Austin Personal Injury Blog
We recently received a link to the Progressive Gainsharing program. Under the program, Progressive Insurance employees receive bonuses based on how well the company does. That’s not a problem for many industries, but it is a problem in insurance if adjusters receive monetary incentives to deny claims. Perhaps we should give Progressive some credit for…
Read MoreAn anonymous Texas ER doc has a blog post discussing the medical malpractice story of Christopher Jones. Mr. Jones, 33, arrived at a Los Angeles area emergency room complaining of chest pains, where he was told to sit down and wait his turn. After more than three hours, he got up, walked outside, collapsed and…
Read MoreWe’ve been critical of the Consumer Products Safety Commission for its failures in regulating dangerous products (see posts here, here and here). Now, the Washington Post reports that manufacturer groups have paid for numerous trips for CPSC executives: The chief of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and her predecessor have taken dozens of trips at the…
Read MoreRoy Pearson, the Washington judge who sued his dry cleaner after they lost his pants, has lost his job. Mr. Pearson had been up for a ten year appointment to the bench. Instead, the Washinton Post reports that he received a letter yesterday at 3:30 p.m. telling him to vacate his office by 5:00 p.m. Hopefully,…
Read MoreMSNBC correspondent Bob Sullivan has a new article at his blog, The Red Tape Chronicles, entitled “How Arbitration Steals Your Day In Court.” The introduction is telling: If I told you there was a courtroom in America where consumers lose lawsuits to businesses 94 percent of the time, and there is no chance to appeal, you’d…
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