Alaska Injury Law Blog
Covers Alaska injury and accident law, including car accidents, maritime law and product liability law.
Author: Mike Moody, Richard Vollertsen and Neil O'Donnell practice at Alaska Personal Injury Law Group in Anchorage, Alaska.
Blawg Related Categories: Admiralty & Maritime Law • Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Product Liability Law • States • Alaska • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Alaska Injury Law Blog
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ERA Aviation Sheep Mountain Helicopter Crash--4 Killed, Boy Survives
An ERA Aviation Eurocopter Arrow Star 350 B2 helicopter crashed in heavy weather conditions near Sheep Mountain on April 15, 2008, killing four people, and seriously injuring a 14-year-old boy. Killed in the crash were…
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Allstate Finally Releases Development Documents For Its "Boxing Gloves" Claims Adjusting Program
Allstate has finally made public its controversial "McKinsey Documents" which describe the development of its self-described "radical" claims handling program. Allstate made these documents public just days after a Florida court affirmed an order from…
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Health Insurer Punished for Bad Faith Cancellation of Policy of Insured Undergoing Cancer Treatment
In an insurance bad faith case, a retired judge, sitting as an arbitrator, has found a willful scheme to cheat the insured and imposed punitive damages against a health insurer for post-claim underwriting. Post-claim underwriting…
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Insurers’ Bad Faith Post-Claim Underwriting Rejected by Court
Wouldn’t it be great if you could get paid for making a promise to do something in the future, but when the time came to keep your side of the bargain you could cancel the…
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Smilin' Bob Ain't Smilin' No More: Herbal Company President Convicted
A federal jury today convicted the president of Berkeley Nutraceuticals, Steve Warshak, on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. Warshak’s mother, Harriett Warshak, was also convicted. They now face…
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Diet Supplement Glucosamine No Better Than Placebo
Under the dubiously named Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), diet supplements and herbal preparations are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for medical use in humans. Thus, safety and formulation are…
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Alaska Personal Injury Law Group Attorney Selected By Benchmark:Litigation
Alaska Personal Injury Law Group member, Richard E. Vollertsen, has been selected for inclusion in the 2008 edition of America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys. Those selected are identified by Benchmark’s research team, which conducts…
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Returning Soldiers: Advancing Medicine After Sacrifice In Battle
If the march of history has shown us anything, it is that technological advances are often the result of armed conflict. We have seen that in striking detail in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. One…
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Medical Research: How Can You Trust The Data If The Doctor Has Financial Ties To The Manufacturer?
When we represent clients at the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group, we do our homework. When serious injuries occur, we have to become experts ourselves in the particular medicine being used to treat our clients.…
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Institutional Bad Faith 101 -- How Allstate's DOLF Program Works
We recently reported on the CNN study that found insurers like Allstate and State Farm have systematic programs to force their insureds to settle for less insurance proceeds than the insurance company promised them in…