Beware of Asset Protection Scams!
There is simply a great deal of misinformation surrounding Asset Protection. Some of it is genuine misunderstanding about what really works as Asset Protection. And some of what is attempting to pass as legitimate asset protection are outright scams. In this article I will go over both categories: Offshore Asset…
Muzzle that mutt!
Contributed by Rosie Cisneros Did you know that dogs bite nearly 2 percent of the U.S. population each year? That's more than 4.7 million people, one out of every six of which are injured seriously enough to require medical attention. According to State Farm insurance, dog attack victims in the…
Why Bankruptcy Doesn’t Work
If I lose my case, I'll just file for bankruptcy." We hear that statement often from scared doctors, trying to fool themselves out of needing asset protection. Most of these doctors, unfortunately, don't understand U.S. and state bankruptcy laws. Most believe that if a huge lawsuit comes their way, they…
Malpractice Insurance Costs and Going Bare
With the prospect of at least 10,000 medical malpractice lawsuits a year and the continuation of soaring insurance premiums, what's a physician to do? Medical Malpractice Costs By 2001, the total price tag for medical malpractice litigation in America zoomed to a whopping $21-billion - twice what it was 10…
Jury awards trespassing teen £567,000 after injurious fall
Contributed by Rosie Cisneros They call him "King Yob" around the streets - a name his reputation as a thug with robbery, burglary and assault convictions on his resume earned. Yet this teenager found the court on his side after injuring himself while trespassing. Carl Murphy, now 18-years-old, fell through…
The Grapes of Lawsuit Wrath
Contributed by Rosie Cisneros The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a jury's award of $41,267 to shopper Judy Krenk, who said she slipped on a grape at the checkout aisle at the No Frills Supermarket. The store owners "claimed managers hadn't been notified about a hazardous condition and therefore were…
Police Responsible for Drunken Mistake
Contributed by Rosie Cisneros Ramsey and Bergen County police must pay a man who got drunk and passed out on a snow bank $850,000. Frederick Puglisi left a New Year's Eve party at a Ramsey County hotel in 2001 and passed out on a snow bank minutes later. Witnesses of…
Parish Held Financially Responsible for Volunteer Worker’s Crash
Contributed by Rosie Cisneros Although not directly involved in the car crash at issue, one jury's verdict has a Milwaukee Catholic parish paying $17 million to the 84-year-old quadriplegic caught in the accident. While volunteering for a parish group, the Legion of Mary at Christ King Parish, Margaret Morse crashed…