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Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits fall under Title II of the Social Security Act. The goal of Title II was to provide a federally funded form of social insurance to workers who are no longer able to work because of old age and/or disability. Workers...
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a rare cancer caused by exposure and reaction to asbestos fibers. Asbestos fibers were used very liberally in the past for insulation, building materials, concrete fibers and many others. Asbestos fibers can react in the lungs building a fibrous growth...
Why The Legal Golden Rule is Obsolete
In my last blog, I spoke about how insurance companies don’t want juries to know the truth about the existence of liability insurance when a case goes to trial. Even though an insurance company will be responsible for payment of any verdict awarded, insurance...
Important Evidence that Juries Aren’t Told About During Trial: Hiding the Truth About the Existence of Liability Insurance
If you’ve ever served on jury duty in a civil case where somebody got hurt, you probably walked away asking yourself why you didn’t hear evidence on certain matters that you expected to hear about. For example, in a car wreck case, you weren’t able to hear about who...
A Piece of Downtown History
When we moved in to 105 N. 14th, we asked around for some history of the building. At first, our requests fell on deaf ears. Then I was able to make contact with Ms. Terri Buster. Ms. Buster found some really interesting historical information about our new home. The...
Mild-Mannered Lawyers
I still remember very well that, back around 1989, I tried a case in Van Buren to then Chancellor Harry Foltz, one of my favorite judges ever. The other lawyer in that case was a mild-mannered lawyer who sat calmly as I made way too many objections to the point of...
