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• America On-Line Version of Tort Reform Incomplete and Inaccurate

  Staff Writer | March 06, 2007 7:04 AM | 2 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Today I discovered an interesting and entertaining page on the America On Line web site. Discussing so-called frivolous lawsuits, America On-Line lists as news several lawsuits without real attribution or legitimate discussion about corporate accountability for wrongdoing. Setting aside the issue of whether these lawsuits are in fact real or a political effort to encourage tort reform...

• CNN Uncovers Auto Insurers Unfair Personal Injury and Property Damage Claims Practices and Bad Faith

  Scott Smith | March 01, 2007 12:35 PM | 2 CommentsColumbus, OH

  An article on CNN.com determined "[I]f you are injured in a minor car crash, chances are good that you will be in the fight of your life to get the insurance company to pay all the medical costs you incur - - even if the accident was no fault of your own." (CNN.com, Auto Insurers Play Hardball in Minor-Crash Claims by Drew Griffin and Kathleen Johnston, February 9, 2007)CNN conducted an eighteen...

• Controversial Chairman of NFL's Committee on Concussions Resigns

  Michael Phelan | March 01, 2007 12:17 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Dr. Elliot Pellman, a rheumatologist, whose qualifications as the 13 year chairman of the N.F.L.'s committee on concussions have been questioned by brain injury experts, resigned Monday. His resignation follows recent articles in the New York Times about the devastating effects of concussions on retired football players and a October 2006 ESPN The Magazine expose which criticized the...

• Public Records Containing Social Security Numbers Readily Available in Arizona

  Staff Writer | March 01, 2007 9:48 AM | 2 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Yesterday News Channel Five reported that some county records containing social security numbers and other confidential information are readily available for inspection by anybody with internet access which unfortunately presents criminals with an invitation to commit identity theft. How would you feel if your social security number has been published on the internet because it has been...

• Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury

  Michael Phelan | February 24, 2007 4:00 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  In 2006, ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff was an embedded journalist in Iraq. Mr. Woodruff sustained a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) when an improvised explosive device blew up the military vehicle in which he was riding. Some good for other TBI victims is going to come from Mr. Woodruff's tragedy. The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA), Mr. Woodruff, and his family have teamed up...

• Nursing Home Attempted Murder

  IB Contributor | February 19, 2007 4:05 PM | 2 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Break-in at Costa Mesa nursing home.According to Costa Mesa's Mesa Verde Convalescent Home they not only have had no formal complaints filed against their AAA rated, government certified nursing facility, in the last four years, but they offer such amenities as: bingo and ice cream; movies with popcorn; and smiling strolls. Unfortunately this nursing home doesn't offer one important amenity and...

• Outbreak Of Food Poisoning Associated With Peanut Butter

  IB Contributor | February 16, 2007 12:45 AM | 2 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Salmonella causes 288 cases of food poisoning.Do not eat Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter purchased since May 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning. The warning is based on a just-completed epidemiological study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which links 288 cases of foodborne illness to consumption of varying types of peanut butter.According to...

• Garden Grove Motorcycle Accident Death

  IB Contributor | February 13, 2007 12:47 AM | 2 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Motorcyclist killed in Garden Grove traffic collision. A 42-year-old motorcyclist died last week after his motorcycle collided with a car on Gilbert Street and Orangethorpe Avenue, Garden Grove, CA according to a news report in the Orange County Register.The victim, identified as Adolph Amuriles, was traveling west on Orangethorpe approaching Gilbert when he collided with a 1997 Lexus EX 300...

• Allstate's Motto: Delay, Deny and Defend

  Michael Phelan | February 08, 2007 4:35 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Tonight on CNN's 360 With Anderson Cooper, Mr. Cooper will report on his 18 month investigation into the duplicitous tactics employed by Allstate, which claims "You're in Good Hands With Allstate," State Farm, which claims to be "Like a Good Neighbor," and other major automobile insurers to force unfair settlements on victims of motor vehicle accidents. Cooper interviewed victims, lawyers, and...

• Maytag Recalls Millions Of Diswashers

  IB Contributor | February 05, 2007 7:57 PM | 2 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Was the recall voluntary? Maytag officials last week recalled 2.3 million of its dishwashers after they found out that the faulty appliances caused 135 fires and four injuries, according to an MSNBC news report.The announcement generated so many calls to the company that it could not handle the volume, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.The news report said...