http://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/ en-us 2008-06-10T13:31:29-09:00 http://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/2008/06/metabolife_ceo_headed_to_priso_1.html The Alaska Personal Injury Law Group has long been involved in the analysis of defective products sold by the diet supplement industry. (Talbert v. E'ola Products, Inc., http://www.alaskainjurylawgroup.com/lawyer-attorney-1286823.html). We have watched this industry repeatedly use unqualified personnel to design and... Diet Supplement, OTC, Pharmaceutical Claims Richard E. Vollertsen 2008-06-10T13:31:29-09:00 http://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/2008/06/13_hurt_in_charter_bus_crash.html On Monday, June 9, 2008, a chartered tour bus carrying Korean tourists traveling to Fairbanks crashed when the bus left the highway and rolled. The cause of the accident is unknown, but the initial scene investigation indicated that the bus... Legal News Richard E. Vollertsen 2008-06-09T11:07:39-09:00 http://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/2008/05/getting_all_the_evidence_is_ke_1.html Alaska Personal Injury Law Group attorneys have waged many legal battles to force Allstate to produce documents that are relevant to insurance "bad faith" claims against the insurer by injured Alaskans. These claims have alleged that Allstate unfairly and unreasonably... Insurance & Bad Faith Claims Neil T. O'Donnell 2008-05-30T13:44:51-09:00 http://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/2008/04/era_aviation_sheep_mountain_he.html An ERA Helicopters Eurocopter Arrow Star 350 B2 helicopter crashed in heavy weather conditions near Sheep Mountain on April 15, 2008, killing four people, and seriously injuring a 14-year-old boy. Killed in the crash were the pilot, Benoit Pin, and... Aviation Claims Richard E. Vollertsen 2008-04-17T10:07:05-09:00 http://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/2008/04/allstate_finally_releases_deve.html Allstate has finally made public its controversial "McKinsey Documents" which describe the development of its self-described "radical" claims handling program. Allstate made these documents public just days after a Florida court affirmed an order from the Florida Division of Insurance... Neil T. O'Donnell 2008-04-08T15:01:49-09:00 http://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/2008/02/health_insurer_punished_for_ba_1.html In an insurance bad faith case, a retired judge, sitting as an arbitrator, has found a willful scheme to cheat the insured and imposed punitive damages against a health insurer for post-claim underwriting. Post-claim underwriting is a scheme where an... Insurance & Bad Faith Claims W. Michael Moody 2008-02-27T15:45:41-09:00 http://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/2008/02/insurers_bad_faith_postclaim_u.html Wouldn’t it be great if you could get paid for making a promise to do something in the future, but when the time came to keep your side of the bargain you could cancel the contract and not have to... Insurance & Bad Faith Claims W. Michael Moody 2008-02-26T09:50:16-09:00 http://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/2008/02/smilin_bob_aint_smilin_no_more_1.html A federal jury today convicted the president of Berkeley Nutraceuticals, Steve Warshak, on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. Warshak’s mother, Harriett Warshak, was also convicted. They now face more than 20 years in... Diet Supplement, OTC, Pharmaceutical Claims Richard E. Vollertsen 2008-02-22T17:05:04-09:00 http://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/2008/02/diet_supplement_glucosamine_no_1.html Under the dubiously named Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), diet supplements and herbal preparations are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for medical use in humans. Thus, safety and formulation are solely the responsibility of the... Diet Supplement, OTC, Pharmaceutical Claims Richard E. Vollertsen 2008-02-20T10:54:12-09:00 http://www.alaskainjurylawblog.com/2008/02/alaska_personal_injury_law_gro.html Alaska Personal Injury Law Group member, Richard E. Vollertsen, has been selected for inclusion in the 2008 edition of America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys. Those selected are identified by Benchmark’s research team, which conducts extensive face-to-face and telephone interviews... Firm News Richard E. Vollertsen 2008-02-19T13:10:21-09:00