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• Maximizing Your Fun on the Ski Slopes

  John Demas | January 22, 2009 7:26 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  When you’ve been working too hard during the gray winter months or just need a change of scenery, a quick weekend trip to the nearest ski slopes can seem like the perfect antidote for your...

• Increased Insurance Rates Not Due to Lawsuits

  Alison De Villiers | January 22, 2009 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH

  Despite claims by the insurance companies that insurance rates are skyrocketing due to lawsuits, the facts show that insurance rates are not determined by the amount paid out as a result of...

• Construction Safety - Collapsing Scaffolding at Florida work site leaves six workers hanging for life.

  Steve Lombardi | January 22, 2009 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Another scaffolding accident leaves three construction workers dangling six stories off the ground. The report from the Miami Sentinel indicates the scaffolding came loose from the building...

• Will Ford Successfully Reverse $3M Settlement for Juror Misconduct in Rollover/Paralysis Claim?

  Mike Ferrara | January 21, 2009 9:47 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Brownsville, Texas woman Rosa Martinez who was paralyzed in 2002 from the neck down in a Ford Explorer rollover accident has not yet received any of the $3 million settlement that Ford Motor...

• Chisago County Accident Kills Two

  Mike Bryant | January 21, 2009 8:02 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Friday morning, a Highway 95 collision in Chisago County killed two. The vehicle was traveling south on Highway 95 when it lost control and left the road. Speed and weather conditions are thought...

• Finding Independent Witnesses to Interview Immediately After an Accident Is Critical

  Rick Shapiro | January 21, 2009 7:56 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  An article written by my law partner John Cooper talks about the importance of finding and talking with key independent witnesses in the context of car/truck cases and premises liability/slip...

• Obama blocks implementation of Bush's pending midnight regulations.

  Wayne Parsons | January 21, 2009 11:36 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The AP (1/21, Loven) reports the one of President Barack Obama's first acts Tuesday was to put the brakes on all pending regulations that the Bush administration tried to push through in its waning...

• Student sues Ohio University for medical negligence

  Karl Truman | January 21, 2009 8:02 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The Columbus Dispatch reported that Molly Millsop, a student, is suing Ohio University for medical negligence, alleging health-care workers failed to diagnose a case of flesh-eating bacteria that...

• AIG Owes $10 Billion for Bad Trades

  Karl Truman | January 20, 2009 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  It's been reported that American International Group, once the world's largest insurer, owes around $10 billion to other financial services firms for trades that have gone bad. Apparently, these...

• Obama team reviewing last minute "midnight" regulations.

  Wayne Parsons | January 20, 2009 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Chicago Tribune (1/20) reports that Obama's team is conducting a wholesale review of scores of rules and regulations set in motion by Bush administration officials as his term wound down, the...