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There are thousands of lawyers in Arizona. Many claim to practice personal injury law. Attorney Mark Breyer doesn’t just practice personal injury law; he’s a certified specialist in it.Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 Breyer Law Offices is proud to announce that attorney Mark Breyer is a certified specialist in personal injury and wrongful death law by the State Bar of Arizona. To become a certified specialist in personal injury and wrongful death law in Arizona, as described by the State Bar of Arizona, an attorney has to go through extensive rounds of proving themselves through testing, results, and peer endorsements. In addition, an attorney must have a significant part of his or her practice be in injury and wrongful death.
Mark, along with his wife Alexis, practices exclusively injury and wrongful death law. To become a certified specialist, an extensive application must be submitted to be reviewed by the State Bar of Arizona personnel. As with any certification, a rigorous test has to be passed, and similar to other lawyers who pursue this level of distinction, Arizona accident attorney Mark Breyer had to go under the microscope of his peers. To be eligible to be a certified specialist, as stated by the State Bar of Arizona, the attorney must also show that he has ample trial experience, respect, and recognition from Judges and other lawyers that the attorney has faced in prior trials.
There are many questions an individual may have after being injured in an incident that was caused by someone else’s negligence. Mark Breyer and his wife, attorney Alexis Breyer, offer assistance to those in need of answers to important legal questions. Together, they are the Husband and Wife Law Team of Breyer Law Offices, voted Best Law Firm by a subsection of the Arizona Tribune, and a featured Law Firm of the Month by Attorney at Law Magazine.
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Milwaukee-based Murphy Prachthauser was recently victorious in a Wisconsin Supreme Court case that allows plaintiffs to recover the full value of their medical services when making underinsured motorists claims. Argued by Milwaukee auto accident lawyer Keith Stachowiak, the case will ensure Wisconsin citizens injured in car accidents receive the coverage they paid for when purchasing automobile insurance.Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 Personal injury law firm Murphy Prachthauser recently won a Wisconsin Supreme Court case that reinforced the Collateral Source Rule for uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage. The court ruled on March 7 that the plaintiff, Linda Orlowski, was allowed to recover the reasonable value of her medical services—including those amounts that were written off by the medical provider—for her underinsured motorist claim with State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
The conclusion of Orlowski v. State Farm (2009AP2848,2012 WI 21) before Wisconsin’s highest court is a significant case with broad potential impact. The ruling will apply to the hundreds of underinsured motorist cases pending in Wisconsin, as well as—by implication—all uninsured motorist cases, according to Attorney Keith Stachowiak, of the law firm of Murphy Prachthauser s.c., who represented the plaintiff. “This case put an end to a rule that permitted an insurance company to limit the amount it was required to pay to policy holders—under both uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages in Wisconsin—for medical expenses policy holders incurred to treat their injuries,” said Stachowiak, the Milwaukee auto accident lawyer who authored the Wisconsin Supreme Court brief and made an oral argument before the court in late January 2012. Kevin Kukor and Josef Zimmerman of Murphy Prachthauser also participated in the case.
The case represents a reaffirmation by the Wisconsin Supreme Court of an important principal of law known as the Collateral Source Rule, according to Stachowiak. Traditionally, under the collateral source rule, a defendant couldn’t seek to reduce its liability by introducing evidence that the plaintiff had received compensation from other sources, such as the plaintiff’s own insurance coverage. This ensured that a person responsible for injuring someone in an auto accident could not get off the hook by claiming he didn’t have to pay the injured party’s medical expenses or lost wages because the injured person had health insurance or an employer continued to pay his wages when he missed work. The amount a negligent person owed would not be reduced because of payments made by the injured person’s health insurance or employer.
The Collateral Source Rule applied to all auto accident cases until 2001, when the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held in Heritage Mutual Insurance Co. v. Graser (2002 WI App 125, 254 Wis.2d 851,647 N.W.2d 385) that it would no longer apply to uninsured and underinsured motorist claims. After that, insurance companies began agreeing in uninsured or underinsured motorist claims to compensate injured parties only for the amount their health insurance paid—not the amount their doctors charged.
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PATERSON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A grieving father is calling for justice after two auxiliary police officers were charged with official misconduct. Investigators said the volunteers saw a man involved in a fatal crash, but did nothing to help him.
On a Paterson street corner, candles were burning and tempers were flaring on Friday.
It was a terrible accident under suspicious circumstances that killed motorcycle rider Randolph Waddy back on April 17, but the victim’s father hopes to channel his anger into action.
He’s the imam at a Paterson mosque.
“So it’s imperative that we keep a level head and use that fuel of anger to try to attain justice for my son,” Hamzah Abdus-Salaam said.
Auxiliary officers Juan Martinez and Jonathan Lopez were charged with official misconduct. The Passaic County prosecutor said the two wrongly used a city Office of Emergency Management vehicle — with lights and sirens — to attempt an unauthorized traffic stop of Waddy, just before he fatally crashed his motorcycle.
Prosecutors charge Martinez and Lopez saw the crash, but did not stop, render aid or call for help. Instead, they left the scene.
The charges came after three and a half weeks of community concern that the truth of what happened that night would somehow be covered up.
“Everybody’s just been a little aggravated, a little mad, just trying to get a little justice,” family friend Jazz Green said.
Many feel the official misconduct charges were not enough.
“This should actually be looked at as a homicide,” the imam said.
Several witnesses claim the auxiliary officers caused the accident by hitting Waddy’s motorcycle.
“I definitely question what they did, and why they did it. It’s very disturbing,” City Council President Anthony Davis said.
Davis said questions remain which must be answered as the investigation continues.
After the accident, Paterson suspended its auxiliary police program, and is reviewing procedures and training, officials said.
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Article source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/18/paterson-n-j-auxiliary-cops-in-hot-water-over-fatal-motorcycle-accident/

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