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What would a world without lawyers look like?

admin — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:00:41 +0000

What would a world without lawyers look like?

In favor of law, order and litigation, would things get settled the old fashion way? Would the foreclosure crisis solve itself?

Watch this brief video and let us know your thoughts!
World without lawyers

Ask a Lawyer – free advice

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:30:41 +0000

Helping to spread the word about the upcoming Ask A Lawyer event to be held tomorrow. Here’s a cut and paste from the Florida Bar’s website detailing the event.

JBA partners with local corporation to offer ‘Ask-A-Lawyer’ – The Jacksonville Bar Association and the Grace and Truth Community Development Corporation have teamed up to offer an “Ask-A-Lawyer” event from 9 a.m. – noon on Saturday, Nov. 6, at Gateway Town Center, 5000 Norwood Ave. Ask-A-Lawyer will be held in conjunction with the Grace and Truth CDC’s Empowerment and Health Fair. Ask-A-Lawyer is a relaxed, convenient place for people to come in and talk about their legal problems. In some cases, legal representation may not be required. In some cases, brief counsel and advice from a licensed attorney may be all the assistance a person needs. Herein lies the inspiration for the JBA Pro Bono Committee’s Ask-A-Lawyer event. During the event, attorneys will conduct individual, 10-to-15-minute consultations. People who participate in Ask-A-Lawyer must sign statements verifying that they understand that the interviewing attorney will not be opening a case. The interviewing attorneys are simply there to provide some legal guidance and information on additional community resources. For matters that may require full representation, persons may be referred to Jacksonville Area Legal Aid or to the Jacksonville Lawyer Referral Service. The participating attorneys have expertise in many areas of law and can provide direction regarding family law matters, employment, landlord/tenant, wills and estates, criminal law, bankruptcy, and foreclosures to name a few.

Millions awarded in Whistleblower lawsuit

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:33:30 +0000

Imagine being scared to tell your employer about something dangerous or illegal going on in the workplace for fear of being fired. Well it happens everyday in big cities like New York at large corporations or smaller cities, like Jacksonville, whether or not you work for a large company or small.

Thankfully there are whistleblower statutes in place to protect the employee. It’s not going out on a limb to say that the employer still has the upper hand since they monitor and control so much of today’s electronic data that flies around the internet and company networks. Most larger companies also have vast amounts of resources (money) to keep these lawsuits from ever getting off the ground.

Here’s a success story from the NY Times about a recent whistleblower lawsuit. Luckily, there are trial lawyers out there still willing to risk their time and money to represent clients on a contingent fee basis and front the costs of pursuing these cases.

If we can help, give us a call at 800-251-1111

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Don’t sign away your rights

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:55:51 +0000

As corporations become more and more fearful of lawsuits stemming from their own negligence, they continue to try to protect themselves by making their customers and clients sign arbitration agreements as part of their contracts. These arbitration agreements eliminate the right for you to bring your case in front of a judge and jury if you’ve been injured due to a corporation’s negligence.

The Boston Herald recently did a story on nursing homes that take advantage of some of our most at-risk citizens by urging seniors to sign complex nursing home contracts with arbitration agreements tucked away inside. This means that the nursing home is less likely to pay for gross negligence or outright abuse of its patients because arbitration agreements almost always result in lower awards for victims and less legal fees for the facility.

Harrell & Harrell has experienced nursing home abuse lawyers in Jacksonville that can talk to you about your case if you or a loved one have been the victim of nursing home abuse. Please contact us by phone or send us an e-mail if you have any questions.

Crib recall due to infant deaths

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:07:23 +0000

I saw this on the news last night and also received an e-mail from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) about the recent crib recall. Here’s the link to the recall. Three strangulations have been reported due to the faulty crib’s design. It urges parents to stop using the cribs immediately and do not attempt to fix them.

Please contact us by phone or send us an e-mail if you have any questions.

www.harrellandharrell.com

Radiation treatment hazards

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:13:17 +0000

Here’s a link to a lengthy NY Times article that attorney Charlie Douglas forwarded to me. His comment to me was that it was absolutely horrifying and I would agree after reading the recent article.

With advances in modern technology comes some unknown risk but to know that the risks have been knowingly hidden from the public is flat out wrong and immoral.

Call or e-mail us with your personal injury questions. Don’t settle for less than you deserve.

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Workers’ Compensation Report

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:07:33 +0000

I haven’t read through the report yet but I thought I would share the link to the media release from the Florida Insurance Commissioner’s website. The release has a link to a PDF version of the annual report.

Call Harrell & Harrell, PA with your questions about workers’ compensation benefits and on-the-job injuries.

Don’t settle for less than you deserve!

Full coverage auto insurance

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:51:37 +0000

I can’t count the number of times a potential client has called and told me they had full coverage for car insurance only to find out they had the bare bones State of Florida required coverage PIP & PD or as most people say PIP and liability. They just have no idea what that means in reality and are shocked when they learn what it does or doesn’t do.

Sadly, most people don’t learn anything about their auto insurance until AFTER they have been injured in a car accident and they call an attorney.

Don’t wait until it’s too late to learn what you have or worse yet – DON’T have on your auto insurance policy. Call Harrell and Harrell for your free consultation or submit your questions through our website at www.harrellandharrell.com

We would be glad to explain what your insurance company or agent has never taken the time to explain or you have just never bothered listening to the details. Some insurance quotes are cheaper for a reason – less valuable coverage!

Don’t settle for less than you deserve!

Compassionate allowances – Schizophrenia

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:28:23 +0000

Here’s the latest press release from the SSA concerning mental health disabilities like schizophrenia. They are continuing to have public hearings to determine the best way to include this devastating mental illness under the compassionate allowances umbrella.

If you have any questions concerning Social Security benefits please feel free to contact one of our Social Security attorneys for your free consultation. We are able to serve all of the Jacksonville area and our surrounding North Florida and Southeast Georgia communities.

Happy New Year!

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Big traffic accident

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:43:30 +0000

Two semi trucks collided while travelling south on Interstate 95 this morning leaving one of the drivers dead. The truck accident happened just south of the St John’s County / Flagler County line. Traffic is a mess on 95 and on US 1 near 95. Only reason I know about the traffic is that my wife is stuck in it trying to get down to Orlando.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the truck driver and his/her family. Just a reminder of how quickly our lives can change. Please be careful on the roads as everyone starts to travel to family and friends for the holidays.