Odds are strong that you will reach a point in your life when you need to file a claim with an insurance company to obtain compensation for an injury, damages, or losses. Unfortunately, you may encounter an insurance company that engages in what fairly can be classified generally as unfair claims settlement practices. There are a number of different types of unfair claims settlement practices engaged in by insurance companies across the United States. The most commonplace unfair claims settlement…
Theodore McCarrick was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, his last assignment service as the Archbishop of Washington, D.C. As of last week, McCarrick has become the first Cardinal to be charged with sex crimes. Specifically, McCarrick was charged with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14. The victim of McCarrick’s sexual abuse was a boy, 16 years of age at the time of the assault. According to court records, McCarrick sexually assaulted on…
Jimmy Doan of The Doan Law Firm announced that he and his team of lawyers will file lawsuits on behalf of victims of the La Porte LyondellBasell explosion accident that occurred last week at a plant outside Houston. Two workers were killed and over 30 were injured in the devastating mass casualty incident that involved an uncontrolled leak of over 100,000 pounds of acetic acid. The fatal catastrophe left dozens of workers running for their lives. “Our firm has learned…
Ohio University officials announced on Thursday that a second campus organization has been suspended in July for fraternity hazing. Taylor Tackett, assistant dean of students who serves as the director of community standards and student responsibility, announced the fraternity hazing suspension. The Delta Pi chapter of Sigma Chi has been suspended for four years as a result of serious fraternity hazing charges. Two weeks earlier, the OU Beta chapter of Delta Tau Delta was also suspended for four years as…