Personal Injury Case Track Limits The Proposed Changes.
Since 2007 the Ministry of Justice have consulted on reforms to the Personal Injury Claims process to achieve a quicker process where appropriate and more proportionate costs. The outcome of the consultation was published on Monday 21 st July 2008. Several changes are proposed, aimed at speeding...

Personal Injury: Update On Assessing Damages.
The recent decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in Harrison v Melham [2008] NSWCA 67 (Harrison) has made it easier for plaintiffs in personal injury claims to recover damages for gratuitous care. Background Harrison was an excavator operator who injured his back while assisting...

Top Law Firm, Subin Associates Hires Adam Kluger Public Relations (AKPR).
Personal injury experts for over 50 years in highly publicized legal battle with the New York City Housing Authority over fatal 2008 elevator accident in Williamsburg, Brooklyn NEW YORK, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Adam Kluger Public Relations (http://www.adamklugerpr.com/) announced today that the firm has been retained by...

Personal injury from vehicle accidents--is there insurance?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The General Insurance Scheme in Alberta Motor vehicle accidents are the source of thousands of personal injuries every year. They result in enormous cost to the health care system and in lost productivity when the injured are prevented from doing their day-to-day work....

Methods for personal injury damages research.
Traffic! Speaking from the perspective of someone who commutes 120 km per day round trip, I would say traffic is terrible these days. There are too many vehicles on the roads. There are too many drivers who haven't had a driving test in too long. We all drive too...

A primer for the parents of a child with special needs on financial & legal options when a personal injury case settles.
As the parent of a child with special needs with a lifetime of financial requirements, you can't ignore wealth management issues and public benefit preservation techniques. A parent of a child with special needs requires additional financial guidance as well as legal advice to ensure the child is taken...

Kathleen A. Gallagher Joins Beck, Redden & Secrest L.L.P. as a Partner.
HOUSTON, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Beck, Redden & Secrest L.L.P. is pleased to welcome Kathleen A. Gallagher as a new partner in the firm. Ms. Gallagher's practice focuses on Commercial, Environmental, Torts, and Products Liability Litigation. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090120/DA60056) Prior to joining Beck, Redden & Secrest...

The Kopelowitz Ostrow Firm Gets Green Light in Proposed Class Action Against Nation's Largest Oil Companies.
Lawsuit alleges new gasoline blended with ethanol destroys boat engines FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Exxon, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, BP and Shell, all defendants in a proposed Florida class action lawsuit, were dealt a huge blow yesterday when a Federal Court in the Southern District...

Michael S. Burg Selected as Lawyer of the Year for 2008 by Law Week Colorado.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael S. Burg, shareholder and founder of the firm of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C. has been named as 2008 Lawyer of the Year by Law Week Colorado. Mr. Burg's selection was in recognition of the entrepreneurial approach used...

REGIONAL DIGEST.
COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST 2 charged with selling drugs from van LEOMINSTER - Police from the North Worcester County Drug Task Force charged a Lawrence couple with cocaine trafficking after investigators allegedly found 35 bags of the drug in the pair's vehicle Friday night. ...