Paul R. Ayerbe

Allstate Insurance Claim Process- Adjuster and Injured Party by Trey Mills

2013-05-07T11:12:00.001-04:00

Maker Aware of 40% Failure in Hip Implant

2013-01-23T11:04:00.000-05:00

Byron Woman To Make Quilts For Newtown | News | Peach-Crawford News

2013-01-07T13:07:00.001-05:00

Byron Woman To Make Quilts For Newtown | News | Peach-Crawford News

2012-12-13T10:19:00.002-05:00

Without a single word, this says it all

This is the "wear your seatbelt" ad from the UK.

It was started by some dude not hired to do it ....

but because the cause is important to him, he came up with this idea.

Now it's being hailed across the world as a "beautiful" commercial.

The video has become so popular with the general public that people are forwarding it to friends/family on their own so quickly that it has spread all over the world in a very short time.

As the Holiday season travel spike approaches, this ad could save many lives.

The 10 Most Dangerous Toys of All Time | Take Justice Back

2012-12-10T09:26:00.001-05:00

The 10 Most Dangerous Toys of All Time | Take Justice Back

2012-11-12T10:36:00.001-05:00

Dear Colleagues,

On Tuesday, AAJ will launch Take Justice Back—a grassroots campaign to let everyday Americans know why they should care about protecting the civil justice system.

We are out-spent by corporations that try to limit consumer rights, but we have the truth on our side.

Take Justice Back will:

• EDUCATE people on how their rights are being threatened;

• MOTIVATE Americans by sharing real stories of people denied justice;

• ENGAGE consumers through social media such as blogs, Facebook, and Twitter; and

• EMPOWER activism by creating a portal where people can share information, send letters to members of Congress, sign petitions, and link through to their own blogs.

Here’s what you can do:

• Link to Take Justice Back on your website, Twitter and Facebook pages.

• Add the TJB logo to your signature block, on blogs and websites.

• Share client stories. Send to Jennifer.Fuson@justice.org. We will use these leads to follow up and get more details that we can use on TJB and with the media.

• Share TJB with your Facebook friends; share with your family, and colleagues.

• Like TJB on Facebook—this puts TJB in your newsfeed. www.facebook.com/TakeJusticeBack

• Follow TJB on Twitter—so you will see all our Tweets. www.twitter/TakeJusticeBack

• Write about TJB in your firm newsletter (or on your blog) and provide the TJB email address for readers to learn more: www.TakeJusticeBack.com

• Send AAJ a blog post on a state issue related to the injustices of “tort reform.” If selected, we can use your blog on TJB and link to your website/blog. Send blogs to AAJ’s Communications Director: Christopher.Scholl@justice.org.

Take a stand and be involved. We have the right message. Now it’s time to spread the word. Please join me in doing all you can to Take Justice Back.

All My Best,

Mary Alice McLarty
President
American Association for Justice

2011-11-23T10:26:00.003-05:00

2011-11-23T10:26:00.000-05:00

2011-05-23T12:01:00.000-04:00

Independent Medical Exam:

2011-05-23T11:51:00.000-04:00

AUTO INSURANCE PART 2

2011-05-23T11:50:00.000-04:00

AUTO INSURANCE PART 1

2010-12-17T16:00:00.000-05:00

This April 4, 2010 photo, released by the law firm of Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten on behalf of the Sean Bowman family, shows Sean Bowman with his daughters. Bowman was killed Oct. 15, after the axle of the 2001 Ford Windstar van he was driving broke, three days before a recall notice about defective axels was mailed to his home.

Minivan Recall Grows As Victim's Family Speaks Out

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

2010-12-17T11:45:00.000-05:00

In Today's New York Times

Dr. Antoni Nargol with faulty hip replacements

that he removed from patients.

The Implant Loophole

2010-12-15T11:41:00.008-05:00

Santa Claus knows when you are sleeping. He also knows when you’re awake – and he’ll use that information to assault, kidnap and rob you.

Here are 6 crimes committed by guys in Santa suits:

Santas Behaving Badly

2010-10-04T09:14:00.000-04:00

It's a Damned Lie-Constituional Amendment One on the ballot in November

JUST SAY NO

The authors of this evil proposal are well aware that the constitutional amendment process, as construed by our Supreme Court, gives the legislature an open invitation to commit election fraud, as they propose to do here.

In Donaldson v. Dep't of Transp., 262 Ga. 49 (Ga. 1992), Justice Weltner's dissent points out how affirmatively deceptive the ballot was. In his typical concise prose:
(b) It is difficult to imagine a plainer case of affirmative misstatement than this case. Consider:
(i) The voters were asked whether they wanted the right to sue the state.
(ii) The voters answered "yes."
(iii) Because they answered "yes," their existing rights to sue the state have been terminated!
The majority did not disagree; they stated the rule for framing amendment ballots thus:
The only limitation on the General Assembly in drafting ballot language is that the language be adequate to enable the voters to ascertain which amendment they are voting on.
So, as long as the voters can determine that they are voting on something having to do with competition, and not with highways or public office, it doesn't matter what the Yes-No question says. A concurring Justice put the matter very clearly:
The proper focus of this court's inquiry is whether the ballot language, even if deceptive as to the purpose of the amendment, prevented the voter from knowing which amendment he was voting for or against.
There it is. If the legislature wants to commit fraud on the public, this is how they can do it. Legally.

And do it they did. The current constitution has for over a century contained a provision prohibiting the legislature from passing any law that would permit a contract that defeats or lessens competition. Ga. Const. Art. III, Sec. VI, Par. V(c). This has been held to prohibit enforcement of non-competition agreements, except for very narrow and extremely justifiable reasons. It has enabled professionals and other skilled workers to compete, unshackled by anti-competition agreements imposed upon them by their employers. There is a large body of clear and coherent case law on this.

The proposed constitutional amendment will reverse this. It will enable the legislature to pass statutes that will allow employers to shackle employees, to keep them subservient, by requiring them to sign anti-competition agreements on pain of unemployment.

So, to take Justice Weltner's format:
(i) The voters will be asked whether they want reasonable competition upheld
(ii) The voters may answer "yes."
(iii) If they answer "yes," their existing rights to compete reasonably will be lost.

I don't know which is worse, this attempt to reinstate indentured servitude or this outright lie to the entire people. In either case, vote NO and tell everybody else to do likewise.
Charles M. Cork, III

2010-09-20T10:22:00.002-04:00

A Little Humor to Start the Week:

HOSPITAL CHART BLOOPERS

(Actual writings from hospital charts)
1 . The patient refused autopsy.

2. The patient has no previous history of suicides.

3. Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.

4. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.

5. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

6. On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it disappeared.

7. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

8 The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.

9. Discharge status: Alive but without permission.

10. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

11. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

12. She is numb from her toes down.

13. While in ER, she was examined, x-rated and sent home.

14. The skin was moist and dry.

15. Occasional, constant infrequent headaches.

16. Patient was alert and unresponsive.

17. Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.

18. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.

19. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

20. Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.

21. Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

22 The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

23. Skin: somewhat pale but present.

24. The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.

25. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

2010-08-30T11:05:00.000-04:00

Huge verdict shakes up nursing home industry
During Cindy Cool's almost daily visits to the nursing home, she would routinely find her Alzheimer's-suffering father wearing urine-soaked clothes.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38904304/from/toolbar

Ga. toddler struck, killed by mom's SUV - Breaking News - Macon.com

2010-08-17T14:19:00.000-04:00

Ga. toddler struck, killed by mom's SUV - Breaking News - Macon.com

What is Comparative Negligence? - Negligence / Other Injuries - Injured

2010-07-29T11:49:00.000-04:00

What is Comparative Negligence? - Negligence / Other Injuries - Injured

Infant positioner recall: Nap Nanny infant recliner recall

2010-07-26T11:52:00.000-04:00

Infant positioner recall: Nap Nanny infant recliner recall

US Supreme Court Cases from Justia & Oyez

2010-07-14T13:03:00.000-04:00

US Supreme Court Cases from Justia & Oyez

Cases Tagged with Library

2010-07-14T12:11:00.000-04:00

Cases Tagged with Library

After BP’s mess, do conservatives still want ‘tort reform’?

2010-06-10T08:49:00.000-04:00

After BP’s mess, do conservatives still want ‘tort reform’?

2010-04-08T08:56:00.003-04:00

Toyota emails show executive had urged company to "come clean."

The CBS Evening News (4/7, story 7, 0:25, Rodriguez) reported that according to internal Toyota emails, "company executives wrestled with how to deal with sticking accelerator pedals. In January, five days before announcing a massive recall, an American vice president wrote 'we are not protecting our customers by keeping this quiet,' and 'the time has come to not hide on this one.' Toyota had no comment today."

NBC Nightly News (4/7, story 4, 0:40, Williams) reported on one such email, "written by a company executive here in the US just five days before Toyota announced a massive recall. In the e-mail, the company executive acknowledges the company has accelerator pedal problems. Goes on to say, 'we are not protecting our consumers by keeping this quiet. The time to hide on this one is over. We need to come clean.'"

Bloomberg News (4/8, Keane, Ohnsman) reports that despite calls from within the company for "a more cautious approach," the email from Toyota US VP Irv Miller urged the company "to 'come clean'...about mechanical failures in accelerator pedals for some vehicles." Miller "told other officials in an e-mail on Jan. 16 that 'the time to hide on this one is over.'" Noting that Secretary LaHood said this week that Toyota waited some four months to relate its findings about unintended acceleration to the public, Bloomberg adds that "Miller, who retired from Toyota later in January, declined to comment." Nor would Toyota comment directly on Miller's email.

The Los Angeles Times (4/8, Vartabedian, Bensinger) reports that Miller's email came in response to an executives' suggestion that his "colleagues to keep quiet about defective accelerator pedals. ... The exchange -- which occurred just days before a massive recall of Toyota vehicles to repair accelerator pedals -- is the clearest indication so far that Toyota was debating internally when to disclose to its customers and federal safety regulators mechanical problems that were being linked to motorist complaints about sudden acceleration."

Identifying the author of the email urging reticence as Katsuhiko Konagei, a Toyota communications coordinator, the New York Times (4/8, Maynard) reports that the exchange, made some three days before Toyota execs met with NHTSA officials about a potential recall, "was among 70,000 pages of documents requested from the company by the Transportation Department and Congressional committees, which are investigating Toyota's recalls." The Times notes that on Monday, LaHood "said he would seek the maximum $16.4 million fine permitted against Toyota over the sticking pedal recalls."

Toyota told European distributors about sticky gas pedals weeks before informing NHTSA. The AP (4/8, Thomas, Margasak) reports that the documents reveal that "long before Toyota told US regulators about sticking accelerator pedals, [it] warned its distributors throughout Europe about similar problems." US complaints "were rising at the end of 2009. The documents show that weeks earlier, on Sept. 29, its European division issued technical information 'identifying a production improvement and repair procedure to address complaints by customers in those countries of sticking accelerator pedals, sudden rpm increase and/or sudden vehicle acceleration.'" The AP notes that "LaHood cited the warnings to the other countries" in announcing the decision to levy the record $16.4 million fine against Toyota.

From the American Association for Justice

Vote

2010-04-05T09:32:00.002-04:00

Please vote if you get a minute.

http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=3215&query=TOC