Miscellaneous

• Escalator Catastrophe Frames Tort Reform Debate for Alaskans

  James Cool | February 24, 2009 2:38 AM | 6 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  The Anchorage Daily News reports that on February 8, 2009 a three year old girl lost 3 fingers in an escalator accident at an Anchorage J.C. Penny’s department store. According to news...

• Alaska Helicopter Crash Killes 3, injures 14 year old boy

  Ward Merdes | April 17, 2008 1:42 PM | 4 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  It was reported today that a helicopter crash off the Glenn Highway killed Michael Seward, 37, of Palmer; Thomas Middleton, 46, of Anchorage; Joseph O'Donnell, 48, of Girdwood; and Benoit Pin, a...

• AAJ CEO Jon Haber Resigns - Missing a Good Man

  Ward Merdes | April 08, 2009 11:53 AM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  The American Association for Justice's CEO Jon Haber resigned recently. He did a great job for the AAJ. His enthusiasm and hard work will be missed. The injured, weak and downtrodden will want for...

• Petra Davis Mauled by Brown Bear, But Who Planned this Bike Race?

  Mike Schneider | July 06, 2008 7:37 PM | 1 CommentAnchorage, AK

  We all wish this young woman, 15, a speedy recovery. But area biologists have been warning about a terrible event like this for years. Ms. Davis was a participant in a mountain bike race. The route...

• Iron Workers Killed When Manlift Collapses - What Their Widows Need to Know...

  Ward Merdes | July 20, 2007 11:07 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Investigating who caused the manlift to collapse is critical. It must happen before the lift mysteriously "disappears." The families/widows of these two men deserve to be treated fairly for this horrible loss.On July 19th, ironworkers Tyler Kahle and Craig Bagley were killed in Nome, when their manlift collapsed under them. Newspaper accounts report that two were working for Alaska Mechanical...

• Worker's Compensation Change Hurt Working Alaskans

  Ward Merdes | November 18, 2006 1:00 PM | 1 CommentFairbanks, AK

  Republicans Benefit Big Business, Sticking It To The Working Man/Woman.. Again.Republicans change workplace rules in favor of industry ... again. [Surprise, surprise]Alaska's Republican majority in the Senate recently changed workplace rules in favor of industry ... again. They hammered the working man ... again. While we have grown to expect this conduct, this most recent one was particularly...

• Crime Victims Have a Chance to Get Their Losses Back

  Mike Schneider | April 12, 2009 7:30 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Violence is easily found in most editions of the local paper. But the criminal justice system rarely does much to take care of the wage losses, medical bills, and other harms and losses that crime...

• AAJ CEO Jon Haber Made a Difference for All of Us

  Mike Schneider | April 08, 2009 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Jon Haber worked tirelessly for the American Association of Justice over the last many years. He brought the AAJ into the current century by updating its use of technology and making it appreciate...

• Mixing Alcohol and Minors Leads to Liability

  Mike Schneider | August 17, 2008 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Every few weeks there is a story, with an unhappy ending, that involves minors and alcohol. The recent double fatality in Anchorage is just one example. Those giving or selling alcohol to minors,...

• Pit Bull Mauls Girl in East Anchorage

  Mike Schneider | August 12, 2008 7:29 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  APD responded this afternoon to a report that a young girl was mauled by a pit bull in East Anchorage. The dog was later shot and killed. The girl is being treated at a local hospital. If the dog...