair settlement. How do you find out? If you have an attorney representing you, how can you know if he or she is correct in their assessment of the value of your case? First let us look at what you can recover in an injury case. First, you can recover for your out of pocket losses: lost wages, medical expenses, property...