On April 4, 1983, President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation dedicating April 1983 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. In that proclamation, President Reagan recognized that children can be abused, harmed, and exploited in a number of different ways, including physically, sexually, and emotionally. He called upon the public to take action to prevent, rather than […]

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As I sit here watching the snowflakes fly outside my office window, I am reminding myself that it is baseball season. I always look forward to hearing that the teams (the Pirates in particular) are heading to Florida in preparation for the upcoming season. I don’t know if that’s because I know that is a […]

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Unfair debt collection practices continue to plague our region. Many of our clients have experienced harassing phone calls; demands for payments not truly owed; illegal threats of bogus consequences for failing to pay, up to and including imprisonment; or lawsuits to collect stale debts that are barred by the applicable statute of limitations. These abuses are […]

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April is World Autism Awareness Month and, as you may have seen on our Facebook page, last Tuesday members of the Bordas & Bordas firm proudly wore blue in support of World Autism Awareness Day. Autism affects an estimated 1 in 45 children nationally and is one of the fastest-growing developmental disabilities. Advocacy groups such as […]

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I have recently read an article about a woman named Celeste Erlach who wrote her husband a letter asking for help raising their two small children, a baby and toddler. Apparently, this letter went viral. In her letter she went into detail about needing some rest but wasn’t getting help from her husband as he […]

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In today’s world, a potential applicant needs to be 18-years of age before they can apply for a commercial driver’s license. Depending on the applicant, this could lead to a young, inexperienced and potential unprepared driver being permitted to get behind the wheel of a large commercial motor vehicle. A new bill aimed at allowing […]

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Most of you who read the Bordas Blogs on a regular basis will recall that I am actively involved with the West Virginia Child Advocacy Network, more generally known by its acronym, WVCAN. I currently serve as WVCAN President and have been a member of the Board of Directors for over four years. Last week, I […]

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In 1809, an Englishman by the name of Forrester left a large pole lying in the road as he was repairing his home. Another man, Butterfield, was riding on the road. His horse tripped on the pole, causing him to fall. Witnesses said that if Butterfield had not been riding too fast for the conditions, he would have […]

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Attorneys, like many other professionals, need to be licensed to practice in a particular jurisdiction. Generally, the jurisdiction will be a state. Attorneys generally gain admission to practice in a state by graduating from law school, passing the Professional Responsibility bar exam, and practicing the bar exam administered by the state in which they seek […]

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The traditional physician-patient relationship begins when a patient seeks care from a doctor, and conversely, the doctor agrees to render care to the patient. Throughout history this has been the basis of the physician-patient relationship, a face-to-face interaction between both parties that implicates a doctor’s duty to a patient, and ultimately the applicable standard of […]

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