Airbag Injuries And Wrongful Deaths

Have you or a love one been injured by an airbag? What can you do? Check an attorney in your state because there are slightly different rules regarding who can sue for wrongful death or injury. Generally speaking you must be either the personal representative (a person who manages the affairs of another because of incapacity or death), child, spouse, or parent of the person killed. In other words, if your friend is killed you cannot sue for wrongful death What is a wrongful death lawsuit? A suit... Read more »

Medical Malpractice Hurts Millions

What is Medical Malpractice? It occurs when the medical care (a health care provider - doctor, nurse, or hospital staff) falls below the appropriate standard of the medical profession. The practitioner or hospital staff member can make a stupid mistake because he or she is tired, distracted, or on prescription drugs himself or herself. Has a medical care provider made a mistake in your case? Have you been hurt? You could get insurance money as a result of malpractice, even if you don’t personally... Read more »

Possession of Child Pornography & Trafficking –What the Law States

Possessions of child pornography, and the distribution of it, are some of the most targeted activities for investigation by both federal and state law enforcement agencies. Of course, a person has to knowingly possess pornographic images of children to be guilty of possession, and the images have to be real (non-computer generated) images of underage persons (children) for a legitimate prosecution. Practical problems some people encounter are learning of pornographic images that were loaded onto... Read more »

5 Legal Points Concerning Bank Fraud Crime

Violations of law at a bank or by using accounts of a financial institution are commonly prosecuted in federal court as “bank fraud.” The United States Attorney Office will seek an Indictment (a charging document formally charging the person with a crime) for bank fraud based upon a relatively non-complex theft or embezzlement of monies by a bank employee, or a more complex scheme to defraud based upon false statements, such as an overvaluation of property or securities. Also, the... Read more »

10 Mail & Wire Fraud Statute Facets

Fraudulent misrepresentations and schemes to defraud which use the United States mail to further that fraudulent conduct, can be prosecuted as mail fraud. Also, another commonly used federal law to prosecute misrepresentations and frauds is the statute known as “wire fraud.” The United States Attorney Office will seek an Indictment (a charging document formally charging the person with a crime) for mail fraud when the prosecution believes it has evidence of any fraud scheme that... Read more »

20 Basic Facets to Money Laundering Law

“Money laundering” as it is commonly called, involves the transfer of monies that are a product of criminal activity - whether that activity is drug trafficking related or white collar crime related. Although there is a fairly broad definition of money laundering, the federal money laundering laws were enacted to attempt to take the profit out of criminal activity. Congress has passed several laws over the years to prevent profits of criminal activity from being utilized, such as... Read more »

Stopping Heartburn

During the 1940s, licorice was actually discovered to be very useful in treating ulcers. Unfortunately it had side effects which led to high blood pressure, potassium loss, and fluid retention. Researchers have since discovered that the ingredient in licorice responsible for those side effects was glycyrrhizin. They have now been able to remove about 97% of this chemical and the result was a product known as deglycyrrhizinated licorice, or DGL. DGL has maintained the original healing properties of... Read more »

Estate Planning - More Than Just A Legal Will

When people think of Estate Planning, they generally think of legal wills. Estate planning is not just a will, although it does involve writing one. Rather, it’s a series of legal steps that involves allowing your beneficiaries to avoid probate and minimize the taxes incurred, and for you to write a living will in which you nominate trusted associates who would assume power of attorney and executor status should you be incapacitated or die. Estate planning also allows you more direct control... Read more »

Streamlining Probate Law - Execute the Executor and Avoid Probate Completely

Probate law primarily concerns the execution, interpretation, and contest of legal wills and estates. A probate court may be known by various names depending on where it is, however, probate law always concerns how a deceased person’s estate is handled by his executor or heirs. The word probate describes the process through which a person’s final wishes are carried out with regard to who should administer the process, how assets will be sold and divided, and what will happen to any existing... Read more »

Living Wills: Will Your Living Will Survive You?

A living will is also known as an advance directive, and it is a written document indicating a person’s wishes in the event that they are reduced to a vegetative state by some accident or trauma, and whether doctors treating them should go to all efforts necessary to keep them legally living, or to “allow nature to take its course”. Unlike a legal will, courts have not generally recognized the significance of living wills, and the existence of one would not necessarily be legally... Read more »