Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Colossus: The Computer Program Routinely Used by Insurance Companies to Value Your Personal Injury Claim
Though many personal injury lawyers will assert to be able to value your claim, the truth of the matter is that most insurance agencies often use a computer system called Colossus to calculate what your personal injury is worth. Colossus was introduced in 1980 and has proven to be so effective that more than… Read More »
7 Mistakes That May Be the Death of Your Personal Injury Claim
Our lawyers at The Pendas Law Firm are dedicated to protecting our clients’ rights to fair compensation. Our goal is to help victims of accidents obtain the maximum amount of compensation possible for their damages and losses. In order to accomplish this, we educate our clients about the personal injury claim process, and help… Read More »
A Quick Settlement is Usually a Bad Settlement
At The Pendas Law Firm, our goal is to help you maximize your personal injury settlement by negotiating with the insurance adjusters on your behalf. Unfortunately, many accident victims will take the first settlement an insurance company offers them, without first consulting with a knowledgeable Miami personal injury lawyer. If you were injured in… Read More »
Are School Buses Really Safe?
If you are like most parents, you have wondered once or twice about whether school buses are really safe without seatbelts. Though school buses are driven by only the most qualified drivers, and though school bus design has been tested over and over again to ensure that the build provides the utmost safety to… Read More »
Can I Sue Outside of Workers’ Compensation?
If you were injured in your West Palm Beach workplace, you do not have to settle for workers’ compensation. While workers’ compensation is in place to help you cover a portion of your lost wages and your medical bills, it does not cover other types of damages that may stem from your injuries, such… Read More »
Who Is Liable for Contaminated Drinking Water?
Without a clean water source a village, township, or city would be hard-pressed to survive. In today’s society, it is the state and local government’s job to ensure that its people has enough clean water to drink, bathe with, wash their dishes with, and any other number of uses to further one’s health and… Read More »
Was Your Auto Accident Caused By a Defect or Flawed Design?
In 2010, Toyota was forced to recall nine million vehicles because of a sticky gas pedal. Thirty-one people died as a result of their vehicle speeding up on its own, while millions of others simply had a good scare. The company tried to blame bad driving, and then an innocent floor mat, before owning… Read More »
Is E-Vapor Really the “Healthy Alternative,” or Just an Alternative?
Cigarette smoking causes roughly one out of every five deaths in the United States, or 1,300 deaths per day. With such a high death rate, it is no wonder that e-cigarette use continues to grow. Currently, 3.7 percent of adults use e-cigarettes, nearly a quarter of which are former cigarette smokers. E-Vapor is supposed… Read More »
Pharmaceutical Drug Liability
Accutane was on the market for 27 years before it was recalled for causing birth defects, miscarriages, and premature births. Over 7,000 lawsuits were filed against the manufacturer, one netting more than $10 million. Darvon & Darvocet was on the market for 55 years before it was recalled in 2010 for causing heart toxicity…. Read More »
Deadly Drug Interactions Increasing Cause of Medical Malpractice Claims
It is no secret that the pharmaceutical companies routinely create one drug that stops X symptoms, but that creates Y and Z symptoms. They then create another drug to counteract those symptoms, and so on and so forth. Because of this, when an individual is prescribed one medication for their medical condition, they end… Read More »