Attorney Dev Sethi of Kinerk, Schmidt & Sethi PLLC, has worked with Tucson's Ben's Bells Project Dev noticed the impact the program had on his two young children and their friends. Dev's kids are in an elementary school that participates in Ben's Bells' Kind Kids Program. Kind Kids provides ...
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5 Safety Tips In School Zones
Now more than ever, Safety Tips for our children are a top priority. The Pima County Sheriff's Department is launching a traffic safety campaign today to help in their effort to ensure traffic safety. It will help to enforce school zone speed limits, seatbelt use and proper use of child restraint...
Be Safe Be Aware- Jogger Safety Tips
Safety Tips are necessary and needed when Jogging - In Tucson on the evening of December 13th a woman jogger was attacked and assaulted while jogging along Rillito Riverwalk between La Canada Drive and La Cholla Boulevard. She was running by herself and also listening to music with headphones on ...
Holiday Safety Tips
It's that time of year for fun, celebration and cheer, but it can also be a time for fighting traffic, bad weather and some over drinking. Kinerk, Schmidt & Sethi PLLC would like to offer you a few precautions and safety tips to help keep you protected when you go out on the road this holida...
Open Your Heart The Day After Christmas
The Day after Christmas most of us have had time with family, good food and plenty of holiday cheer and we are waking up in the morning all warm and cozy. It may be hard to imagine but there are homeless people who live all around us that never experience this day the way that we do. Maybe you co...
New Year's Eve Safety Tips
Being Safe during your New Year's Eve celebration doesn't mean you can't have fun it just means be safe while doing it. You can choose to go out to one of the hotels and clubs for a big party or you could have an intimate party at home but no matter what you choose we hope you take some safety pr...
Top Ten Resolutions for a Healthy and Happy New Year
Top Ten Resolutions - I am sure you have heard that advertising slogan you can't win if you don't play....well statistics show that people who explicitly make resolutions are ten times more likely to attain their goals than people who don't make any resolutions. So, if we buy into those stats why...
Is a Noncompliant Patient really Noncompliant?
The word "noncompliant" is what medical doctors use to describe a patient who does not take their medications or follow the instructions given by the doctor. The patient's file is flagged as noncompliant and they are looked at and treated like they are a trouble maker. This label can really stick...
Tucson Medical Malpractice After Pain Medication Can Lead to Respiratory Depression and Death
By Tucson Medical Malpractice Lawyer James Campbell Patients in the hospital often suffer from significant pain. To ease their patient's suffering, hospitals attempt to manage this pain with narcotic pain relievers. These medications are not risk free, however. A major concern created by the us...
Youth Safety Video Produced by Kinerk, Schmidt & Sethi
Springing from Kinerk Schmidt & Sethi's representation of sexual assault victims and kids suffering sports injuries as well as its support of youth soccer in Arizona we are proud to announce the completion of a Youth Safety video we have produced. This video was professionally made and featur...
Avoid Injuries with Halloween Safety Tips
Halloween is so much fun for all of us and not just the kids. But, there is an array of things that could happen that could cause an injury or harm to our children. Here are some Safety Tips for you for this Halloween to keep you and your children safe and also help guard you from any possible la...
Tucson Medical Malpractice Suits Make Tucson Medicine Safer
The medical community acknowledges that many doctors need to improve the level of their care. Doctors and nurses will be the first ones to tell you that you or a loved one needs to be an advocate when you are sick.See, When Doctor's Don't Listen, by Leana Wen, M.D. This is necessary to ensure tha...
Understanding Insurance Policies: A Note About the Importance of Having Health Insurance
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike, but it is important to have it, especially for your automobile, your home and your health. Many people would rather take the risk than pay the expensive premiums. But when the risk becomes a reality, and the uninsured suddenly finds himself...
Understanding Insurance Policies: A Note on the Importance of Having Car Insurance
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike, but it is important to have it, especially for your automobile, your home and your health. Many people would rather take the risk than pay the expensive premiums. But when the risk becomes a reality, and the uninsured suddenly finds himself...
Tucson Medical Malpractice Law Suits Improve Tucson Medical Care
The medical community acknowledges that many doctors need to improve the level of their care. Doctors and nurses will be the first ones to tell you that you or a loved one needs to be an advocate when you are sick. See, When Doctor's Don't Listen, by Leana Wen, M.D. This is necessary to ensure th...
The Very Best Malpractice Case Is No Malpractice Case
I had one of the best experiences a lawyer representing injured patients can ever have, and in the process, I completely destroyed a potentially large medical malpractice case. That's right, I worked hard to eliminate a malpractice case. I was contacted by a woman from Southern Arizona who had r...
Generic Drugs Manufacturers Responsible for Sale of Dangerous Drugs
A recent ruling breaths new life in Tucson patient's ability to obtain recovery for injuries caused by sale of dangerous generic drugs. Last year, the United States Supreme Court ruled a generic drug manufacturer could not be held responsible for failing to warn patients that its drug had potent...
Understanding Insurance Policies: A Note About Dogs (Part II)
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. When you apply for insurance, a homeowner's insurance policy for example, the insurance agent will ask you anywhere from what your roof is made of to whether you have a fire extinguisher to what type of breed your dog Spike is. After compil...
Understanding Insurance Policies: A Note About Dogs (Part I)
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. When you apply for insurance, a homeowner's insurance policy for example, the insurance agent will ask you anywhere from what your roof is made of to whether you have a fire extinguisher to what type of breed your dog Spike is. After compil...
Understanding Insurance Policies: What are the Policy Limits? (Part II)
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. When you apply for insurance, a homeowner's insurance policy for example, the insurance agent will ask you anywhere from what your roof is made of to whether you have a fire extinguisher to what type of breed your dog Spike is. After compil...
Understanding Insurance Policies: What Are the Policy Limits?
Insurance is confusing to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. When you apply for insurance, a homeowner's insurance policy for example, the insurance agent will ask you anywhere from what your roof is made of to whether you have a fire extinguisher to what type of breed your dog Spike is. After compil...
Do I Have A Tucson Medical Malpractice Case? Part Two: Causation
I recently wrote that, often, I get a call from a new potential Tucson or Arizona client, and one of the first things from their mouth is, "Do I have a malpractice case?" Frustratingly for the prospective Tucson client, I inevitably reply, "It depends." Unfortunately, it is very rare for me to b...
Knowing the signs of stroke can save your life
Posted by: Ted Schmidt, Dev Sethi, Matthew Schmidt and Burt Kinerk Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, right behind heart disease and cancer. Knowing the symptoms and signs of a stroke can save your life, the life of a family member, or even the life of a total strang...
KSS Lawyers are Tucson's Top Lawyers (Again)
We areproud to announce that Burt Kinerk, Ted Schmidt and Dev Sethi have each earned "Super Lawyer" recognition. This is the fourth consecutive year that each has been selected for honors. This is also the third consecutive year that Ted has been honored as one of the top 50 lawyers in the state...
Control -- The Real Reason Behind Electronic Medical Records
The medical world is shifting from paper medical charts, to electronic medical records (EMR for shorthand). The government is pushing EMR to attempt to improve health care to reduce medical malpractice through lessening medication errors, and prompting doctors and nurses to practice safe medicine...