Posts tagged injury

• Liability for Negligent Creation of a Dangerous Condition

  Geoff Trachtenberg | March 21, 2007 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  When someone gets hurt on property or on a roadway, the issue that is litigated is typically whether there was sufficient "notice" to the property owner or entity responsible for the roadway. Often, however, proving such notice is not required where the defendant is responsible for creating the dangerous condition. As the Arizona Supreme Court recognized in Isbell v. Maricopa County, 198 Ariz....

• Negligent Injury or Death of a Pet

  Geoff Trachtenberg | March 20, 2007 8:06 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  For many pet-owners, pets are more like family members than simple property, so what happens when a pet is negligently injured or worse? Historically, those pets were treated just like property and the owners were simply entitled to the "market value" or "replacement value" of the pets. While the law varies from state to state, in Arizona the courts have suggested that pet owners may have a...

• Denniston Spinal Cord Surgery

  Christina Cole | March 08, 2007 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  Dave Denniston, a former NCAA Champion from Auburn University and USA National Swim Team member is still recovering and healing from a tragic snow sledding accident on February 6th, 2005, that left him paralyzed from the waist down after suffering a spinal cord injury."Spinal fluid flow has been restored quicker than expected. Other than that, it has been hell having to lay on my side and not...

• Vioxx Jury Selection to Begin

  Christina Cole | February 21, 2007 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It has been three years since a 52-year-old woman died of a heart attack. Now the widower and pharmaceutical company are getting ready to fight out whether the painkiller Vioxx was the cause of her death. This is one of many personal injury lawsuits filed against the makers of Vioxx.The jury selection has begun in the first Midwest trial over Vioxx, the arthritis medication that Merck & Co.,...

• Cellphone Use and Driving

  Staff Writer | February 16, 2007 10:01 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An article in today's Arizona Republic described the dangers of distractions and driving. According to the Republic, distracted drivers heighten risks of auto accidents: Driver distractions, ranging from cellphones to eating behind the wheel, are blamed for as many as half the 139,000 collisions that occurred in Arizona during 2005, killing more than 1,100 people and injuring 70,000 others,...

• Levenbaum & Cohen, Attorneys and Counselors at Law

  Staff Writer | February 15, 2007 8:23 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Personal injury laws cover a wide range of physical and emotional injuries suffered by a person as a result of the wrongful conduct of another. We will develop your case so that we can convincingly prove that the wrongdoer is legally responsible for your injuries. We will also work with you to establish the full extent of your damages--including pain and suffering, disfigurement, medical bills...

• Founder of Atlantic Records Dies of Head Injury

  Christina Cole | December 18, 2006 9:48 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Ahmet, Ertegun, mentor and founder of Atlantic Records, died at age 83. Ahmet Ertegun, fell backstage in October during a Rolling Stones concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York. He injured his head causing major brain injury that caused his death. After being taken to the hospital, Eretegun slipped into a coma on October 29th. Ertegun turned Atlantic Records (Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin,...

• Preventing Spinal Cord Injuries

  Staff Writer | August 10, 2006 6:39 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  According to the Arizona Governor's Council on Spinal and Head Injuries, in the United States, about 10,000 people each year suffer from a spinal cord injury. The Governor's office defines a spinal cord injury as, a severance or injury to the spinal cord, which may result in partial or total paralysis of the arms, legs or both and may also impair vital functions.The Governor's Council suggests...

• Head Injuries Often Cause Death in Motorcycle Accidents

  Staff Writer | August 04, 2006 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  According to the Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety, head injury is a leading cause of death in motorcycle crashes. That's why two of the most important parts of a safe motorcycle ride are proper helmets and riding gear.If you are wearing a helmet while in a motorcycle accident, you will have a 29% better chance of surviving than if you were not wearing a helmet. This is according to...