InjuryBoard Sacramento Archives

• Progressive Insurance Spies on Church Group

  Ed Smith | August 24, 2007 1:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  An unbelievable story to some, but just old hat to attorney's who deal with Progressive Insurance and their outrageous behavior almost every day.Today, it was reported that detectives hired by Progressive Insurance became members of the Southside Christian Fellowship Church in Atlanta in August 2005 in order to get damaging information on two church members involved in a traffic accident.The...

• Is your stock exposed to the subprime woes?

  Ed Smith | August 21, 2007 8:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Many investors have been affected by the increasingly perilous subprime mortgage situation and several stocks such as Countrywide, Bear Sterns and Washington Mutual have been directly affected. While exposure to the risks in subprime mortgage companies is in the nature of the game and has been well known for the better part of 2 years, many investor's are unaware that their other stocks,...

• Great Music to Prepare for Trial

  Ed Smith | August 19, 2007 9:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  II've spent way too much time in the left side of my brain the past few months and now I'm going to share some web sites I found recently that'll open up your creative side. Finetune is a new website that allows you to add superbad soundtracks to an onscreen player and you can string 45 songs in a playlist. You can add up to 3 songs of each of your favorite bands, share playlists with others and...

• Speed Traps in Northern California

  Ed Smith | August 19, 2007 9:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Recently, I read a great article about speed traps and other hazards of driving in Northern California.\\\With declining government revenue, many police departments, especially in small towns, have officers lying in wait for outsiders to boost local law enforcement finances. Recently a great web site was created that gives locations of speed traps throughout the United States.As a personal...

• Consumers Evaluate Auto Insurers for Fairness

  Ed Smith | August 19, 2007 8:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In the past, consumers primarily purchased auto insurance by price, looking for the low cost insurer for the amount of auto coverage they desired. Over the past decade, however, car owners have increasingly come to the conclusion, often after bring involved in an accident, that the lowest cost insurer is often not the best one.Ottimes insurers blantantly ignore the interest of their...

• Medpay and Health Insurance Coverage in accidents

  Ed Smith | August 19, 2007 6:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Many people in accidents have 2 types of insurance, the Medpay insurance on their auto policy as well as their health insurance at work. My fellow Injuryboard Attorney John Cooper recently wrote a great article on Medpay coveragethat explains that concept well and encourages clients to obtain high medpay limits.Medpay insurance is very cheap and I always encouarge my clients to elect minimally...

• Certificate of Deposit (CD's) Holder's in Danger

  Ed Smith | August 19, 2007 6:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The current liquidity crisis in the stock market is endangering bank depositors who invest in CD's (Certificates of deposit) at weak banks. Many such banks entice investors by stating their CD pays a much higher interest rate than other banks and is FDIC insured.While that may be true, in most accounts FDIC insurance is limited to $100,000.Recently, a trucker invested his life savings of over...

• Avoid Online Red Yeast Rice; Contains Lovastatin

  Courtney Mills | August 10, 2007 9:19 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to consumers not to purchase three types of red yeast rice products from online suppliers. These products are called Red Yeast Rice, Red Yeast Rice/Policosonal Complex, and Cholestrix. Red Yeast Rice is sold by Swanson Healthcare Products, Inc., and manufactured by Nature's Value, Inc. Cholestrix is sold by Sunburst Organics. The FDA has...