Lincoln Personal Injury Lawyers

Proposed Act Would Permit Debt Collectors to Use Auto-Dialers to Call Cellular Telephones

By Attorney Jeff Lapin|2011-10-12T13:17:49+00:00October 12th, 2011|

Representatives Lee Terry (R-NE) and Edolphus Towns (D-NY), recently introduced the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011 (H.R. 3035, 112nd Cong., 1st Sess. (2011)), in the House of Representatives that contains sweeping changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the most significant of which would permit debt collectors to use automatic telephone dialing systems (auto-dialers) to call a person’s cellular telephone. This proposed Act, which would amend certain provisions of the TCPA, can be viewed on the U.S. Government Printing Office’s website (Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011). […]

Distracted Driving, Communication Devices and Nebraska: A Summary of the Law

By Attorney Jeff Lapin|2011-10-11T10:07:01+00:00October 11th, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

Nebraska drivers are not immune from the distractions posed by the desire to “communicate” while driving. Nebraska enacted additional laws in 2010 to try and minimize distractions caused by these devices. However, Nebraska law currently only focuses on those items a driver brings into the vehicle. As noted in another article regarding new technology in motor vehicles, the law is still behind the technology. […]

Distracted Driving: Risks Inside Your New Car or Truck

By Attorney Jeff Lapin|2011-10-07T12:08:28+00:00October 7th, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

An article within Consumer Reports’ October 2011 issue (Connected cars: A new risk) discusses the risks, by diverting the driver’s attention to something other than driving, posed by new technology, such as the ability to text, tweet, access the internet, in many new cars and trucks. The article discusses the types of equipment available now or in the very near future that can cause driver distraction, which, increases the risks of a collision. These features include the ability to send text or email messages or listen to text messages, emails, Twitter and Facebook postings. Essentially, vehicles are becoming more “connected.” […]

Texting Doubles a Driver’s Reaction Time According To New Study

By Attorney Jeff Lapin|2011-10-06T11:27:22+00:00October 6th, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

The Texas Transportation Institute’s recent study, An Investigation Of The Effects Of Reading And Writing Text-Based Messages While Driving, found, among other things, that a driver’s reaction time is doubled when driving and sending or receiving a text message. The findings were worse than what most experts expected. […]

Drivers Understand But Often Ignore Risks of Texting or Talking on Cell Phone

By Attorney Jeff Lapin|2011-10-05T13:50:31+00:00October 5th, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

The AAA Foundation recently released its Fourth Annual Traffic Safety Culture Index, which found that despite a driver’s knowledge and beliefs about the risks of involved with driving and texting, emailing and talking on a cell phone while driving, many drivers perform these activities anyway. Some of the findings include: […]

“Heads Up Driving Week”: October 2-8, 2011

By Attorney Jeff Lapin|2011-10-05T12:10:17+00:00October 5th, 2011|

The AAA Foundation and AAA have designated October 2 to 8, 2011, as “Heads Up Driving Week” to get drivers to remove distractions and focus only on the road. These organizations are asking drivers to Take The Pledge:

I pledge to drive distraction-free, with the goal to permanently reduce my distracted driving habits. I will spread the […]

Alarming Statistics Regarding Distracted Driving

By Attorney Jeff Lapin|2011-10-03T15:09:04+00:00October 3rd, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

The statistics are alarming for accidents caused by driver distraction. “Distracted driving” is usually defined as “any cognitive, manual and/or visual non-driving activity that diverts a driver’s attention away from driving.”

Below is the accident statistical data for 2009, the last year in which completed reports have been published: […]

The Economy is Causing Big Business for Debt Collectors

By Attorney Jeff Lapin|2011-09-26T10:00:24+00:00September 26th, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

At a meeting of debt collectors last week in Atlantic City, it was noted that the current state of the economy has created even more business for debt collectors. In a article published today in the Lincoln Journal Star (Debt collectors: Business great but hard as ever) debt collectors at the meeting state that aggressive tactics, such as threats and repeated calls “just don’t work.” In addition, they allege that unpaid debt is never truly written off; it just gets passed on to new customers. […]

Website Update: Insurance Definitions

By Attorney Jeff Lapin|2011-09-18T14:18:38+00:00September 18th, 2011|

Lapin Law Offices has updated its website to include definitions of some commonly used insurance words and phrases that often arise in personal injury and breach of insurance contract cases. These insurance definitions can be viewed here.

Website Update: Medical Definitions

By Attorney Jeff Lapin|2011-09-12T10:27:50+00:00September 12th, 2011|

Lapin Law Offices has updated its website to include definitions of some commonly used medical words and phrases that often arise in personal injury and worker’s compensation cases. These medical definitions can be viewed here.

Previous 9 101112 Next

Blog

Article Categories

Online Contact Form