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• Liability of Schools for Childrens Safety(2)

  Rob McKinney | January 04, 2008 8:07 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Yesterday , I wrote on the topic of school liability for injuries to children . The Tennessee Court's have held that " society places a significant responsibilty upon school officials to provide a safe enviroment for our children". However , the schools are not the insurers of our child's safety . Are schools liable for assaults by one student againist another ? Maybe. ...

• New Year's Eve Crash in Seattle

  Ryan Nute | January 04, 2008 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On New Years Eve a car jumped a curb on Alakan Way, near Pier 30, went through a fence, across a parking lot and slammed into a cement barrier. The driver and passenger in the car were trapped for several hours inside their demolished car. Once firefighters arrived on the scene of car crash it took some time for them to be able to free the male driver and the female passenger. Both were taken...

• Mortgage Meltdown Spawns State Efforts to Prevent Abusive Lending Practices by Mortgage Brokers

  Michael Eyerly | January 04, 2008 7:51 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  States adopt standard licensing requirements to curb abusive lending practices by mortgage brokers The so-called sub-prime mortgage crisis (by no means have the problems and abusive lending practices been limited to sub-prime borrowers only) has spawned efforts on a number of fronts to curb abusive lending practices. The most recent effort mandates a standardized application, licensing and...

• Aranesp , Epogen, and Procrit Linked to Increased Tumor Growth

  RLF Staff | January 04, 2008 6:58 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The FDA informed healthcare professionals of findings from two additional clinical studies, Preoperative Epirubicin Paclitaxel Aranesp Study, and the National Cancer Institute Gynecologic Oncology Group, showing an increase in mortality and shorter time to tumor progression in patients with cancer receiving an Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent (ESA). Both the PREPARE study in breast cancer and...

• Toy Wagons Recalled for Lead Paint Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | January 04, 2008 2:16 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Tricam Industries Inc, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced a voluntary recall of approximately 15,000 metal toy wagons. The surface paint on the wagon buckets contains excessive levels of lead.There have been no reports of incidents or injuries at this time.The recall involves red metal wagons with the model number MH1250. The wagons have a red steel...

• Driver Dead After Losing Control on Knik-Goose Bay Road

  Jane Schneider | January 04, 2008 12:34 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Just before 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Kathryn Gilgus was Northbound on the Knik-Goose Bay Road. She lost control on an icy curve and was hit head on by a vehicle driven by Richard Tingstad of Wasilla. Gilgus died of her injuries. If Tingstad was seriously injured, he could use the help of an experienced personal injury attorney. He could claim the limits of Gilgus' liability coverage. If he...

• Icy Roads Cause Ten Car Pile Up

  Eddie Farah | January 03, 2008 11:00 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Blame it on the ice. Well not entirely.Since we so infrequently encounter driving on icy roads, it's understandable that this new experience might throw some people off. Apparently it threw some cars off the roads too Thursday morning.Just after 7 this morning a vehicle reportedly flipped over at Argyle Forest Boulevard at Water Mill Road. The number of injuries reported is unclear this...

• Suit Against 8 Year Old Causes Outrage

  Brent Adams | January 03, 2008 10:50 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  The nation appears to be angered by the suit brought against an 8 year old boy who skied into an adult skier in ColoradoAccording to a lawyer in Pennsylvania , the personal injury lawsuit a couple from South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania filed against an 8-year-old boy who crashed into the husband while skiing in Colorado may be unpopular, but it is justifiable. According to Jim Chalat, the...

• Therapeutic Hypothermia in Maine: When is it Malpractice Not to Offer the Big Chill?

  Alison Mynick, RN, Esq. | January 03, 2008 8:41 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  It wasn't so long ago that some Maine heart attack victims who were resuscitated faced the following "good news/bad news" situation: The good news was that normal heart rhythm was restored after CPR. The heart attack victim lived. The bad news, often, was that lack of oxygen to the brain during the heart attack caused such serious brain damage that the survivor didn't seem like the same person...

• Two Separate DUI Related Car Wrecks in Western Kentucky over New Years Holiday

  Daryl Dixon | January 03, 2008 7:23 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  Two separate Western Kentucky DUI Car Crashes marred the New Years Holiday weekend in two Western Kentucky Towns. Read Story Here. It has been reported that Traffic Fatalities and Kentucky Wrongful Death Cases were down in 2007 in the state. Final Statistics on Kentucky DUI Related Accidents and Kentucky DUI Wrongful Deaths have yet to come out. Luckily, those involved in these crashes only...