Miscellaneous

• The State could have Prevented the Incident by building a fence

  Amber Wheat | September 10, 2008 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  In 1997, a man was left in a vegetative state because a 15-year-old threw a 2 ½ pound chunk of asphalt at traffic on I-5. The driver was struck in the head and his life has never been the same....

• Everyone already knows, but it bears repeating: Big Rigs Are SCARY!

  Amber Wheat | September 04, 2008 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Tuesday morning was a horrendous traffic day for everyone, I think. The end of the three-day weekend, the colleges are back in session, and of course, the people coming home from a four-day weekend...

• Kill ‘Em With Kindness

  Amber Wheat | September 02, 2008 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Rule Number Two: Be courteous, especially when you’re frustrated.One of my jobs is to gather records on our clients. This entails ordering them, paying the copy fees, and following up with the...

• Local Rules Make or Break the Case

  Amber Wheat | August 27, 2008 1:12 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Rule Number One: Read the local rules.Every county is different and you can take nothing for granted. They could also change with every year. You can find the local rules for counties on most of...

• Progressive Insurance Spies on Church Group

  Ed Smith | August 24, 2007 1:58 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  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 CommentsSacramento, CA

  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 CommentsSacramento, CA

  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 CommentsSacramento, CA

  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...

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

  Ed Smith | August 19, 2007 6:34 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  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...

• Chronic Stress and Memory Loss

  Laura Mackie | June 12, 2007 7:25 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  It is a well accepted medical fact that stress is detrimental to one's health. And just when we have finally accepted the knowledge that we might loose a little sleep or a few strands of hair to stress, a recently published study informs us that chronic stress may lead to memory loss as well. Despite the fact that we can seldom completely escape stressful situations, this latest finding...