Memphis bankruptcy and personal injury lawyer Darrell Castle has a favorite lawyer movie, no question. And when he talks about it, he sometimes gets a little weepy. If you want to receive fair compensation for your injuries, it’s in your best interest to hire an auto accident lawyer Memphis, TN counts on.
Popular Memphis book retailer Davis-Kidd is going up for auction tomorrow in Cincinnati, along with other stores of parent company The Joseph-Beth Group. Joseph-Beth filed bankruptcy in November. Davis-Kidd has been a Memphis favorite for decades and is the go-to shop for book signings, coffee dates, and children’s events. It is also a neighbor of ours, located just across the street in the Laurelwood Shopping Center. Bidders expected on Wednesday include the head of Davis-Kidd’s parent company, who desires to keep the store open and increase its profitability. Other bidders include liquidators who would buy the store in order to sell its inventory. There are also potential buyers who might want to keep the store open under a new parent
At least 900 patients in Tennessee have been injected with a steroid medication linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak around the country. The steroid, which is meant to treat back pain, was supplied by a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy called New England Compounding Center (NECC). Its chemical name is preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate. Tennessee was the first state to diagnose anyone from the meningitis outbreak; and the state still has the most reported cases by far, including multiple deaths. Two Tennessee clinics have administered the drug to at least over 900 patients. The fungal meningitis is not contagious; and it can be treated with high doses of anti-fungal medication. If you have any questions about recent treatments you’ve received, you should contact
If you’ve heard the news about the recent Amtrak crash, which killed 8 and left nearly 200 more injured in some form, you’ve probably thought more about the transportation method than ever before. Amtrak is a major source of transportation, with an average of over 86,000 passengers riding more than 300 Amtrak trains each day. The train, which fell off the rails near Philadelphia, was traveling from Washington D.C. to New York, and was said to have been traveling at speeds over 100mph, over twice the 50-mph speed limit for the curve. Investigations are underway to determine if the engineer was in charge of the acceleration or not. Or was negligent in any way. If he is to be held
Our office has seen a rise in debt collection scams across Memphis and the Mid-South. Bankruptcy clients have reported that when some creditors call them, the caller ID will say it’s from the local police department. That’s not only incorrect, it’s often illegal. The law says debt collectors cannot send fake or misleading communication, including using false names or letterhead. They also can’t threaten you with police action or arrest. When a creditor uses technology to trick you into thinking they’re law enforcement, they’re being misleading at best. You have every right to demand better and to be on high alert so you don’t get scammed or harassed. That’s why I offer a free report on what creditors can’t do.
Today the New York Times reported that the debt collection industry is sick and tired of you. That’s right – they’re tired of you hounding them and calling them names, not paying attention to them, and not showing any respect for them as the decent people they are. Sound familiar? Having worked in bankruptcy law for over 30 years, we have seen clients insulted, manipulated, nagged, and intruded upon too many times to count. Creditors can and will call people’s homes from morning to night. Sometimes they don’t even call the right person, so their hounding and rude comments fall on someone who doesn’t actually owe any money. Other times they might use your social networking to contact your friends
About 7 years ago, Americans as a whole stopped digging themselves into debt. However, according to a Reuters report, Americans are beginning to borrow more again. “US household debt rose in the latest quarter by the most since before the recession, a sign that Americans may be nearing the end of a multi-year belt-tightening trend,” the Reuters report said according to stats from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. With the housing market showing some life, homeowners are beginning to see equity in their homes. With that equity noticed, some homeowners feel it’s okay to start borrowing more money, or “digging.” One of two things can happen as a result. 1. The homeowner is getting older and has seen
Don’t be ashamed of your debt Video Transcript Hello, this is Darrell Castle. I’m an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee and on this video I’m talking about debt and its destructive power over your life. Debt is destructive because it is trading your future prosperity, even present prosperity, for ancient bills that you can’t pay. Oh, it has a temporary happiness. You might feel some happiness when you buy something or you charge something but it is a fast moving and fast disappearing type of happiness but soon you are left with nothing but debt and all that debt represents the minutes, the hours, the days, the weeks, the years that make up your life,
For many homeowners, loan modification programs are not helping them avoid foreclosure. According to the Washington Post, people who received loan modifications from the federal government are defaulting at an alarming rate: nearly 50% in one segment. The program is called the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), and it’s run by the Treasury Department. A watchdog report says this program simply hasn’t ensured that its loan modifications would be sustainable for homeowners. As a result, a lot of people are defaulting. A lot of homeowners dream of loan modification and assume it will fix all their problems. As a bankruptcy lawyer in Memphis, I see this all the time and have noticed two problems with this line of thinking: It’s
What if I don’t feel pain from a car accident until afterward? By: Darrell Castle What if you’re injured in a car accident, but don’t feel any pain until afterward? Can that affect your personal injury case? Memphis car accident injury lawyer Darrell Castle explains. If you don’t experience pain at the time of the accident, even if you tell the police officer investigating that you were not hurt, that’s not a dealbreaker. Sometimes you experience pain later; sometimes you have some type of injury – a back injury for example – that really doesn’t manifest itself until later, and then you feel it’s necessary to see a doctor. That’s ok. It’s something that has to be explained, but it