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Levenbaum Trachtenberg’s Geoffrey Trachtenberg was recently interviewed about a recent government report that confirms what most Americans already knew: Hospitals are charging wildly varied prices for identical procedures, and the prices vary from state to state, and hospital to

During the 2013 legislative session, automobile insurance companies were pushing HB 2239, a bill that would eliminate the collateral source rule that protects injured people in Arizona. The collateral source rule is 250 years old. The essence of the rule is that a defendant is not ent

During the 2013 legislative session, the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry has sponsored SB 1452, a bill that would gut fundamental class action protection of Arizona residents. In essence, class actions are designed to protect us from small, but wide-spread wrongdoing. The

Question: I’m aware that parties have 20 calendar days to answer a complaint in Arizona, however, does that same time limit also apply to Defendants that were served out of state, or do out of state parties to a Complaint get 30 calendar days to file an Answer (assuming that the

Question: I believe I got whiplash, have constant headaches, and lower back pain. Answer: Don’t do it. The insurance company and their adjustor want you to settle without a lawyer. That way they can pay less to you and get away with not paying for all of your damages. Hiring a r

Question: My boyfriend is currently in the ER of the local hospital after an auto accident. He was in a chevy suburban, I’m not sure what the other vehicle was but our vehicle has very little damage and the other’s entire trunk was crumpled. My boyfriend is now complaining

(Download the original PDF APA Newsletter) At the September 12 APA Learn-at-Lunch Seminar, Geoffrey Trachtenberg, Esq., spoke, in detail, about the “ins” and “outs” of Ethical Rule 1.15. This summary is intended to only touch on the highlights. Anyone working f

PHOENIX –The motorcyclists who survived a deadly collision in March 2010 aren’t feeling so lucky two and a half years later. Not only have their lives been put on hold thanks to countless surgeries, they say they’re getting hit financially by the people who treated t