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P.I.S.S.D. -- Personal Injury, Social Security Disability

The title of this blog reflects Bob Kraft's attitude toward those government agencies and insurance companies that routinely mistreat injured or disabled people.
By Robert Kraft

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Last Entry: May 06, 2009 at 17:44:22

State Farm Explains Reasons for Leaving Florida

Posted on February 04, 2009
The AP (2/4, Kallestad) reports, "State Farm Florida has lost hundreds of millions of dollars in the state in the last decade and risks insolvency if it continues writing property insurance here, company executives told a legislative committee Tuesday" and "Jim Thompson, president of State Farm Florida, told the House Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee on Tuesday that the company must stop its financial bleeding to ensure it can pay off future claims...

Hearing Begins on Medical Helicopter Safety

Posted on February 04, 2009
The Washington Post (2/4, B2, Johnson) reports, "The National Transportation Safety Board began a four-day hearing in Washington yesterday to examine a spike last year in fatal crashes of medical helicopters, including one in Maryland that killed four people...

Peanut Plant Operated for Years Uninspected and Unlicensed

Posted on February 04, 2009
The AP (2/3, Blackledge) reported, "A peanut processing plant in Texas run by the same company blamed for a national salmonella outbreak operated for years uninspected and unlicensed by government health officials, The Associated Press has learned." The processing "plant in Plainview never was inspected until after the company fell under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration, according to Texas health records obtained by AP...

New Law for Toy Safety Goes Into Effect on February 10

Posted on February 03, 2009
The Washington Post (2/3, Garfinkle) reports, "Congressionally mandated toy safety rules that take effect Feb. 10 have left freecyclers and resellers of children's products scrambling to understand the law and how it affects them" and "the result has been word-of-mouth back and forth of truths and rumors about the law...

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Do Red-Light Cameras Increase Auto Collisions?

Posted on February 02, 2009
That was the question asked in a study of red light cameras in Houston, and the answer apparently is yes, some types of collisions do increase when red-light cameras are installed.The study is open to various interpretations though. It is explained in an article in the Houston Chronicle.

Rhode Island May Soon Have Private Trials

Posted on February 02, 2009
In his column in the Providence Journal (2/1) Edward Fitzpatrick wrote, "In his first days in office, President Obama has called for more openness in government, saying, 'Transparency promotes accountability.'" He said, "That's a welcome message after years of increasing governmental secrecy on the national level...

Texas Politicians Stopped for DWI Refuse Blood and Breath Tests

Posted on February 02, 2009
Our Texas politicians, as usual, are not setting very good examples for the citizens. A study by the Austin American-Statesman has revealed that every politician stopped for suspected DWI in Texas in recent years refused to take a blood or breath test...

Most Popular P.I.S.S.D. Post? - The Chili Recipe

Posted on February 01, 2009
Since April 2005 I have written exactly 1700 posts on this personal injury and Social Security disability blog. That's more than one per day. I've tried to give people helpful information about all types of injuries and about Social Security disability claims...

Everyone Wins The Super Bowl With A Sober Designated Driver

Posted on February 01, 2009
Today, finally, we come to the Super Bowl. For those of us with a favotite team that didn't make it into the playoffs it seems forever since the end of the regular season.I hope each of you enjoys the game, whether you watch at home, at a friend's house, or in a sports bar...

Do Ignition Interlocks Stop Drunk Drivers?

Posted on February 01, 2009
From Parade Magazine comes this quick survey about the use of vehicle ignition interlocks for people convicted of drunk driving. Visit the link to vote in the survey. Here are the details: Drunk drivers kill about 13,000 Americans each year and injure hundreds of thousands more...

Study Shows Basic Checklist Cut Surgical Deaths in Half

Posted on January 31, 2009
We see way too many instances of medical malpractice at our law firm. It's a shame, because 90+ percent of the doctors I've known have been careful, caring professionals. Like lawyers, doctors are sometimes ill-served by staff, and of course it's the doctors who get the blame...

Tainted Peanut Butter Recall May Become Largest Product Recall In History

Posted on January 30, 2009
News sources quickly picked up on the implications of Tuesday's revelation that the Peanut Corporation Of America had been knowingly shipping tainted peanut butter since the beginning of 2007. NBC Nightly News (1/28, story 4, 2:10, Williams) reported early in its broadcast that the tainted peanut butter "problem goes back further and is much larger than originally thought...

Friday Fun

Posted on January 30, 2009
Twenty REALLY thin houses and buildings in Japan.

Obama Signs Equal-Pay Bill Into Law

Posted on January 30, 2009
President Obama yesterday signed his first bill into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. USA Today (1/30, Jackson) reports the new law "makes it easier for workers to sue companies for pay discrimination and effectively reverses a 2007 Supreme Court decision that had given workers 180 days to file a lawsuit after the pay inequity allegedly first took place...

Dallas County to Block Vehicle Registrations for Unpaid Tickets

Posted on January 29, 2009
Dallas County is owed more than $200 million by drivers with unpaid traffic tickets. Beginning within a few days, Dallas County will start refusing to renew vehicle registrations for owners with unpaid fines. So if you owe money, you need to pay up before your current registration expires...

Social Security Expands Fast-Track Disability Processes

Posted on January 29, 2009
The Social Security Administration has announced this week that more than 100,000 disabled applicants are to get quick decisions in their claims. This is of course great news for those in the small percentage who have managed to get their claims on the fast-track...

Obama Administration Has Issued Stay to Stop Pending Preemption Rules

Posted on January 28, 2009
In a blog entry on the Huffington Post website (1/28) Les Weisbrod writes, "It has become devastatingly clear that the drug and medical device companies will do just about anything to make a buck, regardless of the effect on public health and safety. And the FDA is unable to police an industry that time and time again has engaged in dubious tactics and put lives at risk...

The Trouble With Carfax

Posted on January 26, 2009
My friend and Oklahoma attorney Louis M. Green has an interesting post on his blog about the accuracy of Carfax reports. He titles his post The Trouble With Carfax. Here are the opening paragraphs. Check it out.Most people purchasing used cars rely solely on Carfax to let them know whether or not the vehicle they are buying has been wrecked or has other serious problems...

Local Retailers Assure Consumers That They Have Plan in Place for Recalls

Posted on January 26, 2009
The Florida Times-Union (1/25, Salman) reported, "The recent recall of peanut butter products related to a salmonella outbreak that left more than 480 people sick and six dead nationally - although no illnesses were reported in Florida - has local retailers taking steps to ensure the problem is controlled...

Friday Fun

Posted on January 23, 2009
Half the fun of watching Jack Bauer fight terrorism on the television show 24 is seeing all the hot new technology his team uses. So how would this show have worked if it had taken place in 1994? See for yourself.

President-Elect of Pennsylvania AAJ: Remain Tough on Dram Shop Law

Posted on January 22, 2009
In an op-ed in the Legal Intelligencer (1/20) Kevin R. Marciano, president-elect of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice wrote that the people who are the fault of drunk driving related accidents and fatalities are "people who hold parties without watching for people who stumble out of their homes, the drunk drivers themselves and bar owners and their tenders who serve people who are obviously drunk or even possibly younger than 21...

Health Authorities Confirm Source of Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on January 22, 2009
The Wall Street Journal (1/22, Zhang, Jargon) reports, "Federal health authorities confirmed that peanut butter and peanut paste made by a Virginia company are the sole sources of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 486 people in 43 states." The Journal adds, "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 14 institutions where people became sick had bought peanut butter made by Peanut Corp...

Just Hang Up and Drive!

Posted on January 22, 2009
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that distracted drivers account for almost 80% of auto crashes and 65% of near-crashes in the United States. A recent Harvard study showed that approximately 636,000 car accidents happen every year because drivers are talking or texting while driving...

As Salmonella Investigation Expands, FDA Advises Avoiding Products With Peanut Butter

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Washington Post (1/21, A2, Layton) reports, "The federal government is advising consumers to avoid cookies, cakes, ice cream and crackers made with peanut butter or peanut paste while it continues to investigate an outbreak of salmonella illness that is believed to have killed six people and sickened at least 485 others across the country...

President Of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Disagrees With George Will Column

Posted on January 21, 2009
In an letter to the editor in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1/19) Fred Orr, the president of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association wrote, "George Will's column 'Litigious 'cult of safety' puts society at risk'...contained grossly distorted examples of lawsuits and misconstrued the fundamentals of our Constitution and America's appreciation for basic safety...

Pharmaceutical Plants Move Overseas, Cause Concern

Posted on January 20, 2009
The New York Times (1/20, D1, Harris) reports on the front page of its Science Times section that "experts and lawmakers are growing more and more concerned that the nation is far too reliant on medicine from abroad, and they are calling for a law that would require that certain drugs be made or stockpiled in the United States...

Obama Team Reviewing Last Minute Regulations

Posted on January 20, 2009
The Chicago Tribune (1/20) reports that "Obama's team is conducting a wholesale review of scores of rules and regulations set in motion by Bush administration officials as his term wound down, the aides said, with an eye toward putting them on hold until the review is completed...

Featured Link - Lupus Foundation of America

Posted on January 20, 2009
Support groups exist for almost every disabling condition. We were recently hired by an individual who needed help with a Social Security disability appeal in a claim involving severe lupus. Because our firm speaks with many local support groups, we were able to give her a referral to the Lupus Foundation of America - North Texas Chapter...

Friday Fun

Posted on January 16, 2009
Beautiful painted hands. Amazing art work.

Texas Legislature Sets Priorities: Me First

Posted on January 16, 2009
As reported in the Dallas Morning News, one of the first acts of the Texas House, in the biannual session beginning this month, was to vote for an increase in their personal budget. Here are excerpts from the story:The House will spend up to $750,000 more on staff and office costs this session despite hard economic times and possible cuts to state services used by millions of Texans...

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