Christa R. Haggai, Attorney-at-Law
May 22, 2013 at 2:49 pm #SocialMedia #Facebook #twitter #judge #bias - when is a friend not a "friend"?
When are friends not really friends? Perhaps on Facebook, the Fifth District of Texas Court of Appeals recently ruled, in a matter involving a judge’s social media contacts and perceived biases. The appeal was brought by William Scott Youkers, who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend and late...
May 18, 2013 at 12:48 am #Medicalmalpractice #healthcare #lawsuits #medical error #tortreform - Great article discussing how medical malpractice lawsuits can actually help improve patient care. The information was learned from interviews with hospital risk managers. We need to get to a point when we realize we all want the same goal, safer, affordable healthcare! Right now, "[e]ach year tens of thousands of people die, and hundreds of thousands more are injured, as a result of medical error." This needs to change and the courthouse doors need to be open to those who are harmed by medical errors!
May 15, 2013 at 9:11 pm The Haggai Law Firm shared 38 Is too Late's photo.
Shameful! The Seventh Amendment is supposed to protect this right to a trial by jury! Legislators have no right to take it away!
When a surgeon operated on the wrong side of a Missouri woman’s skull, her only recourse was the court system. So why are Missouri lawmakers trying to take away that right? http://bit.ly/132A8Fx
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May 14, 2013 at 8:30 pm The Haggai Law Firm shared 38 Is too Late's photo.
Clearly claims are not keeping rates high for doctor's insurance! We need a change in the law in California!
Think medical malpractice insurance rates are too high? You are not alone. While companies take premiums from doctors & hospitals, they don’t have to pay much out in claims due to CA’s outdated cap on malpractice awards. http://buswk.co/12dnwuh
By: 38 Is too Late
May 14, 2013 at 4:23 pm Interesting position and recommendation by the NTSB today: "At .05 BAC, the risk of having an accident increases by 39 percent. At .08 BAC, the risk of having an accident increases by more than 100 percent."
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WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board is considering Tuesday whether to recommend to states that they lower the blood-alcohol content that constitutes drunk driving. Currently, all 50 states have set a BAC level of .08, reflecting the percentage of alcohol, …
Christa Haggai has worked on cases for Plaintiffs throughout Southern California that have resulted in verdicts and settlements in excess of the tens of millions of dollars in a variety of personal injury, employment and business dispute cases. Ms. Haggai’s clients have included: individuals injured by third parties while in the course and scope of employment; individuals injured while driving on Los Angeles Freeways such as the 405 freeway, the 5 freeway, the 10 freeway, the 101 freeway, the 110 freeway, and the 105 freeway; individuals involved in slip and fall accidents; individuals involved in bicycle accidents; pedestrians hit by cars in marked and unmarked crosswalks on busy streets in Los Angeles County; victims of medical malpractice; individuals wrongfully terminated from their employment; victims of sexual harassment; and business involved in disputes.
Ms. Haggai has tried or settled cases in the amount of tens of millions of dollars with individuals throughout Southern California and Los Angeles, who have suffered a variety of personal injuries including but not limited to: spinal cord injuries, including quadriplegia, paraplegia, cervical and lumbar disc injuries; rib fractures; leg fractures, arm and wrist fractures; knee injuries; shoulder injuries, including slap tears, rotator cuff tears; foot fractures; traumatic brain injuries, and wrongful death.
Christa R. Haggai