Recent Posts in Tort Category
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 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 Nov 23, 2011 By Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer
WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN A CAR OR MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT 1) At the scene of the crash, cooperate with the police, but only tell the police what you saw or were able to observe. Do not guess ...
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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 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 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 Jun 15, 2011 By Scott I. Palumbo, Esq.
In order to successfully maintain a negligence/tort lawsuit in Arizona, a plaintiff/victim must show that a defendant had a legal obligation to protect him from injury or harm - a “duty” ...
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