What is Legislative Intent Legislative intent is an interpretation of the law when the statutes in place are ambiguous in regards to a particular matter. For over one hundred years, state courts have been using legislative intent as evidence when interpreting state law. When a statute has multiple interpretations legislative intent is derived from additional…
Trucks are the lifeblood of the American economy. Without them, most goods could never get from one place to another. These massive vehicles are a necessity for modern life, but they also represent a particular danger on the road. Every automobile is inherently dangerous, a fact that many forget – after all, cars and trucks…
If you were injured because of another person’s actions or negligence, you need to hire a personal injury law firm in order to represent you. One common time you’ll need personal injury advice is after a car accident. Many times, your insurance will be unwilling to pay out for your medical bills and it can…
Becoming well acquainted with bicycle injury statistics, accident injury claim and bicycling injuries can make for better, more educated bicyclists (and drivers) on the road. The Prime Conditions for a Bicycling Accident: Knowing when, where and to whom bicycle accident injuries happen most often is the first step to avoiding them. It is perhaps not…
UPDATED 1/21/21 Like all things, there are some criminal defense attorneys who are better than others, professionals who can win seemingly impossible criminal defense cases. In order to do so, these criminal defense lawyers often need to get rather creative with their strategies. In other words, these criminal defense lawyers make some pretty wild claims…
You’d better call your accident and injury lawyers, because you might accidentally get injured while laughing at all of these ridiculous lawsuits! Check out all of these totally justifiable cases, and see how they match up to your definition of personal injury lawsuits. I can’t believe I did that to me! – A Virginia man…
There are many different areas of law, including excuse defense criminal law. You can become a federal criminal defense lawyer, criminal mischief attorney, emergency criminal lawyer, and even a felony charges attorney. There are a large number of different subsets of criminal defense that can make a huge difference in the overall trajectory of your…
The saying go or going for broke usually means a last ditch, all-out effort to accomplish something important. This is typically applied to a major sporting event, such as a championship game, the last night of a big play or show, or even when someone finally works up the nerve to ask their crush out…
The police are supposed to protect the people of the United States, but occasionally some officers won’t uphold the law. Incidences of police brutality, false accusations of a crime, physical bullying, and even wrongful imprisonment have all appeared in the news in the past year or two. However, many people believe that they can’t find…
Unfair dismissal claims (also called wrongful dismissal cases or wrongful termination lawsuits) are an important recourse for U.S. employees who feel they’ve been wrongly fired from a job. But if you’re considering filing one, you should know that, despite their name, unfair dismissal claims are based not truly on fairness, but on illegality. How can…
