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State lawmaker steals timber from public endowment land, and gets away with it.  His defense:

According to court records, Hart argued a logger, whose name he couldn't remember, told him he could legally log state endowment land without paying.

(from the Idaho Statesman)

So I guess a logger, whose name we don't even know, is competent to give legal advice.  How many of us do you think would get away with this?


Morons running things in Ketchum



Lawyers and Logging:  Group seeks to block timber cut


Idaho man ordered to pay $41 million

Injured? What Are the Laws in Idaho?

Idaho Personal Injury Laws

Author: Art Gib


Idaho's laws in regard to personal injury will be very similar to those in all other states of the nation. However, there will be some differences in both law and the attitudes of the courts from state to state, even region to region.


Even from one city to another, there is the possibility of encountering minor differences in law, and you are almost certain to run into differing dispositions and attitudes from one jurisdictional region to the next. As such, an Idaho personal injury lawyer that has experience practicing in the area where you were injured would be the best act to take upon being injured in Idaho.


Types of Personal Injuries


The term "personal injury" is pretty broad and includes several types of injuries. Specifically (and legally), it includes all injuries that occur to you personally and includes both physical and psychological (including emotional damage) injury and applies whether the injury was sustained through another intentionally, negligently, or by accident.


In other words, personal injury includes both physical injury to your body, as well as emotional injury resulting from distress, humiliation, depression, and other similar situations that are caused through the actions of others or through the negligence of others.


Negligence cases will most often involve a form of physical injury, though psychological damages will often be claimed in association with the physical.


As an example, if you were attending a public event (concert, sports event, or simply shopping at the local grocery store) then slipped and fell due to a failure to maintain the grounds (ice or snow that hasn't been cleared, banana peels or other garbage that hasn't been cleared, etc.) and break your arm, then personal injury could include both the broken arm as well as the humiliation suffered from falling in public.


If you were to break your watch or tear up your new boots however, this would not be included as part of any claim of personal injury.

Emotional harm can further include slander, false arrest, libel, character defamation and more.



Variations of this law that pertain to Idaho can be reviewed by an Idaho personal injury lawyer to ensure that you are able to take full advantage of any and all claims of personal injury and have the full force of the law on your side.



Preparing to Meet Your Idaho Personal Injury Lawyer



In many personal injury cases where the fault is very clear or an attorney feels highly confident about winning, they may work out an agreement that give them a percentage of the money won in a personal-injury lawsuit (usually around 33 percent) rather than charging you for time.



However, if that is not the case, you will be charged by time. Whether you are contacting your lawyer for the first time, asking for simple advice, or asking what to bring for a meeting, you will likely be charged an attorney's fee. Minimizing your costs will be beneficial to you as you will receive a larger amount of the claim the less you use up your attorney's time.



One of the most important things you can do to save both yourself and your attorney time (which will save you money) is write up a detailed story that describes exactly how you sustained your physical injuries as well as any distress or other psychological effects that you have suffered as a result.



Be sure to include details leading up to the event, and pertinent details that happen afterward (especially anything that caused emotional distress such harassing phone calls after the injury took place, undue pressure to settle from the party at fault, humiliation you felt due to the injury being witnessed, etc.) and all details that you can think of, even if you think it might hurt your case.



Your lawyer will do everything he or she can, and withholding anything at all can hurt your case or come back to bite you later. Your lawyer is interested only in helping you with the legal aspect and isn't there to judge you or your motives.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/national-state-local-articles/idaho-personal-injury-laws-295208.html

About the Author

Beck & Poorman, Attorneys at Law (http://www.beck-poorman.com/injury_law.html) specialize in Idaho state law, and retains the services of Idaho personal injury lawyers that both understand the law and the attitudes of the community where they practice.

Buying Real Estate? You Might Want to Hire an Attorney

Looking at North Idaho Real Estate? Consider Getting an Attorney

Author: Art Gib


Idaho's northern "panhandle" region is an area that is well-known to wealthy retirees who are looking for a peaceful land to get away from it all and enjoy their retirement years, away from the busy world that they spent the last 40 years being a part of.



Whether you are looking to just buy a nice piece of quiet land to build a home and live on or are a real estate investor looking to make some money on the growing demand for North Idaho land, it's recommended that you understand the laws of the land, the best way of which is to take on the services of North Idaho real estate attorneys.



The Attraction of North Idaho Real Estate



Idaho isn't the place most people think of when they consider great places to retire. More common on the list are probably Miami, San Diego, and other warm coastal cities. But it's the small-town isolation that makes North Idaho an attraction to others.



This attraction has brought on some big-money developers and real estate agents who hope to make some fast and quick money. And where there is fast and quick money to be made, there are fast talkers and snake-oil salesmen trying to get their share.



If you are looking at North Idaho, then you should be sure to keep a real estate attorney in your back pocket to review every form you sign and exchange you make and ensure that nothing funny is going on.



Why Hire North Idaho Real Estate Attorneys?



As with all laws, real estate laws have variations state to state. If you're looking at any type of real property in Idaho, then obviously you'll want to talk to somebody that is familiar with the laws of the land.



This becomes especially in areas like Idaho's mostly isolated northern regions where real estate purchases often come with animal rights, water rights, and other matters that you wouldn't normally encounter with a home purchase in any large city.



If you've spent your life in the city, and now want to move to the country, things are different and unfamiliar. Learning the laws of the local land can be stressful, and any misinterpretation of the law can put you into a world that you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.



Don't fall into that trap. Get yourself an expert and hire a North Idaho real estate attorney who not only understands the law, but the attitudes of the North Idaho community and can get things done faster.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/law-articles/looking-at-north-idaho-real-estate-consider-getting-an-attorney-404235.html

About the Author

Art Gib writes for Beck & Poorman, Attorneys at Law (http://www.beck-poorman.com/real_estate_law.html) specialize in Idaho state law, and retain the services of North Idaho real estate attorneys that both understand the law and the attitudes of the community where they practice.

Man Pleads Guilty to Criminal Neglect of Mother

A Nampa man pleaded guilty to charges of neglect and faces up to ten years in prison.  The plea was made on the day his second trial for this crime was scheduled to begin.  The first trial ended in a mistrial.  The man's attorney is planning to appeal the conviction and is seeking to delay sentencing.

From the the Idaho Statesman:

Danny Nicks, 56, agreed to a deal aimed at pairing his case with his identical twin’s conviction on the same charge.

He made the plea Wednesday, the day his second jury trial had been scheduled to begin. His first jury deadlocked in May.

Defense attorneys aim to appeal both convictions and hope to get both judges to sentence the brothers but delay execution of those sentences so the twins could remain free until after the appeal has been resolved.

Neither judge has yet agreed to suspend execution of the sentences, which could call for up to 10 years in prison. If Judge Dennis Goff decides not to stay Danny Nicks’ sentence, the defendant will be able to withdraw his guilty plea and face another jury trial.

Goff sent a sentencing date of 1:30 p.m. Aug. 27 for Danny Nicks. His twin David, found guilty by a jury in May, is scheduled for sentencing July 22 by Judge James Morfitt.

The brothers were arrested in December, about a month after emergency workers removed their mother from her longtime Nampa home, where she was found emaciated and immobile with severe bedsores in a bed covered in feces, urine and flies.

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