I was born in Bryan, Texas. My parents moved there in the early 1980’s in their search for a better life. My father was forced to flee his home country of Nicaragua because of the political instability created by the communist revolution. My mother, a native Honduran, met my father on the beaches of Tola […]
If you have homeowners insurance or renters insurance you need to understand your rights. Most policies which include personal property or contents fall under two forms of coverage: replacement cost and actual cash value. Replacement cost value means what you would expect: your property is covered up to the amount of the manufacturer’s suggested retail […]
A recent report in USA Today illustrated the extent of physician drug abuse in the medical community. The report illustrated how doctors, nurses, anesthetists and other medical professionals have engaged in systematic theft and abuse of prescription drugs, including Percocet, Vicodin and Oxycontin. The report has raised concerns among medical professionals, insurance companies, patients and […]
Former patients and their families are attempting to place a measure on the November ballot that would revise a 1975 law that places caps on non-economic damages in California medical malpractice cases. The Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act would raise the limit on damages due to pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases […]
I still remember the day I walked in on my mother crying. I was only seven years old and we had just ended the year with less than $70 in our bank account. My parents did everything they could to make ends meet and to provide for their children. My father immigrated to the United […]
All things considered, my family has not lived in the United States very long. My great grandfather immigrated to this country through New York around the turn of the century. He came from Pau, France, which is the northern edge of the Pyrenees, near Spain and the Atlantic. He was a young peasant working on […]
The Deadline Has Been Extended In a recent release from the Deepwater Horizon Claims Center (DWHCC), the Claims Administrator has finally announced that April 22, 2014 will not be the deadline to file new claims. Many residents and businesses of the Gulf Coast have feared that they would have to file their claim by the […]
A major medical malpractice lawsuit filed against Baylor Medical Center in Plano alleges that the hospital allowed a neurosurgeon to operate after learning of his history of botched surgeries. The suit claims that neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch had a history of poorly-executed surgical procedures when Baylor Health Care System recruited him in 2011. The suit states […]
Congratulations to team David! David Christoffel and his paralegal, Blanca Garcia, for being our top-performing team for the first quarter of 2014. David and Blanca have been handling a variety of cases, but the vast majority of their work has been in litigating first party insurance property damage cases—specifically bad faith cases for hail damage […]