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• Hospital Balance Billing in California

  Nigel Whitehead | October 16, 2008 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA

  In California if you end up in the emergency room at least you don't have to worry about the bill since you have health insurance, right? Not so fast. This week a new rule was put in to place...

• Seat Belts in Golf Carts?

  Charlie Vanture | October 16, 2008 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL

  I stumbled across an article today about a retirement community in Sun City AZ offereing free seat belts for golf carts. The Retirement Community Association of Sun City will distribute 200 golf car...

• Helicopter Crash in Houston Kills 2

  Jeff Rasansky | October 16, 2008 5:24 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The wreckage from a helicopter that went down Monday morning in Montgomery County was transported to Dallas for examination earlier this week. Inspectors were attempting to determine why the Bell...

• How Personal Injury Lawyers Get a Bad Name

  Ryan Scott | October 16, 2008 4:46 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  In the weeks since a Metrolink Train crashed head-on with a Union Pacific freight train in the San Fernando Valley northwest of downtown L.A., killing 25 and injuring at least 30 others, litigators...

• Food Recalls affect Georgia

  Jessica Smagacz | October 16, 2008 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  FDA released two recalls on Tuesday this week of products that are sold in Georgia. The first is a product called Kroger Value Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips sold by Kroger Stores. The product is 12...

• Criminal Charges Filed in Accident Which Killed Officer

  Dan Frith | October 16, 2008 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  There was a sad story in today's Roanoke Times newspaper. A 25 year old man from Ohio (Brooks Ryan Leisure) has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the traffic accident death of Jason...

• Nissan Recalls Over 200,000 Vehicles

  Jamie G. Goldstein | October 16, 2008 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  The chance of the passenger side airbag failing to deploy in 2007 and 2008 Nissan vehicles has prompted the company to make plans to recall 204,361 of its vehicles. The recall will include the...

• 18-Wheeler Collides with Church Van in Oklahoma

  Ryan Scott | October 16, 2008 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  A van packed with five members fo the Marshallow United Church of Christ of Sprindale, Arkansas was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler, killing 2 of the passengers. According to reports from the Oklahoma...

• Under Nevada Law, Intangible Property is Subject to Conversion

  Steve Klearman | October 16, 2008 1:46 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The Nevada Supreme Court clarified if and when intangible property can be subject to conversion in its October 2 decision, M.C. Multi-Family Dev. v. Crestdale Assocs., 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 77...

• 5 Year-old dies in Tragic but Avoidable Accident

  John Demas | October 16, 2008 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  California Vehicle Code section 27315(d)(1) states: “A person may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway unless that person and all passengers 16 years of age or over are properly...