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• Employee Right to Choose Doctor When Injured On the Job

  Jeff Rasansky | March 13, 2009 8:57 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Each morning when I arrive at work – usually by about six - I’m surprised to see the construction crews already on site next door. Next door to our Dallas office another...

• NHTSA Did Not Release Children’s Car Seat Crash Data

  Greg Webb | March 13, 2009 8:00 AM | 1 CommentCharlottesville, VA

  Out of sixty-one infant car seats tested, thirty-one flew off their bases or exceeded injury limits in a series of frontal car crashes conducted by federal researchers using 2008 model year...

• Young Driver Distracted By Phone Pins Tree Trimmer

  Eddie Farah | March 12, 2009 11:02 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The 17-year-old girl was driving in the Ortega area. She tells law enforcement that she was distracted by her phone. “Just glancing at it,” is how the reporter from Channel 4 describes...

• McAllen Girl Charged With Intoxication Assault In Crash

  Chrissie Cole | March 12, 2009 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsMcAllen, TX

  A McAllen girl, 17, has been charged with two felony counts of intoxication assault in a crash that pinned a boy, 13, under a police car. She was arraigned Sunday. Her bail was set at $100,000,...

• Recall on JumpStart External Defribillators

  Greg Owen | March 12, 2009 9:42 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Welch Allen is recalling 14,054 AED 10 and MRL JumpStart exteral defribrillators made between Oct. 3 2002, and Jan 25, 2007. The announcement comes after 39 reported incidents, including two that...

• Will full coverage insurance protect you in a Findlay, Ohio car accident? | Findlay, Ohio car accident attorney

  Chuck Boyk | March 12, 2009 9:30 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Our Toledo, Ohio car accident lawyers see cases where an Intrafamily Exclusion is deeply written in an auto policy, which denies coverage if the Ohio car accident is caused by a family member. Many...

• New Peanut Safety Guidelines set by FDA

  Jessica Smagacz | March 12, 2009 9:26 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  This past Tuesday, FDA issued new safety guidelines for companies that use peanut products, reported Red Orbit. FDA said “it may seize products that test positive for salmonella bacteria,...

• NYT: Religious Leaders Lobbying to Thwart Sexual Abuse Bill Favoring Victims

  Paul Kiesel | March 12, 2009 7:03 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  This article is in regards to a New York State Senate bill, the Child Victims Act. The bill is growing in popularity by the new Democratic majority in the State Legislature, and there is a good...

• "Black Box" Warnings Ordered for Metoclopramide Drugs

  Jamie Sheller | March 12, 2009 6:59 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Some drugs used to treat gastrointestinal disorders will soon have a black box warning. A black box warning is the strongest warning that the FDA requires for drug labels. Metoclopramide is a drug...

• Steel Coils and Truck Accidents in Alabama

  Jon Lewis | March 12, 2009 3:40 PM | 2 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  The Alabama legislature has finally come together to pass a bill with respect to steel coil loads. There have been numerous incidents where large trucks have lost their steel coil rolls on state...