Levin & Perconti Reflect on the Tragic School Bus Collision in Western Illinois
RUSHVILLE, IL – The community of Rushville, Illinois, is devastated after a collision involving a school bus and a semi-truck killed five people, including three young children. The accident occurred Monday at 11:30 a.m. on U.S. Route 24, leaving the…
How to Keep Your Workplace and Employees Safe During Disasters
Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Fires. Floods. All of these are disasters that can wreak serious havoc on your business, especially if you’re not prepared. Maybe you’ve never experienced a disaster firsthand. But chances are you will experience one at some point, as…
Steinberg Law Firm Listed as Best Law Firm by Best Lawyers for 14th Straight Year
Charleston, South Carolina – For the 14th consecutive year, the Steinberg Law Firm has been named to the “Best Law Firms” list by Best Lawyers®. The firm is acknowledged as a leading law firm in the Charleston, South Carolina region…
Suspended judge’s bond revoked after she tests positive for cocaine
Home Daily News Suspended judge’s bond revoked after she… Judiciary Suspended judge’s bond revoked after she tests positive for cocaine By Debra Cassens Weiss March 29, 2024, 9:47 am CDT A suspended criminal court judge has been booked into a…
Appellate Court Orders Increase in Pain and Suffering Damages in Foot Injury Case
On June 23, 2014, John Czechowski was part of a four-man crew performing gutter and siding renovations at a residence in West Seneca. When he climbed onto the homeowner’s ladder to hang gutters, Mr. Czechowski, then 47 years old, sustained…
How and Why SSA Makes it Difficult to Change Representatives
Several times a month I hear from a potential client who expresses dissatisfaction with their current attorney (or non-attorney representative) and wants me to review their claim for possible representation. In some cases the potential client has already dismissed the…
What You Need To Know
The Michigan cell phone law prohibits all drivers from using a hand-held cell phone to text, talk on the phone, watch videos, and go on social media while they are driving. However, there is an exception for phones that are…
Winning Mental Health Disability
I have written about this issue before but, given the stress of the coronavirus pandemic, I think this question deserves another look because just about every case evaluation I see contains allegations of some mental health concern. I suspect we…
Appraisal Presentation at ABA Insurance Coverage Conference
Our panel presented this morning at the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee’s annual seminar this morning. We addressed “Appraisals: What’s My Loss?” Members of our panel were Judge Keith Hiraoka from the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals, Rina Carmel from…
Medical Negligence: Ward Attendants Protest at Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja Over Colleague's Death – – Kogi Reports
Medical Negligence: Ward Attendants Protest at Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja Over Colleague’s Death – Kogi Reports Source link
Obligations Extend Beyond Accepting Settlement Proposal | Presley & Presley
The vast majority of extra-contractual/bad faith cases involve a carrier’s failure to secure a release of an insured by accepting a reasonable settlement opportunity within the policy limits. The absence of a reasonable settlement opportunity may complicate proof requirements in…
Can Congress Ban TikTok? | Tenth Amendment Center
When James Madison set about to draft the Bill of Rights — the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution — he was articulating what lawyers and philosophers and judges call “negative rights.” A positive right grants a privilege, like…