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Discussion of personal injury law and legal issues, with Arizona focus.

Author: Geoffrey M. Trachtenberg, who edits this blawg, is an Arizona lawyer.

Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • States • Arizona • Legal Information

Recent Posts from Scottsdale Personal Injury Lawyer

Mandatory Closing Provisions Strictly Enforced in Real Estate Purchase Contracts
That hissing sound you hear is not just air coming out of the real estate bubble, it's the folks at Mining Investment Group, LLC ("MIG") who today learned the importance of a mandatory closing date…
No Personal Jurisdiction Over Across-the-Border Bar That Overserves Patron Killing Arizona Pedestrian
Interesting and disappointing personal jurisdiction memo opinion from Division One, Womack v. KC Arena. In short, KC operates a bar on the Nevada side of the Arizona-Nevada border, over served a patron who then drove…
Arizona Supreme Court Holds Professional Negligence Against Insurance Agent is Assignable
Surprising result in Webb v. Gittlen, a new opinion from the Arizona Supreme Court which holds that a professional negligence claim against an insurance agent is assignable. Although a long overdue holding, it highlights the…
Arizona Supreme Court Finds No Workers' Compensation Offset for Underinsured Motorist Coverage
Today the Arizona Supreme Court issued an opinion in Cundiff v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. which dealt with workers' compensation offsets in underinsured motorist (UIM) claims.Pima County Deputy Sheriff Jean Cundiff was injured…
Peak Oil: A Crude Awakening
Ask most people, and they'll probably tell you global warming is our greatest global obstacle. Some will even say something like terrorism or illegal immigration. Frankly, I thought I was pretty damn clever spotting the…
Business Owners Now Owe Nondelegable Duties to Keep Premises Reasonably Safe
"Attention Safeway shoppers, business owners now owe nondelegable duties to their invitees to keep their premises reasonably safe."Steven H. Simon sued Safeway after he was injured during a store altercation with a security guard who…
Mortgage Rate Freeze: A Flim-Flam Scheme to Recharacterize Billions of Fraudulent Mortgages and Trick Investors
Imagine a loan of $100,000 based upon (1) a borrower's true income / ability to repay and (2) the true value of the real estate collateral. Now imagine a loan of $100,000 based upon (1)…
Assignments vs. Liens In the Personal Injury Context
A large number of people, attorneys included, don't know the difference between "assignments" and "liens."Why does it matter, you ask? For a number of reasons that will be more obvious when the difference is understood.An…
Supreme Scrooge: Arizona's Supreme Court Delivers a Serious Blow to Products Liability
Worried about lead in your toys this Christmas? You now have something else to worry about - if those toys harm or kill your children, your rights and remedies in the state of Arizona are…
Wyeth Recalls Cold Medicine Due to Dosing Cup Issue
Wyeth is recalling several brands of nonprescription cold medicine because they come with a dosing cup that does not mark the half-teaspoon level recommended for children aged 2 through 5 years old. According to the…