Miscellaneous

• Western Kentucky Car Wreck Fatally Injures Cody Nash from Morgantown

  Daryl Dixon | January 28, 2008 9:10 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  A weekend Kentucky Car Wreck killed one teenager and injured Dylan Goodall, 13 of Morgantown Kentucky. Read Story Here.

• L'Oréal Recalls Hair Color

  Susy Owen | January 28, 2008 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  L'Oréal has announced a voluntary recall of L'Oréal Paris Dream Blonde Bleach and Lightening Care Kit due to misprinted directions. At this time, the recall involves U.S. retail stores only. Retailers carring the product have been notified. It has been estimated that several hundred consumers have purchased the product. The company received a customer complaint of irritation to the scalp...

• Colorado Ballot Initiative Would Require Companies to Provide Health Insurance

  Linda Snyder | January 28, 2008 11:36 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  On Tuesday, January 29th, there will be a public hearing on a proposed ballot initiative at the State Capital in Denver."The Fair Share Health Care Initiative" would make an amendment in the Colorado Constitution requiring companies that employ 20 or more to offer health insurance coverage to employees and their dependents.A Colorado Springs postal worker, Chuck Bader, initially wrote the...

• Blogging Is A Dangerous Hobby

  Diego Madrigal | January 27, 2008 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A Chicago lawyer has taken out a $10,000 bounty on an anonymous blogger. Not to worry, however, the attorney is only seeking the blogger's identity. The Illinois attorney is upset because he was criticized by a blogger named "Troll Tracker." "I want to find out who this person is," says Niro, who initially offered a $5,000 reward in last month's issue of the IP Law & Business trade magazine,...

• Salesian Order of Priests are the Last Standing in Los Angeles

  Cheryl Buchanan | January 26, 2008 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Or maybe it would be more appropriate to say that they are the last lying? But, I've always had trouble with the whole question over when to use "lying" or "laying" in a sentence. If one means not telling the truth and the other means hiding out in the weeds and avoiding responsibility and continuing to hope it will all just go away... well then I guess they both work. Its just a matter...

• Ice not always to blame for personal injury from slip and fall

  Anneke Kurt | January 26, 2008 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  Toledo, Ohio attorney Dale Emch handles cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, trucking accidents, workers compensation, motorcycle and ATV accidents, as well has criminal defense. Read attorney Emch's most recent "Legal Briefs" column which can be found every other Sunday in the Toledo Blade. Dear Dale: When I came out of a convenience store recently, I slipped on...

• Can snow and ice be viable reason for slip and fall?

  Anneke Kurt | January 26, 2008 1:22 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Slip and fall accidents resulting from the natural accumulation of snow and ice are discussed in Toledo, Ohio attorney Dale Emch's most recent "Legal Briefs" column, which can be found every other Sunday in the Toledo Blade. Attorney Emch handles cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, trucking accidents, workers compensation, motorcycle and ATV accidents, as well...

• Emergency Room Wait Time Increases

  Diego Madrigal | January 26, 2008 7:59 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A new study appearing in the Health Affairs Journal says that Emergency department (ED) wait times have increased from 1997-2004. The increase is even greater for those suffering from acute myocardial infarction (AMI, commonly known as a heart attack) and is especially pronounced amongst minorities, women, and urban residents. The results showed: Between 1997 and 2004, the wait to see an ED...

• Two More Women Die After Being Administered Gardasil

  Jenny Albano | January 25, 2008 7:58 PM | 0 CommentsWaterloo, IA

  Two young women who received the cervical cancer vaccine, marketed as Gardasil, died days after being administered the vaccine. These deaths are causing some in the U.K. to question next years plan to have thousands of school aged girls receive the vaccine. The two women who died were given the vaccine in Germany and Austria and their names have not been released.The two deaths follow the...

• Are Caps Ever Fair

  Donald Caminiti | January 25, 2008 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Legislature Considers Payment Cap for Bridge Victims Minnesota lawmakers met Tuesday to decide whether to cap awards to victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse or leave the size of the payments to neutral party. A $400,000 ceiling for lost income, medical expenses and mental anguish garnered support from both Democrats and Republicans. Federal law has further complicated matters because...