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• Tragedy in Thurston County--Marysville Redux for Cable Median Barriers?

  Michael Myers | October 05, 2008 11:12 PM | 6 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Sorrow in Thurston County this weekend. As reported in part by the Mason County Daily News: Two people were killed on Interstate 5 at Milepost 88 in Thurston County today after a passenger...

• Teen Motocross Death In North Florida

  Eddie Farah | September 20, 2008 10:30 PM | 6 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Students at Bartram Trail High School are mourning a senior who was killed this week in a motocross track accident in Flagler County, Florida. Bennet “Ben” Gordon Geiger Jr. was just 17 years old....

• Tulsa Infant Killed by a Puppy Part 2

  Jeremy Thurman | August 06, 2008 3:54 PM | 6 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I have received several comments about the above post I wrote last week. Most are how dare I slander pit bulls or bring breeds into as it is always the owners fault that a dog hurts or bites...

• Reform Michigan Government Now Ballot Proposal - Will It Help?

  David Mittleman | July 08, 2008 9:12 AM | 6 CommentsLansing, MI

  Well, it couldn't hurt, according to a former Democratic House Leader and spokeswoman for Reform Michigan Government Now. Dianne Byrum was quoted in the Lansing State Journal as saying "This...

• Herbalife Products: A Lead Risk?

  Dan Frith | May 21, 2008 7:04 AM | 6 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Do you know someone who takes Herbalife products? Herbalife is global nutrition and weight-management company, whose stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. If you know someone who is...

• Lifetime Brand Pfaltzgraff Villa della Luna ands Nautica J Class Dinnerware Recalled Due to Excessive Lead and/or Cadmium

  Jenny Albano | May 01, 2008 4:02 PM | 6 CommentsSpringfield, MO

  Lifetime Brands, Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling some of its dinnerware because some of the products may have exceeded the FDA's guidance levels for lead and/or Cadmium. The...

• Police Kill 5 Year-Old Boy While Shooting at Snake

  Jenny Albano | August 06, 2007 2:30 PM | 6 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  A police officer that was trying to kill a snake fired a stray bullet that hit and killed a 5 year-old boy who was fishing in a nearby pond.Austin Haley was fishing with his grandfather, Jack Tracy, on Friday, August 3 when the accident occurred. Tracy stated that he heard and saw a bullet fall into the water only a few feet away from the boat they were fishing in and then seconds later there...

• Josh Hancock lawsuit against bar would not fly in Virginia

  Ben Glass | May 29, 2007 5:50 PM | 6 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Apparently the father of Josh Hancock, the baseball player who died recently while driving drunk (and not wearing a seatbelt and talking on the cell phone) has filed suit against a number of entities, including the driver of the car that had stalled on the road, the pickup truck that had stopped to assist that car and the bar where Hancock spent several hours allegedly drinking. I don't know...

• Pet Food Recall--Cat and Dog Food Causes Kidney Failure and Death

  Michael Myers | March 10, 2007 10:18 PM | 6 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Menu Foods--with plants in the United States and Canada--has announced an extremely broad recall of cat and dog food (specifically, the "cuts and gravy" variety which dcomes in cans and small foil pouches). The recall covers over 60 million containers of wet pet food. The recall was announced after reports of kidney failure and at least 10 deaths.The pet food was sold by stores operated by...

• Tort Reformer Dream or Nightmare: Burns From Spilled Microwavable Soup Containers Mount

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | December 19, 2011 9:55 AM | 5 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Microwavable soup containers are causing burns to toddlers and adults, according to doctors working in hospital emergency rooms. What follows is a friendly discussion between two tort experts at...