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• Pit Bull Mauls Girl in East Anchorage

  Mike Schneider | August 12, 2008 7:29 PM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  APD responded this afternoon to a report that a young girl was mauled by a pit bull in East Anchorage. The dog was later shot and killed. The girl is being treated at a local hospital. If the dog...

• Is it better to accept settlement or wait out a trial?

  Chuck Boyk | August 12, 2008 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  For those suffering from personal injuries from incidents such as car accidents or medical malpractice, settling a case out of court is common. Majority of cases – 80 to 92 percent – settle out of...

• Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Group Home

  Chrissie Cole | August 12, 2008 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A group home, social services agency and worker are being sued for wrongful death by the family of a mentally disabled woman who fled a Bay City group home and was found dead in a house in Saginaw....

• Are There Really More Personal Injury Lawsuits?

  Nigel Whitehead | August 12, 2008 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA

  It seems as if almost daily we are told that the proliferation of personal injury lawsuits will be the ruin of Western civilization as we know it. This propaganda is generated by a host of...

• Housing Crisis has Los Angeles Upside-Down

  Paul Kiesel | August 12, 2008 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  There is good news and bad news coming from Zillow.com's recent home value statistics for the Los Angeles area. The good news: If you purchased your current home in 2003, you're very likely not to...

• Federal Government Takes Action Against Bus Company

  Jeff Rasansky | August 12, 2008 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A second bus owned by the company involved in last week’s deadly bus crash has been ordered out of service. Inspectors from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the bus should be...

• Utterly Un-American - Are You Really Innocent Until Proven Guilty?

  Darin Schanker | August 12, 2008 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  I know, for a fact, that if you google my name there are four or five of my counterparts that spring up. And there are some odd similarities that spring up, there is another Nathan Swanson in...

• New Treatment Shows Promise for NSF Patients

  Scott Kappes | August 12, 2008 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis is a rare fibrosing disorder that develops in the context of renal insufficiency. This extremely debilitating and painful disease has been strongly linked to the...

• Baronof Is. Plane Crash Leaves Two Dead

  Mike Schneider | August 12, 2008 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Over the weekend the bodies of the pilot and passenger of a Baron 55 were located by authorities on Baronof Is., 30 miles north of Sitka. Names have not been released. If a defect in the plane, or a...

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed against a Customer of a Houston Chili’s

  Will Parker | August 12, 2008 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  Individual struggles throughout childhood to make ends meet. His dreams become a reality and then he is gunned down while protecting another worker.