| Volume 139 Number 4 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
This time of year, charity scams abound. To protect yourself, Charity Navigator helps you find charities you can trust and support, https://www.charitynavigator.org/. Searching “charity” at IRS.gov lets you find whether a charity is legitimate and an exempt organization.
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A five-step spending plan to avoid holiday debt: (1) Set a budget; (2) Make a list (and check it twice); (3) Get creative; (4) Decide how you’re going to pay; and (5) Track your holiday spending Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Texas state court jury awards $42 million for faulty car repair work. A Dallas-area couple who said substandard auto repair work — allegedly done that way at the behest of the insurer—caused them to suffer severe injuries in a 2013 car accident. The Dallas County District Court jury handed up a 10-2 verdict against John Eagle Collision Center, a repair shop affiliated with Dallas car dealership group John Eagle Auto Group, finding its negligence led to severe injuries for plaintiffs. The plaintiffs alleged that during repair work to a 2010 Honda Fit, John Eagle glued the car roof instead of welding it to the safety cage as dictated by Honda’s safety manuals and that the repairs were undisclosed when they bought the car in 2013. They alleged the substandard repair led the car safety cage to collapse in a 2013 car accident, causing them to suffer far greater injuries than if the roof had been welded. Seebachan v. John Eagle Collision Center, (Dist. Ct. Tex. 2017) and Seebachan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., (E.D. Tex. 2017) Click here for more.