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• Driving Safety: IIHS proposes tougher roof crush guidelines

  Brooks Schuelke | February 06, 2009 3:40 PM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  This month Injuryboard is focusing on driving safety, and it appears to be timely. One of the most important parts of driver safety is being in a safe vehicle, and yesterday, the Insurance Institute...

• Controversy Surrounds Inspection of Peanut Plants

  Beth Janicek | February 06, 2009 1:17 PM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX

  Peanut Corporation of America, the company at the center of the recent salmonella outbreak, claimed on Wednesday that its plant in Blakely, GA had been regularly inspected in 2008. The Food and...

• Can Mold Kill? Parents Say Yes and File Lawsuit Against Hospital

  Eddie Farah | February 05, 2009 9:44 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Can mold kill? The families of three young children say yes, and they’ve filed a lawsuit against St. Joseph’s Hospital accusing the hospital of failing to protect the leukemia patients...

• Ethex Expands Recent Recall Even Further

  Paul Kiesel | February 05, 2009 8:37 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA

  From Forbes: Associated Press - KV Pharmaceutical Co. is issuing its fourth product recall in about three months because some of its prescription prenatal and iron supplements were made under...

• Whistleblower accuses SEC of "illiteracy" over Madoff scandal.

  Wayne Parsons | February 05, 2009 2:48 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  The Financial Times (2/5, Chung, et al.) reports that former money manager Harry Markopolos, who tried for nine years to expose Mr. Madoff, told a congressional hearing yesterday that staff...

• Michigan Auto Insurance Battle Continues

  David Mittleman | February 05, 2009 8:12 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  Fresh off her State of the State address this week, Michigan’s Governor Jennifer Granholm appears to have her sights set on auto insurance companies. Melvin Hollowell, the governor’s...

• Consumer Reports finds Big Problems with Car Seats

  Steve Klearman | February 05, 2009 5:44 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  For more information and the full article, please click here. A safety alert in the February 2007 issue of Consumer Reports says at least two of the 12 infant car seats they investigated --...

• Ohio Dog Bite Law - Assumption of the Risk is not a Permissible Defense

  Stephanie Day | February 04, 2009 11:33 AM | 1 CommentCincinnati, OH

  In Ohio, the owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog is liable in damages for any injury, death, or loss to a person or property that is caused by the dog. Ohio's dog bite law is one of strict...

• Journal Record - Oklahoma GOPs Push for Civil Amnesty

  Jeremy Thurman | February 04, 2009 10:41 AM | 1 CommentOklahoma City, OK

  A new article in the Journal Record has some very candid quotes by our corporate shill Oklahoma Senate leader Glen Coffee. In the article Glen Coffee, blatantly admits that he is against the freedom...

• Is the Tide turning....

  Troy Schwant | February 04, 2009 2:15 AM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  Over the lats few weeks and months, I am hearing from fellow Trial Lawyers that juries are beginning to render verdicts in favor of the injured Plaintiff, and handing down appropriate verdicts. For...