Although compensation claims have been the object of many if not all courts of law from the early 1950s, in our more recent times people now look for what are called no win no fee compensation claims. These claims are actually conditional fee agreements s...

It is tragic to examine the number of medical malpractice cases that have occurred during this decade. It’s a rising trend that finds more and more Americans worse off than when they visited their doctors or entered the hospital. Combining that with t...

I will often have prospective clients ask me if insurance companies use a formula to determine what their case is worth. This was a common practice in the past - but is no longer in use. Years ago (and I mean at least 10), there used to be a rough rule...

Trasylol, manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, was a drug that was administered namely during heart surgeries to limit the amount of bleeding during the procedure. Trasylol was used in over 22,000 patients in which death or other serious conditions occu...

Copyright (c) 2008 Law Offices of Jonathan Cooper In our prior article entitled "5 Rules to Succeed in Filing an Insurance Claim," we provided tips to avoid some of the insurance industry's favorite gambits for denying rightful claims, including the in...

The recent crane accidents in New York City ended up causing seven deaths, damage to an East Side residential building, and now the owner may be facing foreclosure. As reported by the NY Times, “All work on the concrete hulk of what would have been a sl...

Landing a training contract in the United Kingdom is one of the best things that could ever happen in your professional life. To do so, you must be armed with an excellent training contract application that showcases your qualifications, and the confidenc...

A Minnesota Health Care Directive typically does not empower a health care agent to act on behalf of the principle until the principal lacks capacity to make those decisions. That is why it is a good idea to include specific language within the Health Ca...

Disclaimer: I am not an attorney and do not give legal advice. Anything in this article is for informational purposes only. Family law is different from state to state, but there are enough similarities that the information contained here will apply. ...

DWI laws and pending legislation have proliferated in recent years. The states that were always known as the proverbial bad states to be arrested for DWI can no longer be counted on one hand. In fact, the majority of the country has enacted sweeping refor...

Many states have put in place no fault insurance laws regarding vehicle operation on their highways. Florida’s No Fault Insurance Law was put in place to limit the number of law suits heard each year between Author: SmithSEO

DUI laws now entail reform which will continue to sweep the nation. In the past it was a few states that took the forefront when it came to arrests and prosecutions. Some instances may have seemed onerous or even is some cases unconstitutional. Yet, despi...

It is widely said that art in any form is capable of mesmerizing its audiences be it through dance or theater or simply paintings. And when something is so intriguingly captivating, you surely wish to secure it forever. Now, the other forms of art you can...

The word ‘expunge’ means to ‘seal’ or ‘erase’. A person can never be criminal for the whole of his life. He doesn’t want that his criminal record follow him forever. The criminal arrest or record can cause problem in ones personal as well ...

In my last article, "How to Make a Claim in Virginia for Injuries Due to a Dog Bite," we discussed some basic laws and other practical issues such as how homeowner's or renter's insurance protects dog owners in these types of situations and provides compe...