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• How Safe is Your Car? IIHS Top Safety Picks for 2010

  Mike Ferrara | November 20, 2009 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Every year, the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety performance-tests the various vehicles on the market to see how each fares in accidents. After performing high-speed front and...

• Yaz/Yasmin/Ocella Side Effects: How Does Yaz Cause A Stroke?

  Brett Emison | November 20, 2009 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella are popular contraceptives, but have been linked to serious side effects. These drugs are marketed under different names, but are chemically identical. These birth control...

• Attention IB Members: Google Scholar Is Here!

  Mark Bello | November 20, 2009 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  Google has come out with a new free research tool that attorneys will find very useful. It may even cause some to re-think the way they research the law. Westlaw and Lexis users: Take note. Did I...

• Shopping On-line This Holiday Season: Be Careful; Buyer Beware

  Mark Bello | November 20, 2009 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  This holiday season, as many of 2/3 of all Americans will do their shopping on-line. As an unfortunate result, there will be more cybercriminals prowling the web for potential victims. According to...

• What To Do If You Hit A Deer?

  George Fusner | November 20, 2009 2:41 PM | 1 CommentNashville, TN

  The Deer gun season opens tomorrow November 21, 2009. Hopefuly I will be in the woods. However, this time of year the deer are very active and often cross the road. I have actually hit a deer twice....

• Nashville Hit-and-Run Leaves 26 Year old Dead on I-24

  George Fusner | November 20, 2009 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  On November 9th at 1:20 a.m. a 26-year-old Nashville woman was traveling west on I-24 in a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The driver veered off onto the right shoulder and onto the rumble strips. She...

• Tort Reform: Insurance Lobbyists Want To Take Away Your Rights

  Brett Emison | November 20, 2009 1:51 PM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO

  According to Scientific American, preventable medical mistakes kill 200,000 American each year. Despite all those deaths, insurance company lobbyists want you to give up your right to a jury trial...

• Friday: Minnesota Winter Awareness Week - On the Road

  Mike Bryant | November 20, 2009 12:31 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Sponsored annually by the Department of Public Safety Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM), last week was Winter Awareness Week. Each day was devoted to a different topic...

• Trucker Hits Stray Cow on Highway and Dies. Is anyone at fault?

  Steve Lombardi | November 20, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Who’s to blame when a stray cow comes in the path of a moving vehicle? I’m sure that’s just what the family of the driver of a semi trailer is asking today. At about 2:15 a.m. on...

• Texas Commercial Vehicle Accident Attorney Discusses Tragedy near Beeville

  Reynaldo Pena | November 20, 2009 11:29 AM | 1 CommentCorpus Christi, TX

  There has recently been another horrible tragedy on our Texas highways. This time, a beautiful 4 year old boy named Luca Moya was killed, and his mother, Emika Moya, was seriously injured....