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• Michigan Bridges Receive Report Card

  Nolan Erickson | January 30, 2012 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Last week, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) released its most recent Highway Bridge Report. The report details the condition of Michigan’s 4,396 highway bridges and is an...

• Two Adults, One Baby Killed in Train Crash Accident

  David Mittleman | January 30, 2012 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  In a tragic accident on Saturday, an 18-month-old boy and two adults were killed in their SUV when the driver of the vehicle attempted to swerve around a crossing arm and flashing warning lights...

• Should We Give The Jury The Truth About Insurance?

  Mike Damaso | January 30, 2012 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  You had a car accident. It is not your fault. You are hurt. Did you know that if the other person's insurance company is not treating you fairly, and you have to sue, you have to sue...

• Gall Bladder "Misadventures"

  John F. McCormick Jr. | January 30, 2012 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsTulsa, OK

  Gall bladder removal (“cholecystectomy”) is one of the more common surgeries in the U.S. One estimate places the number of these procedures in excess of 750,000 annually in the...

• Florida Law on Texting While Driving.

  Kevin Meredith | January 30, 2012 8:37 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called for all states to ban talking, texting and emailing while driving, which includes talking on hands-free devices. As in many other...

• Did You Know... Railroad Companies Are Fighting Safety Improvements?

  Brett Emison | January 30, 2012 8:27 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, some 40% of railroad accidents are caused by human error. Starting in 1990, to mitigate these human error accidents, the NTSB put a new system...

• Box Falling Off Car May Give Rise To Pennsylvania Uninsured Motorist Claim

  Scott Cooper | January 30, 2012 8:24 AM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA

  Attached is the link to the Precedential Opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, last week, in Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Squires. The...

• When Clarence Thomas & John Roberts Defended The 7th Amendment

  Andrew Cochran | January 30, 2012 8:12 AM | 0 CommentsVoices

  The Seventh Amendment provides that [i]n Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved... Accordingly, we...

• Public Citizen Chides FDA for Failing to Recall Stryker Stent

  Greg Webb | January 30, 2012 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  According to a recent Bloomberg Businessweek article (Jan. 12) by Michelle Fay Cortez, Michael Carome, deputy director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group and author of a petition to...

• Why do insurance companies appeal workers comp claims ?

  Doug Landau | January 30, 2012 6:53 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  We have seen several winning decisions appealed by insurance companies and employers despite excellent decisions by the trial judges of the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission. When an...