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• One Died in Hopkins Car Accident

  Jenny Albano | March 23, 2008 8:05 PM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  On Saturday morning there was a car accident that left one dead in Hopkins, South Carolina. Around 4:00 a.m. a 51-year-old driver of a 1994 Ford Explorer was driving north on Mt. Elon Church Road when the driver drove off the side of the road into a ditch. The Explorer then overturned and the driver died at the scene from injuries. The driver was wearing his seatbelt when the accident...

• High School Student Dies After Car Accident

  Jenny Albano | March 23, 2008 7:17 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A student from West Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina died in a car accident on Mount Holly Road on Friday, March 21.Alicia Davis, 17, was in the backseat of a Nissan 300zx, when the accident occurred. The driver, 20-year-old Jack Smith Jr., was trying to pass another vehicle when he lost control of the car and crossed into oncoming traffic. Once this occurred the Nissan...

• Tulsa World Oped on Nursing Home Abuse

  Jeremy Thurman | March 23, 2008 6:56 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I saw this great oped in the Tulsa World this morning. The article is by Hugh M. Robert and below. For those of us who represent injured Oklahomans in nursing home abuse cases, we realize the importance of getting insurance for Oklahoma nursing homes. This will create a greater degree of responsibility and allow injured Oklahomans to hold nursing homes liable for their neglect."A growing...

• Singer Emilio Navaira Critically Injured in Bus Crash

  Jenny Albano | March 23, 2008 5:46 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira was critically injured on Sunday after his band's bus crashed on a highway in Houston.Navaira and his band Rio had performed at a Houston nightclub on Saturday night. At about 5 a.m. Sunday, the band's bus slammed into traffic barrels on Interstate 610 northbound in Bellaire, a well-to-do enclave within the city west of downtown Houston, Bellaire...

• Defective Products Continue to Put Michigan Children at Risk

  David Mittleman | March 23, 2008 4:58 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Parents have yet another problem to add to their ever-growing list of concerns for their children's safety. Defective toy products - supposedly designed to entertain and educate children - pose an enormous health risk that many parents may not suspect. These poorly-made playthings put innocent and vulnerable children in jeopardy. Two recent announcements illustrate this threat to Michigan...

• 4.2 Million Credit & Debit Card Numbers Stolen from Hannaford

  Shannon Weidemann | March 23, 2008 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  The Hannaford Bros. Co. grocery store chain announced last week that the credit and debit card numbers of 4.2 Million customers had been stolen. The breach in security affected transactions at all of their stores along the east coast, as well as the Sweetbay grocery store chain in Florida. Normally credit card and debit card numbers are stolen from a database that has been breached by hackers,...

• Fraudulent Accident Ring-leader Admits Guilt

  Sandy Grinnell | March 23, 2008 5:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A man from the Miami-Dade area was convicted and another was arrested this week in connection with PIP fraud perpetrated on insurance companies in South Florida resulting from fake automobile accidents. Alex Sink, Florida's Chief Financial Officer, said this was the fourth and final arrest made by the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud's (DIF) investigation into an insurance fraud ring based...

• Hobby Lobby Recalls Easter Egg Containers, Spinning Egg Tops for Lead Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | March 23, 2008 2:15 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA

  Hobby Lobby Stores, in cooperation with the, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of over 13,000 Easter eggs and spinning egg tops because the toys contain excessive levels of lead in the paint. The Camouflage Easter Egg Treat Containers have Item #1031 printed on the front of the packaging and are white, brown and green camouflage colors, sold in a...

• Children Injured in Calera Oklahoma Crash

  Jeremy Thurman | March 22, 2008 10:44 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I know as attorneys I tend to sometimes get numb to different accidents and the horrific injuries and sometimes death I see. That said, I am always a father, husband and family man first and attorney second. I don't know how a person could survive any other way. Considering the above, I hate to report that two children were hurt in car wreck in Durant Oklahoma. The car accident involved...

• Six Year Old Injured From Pool Drain Dies

  Jenny Albano | March 22, 2008 3:17 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  A 6-year-old whose intestines were partially sucked out from a swimming pool drain last year has died. Abigail Taylor died Thursday night in a Nebraska hospital with her parents, Scott and Katey, by her side.Abigail was injured on June 29 when she sat on a pool drain at the Minneapolis Golf Club in St. Louis Park and its powerful suction ripped out part of her intestinal tract. She had small...