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• Talk to lawyer before giving recorded statement

  Chuck Boyk | July 30, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A major mistake that I have found in my 24 years as a Toledo, Ohio, auto accident attorney is unrepresented people giving recorded statements to the insurance adjusters. The goal of the insurance adjuster is to lock the injured person into a set of facts that can be used to discredit the victim and their injury. This helps the insurance company pay less money.After I am hired to protect the...

• Consistent treatment crucial to claims

  Chuck Boyk | July 27, 2007 12:11 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Seeing people who have been injured in car or truck accidents is still difficult for me even after 24 years as a personal injury lawyer in Sandusky, Toledo, and throughout northwest Ohio. Treating consistently if you've been injured is crucial to your case.I am a strong believer that actions speak louder than words. Someone who is legitimately hurt seeks medical treatment in a consistent and...

• Land contract sellers must record agreement

  Dale Emch | July 23, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Sandusky-area residents who enter into land contracts have a variety of hoops they must jump through in order to make sure they are complying with state law.This week in my Legal Briefs column in the Toledo Blade, a reader asked whether his failure to record a land contract within 20 days as required by law would stop him from enforcing the contract.Despite the requirement, various state courts...

• Bird Flu in Virginia is Not Spreading

  Jenny Albano | July 17, 2007 2:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Laboratory tests have confirmed that the turkey's at the farm in Virginia did have the strain of low-risk bird flu, but the evidence revealed that the flu is not spreading, stated the U.S. Agriculture Department's chief veterinarian.The turkeys, who contracted the H5N1 virus, were not a risk to humans. As a precautionary measure, all 54,000 turkeys that were located in the Virginia farm were...