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Preventing Employment Claims

wcrosby — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:53 +0000

Employers lament the high incidence of workplace claims. Exorbitant workers’ compensation premiums, the disruption to company operations caused by medical and disability leaves, and the costs of defending employee lawsuits, including claims for wrongful termination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour violations, all seriously impact the employer’s “bottom line.”

The worker’s compensation [...]

Submerged Car Surfaces In Court

Aurora Harris — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:57:03 +0000

Here is a very interesting video on You Tube about a man that purchased a car that had, at some point, been completely submerged under water. Something of a sales arbitration horror story.

There are lessons to be learned from this event.

Do NOT take delivery of a car you are buying where [...]

Mission Kaizen Coming To The Honest Lawyer

Aurora Harris — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:53:46 +0000

Rob McLachlan and band Mission Kaizen will be coming to The Honest Lawyer this Saturday the 20th to rock the house with some great music !

You can get more information about the band and their music at the two web locations: http://www.myspace.com/missionkaizen1 and http://my.opera.com/robertmclachlan/blog.

As usual, we will have an open mic for [...]

Auto Dealer Scams Veteran…and gets caught

rheller — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:25:36 +0000

An Iraq war veteran, Corporal Woods, purchased a vehicle from an auto dealer in the San Francisco area only to find that the car had been written off previous as the consequence of and accident. This is not a-typical. In general, veterans find themselves prayed on by unscrupulous sales people and lenders.

Watch this [...]

Job Related Claims

rheller — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:47:42 +0000

Mr. William Crosby of the Barnes, Crosby, Fitzgerald, Zeman LLP law firm handles all types of labor and employee claims. For additional information please contact Mr. Crosby using the online contact form.

Thank you for your interest.

Insurance Claims

Aurora Harris — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:44:25 +0000

Mr. William Crosby, of the Barnes Crosby Fitzgerald Zeman LLP law firm deals with all types of bad faith, failure to pay on insurance claims. For further information contact Mr. Crosby using the online contact form.

Thank you for your interest.

The Harris Law Firm opens new office in LA County

Aurora Harris — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:48:21 +0000

12th January 2010: Aurora Harris, proprietor of The Honest Lawyer and The Harris Law Firm, announced today that she has opened an office in the Santa Clarita Valley area in Valencia to better serve clients in LA and Ventura counties. For additional information go to The Harris Law Firm Online.

Aurora Dawn Harris is [...]

Usury – Obscene Interest Rates

rheller — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:39:08 +0000

1. the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest. 2. an exorbitant amount or rate of interest, esp. in excess of the legal rate.

There is a very interesting article here at Fox News this morning regarding the change in charges First Premier Bank, a sub-prime credit card issuer.

Of course, strictly by definition, this isn’t usury [...]

Christian Legal Society Meeting & Luncheon

Aurora Harris — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:14:22 +0000

Christian Legal Society Orange County Chapter

Christmas Meeting & Luncheon The O.C. CLS chapter will celebrate Christmas together on Thursday December 10, 2009 at 12:00 noon. Aurora Harris is hosting the event at her lovely office: The Honest Lawyer 605 W. Chapman Ave Orange, CA. 92868 (714) 288-0202 www.thehonestlawyeronline.com We will provide a traditional Mexican Christmas feast with fellowship and Christmas carols together. Please [...]

Avoiding Auto-Dealer Fraud

rheller — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:21:40 +0000

Unfortunately, it seems that there is an inordinate number of unscrupulous people engaged in the car sales business. We’ve all heard the jokes about the ‘used car salesman’. A comparison was made a few years ago that the difference between a used car salesman and a computer salesman is that the used car [...]