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• Why You Need Uninsured Motorist Insurance

  Ward Merdes | February 07, 2009 7:37 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  After twenty years representing people who are injured and killed in motor vehicle wrecks, I've learned a thing-or-two. The most important one - for you - is to buy the right automobile insurance....

• Alaska Car Crash. One Fatality, Hoogland and Popovich Injured. Here’s the Law…

  Ward Merdes | July 22, 2008 1:10 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Hoogland, Popovich and their passengers need to know their legal rights.

• "I Got Run Over In Alaska ... Twice"

  Ward Merdes | April 25, 2008 9:24 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Alaska has the highest incident of industrial accidents in the nation. A good portion of those arise from motor vehicle wrecks. An increasing portion of those are SECOND wrecks. More and more of my...

• Iron Workers Killed When Manlift Collapses - What Their Widows Need to Know...

  Ward Merdes | July 20, 2007 11:07 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Investigating who caused the manlift to collapse is critical. It must happen before the lift mysteriously "disappears." The families/widows of these two men deserve to be treated fairly for this horrible loss.On July 19th, ironworkers Tyler Kahle and Craig Bagley were killed in Nome, when their manlift collapsed under them. Newspaper accounts report that two were working for Alaska Mechanical...

• $65 Million Dry Cleaning Claim? What Crap...

  Ward Merdes | May 05, 2007 6:05 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Any judge who sues for $65 million due to damage to his pants is an idiot, pandering to insurance company rhetoric that will make legitimate cases more difficult to win. He is hurting you - when you get injured and juries are "sick and tired of stupid claims ... like yours." See the problem? Everybody else's claim is frivolous. Your claim is legitimate. Trouble is that jury thinks the same...

• I'm a Lawyer. I Love What I Do...

  Ward Merdes | December 19, 2006 5:34 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Lawyer jokes. Every time I hear a lawyer joke, I feel like asking a very simple question: "Why?" What entitles you to talk smack about a whole group of people - simply because they chose to spend three grueling years in law school? Why are you free to carry on against a whole group of people who exist to serve. How can you demonstrate such flaming ignorance and bigotry? If you answer: "Because a...

• Worker's Compensation Change Hurt Working Alaskans

  Ward Merdes | November 18, 2006 1:00 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Republicans Benefit Big Business, Sticking It To The Working Man/Woman.. Again.Republicans change workplace rules in favor of industry ... again. [Surprise, surprise]Alaska's Republican majority in the Senate recently changed workplace rules in favor of industry ... again. They hammered the working man ... again. While we have grown to expect this conduct, this most recent one was particularly...

• We All Need Uninsured Motorist Insurance

  Ward Merdes | March 18, 2006 12:09 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Buy a TON of Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Insurance to protect you and your family.More and more folks are calling our office because they were hit - and badly hurt - by a drunk driver. It goes without saying that most drunk drivers just aren't that responsible ... and most don't have insurance to cover the injuries and damage they cause. That's why you need to review your automobile...

• Summer Means Visitors

  James Cool | July 18, 2009 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Summer in Alaska is beautiful. The frigid snow and ice give way to 23 hours of sunshine, relative warmth, and beautiful natural scenery. While native Alaskans spend all year earning their...

• 2 Critically Injured in Wasilla Crash

  James Cool | June 25, 2009 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  Wasilla, Alaska—The Fairbanks Daily News Miner reports that two motorists were critically injured near Mile 5 of Bogard road in Wasilla on June 1, 2009. The drivers have been identified as 41...