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Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
Tea Party and Trial Lawyers - Strange Bedfellows One wouldn't think trial lawyers and the Tea Party have much in common. But, they do. Both believe that the United States' Constitution's ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer
The consumer protection group Public Citizen has just issued a report that confirms that tort reform benefits nobody but insurance companies. New Public Citizen Report: Texas’ Health Care System ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
HBO recently aired a wonderful documentary by Susan Saladoff entitled Hot Coffee, which outlines the truth behind the infamous "McDonald's hot coffee case" and how insurance companies, ...
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Posted on Jun 15, 2011 By Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer
In order to maintain a negligence/tort action in Arizona, an injury victim must establish the four elements of a tort. Those four elements are duty, breach, causation and damages. In other words, the ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo
The following quotes illustrate the importance of allowing lawyers to conduct adequate voir dire so that biased jurors aren't allowed to sit in judgement of their peers. "The very essence of due ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2011 By Anthony "Tony" Palumbo, Esq.
Palumbo Wolfe & Palumbo, PC founding partner, Tony Palumbo, was recently asked to speak to the physicians at the Western Surgical Association about medical negligence lawsuits. Mr. Palumbo took ...
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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 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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