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Popular Misconceptions About The Lemon Laws

Popular Misconceptions About The Lemon Laws

Most people are aware that there are federal and state laws in place to protect them against the purchase of defective products including vehicles. However, their knowledge can be described as fuzzy at best which has given rise t several misconceptions about lemon laws. If you do not have the right information and knowledge you can compromise your chances of pursuing a lemon law case. Although there are several misconceptions about lemons laws in Louisiana; here are the top 5:

Exclusive Federal Lemon Law That Covers All Motor Vehicles:

Even though there is a federal law designed to protect consumer rights; each state also has its own lemon laws that can be used to fight a claim against the seller of a defective product or vehicle. The laws vary from state to state and although most of them have similar provisions; they are not identical. If you are wondering about … Read the rest >>>

Joshua Brown by — January 16, 2020 in Free Civil Attorney Advice
Do You Need a DUI Lawyer?

Do You Need a DUI Lawyer?

In the United States, each state has their own laws when it comes to drinking and driving. In spite of this, the number of drunk driving cases continues to double each year over the past couple of years. This only shows that people are not aware or do not consider driving drunk or driving under the influence as a very dangerous and even fatal movement, not only for the driver and passengers but also for other drivers and pedestrians.

Knowing and understanding the laws and the circumstances surrounding driving under the influence could come in handy especially if you get involved in a DUI case. Punishments for DUI cases vary depending on the kind and degree of the case. Aside from this, a number of aggravating factors may affect the sentence to be given to you. To cite an example, it exacerbates your case when you are caught driving while … Read the rest >>>

Joshua Brown by — November 28, 2019 in Civil Case Defendant
Snowplow Lighting Laws – Where to Go?

Snowplow Lighting Laws - Where to Go?
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If you are looking for answers on snowplow lighting laws or yellow roof lights you really need to do a little

Investigating. But the wait is there a Law? Because I do not see all plow trucks with a yellow light on the top of their vehicle roof.

How are you going to find out what your requirements are if any? The failure to properly prepare your truck is your first mistake and to just go out and start plowing, without any knowledge of what safety lighting you need is just plain foolish.

There is no problem until somebody hits you, because they did not see your vehicle. Now, the few driveways you wanted to plow to make some extra money, has just became a major problem.

Why because you were negligent, you did not do your homework. You did not investigate to make sure your vehicle had … Read the rest >>>

Joshua Brown by — March 13, 2019 in Civil Legal Assistance

The Importance of Legislating Responsive Laws
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The society is governed through the rules of law and not of men to avoid subjective and partial justice, human abuse and corruption, and selective development. These laws are promulgated by competent authorities for the obedience and compliance of everyone residing and sojourning in the territorial jurisdiction of the said laws. The law is defined as the body of rules regulating the conduct of persons both natural and juridical promulgated by competent authority for the compliance of all person within the area of its application. Law making is vested to the competent authorities only to ensure that it has controlling and binding effect to the people for their strict and serious compliance. This competent authority is naturally the institutions granted by the public through the Constitution such power to make laws. These lawmakers are expected to prioritize public interest and the general welfare in the conduct of making … Read the rest >>>

Joshua Brown by — February 21, 2019 in Civil Case Defendant
Women Celebrate 30-Year-Old Law Lifting Business Loan Restrictions

Women may have won the right to vote in 1920, but it wasn’t until 1988 that they finally obtained the ability to start and expand their own business. This year, many women are celebrating the passage of a 30-year-old federal law that lifted the inability to secure their own funding.

In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed the Women’s Business Ownership Act, or H.R. 5050, into law. This piece of legislation came about from the efforts of NAWBO members and other women business owners “who saw disparities and inequities with regards to loans, access to loans and being able to achieve a loan without having a male co-signer, even a minor son,” explains Quist-Newins, a NAWBO-MN past president and president and founder of financial planning company Moneyweave.

Of the many women who pushed for the change, the list includes Minnesota chapter founder Marlene Johnson, a former state lieutenant governor. Quist-Newins says … Read the rest >>>

Joshua Brown by — December 21, 2018 in Civil Legal Action