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Phillips Webster | What Shouldn't I Do At The Scene of a Car Accident?
Refusing Medical Aid – One thing about shock and adrenaline after a car accident is that it can mask the pain of a serious personal injury that could lead to expensive medical bills, lost wages, and a need for compensation.
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:41P
Phillips Webster | What Shouldn't I Do At The Scene of a Car Accident?
Refusing Medical Aid – One thing about shock and adrenaline after a car accident is that it can mask the pain of a serious personal injury that could lead to expensive medical bills, lost wages, and a need for compensation.
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:41P
Blake Dawson | Litigation Update - 1 June 2011
This expression is said to have been adopted from the Access to Justice Report of Lord Woolf in 1996, which was subsequently described by Lord Woolf MR in Swain v Hillman [2001] 1 All ER 91 as a phrase speaking for itself, not requiring further
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:40P
Geography divides lawmakers on TWIA bill
While Republicans generally side with advocates of lawsuit reform ” an important element in the TWIA legislation ” key Republican senators on the Gulf Coast say they will view the issue through the prism of their district's geography and stand up
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:40P
Washtenaw OKs Corrections Grant
Programs run by community corrections are designed in part to provide sentencing alternatives to the Washtenaw County Trial Court. Programs include pre-trial screening, drug testing, electronic tethering, supervised release, and educational efforts,
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:39P
Attorney General Eric Holder on The Wire: give us more
The call to action came today during a meeting at the Justice Department to discuss the topic of protecting children from drug abuse. In attendance were actors from The Wire including Wendell Pierce (who played Bunk), Sonja Sohn (who played Kima) and
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:38P
Former Falls murder suspect arrested
A jury of eight men and four women deliberated almost 20 hours over the course of two and a half days before reaching a verdict in the Hayes' homicide case. They twice told Niagara County Court Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza they were deadlocked at 11-1,
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:37P
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Borden Ladner Gervais Bolsters Business Law
An award-winning lawyer, Jay is recognized by his clients, his peers and the industry for his outstanding work in business law, securities and mergers and acquisitions,” said Frank Callaghan, Toronto managing partner. “Jay's expertise and experience in
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:37P
Two Injured Pedestrians File Lawsuit in Streets & Sanitation Crash
Chicago - Two pedestrians injured in a May crash when an allegedly intoxicated city Department of Streets & Sanitation worker cashed into a crowd of people in the Gold Coast filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the driver and the city.
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:37P
Proskauer Rose LLP | Recent Cases Show Key Role Early Trial Plans Play in FLSA
The court also reasoned, among other things, that it would be extremely difficult for the defendant-employers to assert their various defenses in a class trial. The court held that “collective treatment is not appropriate where a defendant would be
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:37P
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