Recent Posts in Arizona Statutes Category
Posted on Apr 17, 2012 By Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer
The other day my receptionist asked if a person could be cited for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) while riding a bicycle. The answer is no. Arizona Revised Statutes 28-1381 make it unlawful for a ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
TO: 2012 LIEN SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS FROM: Scott I. Palumbo, Esq. SUBJECT: Balance Billing: Who Would Have Thought This Would Be The Easy Part of the Liens Seminar? DATE: January 27, 2012 I. THE LAW . ...
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Posted on Aug 2, 2011 By Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer
We all love dogs. Unfortunately, many dogs bite for no apparent reason. When a dog biteswithout being provoked and the bite causes harm, the dog's owner is strictly responsible for the damages ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
A statute of limitations is an enactment in a common law legal system that sets forth the maximum time after an event that legal proceedings based on that event may be initiated. For Arizona personal ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2010 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
Some medical providers or facilities refuse to provide the medical records of a deceased person until there is proof that the person requesting the medical records has been appointed as the executor ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2010 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
In some of our cases, we confront the situation where a doctor or hospital refuse to provide a patient with his or her medical records. When this situation arises, we write to the doctor or hospital ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2010 By Scott Palumbo
COLLATERAL SOURCES – WHAT QUALIFIES AND HOW TO HANDLE THEM AT TRIAL WHAT IS THE COLLATERAL SOURCE RULE? In Michael v. Cole , the Arizona Supreme Court outlined the common law collateral source rule: ...
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Posted on Aug 28, 2010 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
Everything You Need to Know About Affidavits of Merit BACKGROUND. In 2004, the Arizona Legislature added A.R.S. § 12-2602.01, entitled "preliminary expert opinion testimony against healthcare ...
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