Will Allstate finally have to make public its own internal documents about claim handling practices and procedures that many insureds allege are bad faith programs that cheat them of the insurance coverage they paid for? Attorneys of the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group are watching closely as insurance regulators try…
Depression is often one of the difficult conditions clients of the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group face following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Depression is suffered by about 5% of the general population, but over 40% of those recoverying from head trauma can suffer from depression. Until now, it has been…
Two attorneys with the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group, W. Michael Moody and Richard E. Vollertsen, were recently selected to be listed in Alaska Super Lawyers 2007, a publication of Washington Law & Politics magazine. Mr. Moody received his law degree from the University of Arizona in 1972 where he…
The Alaska Personal Injury Law Group often handles cases involving traumatic brain injuries(TBI). With severe brain injuries, the impairments suffered by the client are usually unmistakable to the client’s care providers and neurological experts testifying on their behalf. With “mild” brain injuries-although there is no such thing as a “mild”…
Testimony offered in a federal trial in Ohio against Berkeley Nutriceuticals has disclosed that the company faked data regarding the effectiveness of its sexual enhancement product, Enzyte. When I previously wrote about this trial, https://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/2008/01/dietary_supplement_company_fac.html, I fully expected to hear that such evidence had been uncovered. The diet supplement industry…
The coming issue of Clinical Cancer Research will publish two case reports concerning the progression of prostate cancer believed to have been caused by a dietary supplement “spiked” with pharmaceutical compounds. “Spiking” is, unfortunately, an all too common practice in that industry. While claiming to sell “all natural” products, and…
A federal court in San Francisco has ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs to release documents concerning its denial of care to veterans seeking care for conditions such as PTSD. The order is expected to permit a class action against the VA to go forward. The litigation was brought by…
On January 17, 2008, the New England Journal of Medicine released a study that put numbers to what we already knew to be true: drug manufacturers have more data, particularly negative findings, that they are not making public. Examining the literature concerning antidepressants, the study showed that 94% of the…
Yesterday I wrote an article about Allstate’s failure to provide documents required by a subpoena from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. Some of those important documents are the same claim handling documents that members of the Alaska Personal Injury Law Group are trying to get from Allstate in a…
Have you ever felt like insurance rates hardly ever go down, even when the insurance industry makes record profits? Funny you should feel that way. Two current news items may help explain why. Both involve attempts by Allstate Insurance companies to obtain very large rate increases. The first occurred in…