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• Suit Challenges Illinois Caps on Damage Awards

  David Lowe | November 21, 2006 4:31 PM | 2 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  My colleague Jeffrey M.Goldberg, a nationally-renowned trial attorney who is an expert in birth injury cases, has filed a medical malpractice suit in Illinois on behalf of a child born with cerebral palsy and severe brain damage as the result of a mismanaged labor and delivery. The suit seeks fair compensation for the child and his family, but argues that fair compensation can only be provided...

• Cell Phone Company Sued for Early Termination Fee

  Elaine Mandel | November 14, 2006 10:42 AM | 2 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Cell phone carrier T-Mobile is sued for charging a flat rate $200 early cancellation penalty. The suit seeks damages for consumers in 13 states.Cell phone provider T-Mobile has a flat $200.00 cancellation fee if you decide to switch carriers before your contract term is up. Whether you have a week, a month or a year left on your plan, you get hit with that $200 early termination penalty. Even...

• Fire Dept. Pays $2.7 Million to Settle Dog Food Dinner Discrimination Case

  Patrick DeBlase | November 11, 2006 2:33 PM | 2 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  African American man fed dog food by fellow firefighters in the Fire Department obtains racial discrimination settlement.Discrimination is alive and well. Through the outstanding work of a plaintiffs' attorney in Los Angeles, racial discrimination in the Los Angeles Fire Department was exposed and those responsible brought to justice. Two firefighters purchased and mixed dog food into...

• Great book on burn injuries

  Ed Smith | November 06, 2006 4:36 PM | 2 CommentsSacramento, CA

  I just finished a wonderful book which would be a great starting place for young attorney's dealing with a burn injury case. It is called BURN UNIT and is sold on Amazon.If you are specifically interested in learning about what goes on in a burn unit or what goes on in a patient's body after they are burned, then this is an amazing book. It is very informative. The author talks about historical...

• Starbucks Employees Possible Identity Theft Victims

  Staff Writer | November 05, 2006 10:52 AM | 2 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Just this past week, Starbucks lost track of four laptop computers containing sensitive information including social security numbers, addresses and names of over 60,000 company employees. Looks like this company may know how to serve up some Java but needs some lessons on how to protect sensitive employee information. These employees may become the next victims of identity theft as a result...

• A Dangerous RV Tire - The Goodyear 159 - Has Caused Problems

  Tom Methvin | October 18, 2006 2:50 PM | 2 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Beasley Allen Law Firm has handled numerous cases against tire manufacturers when their tires failed causing accidents and injuries. As you may know, one of the most serious types of failure of a steel belted radial tire is a de-tread and/or belt separation. Because of the stress concentrations and subsequent high internal temperatures at the edge of the belt, this area is particularly sensitive...

• Two Florida Legal Bloggers Doing Lunch At Wendy's

  Bob Carroll | October 10, 2006 5:49 PM | 2 CommentsPinellas, FL

  I missed lunch today because I was working on some of my cases. Nobody seemed to care, and nobody probably should. But, I am a legal blogger in the InjuryBoard network of bloggers nationwide. Last month, I even won an award for being the most active blogger in the network. I suppose that may make me a prominent legal blogger. In light of the recent post at Above The Law I will be calling my...

• Med Pay - The Forgotten Insurance Coverage

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | September 05, 2006 4:02 PM | 2 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Medical payments ("med pay" for short) coverage, an option on automobile insurance, is extremely important to getting a good result in a personal injury case arising out of a car crash.Many people forget about med pay. Because it is an optional coverage on your automobile insurance, people do not always buy it. Medical payments coverage says that if you or anyone else gets hurt arising out of...

• Medical Malpractice: Defense Refuses $275,000, Jury Says $28 Million

  Staff Writer | June 26, 2006 3:56 PM | 2 CommentsCleveland, OH

  The always tongue-in-cheek Greedy Trial Lawyer brings my attention to a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit in which the defendants refused to settle for $275,000 before trial began. An Altamonte Springs woman had surgery to treat minor incontenence back in 2001. Things didn't go quite as expected, however, and now she must catheterize twice-daily for the rest of her life. At trial, the jury...

• Terry Bradshaw Was Right About Riding The Motorcycle, Ben

  Bob Carroll | June 12, 2006 5:21 PM | 2 CommentsPinellas, FL

  If you are Ben Roethlisberger, who quarterbacked the Steelers to a Super Bowl win, you might like to ride a motorcycle. You might even like to ride it without a helmet. But, the man who quarterbacked the Steelers to four Super Bowl wins, Terry Bradshaw, said Ben should wait until he retires. After a motorcycle crash this week that took Ben to surgery, Terry is looking pretty smart. Why does...