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AARP has done a good job of explaining how patients should view their HMO and health plans from HMO's. Read on and that pain in your side will surely subside after a good half hour. Medical insurance explained by AARP - (Research done by the AARP Legal Department)Q. What does HMO stand for? A. This is actually a variation of the phrase , "HEY MOE " Its roots go back to a concept pioneered by Moe...

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I read an article written by Ruben Navarrette titled, Americans' sense of entitlement is main threat to economy, as reprinted in the Des Moines Register and find the subject along the lines of what I've been complaining about for too long and parents don't seem to get. For over ten years I coached soccer and refused the "make all kids feel good about themselves" by handing out participation...

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He was 88 and died a legend. On January 10, 2008 Sir Edmund Hillary's death was announced by the Prime Minister of New Zealand. I never got to meet him. People who have never climbed a mountain will always ask why anyone would want to mountain climb. Sir Edmund Hillary answered, 'Because it was there.' And everyone may think that too simplistic, but I don't think so. It's all about one's life...

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My advice to those riders, who don't wish to wear a helmet, is to be very good to your spouse, because one day soon you're going to need them for a very long time. I rest my case.This post is about marriage advice. On January 22, 2008 the blog I posted was: Motorcycles, Helmets, Wrecks, Brain Damage and the Freedom to be Stupid. That entry discussed one potential solution to the enormous costs...

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Requiring motorcycle owners to buy medical and disability insurance that will pay for their freedom - currently at the general public's expense - is an excellent idea. And, if they get caught riding without a helmet and the necessary insurance coverage, then take away their right to ride and hit them with a very high fine. Make it painful. Very painful.We need to remember that there is no free...

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On January 16, 2008 the Wall Street Journal interviewed Kirsten Wolf, a 32-year-old Boston University School of Law graduate with substantial student loans. She hasn't been able to find a job in the legal field that fits her personality. I grew up outside of Boston. I started college at NYU for a year but had to leave for money reasons. Because it was the early 1990s and there was a recession I...

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Know your rights, protect yourself and guard against those preaching tort deform. Because with tort deform there is usually someone asking to avoid legal responsibility. Tort deforminst wrap up their deform package in a nicely wrapped arguement that they are only trying to save you money. In reality you are all only one mishap away from being the people calling my office getting good advice that...

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I'm not advocating for the destruction of the LISTSERV, quite the opposite. What I am advocating for is for better mentoring and that will require trial lawyer associations that operate LISTSERV's to do a better job of monitoring and policing them so as not to discourage more experience lawyers who then quit. Because without those more experienced lawyers any mentoring younger lawyers receive is...

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The Quaid's lawsuit is playing right into the hands of the tort-deformers. It will do nothing for the little guy which is what they want. No changes that might in some way affect their bottom dollar. In the end it will be same-ole-same-ole. Quaid's Quaid's Go AwayCome again some other way!It's been reported the Quaid's are suing the drug company involving the Heparin versus Heplock labeling that...

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A Polk County jury awards nothing to the parents for love and companionship when their daughter is killed. Some people justify it by saying money won't bring her back. Heck, if I shot a deer out of season the Iowa DNR would get $20,000.00. The State of Iowa would get more for a frog killed out of season than my clients were awarded for the investment of their time, energy, love and money in the...

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From the article written in the WSJ it's not easy to appreciate the truth of what actually happened between Judge Lackey and these lawyers. But the slant on the WSJ Editorial of November 30, 2007, The Trial Bar on Trial, it is pretty obvious the editorial board is prejudiced against trial lawyers in general. Your prejudice is palpable. I'm a trial lawyer who has none of the Katrina Group...

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Next time you walk into the voting booth think twice about the wrong kind of tort reform. You're harmed more by tainted food that is voluntarily regulated then you ever could be by an injured person suing an insurance company for reasonable compensation. Look squarely at what is going on in California and you'll see what I mean.The regulations governing farms in this central California region...

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Look at the statistics coming out of a consumer advocacy study that analyzed 34,000 cases tried between January 2003 and March 2007. If by the time you get down to the bottom you don't have a massive migraine then there is a good chance you work either for a cell phone, credit card or automobile company that sells crappy products to consumers and is used to hiding the fine print of those...

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That settlement cost each citizen less than half of a tank of gas. It cost each citizen of Crawford County less than $20.66 each. If the Crawford County Supervisors were more concerned with properly managing their government they and the businessmen and women of Crawford County who were making money would have purchased insurance to cover the potential liability. Seems to me they are blaming the...

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... or so that is what we are being lead to believe. Yesterday I wrote about China's 2,000 unlicensed manufacturing plants and the 1,202 drug and medical instrument companies that had their licenses revoked. China is just one example of the end stages of tort deform. Russia is another example but in tort reforming the purpose is always the same, to remove consequences from the tortfeasor, the...

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