Health Insurance pays for a crash? Really? Yes. After a crash, you will have bills from the walk-in clinic, the hospital, ambulance, emergency doctors or x-ray companies. In an injury with a car, No-fault or PIP is supposed to pay as it is “primary.” (See my other post). If you have health insurance, it will […]
Advocacy
Billboard/TV lawyers- “The lawyer and doctor got more money than I did.”
After 31 years of practicing, personal injury law I have seen a lot of things come and go. One of them is the scourge called Billboard/TV lawyers. These are basically advertising executives with law degrees. These guys and gals are amazingly happy on the television and radio and full of information. They want you to […]
Uber is trying to hurt you.
You are not safe from Arbitration clauses in your dealing with big corporations. As you know from my previous posts, any corporation that wants you to arbitrate is a corporation that is going to hurt you VERY badly financially. As I hav mentioned many times on https://www.facebook.com/JSteeleLaw/ and on this website, arbitration clauses are BAAAAAADDDDDD. […]
What to do about the manslaughter by cell phone drivers.
A man died on this road. A good man. A man who had two grown sons, a loving wife, old and dear friends, trustworthy business contacts, a caring doctor, a solid banker, people who supplied his farm, sought his advice and listened to his jokes. He was passionate about coaching his sons’ baseball team in […]
It’s Not Just a “Concussion” It’s a Permanent Injury to Your Brain
A chilling medical study, reported in Science Daily, described the findings of a new study presented November 29, 2016 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The study used specialized MRI scans to examine high school football players brains before and after one season of football play. The MRIs revealed […]
How to fire your attorney
Hired a billboard/TV lawyer and are not getting what they promised? Billboard/TV lawyers get thousands of phone calls every day. If they have a big case beside yours, chances are that’s why you’re not getting phone calls. They have a high volume practice and can’t hire enough lawyers to give the service of a real […]
Risking It All to Make Voting Fair in Florida.
The election in the Fall of 2016 marks a milestone in Florida history and the end of an era of corruption in Florida politics. It is important election for Steele Olmstead because he put his entire finances at risk to make voting fair in Florida. Florida beginning in the 1800s was always a victim of […]
Explained: Types of Car Insurance- what you got and need.
You have to understand why you have insurance to determine what insurance to have. First, understand you guy insurance so that somebody else (the insurance company) pays for the damage (which could be big $$$) when an injury occurs. You pay a premium (a little $$$) to avoid the big $$$. There are seven kinds […]
Ten Things You Must Do After After a Car Wreck or Crash
There are many things swirling around because this is a huge thing. But there’s no such thing as an “ACCIDENT,” someone made a mistake and you are struggling from it,but here’s the best things to do: Call a friend or family member and tell them you’ve had a wreck and ask […]
Don’t be “THAT guy!”
Most of us drive automobiles. All of us drive bicycles. Anybody who does is aware of the ongoing difficulty of law enforcement enforcing our laws and the wider motoring community to observe those laws. Allow me to make some humble suggestions on how you can, while on the road, bring awareness to us. First and […]