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• Insurance companies undervaluing "totalled" cars?

  Staff Writer | February 23, 2006 6:07 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  There's a great article on Insure.com about the way in which many insurance companies decide just how much your "totalled" car is worth. Disclosures in recent litigation have revealed that (gasp) many insurance companies tend to stray away from the standard Kelly Blue Book and instead use value databases that result in much lower car values. Apparently, to the shock of...well, no one, this is...

• House considers doctor apologies for medical malpractice

  Staff Writer | February 21, 2006 6:29 PM | 1 CommentBoise, ID

  The Idaho House of Representatives is currently considering at bill that would allow doctors to apologize to their patients without having those apologies used against them in Court. Idaho law currently allows such expressions of sympathy and apology to be admissible against doctors except "in certain circumstances." The bill's supporters say that patients who receive an apology and sympathy...

• Mardi Gras Crowds in New Orleans

  Staff Writer | February 18, 2006 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  Mardi Gras season is upon us again. Despite the widespread devestation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Mardi Gras capitol of the United States has now kicked off its annual celebration, albeit with smaller crowds than previous years. As a former resident of New Orleans myself (I received my law degree from Tulane University), I am elated to see the city recovering. As insurance companies...

• Insurance Company pays "When Pigs Fly"

  Staff Writer | February 15, 2006 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  A jury in Boulder, CO, recently hit American Family Insurance with a $3 million verdict over the company's refusal to pay valid insurance claims. The jury heard testimony from former American Family Insurance employees that the company made a habit of intentionally and willfully denying claims of motorists injured in car accidents to save money. While the company continues to deny any...

• Group Home Operator Gets 30 Years for Slavery

  Staff Writer | January 24, 2006 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  The operator of a group home for the mentally ill in Witchita, KA, was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison. Arlan Kaufman, 69, was convicted this past November of more than 30 criminal counts for his actions, including enslaving his residents, forcing them to work in the nude, and perform sex acts. His wife Linda was sentenced to 7 years for her role in the crimes.From...

• Wise Sentenced In Car Accident That Killed Two

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 3:57 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  Cheryl Wise received two fifteen-year sentences for two counts of vehicular manslaughter in a Hailey courtroom last Friday. Last July, after drinking six beers, Wise swerved into oncoming traffic where she crashed into a Suburban carrying seven passengers. Two were killed in the accident while the other five suffered minor injuries.According to MagicValley.com:It was later reported that Wise...

• Malpractice Lawsuit Settlement Upheld

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  The Idaho Supreme Court recently upheld a lower-court ruling that awarded $500,000 to a man who lost his eyesight after being treated for an injury by an eye doctor. Frank Newberry was workingon his car when something hit him in his right eye. After being taken to the emergency room, Newberry was treated by Dr., Laurence Martens who didn't find anything in the eye and sent Martens home with...

• Judge Releases Guidant Documents

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  A judge yesterday granted the New York times and two Texas-based plaintiffs access to papers they say will prove that Guidant continued to sell their defective defibrillators after they already knew the devices could malfunction. 88,000 defective defibrillators and 200,000 defective pacemakers ahve been recalled by Guidant since June 2005 due to the possibility of malfunction.The petition to...

• Idaho Accident Sparks Wrongful Death Suit

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  Two Kootenai County residents have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a man who was pulling two flatbed trailers behind his truck. The two mem were passengers in a car that collided with one of the trailers when it crossed the center line and drifted into oncoming trafic. The driver, the brother of one of the passengers, was killed in the accident.KGW.com has more on the wrongful death suit

• Jeff White, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsBoise, ID

  Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Family Law; Construction Law; Criminal Defense; Personal Injury.Admitted: 2004, Missouri; 2005, IdahoLaw School: Tulane University, J.D., 2003College: University of Missouri, B.A., 2000Member: Idaho State Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Idaho Trial Lawyers Association.Born: Dexter, Missouri, September 13, 1977