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MADISON COUNTY-Madison County Sheriff Kevin Turner released a statement concerning the arrest of two suspects on charges of Identity Theft and Encoded Data Fraud: “Sheriff Kevin Turner announced today March …

Effort is underway to purchase a van for the American Legion Post 31 Color Guard.  The color guard performs at many military funerals every year and they need a van …

Q:        My dad was in a car accident and the other driver was working for a business and was working at the time of the accident.  The accident report indicates …

Q:        My dad was in a car accident and the other driver was working for a business and was working at the time of the accident.  The accident report indicates …

Q:        My wife had a car wreck in March.  The guy who caused the wreck’s insurance company wants to record her over the phone telling them about what happened.  Should …

Q:        My wife had a car wreck in March.  The guy who caused the wreck’s insurance company wants to record her over the phone telling them about what happened.  Should …

Q:        My husband passed away last summer.  We owned a motor home that wasn’t paid for.  The loan for the motor home is just in my husband’s name at the …

Q:        My husband passed away last summer.  We owned a motor home that wasn’t paid for.  The loan for the motor home is just in my husband’s name at the …

The jury decides the facts and the judge decides the law.  The role of the jury is to decide based on the testimony of the witnesses as given under oath …

Q:        I was in a car wreck last January.  I was hurt and missed two weeks from work.  The insurance company for the person that caused the wreck has offered …

A few weeks ago we discussed why an injured person might sue someone when they were injured because that person broke a rule or was careless and caused injury.   …

A few weeks ago we discussed why an injured person might sue someone when they were injured because that person broke a rule or was careless and caused injury.   …

Q:        I was driving my mother to the doctor and accidentally ran a stop sign.  I feel really bad about the wreck.  My mother was injured and the other …

Q:        My wife and I divorced several years ago and my son will be 14 in June.  He wants to live with me and does not have a good relationship …

Q:        My wife and I are going through a hard time in our marriage right now.  She is verbally abusive to me as well as our children.  I don’t have …

Tom McCutcheon Q:        My wife and I are going through a hard time in our marriage right now.  She is verbally abusive to me as well as our children.  I …

At the beginning of the 19th century, states began recognizing that people working in any sort of commercial enterprise carried with it some risk of injury.  Law makers realized that …

Last week we talked about how when a person behaves in a way that either breaks a rule or creates a danger which a reasonable person would see and avoid, …

Q:        I was in a car wreck last January.  I was hurt and missed two weeks from work.  The insurance company for the person that caused the wreck has offered …

Included under the law of tort are miscellaneous civil wrongs, ranging from simple, direct interferences with the person such as assault, battery, false imprisonment, or injury in an accident.  Tort …