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• What is Shoulder Dystocia?

  Michael Monheit | December 05, 2010 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  What is a Brachial Plexus injury? A brachial plexus injury is an injury to the network of nerves that sends signals from your spine to your shoulder, arm and hand. This type of injury occurs when...

• Snowmobiling Safety Tips

  Mike Bryant | December 05, 2010 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  It's not unusual that we see snowmobiling injuries in the office. They are usually people running into objects, such as posts, fences or lines, in the right away of snow trails or people being hit...

• Too Short, Too Heavy - Disability Impairment Evaluation

  Doug Landau | December 04, 2010 10:41 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  Are there height and weight requirements for the receipt of Social Security Disability payments ? According to Doug Landau of the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., the answer is sometimes. In a...

• Two Injured in Crash on Decoro and Copper Hill

  Susy Owen | December 04, 2010 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  A Ford GT sports car was heavily damaged after colliding head-on with an Infiniti G35 near the intersection of Decoro Drive and Copper Hill Drive Monday afternoon, authorities said. The driver...

• DePuy Hip Implants Recalled

  Karl Truman | December 04, 2010 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Every now and then, you hear a horror story on the news or on a medical drama about the doctor who left a medical instrument in a patient’s body during surgery. The x-ray appears and...

• Woman Struck and Killed by Hit-and-run in West LA

  Greg Owen | December 04, 2010 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Los Angeles police were searching Friday for a hit-and-run driver who fled after fatally striking a woman in West Los Angeles as she walked across a street. The victim, described as in her 60s, was...

• Take Time To Smile

  Mike Bryant | December 04, 2010 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  So many of the posts here on the Injuryboards center on tragedy . Deadly car collisions, egg recalls popping up all over the globe and all sorts of dangerous products. It's just great to reminded of...

• Fast Food Wrapper Chemicals Are In Our Blood

  Mike Ferrara | December 04, 2010 12:28 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that chemicals designed to keep grease from leaking through fast food wrappers and microwave popcorn bags are seeping into our food and showing up...

• DePuy ASR MDL 2197 Sent To The Northern District of Ohio For Case Consolidation

  M. Brandon Smith | December 04, 2010 12:19 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  HarrisMartinPublishinghas just reported exclusively on it’s online version of Drugs & Medical Devices Litigation Report that DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. ASR Hip Implant Products Liability...

• Workers Compensation Hearings - Injured Manassas Workers learn what NOT to do !

  Doug Landau | December 03, 2010 9:59 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  Good experienced workers compensation lawyers make workplace accidnt and disability hearings look easy. Bad ones make it look hard and painful. Watching poorly prepared witnesses and injured workers...