Former Palestine High School star and current Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was charged under Texas child abuse laws for injuries he inflicted to his four-year-old son. The 2012 NFL Most Valuable Player was indicted on September 12 after prosecutors alleged that he violated Texas child abuse statutes by striking the boy with a […]
In a speech to the Hispanic National Bar Association on Friday, Attorney General Eric Holder stated that the thousands of children who have entered the U.S. illegally in recent months should have an immigration attorney to represent their interests in the country’s crowded immigration courts. While Mr. Holder mentioned that, as undocumented immigrants, the children […]
A fatal Texas truck accident occurred Sunday night as a driver was going the wrong way on a major freeway near Houston. The two-vehicle accident occurred Sunday at 11pm, when Efraim Carmona drove his 2009 Dodge Ram 550 pickup eastbound on the westbound lanes of the North Sam Houston Parkway near John Ralston. A report […]
Arlington resident Glenn Hermes filed a medical malpractice lawsuit when he learned that his surgeon removed a healthy kidney from his body, rather than the diseased organ. Mr. Hermes learned the news when his surgeon, Dr. Robert Stroud, told him that he had inadvertently removed the healthy right kidney instead of the left one, for […]
http://www.iowacourts.gov http://muscatinejournal.com http://www.desmoinesregister.com As you can read in the opinion above and news stories following it, the Iowa Supreme Court agreed with our sister firm, Hope Law Firm, PLC, Andrew Hope, and our co-counsel that the District Court erred by granting GPC summary judgment. GPC has a history of polluting Muscatine’s environment. We are […]
http://www.reuters.com/ As reported above, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined BP’s request to keep in place a stay on Business Payments. That stay has kept our clients from receiving their compensation award for months more than necessary, so we are cautiously optimistic that our business economic loss clients will soon start receiving their awards.
Recently, Arizona Home Insurance Company attempted to dismiss our client’s suit on the weak argument that the suit was brought more than two years after the date of loss. Our associate, David Chistoffel’s response convinced the court to over-rule the insurance company’s motion. Good job, David! Let’s hope they stop wasting resources and start living […]
In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court made a ruling Monday that affects the immigration status of thousands of adult children of immigrants. The court ruled that children who have turned 21 while their parents waited for permanent resident status are not entitled to the same status as minor children as they wait […]
Where in your insurance policy does it say you have to be “man enough” to overpower insurance company adjusters? I promise you, it’s not in there!
When we pay premiums for a policy, we are paying for the promise from the insurance company that they will make us whole if some covered loss were to damage our property. We’re not expecting to have to verbally or physically “out man” the insurance company’s hired guns—or is it hired goons? […]
Not only did Allstate fail to fairly pay our client on their hail damage claim, they are also tried to have their case dismissed on summary judgment. As you can see from the judge’s order, linked below, the court was not fooled. Great Job Attorneys David A. Christoffel and Andres Arguello! At Arguello Law Firm, […]