 A lot of people have the mistaken idea that if they make a claim under their own insurance policy, their insurance rates are going to go up. Under Arizona law, this is wrong. The insurance company cannot raise your rates if you are not at fault for the accident. So, do not be hesitant [...]
Experts in the sleep industry recommend that adults get about 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night. However, despite that recommendation, surveys tell us that about 33 percent of adults in the U.S. usually sleep for less than seven hours. Driver fatigue, a problem that develops due to lack of sleep, is a factor [...]
In 2017, Arizona's roads and highways claimed nearly 1,000 lives. And, in a recently released report, the officials who compiled the data say, in most cases, driver behavior is to blame. The Arizona Department of Transportation releases their “Motor Vehicle Crash Facts” report every year. They compile their data from Arizona Traffic Crash Reports submitted [...]
 If you've been in a car crash, the question of “do you need to hire a lawyer” depends. If you know you're at fault, there's no question you're at fault, then report it to your own auto insurance carrier and they will provide you a lawyer to defend you in that action. However, if [...]
If you're coming to an initial consultation with an attorney, it's not required that you bring anything, but there are documents that you can bring to help your lawyers get started in their representation of you. Medical records are always helpful in figuring out exactly what the injuries that you've suffered are. If you've been [...]
Nuisance claims are defined by statute under Arizona law. They are generally things that are offensive to the senses of a number of people. This is the type of case where a big company comes in and pollutes your water or pollutes your air, and entire communities are affected this. What a nuisance case is [...]
I like representing injured plaintiffs because it's a lot of fun. It's not just fun what we do every day, going to court and making arguments, but it's fun helping people in a way that impacts their life. Before I was doing this kind of work, I was doing corporate mergers and acquisitions, and it [...]
The decade old lawsuit of a former law enforcement officer has facilitated the U.S. government’s re-capture of $66 million from a Japanese manufacturer. Toyobo manufactured and sold bulletproof fiber for bulletproof vests issued to local, state, federal, and tribal law enforcement agencies. The fiber was eventually found to be defective. The U.S. Department of Justice [...]
In 1996, Goodyear started installing the G159 275/70R 22.5 tire – the G159, from here on – on RVs. That same year, the first complaint was made, claiming that the tire failed. To hear Goodyear tell it, there have only been 7 injuries and 58 tire failure reports since 1996. In truth, there have 74 [...]
With the incredibly high rate of traffic fatalities lately, safety advocates and concerned people have been advocating for a change in what word we use to describe the collision of vehicles on the road. We have used the words, crash, collision, or wreck to describe what has come to be described as a traffic accident. [...]
