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5
Aug
2010
Teens Know Distracted Driving Car Accidents Kill, But Text, Call Anyway
In a very interesting reporting by USA Today reveals that America’s teens seem to have a disconnect between what they’ve been told and what they do. They’ve been told and given fair warning that distracted driving is deadly, killing 6,000 Americans yearly and injuring hundreds of thousands. Yet 86 per cent of teen drivers indulge in distracted driving anyway, often in the form of texting or making cell phone calls while at the wheel.
USA Today via a study conducted by Seventeen magazine and AAA auto club brought this fact in limelight. It reported other common forms of distracted driving among teens as eating, adjusting a music device, applying makeup and driving with four or more other teens in the vehicle.
Actually, texting wasn’t the top distraction revealed by the survey.
The worst was adjusting a radio, CD or MP3 player, with 73 per cent of teens doing this. That was followed by eating while driving, 61 per cent; talking by cell phone, 60 per cent; and texting, 28 per cent.
Thirty states and the District of Columbia now ban texting while driving. Texas only bans texting for inexperienced drivers.
Other survey findings were that teens 18 and 19 years old are more likely to engage in distracted driving than those who are 16 and 17 years old, and that teens who own their own car are more apt to be distracted drivers than teens who share a vehicle with others.
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16
Apr
2010
As a consumer you are always looking for low prices and bargains when shopping for you and your family, especially if you can go to a one-stop super-center such as Wal-Mart where you can purchase all of your household items. Because of Wal-Mart’s low prices and wide variety of consumer goods to choose from it attracts thousands of shoppers to its stores, which are usually busy at all hours of the day and night.
With the high volume of business that Wal-Mart does on a daily basis and the number of customers that shop within its stores, it is no wonder that shoppers are occasionally injured. Often times these injuries may be the result of negligence by Wal-Mart employees, perhaps from stacking shelves too high and allowing merchandise to fall and injure customers, not promptly cleaning spilled liquids on the floor where a customer can slip and fall, or numerous other potentially unsafe practices that can cause serious injury to Wal-Mart customers.
If you are injured on Wal-Mart’s premises you need to protect yourself by getting the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and even business cards of any witnesses. Also be sure to write down the name of any Wal-Mart employee who may have witnessed your incident and noting their approximate height, weight, race and age. Typically a Wal-Mart manager or supervisor will complete an incident report asking you how the incident happened, recording date, time and place of the incident, as well as any witnesses present. Be sure to read this over carefully! If it is inaccurate as to how the incident happened either make your corrections and initial beside it or if the manager will not let you make any notations on the incident report simply refuse to sign it. Further, request a copy of the incident report before you leave the store and if possible, try to photograph the scene of the incident by purchasing a disposable camera at the store or by using your cellphone. If you can’t get a photograph of the scene before it is cleaned up, try to get a couple pictures of Wal-Mart employees cleaning up. Of course, first and foremost, if you have been seriously injured and require emergency care, please request that Wal-Mart call an ambulance to tend to your injuries.
At Xxon we understand if these kinds of cases are hit to the law firms. Law firms in such cases have to draft DEMAND PACKETS with too much of care. While drafting demand packets they need to make sure that they do not contradict with the client’s delivered statement. Xxon being a good experience holder in drafting such simple/ formal demand packets take care of each facts and medical injury history so that the case for the U.S. law firms can be easily settled without much of argument.
Moreover, if the case is not settles through Demand Packet, we at Xxon while preparing the POP along with DISCOVERY take care of all those facts which had been described in the Demand Packets and make sure the POP along with Discovery is prepared in compliance with that.
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11
Mar
2010
The Insurance adjusters work for insurance companies; they do not work for attorney’s client. It is their job to save money for the insurance company. They have no motivation to get you the most money possible. They are not your friend, even if they try to act like it.
Usually, the client has to report it to your own insurance company, and if the at-fault driver does not have insurance then the client has to make a claim against his own insurance company. If that is the case, then you do have to “cooperate” with his own insurance company. But you are under no legal obligation to talk to the at-fault driver’s insurance adjuster.
Most people do not know “the law”. They think that they have a good case and the other side will pay fair compensation. However, very often there are legal potholes and hurdles that must be navigated in order to obtain a fair settlement. Insurance adjusters will try to get you to step into these potholes when Clients give their statement. Unaware of the fact that whatever they say is recorded and can be used against them later.
Let us say that the Client has given 20 minute statement that supports his case entirely, except for one sentence. The adjuster will then cherry-pick that one sentence and uses it against the Client. If the case does not settle and the insurance company forces you to go to trial, the insurance company attorney will literally take that sentence and blow it up to a six foot poster board and present it to the jury.
Moreover, if the Client has signed a medical release for an insurance adjuster then they will be able to get all you past medical records and invade the Client’s privacy. Additionally, if they find one prior “similar” complaint of bodily injury, they may very well use it to deny or reduce the Client’s claim, even if it was not the same type of injury, a minor injury, or occurred several years ago and healed.
At Xxon we understand if these kinds of cases are hit to the law firms. Law firms in such cases have to draft DEMAND PACKETS with too much of care. While drafting demand packets they need to make sure that they do not contradict with the client’s delivered statement. Xxon being a good experience holder in drafting such simple/ formal demand packets take care of each facts and medical injury history so that the case for the U.S. law firms can be easily settled without much of argument.
Moreover, if the case is not settles through Demand Packet, we at Xxon while preparing the POP along with DISCOVERY take care of all those facts which had been described in the Demand Packets and make sure the POP along with Discovery is prepared in compliance with that.
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13
Feb
2010
The Texas “Good Samaritan” Law: What Does it Means
Texas “Good Samaritan” Law designed to protect individuals who give emergency medical assistance to those in need.
Most people know generally what is meant by the term “good Samaritan” but did you know that Texas (and many other states) has a law that is designed to protect individuals who give emergency medical assistance to those in need?
The basics of the law are as follows:
- If you voluntarily attempt to help someone who is in an urgent situation as a result of an accident or other emergency, then you are protected from any liability for damages that may result from your care.
- This law applies to most common situations, such as where someone is injured in a motorcycle or automobile accident. The idea behind the law is really very simple: The State wants to encourage bystanders at an accident scene to render assistance to someone in need, and to do so without fear of being “sued” if things don’t turn out well for the victim.
Exceptions to the protection:
- If you wilfully or wantonly act in a negligent manner then you are not protected.
- Another exception is the situation where you are acting “in expectation” of pay. (Such as a physician in an emergency room).
- Another important exception to this protection would be for the person whose actions “caused” the injuries in the first place. So, if you were at fault in the accident, you may not be covered by the Good Samaritan protection.
The Texas “Good Samaritan” law: it’s a good one to know.
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17
Dec
2009
How India is the Best in Legal Offshore services
India offers prolific breeding ground for the legal offshore services. And there are many prominent reasons which make it happen in an out rightly smart manner. The first and foremost thing out here is availability of the educated and qualified legal human resource. And adding to it; the affordability factor. It is this very factor alone that has made the westerns peep at bubbling India legal dominion. Estimates point out that revenue from the legal services is poised to take the leap at $146 million for the calendar year 2006, and expected to reach $640 million by end 2010.
Further estimates point out that in the year 2006 alone, the industry generated active employment for around 7,000 legal professionals, and which is slated to rise to whopping 32,000 by the end of 2010. Researches clearly demarcate some of the prominent segments that would increase the need for experienced legal professionals. These include, Legal transcription, Document review, Litigation support, Legal research, Intellectual Property, Contract related services, Secretarial and Legal publishing services.
There’s no doubt that India offers ideal environment for legal offshore services, as it brings together best of talent, best of practices and best of strategies, all at one place. There’s no other single nation, which has talent and skilled professionals present at a single place.
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17
Dec
2009
How to reduce cost using Legal process outsourcing
Legal process outsourcing (LPO) is becoming an effective and cost saving option for the law firms in the west. And this is no boasting! The basic essentiality that goes with the outsourcing market is cost saving. BPO and KPO firms in US, UK and Europe consider it a complete win-win situation. Now, what reasons makes LPO a rightful means to reduce the cost? It is very clear that outsoaring definitely serves as the point for the western law firms to save ample of money. Had this not been the case, outsourcing industry would not have existed and grown at such an alarming rate as it is growing now.
LPO reduces the cost in three beneficial ways. These ways include:
- It provides advanced technology based legal processing which not only gives quality legal processing, but also saves time. Both, high quality and time saving techniques bring together low cost legal outsourcing option available to the law firms in US.
- Readily available trained legal professionals that can do the job.
- The legal system in India has a very close similarity with the legal systems operating in US and UK.
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17
Dec
2009
In the recent years, India has seen significant changes in the off shore out sourcing industry. From the times of advent of BPO industry and up to KPO, there have been global opportunities available in the Indian sub –continent more than any where else on the earth. Going further, the present time is opportune for the legal and the real estate out sourcing. Estimates clearly point out that legal off shoring is destined to surge from $146 million in 2006 to $640 million by 2010.
The key concern areas that will make definite say as far as legal process out sourcing goes, includes, Legal transcription, Document review, Litigation support, Legal research, Intellectual Property, Contract management, Secretarial and Legal publishing, e-discovery and many more. Likewise, the sub prime crises as witnessed in the US clearly showcased ho the mortgage market slashed down. This also clearly showed weak and unstable US real estate market.
As compared to the US real estate market, there are potential growth opportunities available in the real estate market in India. Furthermore, Jones Lang LaSalle reports clearly indicate that India’s real estate property market will began to take an up path of US$ 12.11 billion in the real estate investment for over a period of five-years.
These figures assume that real estate market in India has potential and would attract outsourcing from the real estate markets across the world. And the amazing fact is that it might happen very soon!
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17
Dec
2009
LPO security measures consider before choose your LPO partner
Legal process outsourcing LPO) is gradually becoming a potential and lucrative segment under the KPO industry framework. However, amidst all proportions, it becomes very essential to know how a western outsourcing firm would handle and manage a reliable LPO partner. What all is required to attest the reliability and authenticity of an LPO partner? Again, all these questions directly relate to the point where one consciously asks on how best LPO task can be managed?
You need to remember one point clear and out – Security- which becomes quite necessary and dominating fact in any outsourcing project, no matter, whether it is BPO, KPO or LPO. However, if the sensitivity of documents along with other proprietary measures is to be taken into account, then certainly, you need to have an LPO partner who is reliable and follow strong work ethics in a consistent manner.
Listed below are few points that you need to consider while making a good choice over your LPO partner:
- Check Out whether or not the LPO partner has got reputed clientele associated with him or her. And even the prospective LPO partner has good clientele list, you need to know the time duration for which these clients have been associated with the prospective partner.
- Confirm about the nature of legal processing work being carried out by the partner.
- Check on the amount of time spent by the partner in legal processing.
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17
Dec
2009
How to choose your LPO Partner? (Cost, Security)
Choosing an LPO partner for your services is the part of the process of outsourcing your work to countries that work as per your timelines and in addition meet your deadlines. Amidst rising popularity of the legal services outsourcing, the credibility of choosing efficient and reliable partner comes first. Without a reliable partner, you would certainly not be able to meet the overgrowing business demands at the very first place, let alone rest of the requirements.
Two most important things that come on top while choosing your preferred LPO partner is Cost and Security. If you have a partner who is affordable and can work in line with your requirements, then, nothing like it. Low cost and high quality legal processing would not only save you money, but also, you’d be saving the intellectual resources.
In the same way, if you have a trusted LPO partner joining you, you will always be on the plus side. And why not! If one takes into account the sensitivity of documents and other core issues, you need to integrate completely secured process handling measures all the times, in order to prevent any breach of proprietary information. Therefore, it becomes utmost important to know the character of your prospective LPO partner with whom you want to get involved in the legal services business.
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7
Dec
2009
US Corporate Outsource Legal Work to India
Legal work processing in India is graduating, and it has marvelously transformed from the lawyers chambers to plush centrally air-conditioned bays. And you know what, all this happened because of burgeoning growth legal work being outsourced to India. US corporate law firms are the prime outsourcers of legal work to India. This trend has created work space for the new as well as the experienced law graduates.
The amazing fact to note out here is that Indian law system finds remarkable similarity to the US and UK law system. Next, most beneficial factor to note is that principal language of teaching in India is English, and therefore, most of the law schools in India conduct the classes in English language. All these conditions add to the bonus for the corporate US law firms.
Furthermore, the time zone requirements also easily adapt to US time zone requirements, and legal professionals in India can easily adjust to shift timing work patterns. The outsourcing of legal work to India gives advantage to the law firms in US, as they get low cost and best quality legal solutions. In addition, completely legal professional work is done as per the client’s satisfaction.
Therefore, for legal firms in US, outsourcing their legal work to India is the smartest option that could ever be taken by surprise.
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