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• Why Did A 7-Year-Old Fall Through A Skylight?

  Eddie Farah | January 06, 2010 10:23 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  It was an unbelievable fall at a Jacksonville Beach strip mall. A 7-year-old boy plunged through a skylight on the roof, falling 14-feet to the ground. A witness said she heard the child cry. The...

• New Year's Eve Drowning Brings Questions About Hotel Pool Safety

  Jesse E. Guerra Jr. | January 06, 2010 5:21 PM | 1 CommentCorpus Christi, TX

  What was supposed to be a day of celebration for a Cleveland family celebrating a family birthday party turned tragic on New Year's Eve in a Cleveland Hotel according Cleveland Metro News...

• Two Pedestrians Killed in Bryan, Texas

  Beth Janicek | January 05, 2010 7:23 PM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX

  Steve Lombardi from the Lombardi Law Firm in Iowa contacted me this morning asking whether or not I had heard about the two pedestrians struck and killed in Bryan, Texas. The two pedestrians, 19...

• Texting while driving- just like driving drunk? Some say even worse.

  Brian Denney | January 05, 2010 4:43 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL

  You see it every day. Maybe you are one of them. People driving their cars, talking on their cell phones, or even worse, texting, while every-now-and-then glancing up at the road. The scenario is...

• Medical Sales Reps a Fixture in Operating Rooms

  Paul Thomson | January 05, 2010 1:26 PM | 1 CommentCharlottesville, VA

  The Washington Post reported in this article that medical sales representatives have become a commonality in operating rooms. The article states, At a time when Washington is trying to find new...

• Ohio Collateral Source Rule Currently Under Attack-Will Justice Prevail?

  Mark Bello | January 05, 2010 1:06 PM | 1 CommentVoices

  I just got through reading, with considerable interest, an article in amednews.com, published by the American Medical Association. The article offers a somewhat biased report of a current case...

• Happy New Year-Clearly Understanding Lawsuit Funding is the Secret for Success

  Mark Bello | January 04, 2010 5:54 PM | 1 CommentVoices

  1. What is Lawsuit Funding and How Should You Use it? Every plaintiff who considers receiving lawsuit funding should know some basic facts before applying. Many plaintiffs accept lawsuit funding as...

• Multiple Car Accident on Highway 6 Leaves 10 Hospitalized

  Scott Kappes | January 04, 2010 12:33 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  According to police last night around 9:15 pm a car traveling southbound on Highway 6 near Patterson lost control and veered into oncoming traffic. A car traveling northbound collided with the car...

• How do you define "poor"?

  Gerry McGill | January 03, 2010 5:27 PM | 1 CommentBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Times are very tough today in America when the unemployment rate is above 10%. But the St. Petersburg Times newspaper had a great article about the great depression of the 1930's when the...

• No Health Insurance Increases Your Chance for Death by Trauma

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | January 02, 2010 10:10 AM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  A recent study published in the Archives of Surgery as reported by the L.A. Times newspaper suggests that patients who visited U.S. trauma centers from 2002 to 2006 found the risk of death was 80%...