Miscellaneous

• Plane Diverts Landing in Denver due to Severe Turbulence

  Linda Snyder | January 21, 2008 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  On Monday morning, a United Airlines flight en route from Los Angeles to Chicago, had to land in Denver due to severe turbulence.As soon as the plane landed, paramedics came on scene to take two flight attendants and eight passengers that were injured on board to a nearby hospital.The plane landed at 3:00am according to the Denver International Airport and the plane checked out ok for...

• Tort Reform Doesn't Help Health Care Systems

  Brooks Schuelke | January 21, 2008 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Texas Watch has recently released a new study that finds that states with no "tort reform" have better health care systems than those with "reform," The executive summary of the study reads:In state after state, patients continue to be told that the silver bullet for improving healthcare is to enact severe and arbitrary limits on patient access to the legal system. The argument made by...

• Shooting Victims May Have Claims Against Rak

  Jane Schneider | January 21, 2008 12:25 AM | 0 CommentsAnchorage, AK

  Last Friday night at the Dimond Center, near the Best Buy entrance, Mason Sylvester and Michael Lewis were shot and seriously injured. The alleged shooter, Jason Rak, 19, is in custody, charged with attempted murder. While the criminal system will deal with Rak in due course, Sylvester and Lewis would be wise to hire an attorney to investigate claims against Rak. Liability seems clear and...

• "Ask - Referral Services"

  Mike Damaso | January 20, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  "1-800-Ask-Gary." "Ask-Dave." "Ask-Kobe." It seems that more and more TV commercials for these lawyer referral services are becoming commonplace. But, who is behind these services? Dave, Gary, and Kobe do not appear in their own commercials. Usually, the commercials are composed of testimonials given by people who claim to have been injured, and then called these numbers, and everything was...

• 73-Year-Old SUV Passenger Killed When Car Collides With School Bus

  Eddie Farah | January 19, 2008 9:30 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Luckily no children were hurt on a school bus when it collided with an SUV on Thursday.But the passenger in the SUV was killed. 73-year-old John Robert Ryder of Zephyrhills, Florida was riding with driver, 70-year-old Carole Jean Ryder in Yulee Thursday afternoon.Her SUV turned in the path of an oncoming Nassau County school bus.It happened at the intersection of I-95 and SR A!A.Ryder was...

• Manufacturer of deer stand pays penalty for late reporting after recalling deer stands

  Brent Adams | January 19, 2008 9:28 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Manufacturer of tree stands have been fined by the U. S. Consumer Products Safety Commission for failure to report defects in a timely manner.In North Carolina these potentially dangerous devises are commonly called "deer stands" because they are used by deer hunters to hunt deer. The hunter uses these deer stands as a seat in a tree high up it the tree. When an unsuspecting deer walks by near...

• AllState Suspended From Writing Any New Policy

  Diego Madrigal | January 19, 2008 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  On the heels of suspending AllState from writing new automobile policies, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarthy has expanded the order and suspended AllState from writing new policies in all its lines of business. That means there will be no new life, homeowners, auto, renters, etc. insurance. This will remain in effect until AllState complies with subpoenas served on October 16, 2007. Those...

• Medicare Rarely Pays for Nursing Home Care

  Dan Frith | January 19, 2008 6:39 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We hear comments all the time from elders who believe that Medicare will pay for nursing home care. These same people are shocked to learn the reality is far different than what they assumed to be true!Medicare's coverage of nursing home care is quite limited. Medicare covers up to 100 days of "skilled nursing care" per illness, but there are a number of requirements that must be met before the...

• Budget Cuts Will Hurt Those Who Need The Most Help

  Michael Eyerly | January 18, 2008 7:10 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Proposed budget cuts in California will adversely affect the elderly, children, environment and workers. California has a $14.5 billion budget gap. That's a fair amount of money. To close that gap the state could raise taxes or cut its spending. Because the Governor does not want to raise taxes, he has proposed across the board spending cuts. To cut that much from the state's budget,...

• Who's the Boss?

  Greg Owen | January 18, 2008 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Dogs are pack animals, and in their world there can only one pack leader. While it is wise to establish yourself as the pack leader when it comes to your dog, for your own safety, it is just as important how you teach your pet who's boss.After having one cocktail too many, one particular 47-year-old man in Germany wanted to show a dog who was boss, so he began eating out of the dog's dish. That...