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Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog

The purpose of this blog is to provide information to people who have been injured due to negligence, and to those who have filed for Social Security disability benefits, or who are considering filing for Social Security disability benefits.
By Robert Kraft

Post Frequency: 8.1/day

Last Entry: August 13, 2012 at 06:06:00

Another Twist In Bizarre Case Of Supreme Court Justice Medina

Posted on February 16, 2008
As reported in the Dallas Morning News, the arson case against the family of Texas Supreme Court justice David Medina just won't go away. Here are excerpts from the latest story:Six members of the grand jury that indicted a Texas Supreme Court justice and his wife over a house fire have filed a lawsuit so they can speak about evidence in the case...

Which Presidential Candidate Is Your Best Match?

Posted on February 15, 2008
This is another of those Web sites that lets you put in your political priorities, and then it tells you which presidential candidate best matches up with your interests. This one is a little better than most because it lets you put extra weight on you most important interests...

Friday Fun

Posted on February 15, 2008
Do you love golf? Do you have a job? That's a bad combination. But now you can spend your working hours playing photo-realistic golf on your computer, keeping one eye on the screen and one eye out for the boss. Visit WorldGolfTour for a stunningly realistic demo game...

One Reason People Don't Like Personal Injury Lawyers

Posted on February 14, 2008
The Associated Press is running a story about out-of-state lawyers swooping in to the grief stricken town of Port Wentworth, Georgia in an effort to get clients from the sugar refinery explosion that happened there recently. While legal, and probably ethical, this type of vulture advertising is just plain sleazy...

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Bipolar Disorder And Social Security Disability Benefits

Posted on February 13, 2008
Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder which results in extreme emotional changes and mood swings. Most people with Bipolar disorder alternate between extreme ?Highs? (in which their mind races and they sometimes engage in bizarre and irrational behavior) to deep Lows? (in which they have suicidal thoughts and unhappiness)...

Friday Fun

Posted on February 08, 2008
If you lived through the 1970's, that decade of of enormously bad taste unique in American history, you will appreciate this collection of photos from Olan Mills, Sears, and other photo studios.

New Jersey Lawyer Sent To Jail For Soliciting Cases

Posted on February 07, 2008
Law.com reports that the first lawyer to be sentenced under a recent New Jersey law will be sent to jail in March for soliciting personal injury clients. Good riddance. In Texas, it's a felony for a lawyer, or anyone acting on behalf of a lawyer, to contact an accident victim to try to get that victim to hire the lawyer...

Researchers Find Potentially Dangerous Side Effects Of Arthritis Drug Celebrex

Posted on February 06, 2008
This article was posted today by the University of Buffalo (UB) in its online journal, The Spectrum. The conclusion is that the arthritis drug Celebrex can induce irregular heartbeat rhythms. Here are excerpts: On average, over one million Celebrex prescriptions are filled each month, according to the Celebrex Web site...

A New Way To Locate Missing Alzheimer Patients

Posted on February 03, 2008
A new company has come up with what seems to be a unique solution for the increasing problem of Alzheimer patients who wander away. The company provides a wristband that can be remotely activated, and will then link to a GPS satellite and reveal the location of the patient...

Friday Fun

Posted on February 01, 2008
Here's another addicting little game -- Smiley Ball.

Eli Lilly In Settlement Talks With U.S. Over Zyprexa

Posted on January 31, 2008
The New York Times is reporting that drug maker Eli Lilly is in settlement talks with the federal government regarding the company?s marketing of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa. The talks could result in Lilly?s paying more than $1 billion to federal and state governments -- the largest such settlement in history...

Virginia "Bad Driver" Law Is Backfiring

Posted on January 30, 2008
My friend, Virginia lawyer Ben Glass, has written about the recent (and ridiculous) Virginia laws that charge bad drivers enormous fines. Besides the outrage from drivers being fined literally thousands of dollars for minor traffic violations, there now exists the very real possibility that hundreds of thousands of drivers could have their licenses suspended for inability to pay the fines...

Texas Supreme Court Backlog Reaches Record Level

Posted on January 29, 2008
I have mixed feelings about the story in the Dallas Morning News today reporting that the backlog of cases pending before the Texas Supreme Court has reached a record level. On the one hand, if the justices would quit illegally using their campaign funds for frequent trips home, maybe they could clear more cases...

Texas Supreme Court Is Simply Out Of Control

Posted on January 28, 2008
I have written a couple of times about the recent ethics charges against certain justices on our Texas Supreme Court, and many times about the moral challenges this Court seems unable to overcome. Now Paul Burka has today written an excellent post on his blog about the same subjects...

Library Of Congress Photo Collection

Posted on January 28, 2008
I'm sure there must be a legal application for this, but you'll have to figure that out on your own. For me, the photographic collection from the U.S. Library of Congress is just interesting.

Friday Fun

Posted on January 25, 2008
I love this silly little game called Zwingo. It's sort of a ball-on-a-string, protect-your-base-from-the-bad-guys game. Check it out.

Texas Supreme Court & Ethics Laws -- A Bad Mix?

Posted on January 25, 2008
This is getting ridiculous. Now we have three Texas Supreme Court justices under ethics investigations. And one of the three just had criminal charges controversially dismissed in an unrelated matter. There have been a series of stories recently in the Dallas Morning News about these justices...

Baby Boomer Retirement - What Effect Will It Have On Social Security Solvency?

Posted on January 24, 2008
What effect will aging Baby Boomers have on the Social Security retirement and disability programs? Huge might be an understatement. The Baby Boom generation is defined as those roughly 80 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964. The first of the Baby Boomers began to turn 62 in January of 2008...

Finding Wi-Fi On The Road

Posted on January 22, 2008
I've written before about finding Wi-Fi hot spots on the road. It's getting easier to do as more and more businesses and hotels offer connections. In Texas, all the highway rest stops have Wi-Fi now, and other states are joining this trend. Besides the usual Starbucks hot spots, Wi-Fi can be found in many public libraries...

Allstate Temporarily Banned From Florida

Posted on January 21, 2008
As reported in the Florida Sun-Sentinel, the State of Florida temporarily banned Allstate insurance Company from doing business in Florida because of Allstate's failure to turn over certain documents in an investigation into Allstate's pricing practices...

Is There Anything Politicians Won't Lie About?

Posted on January 19, 2008
OK, this is just a silly little thing, but it completely plays into the attitude so many people have now about our politicians -- they never let truth stand in the way of getting a vote. According to CNN, A mailer from a congressional candidate's campaign contains a photo of his head attached to an image of a different body that makes him look thinner...

Indictment Against Texas Supreme Court Justice Is Dismissed

Posted on January 18, 2008
The curious story of Republican Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina and his wife just keeps getting curiouser. Justice Medina and his wife have been the subject of a great deal of talk since their suburban Houston home burned down last summer. At the time, the Medinas were in financial distress...

Friday Fun

Posted on January 18, 2008
Thank you Mark Merenda for this great link explaining to employers how best to deal with female employees. It's from a 1943 issue of Transportation Magazine and sounds ridiculous from a viewpoint of 2007. An excerpt:There is no longer any question whether transit companies should hire women for jobs formerly held by men...

Multiple Sclerosis And Social Security Disability

Posted on January 18, 2008
"But you look so good," is something that people often think or say when they meet someone with Multiple Sclerosis. However Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, can be a debilitating disease. Social Security recognizes MS as grounds for disability under Social Security Listing 11...

Social Security Disability - A "Culture To Deny"?

Posted on January 17, 2008
CBS News ran a story this week about the "culture to deny" of the current Social Security disability system. Here are excerpts:Each year, millions of people who are disabled from an accident or disease turn to the federal government for Social Security disability payments - a benefit that every worker who is declared disabled is eligible to receive...

How To Burglarproof Your Home

Posted on January 15, 2008
My friend, Fairfax, Virginia business lawyer David Z. Kaufman, recommended this article on how to burglarproof your home. David is a personal safety expert, and the article is an excellent one.

The Truth About Medical Malpractice Litigation

Posted on January 14, 2008
Here is a very good discussion of the medical malpractice insurance crisis by the Center for Justice & Democracy.

Featured Link - Find Out If Someone Has Died

Posted on January 12, 2008
Whether you're trying to locate a defendant in a personal injury claim or just curious about a long-lost acquaintance, sometimes you might wonder if the person has passed away. I've written before about the very helpful Social Security Death Index. Now a fellow member of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association has reminded me about Legacy...

Workers' Compensation Insurance Company Attempts To Defraud The Court

Posted on January 11, 2008
WFAA TV in Dallas reports that a Texas District Court judge has ruled that the state's largest workers' compensation insurance carrier committed fraud against an injured worker. It is interesting to note that this insurance company has lobbied extensively before the Texas Legislature for immunity from bad faith claims arising from the wrongful denial of benefits to injured workers...

Friday Fun

Posted on January 11, 2008
Help! Bird flu is threatening to spread from Asia to England. Only you can stop its progress, by shooting all the birds. Warning: this game features blood and feathers.

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