Defective & Dangerous Products

• Another Pet Food Manufacturer Recalls Food

  Shannon Weidemann | April 27, 2007 8:22 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Yet another company has announced they are voluntarily recalling pet food involved in the massive recall that is underway. Dog and cat food manufactured by American Nutrition may contain rice protein that was contaminated with melamine. Melamine has turned up in several ingredients used to make pet food including wheat gluten, rice protein, and corn gluten. However, several of the companies...

• Nevada Supreme Court Examines Legal Assistance

  Steve Klearman | April 20, 2007 7:08 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  This from the Nevada Supreme Court's site at http://www.nvsupremecourt.us/info/news/index.php?contentID=120:Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice William Maupin has announced the creation of a commission to study the way legal assistance is provided for criminal defendants who cannot afford to hire their own attorneys. Chief Justice Maupin said the Commission on Indigent Defense, which is the...

• Blog on the Rise

  Steve Klearman | April 12, 2007 6:42 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  This from the blog mill (http://www.theblogmill.com/) quoting someone else:The blogosphere is doubling in size every 6 months It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago On average, a new weblog is created every second of every day 19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created Technorati tracks about 1.2 Million new blog posts each day, about...

• Nevada Attorney Recommends Samsung Blackjack

  Steve Klearman | April 12, 2007 6:16 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Yes, occasionally we diverge, strictly speaking, from law.I've had a Samsung Blackjack for a few weeks now. Before that I had an old Nokia. The Nokia was basic. I was fine with basic. Still don't understand why anyone would want to watch television on a 1" screen.But I do use Microsoft Outlook, and the Blackjack sync's in and tracks contacts, calendar and email. And does this, and keeps...

• Farmers Insurance in Nevada Gives Up Colossus

  Steve Klearman | April 12, 2007 12:46 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Word on the street is that Farmers (at least here in Nevada) has abandoned reliance on the notorious Colossus computer system in making claims determinations. Rumors are that adjusters have reduced authority while Farmers puts some form of new system in place.If this is true, one can only hope that Farmers has gone back to reliance on the discretion of humans rather than the inevitable formulas...

• Healthcare System Still a Mess

  Steve Klearman | April 11, 2007 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  I see and talk with potential clients every day. One thing becomes increasingly clear: the American healthcare system is in dire shape. Consider, for instance, the following:As of 2005, nearly 41 percent of Americans lacked health coverage;More than half of Americans making less than $20,000 a year have no health insurance.;Nearly 60% of Americans who were uninsured and have chronic conditions...

• Expert Witness Fees or Windfalls?

  Steve Klearman | March 23, 2007 6:52 AM | 2 CommentsReno, NV

  Nevada medical malpractice cases were put on the road to extinction several years ago by a voter-approved initiative that restricted lawsuits to such an extent that many attorneys stopped practicing in this area altogether.I still do and will continue to. But I've noticed that as medical malpractice lawsuits have become more limited, doctor's expert fees have continued to spiral. Several days...

• Pet Food Recall Worries Many Dog and Cat Owners

  Shannon Weidemann | March 22, 2007 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Menu Foods has recalled over 90 brands of pet food for dogs and cats and that has many worried. The recall involves wet canned and foil package pet food in the "cuts and gravy" style and includes major brands such as Iams and Eukanuba as well as store brands. Most stores have pulled all of the recalled food from their shelves. Some of the 60 million cans and pouches of pet food have been...

• Medicare for All Nevadans?

  Steve Klearman | March 19, 2007 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  I was watching a back episode of West Wing last night.The presidential candidate played by Jimmy Smits had a health plan: take the words "over 65" out of the Medicare statute. Allow Medicare for all.It's an interesting idea.Probably 40% of my clients do not have health insurance. Something like 50 million Americans do not have health insurance. Lately, our local hospitals here in Reno are...

• Negotiate With Nevada Medical Providers

  Steve Klearman | March 18, 2007 7:50 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  I've tried to provide practical advice with my blogs. I don't repeat news stories about car accidents as a rule, and I try to set out information that Nevada legal consumers can use.This blog is no exception and I have one simple message: when it comes to health care, everything is negotiable.A while back, 60 Minutes did a story about the advantages of having heatlh insurance to cover a...