Miscellaneous

• Girl Falls In Manhole -- Cover Stolen

  Matthew Bergmann | April 16, 2007 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A young girl was injured early Sunday morning after fallling into a manhole in St. Louis, Missouri. The accident occured as the girl was on her way to a nearby church for Sunday services.Authorities believe that the cover of the manhole had been stolen for scrap metal. Over the weekend officials reported more than 20 manhole covers being stolen within the city. It is believed that the recent...

• Peter Pan Pondering Future After Salmonella Recall

  Larry Buckfire | April 16, 2007 7:37 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  ConAgra, the makers of Peter Pan peanut butter, is facing an uphill battle when it tries to re-introduce its product back to the market. The Omaha-based food company won't discuss the details of its Peter Pan marketing plan for competitive reasons, but ConAgra is eager to win back consumers after the outbreak that sickened more than 400 people and spawned numerous lawsuits. Several people who...

• Nailguns Cause Thousands of Injuries Yearly

  Greg Webb | April 15, 2007 3:19 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  CNN recently reported that the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that about 37,000 people are injured by nailguns every year. The CDC further stated that, since the early 1990's, nailgun injuries have increased by about 200 percent. When the CDC examined who was getting injured, it found that work-related nailgun injuries had remained stable since 1998, but...

• Accusations Running Rampant After Fiery Explosion

  Christina Cole | April 14, 2007 3:14 PM | 0 CommentsWaterloo, IA

  A clothes dryer that was found inside a townhouse where a man and his baby were killed had allegedly been stolen from the next-door unit, likely causing a gas leak that led to a deadly fire and explosion.Investigators are still trying to figure out how the dryer ended up in the man's home, killing him in a fiery explosion last Wednesday at 3:00am. The fire destroyed four public housing unites...

• Amount of Damages in a Personal Injury or Medical Negligence Case

  Scott Smith | April 14, 2007 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  There is no simple, universal formula that lets us put a price tag on injury, pain and suffering. One who has been injured and makes a claim for injury or wrongful death must rely on the experience of a qualified lawyer in handling injury cases of all kinds. This experience is crucial in order to ensure that the case will not be settled out of court for less than it is worth in court.There...

• U.S. CPSC: Ventilators Are Fire Hazard

  Craig Cherry | April 14, 2007 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a volutary recall of Heat Recovery Ventilators manfactured by Venmar Ventilation Inc., a Canadian company.Heat Recovery Ventilators are designed to transfer air between the inside and outside of a home. Through the transfer process, fresh air is provided. According the the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the recall involves...

• Minor's Claim for Medical Bills Belongs to Parents Absent a "Waiver"

  Geoff Trachtenberg | April 14, 2007 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ

  New decision from Division One entitled Lopez v. Cole. In short, the court held that based upon existing Supreme Court precedent, i.e., Pearson & Dickerson Contractors Inc. v. Harrington, 60 Ariz. 354, 137 P.2d 381 (1943), a claim for medical bills belongs to parents absent a "waiver" (and is, therefore subject to a two year SOL), but that a parent's failure to bring a claim within the two year...

• Katrina Trial Accuses Allstate of Bad Faith

  Eddie Farah | April 14, 2007 12:26 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A trial that is underway in Louisiana underscores the on-going and as yet unsettled debate about just how much and what kind of hurricane damage insurance will untimately cover. This is only the second Katrina trial to take place in a Louisiana federal court and that question of coverage is still unanswered. Better hurry up- Florida's hurricane season is about to begin June 1st. Allstate...

• Environmentalists win battle over EPA

  Lindsay Bauer | April 13, 2007 8:54 AM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  On April 2, 2007 a major battle was won on behalf of Massachusetts and environmentalists everywhere. The case of Massachusetts v. the Environmental Protection Agency ruled in a 5-4 decision that the federal government was wrong to ignore its responsibility to regulate carbon dioxide emission from cars and trucks. It is hoped that this ruling will lead to much needed federal action to slow...

• Las Companias de Negligencia Medica son Responsables por los Altos Precios, No las Demandas

  Evan Rosen | April 13, 2007 4:54 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  Parece que la industria de seguros no tienen mas escusas. Ellos culparon a los abogados de litigios y sus demandas frivolas. Ellos abogaron con la legislacion para cambiar las leyes que no les beneficiban y pudieron cambiar el sistema. Pero despues de anos de cambio, limites a los costos que recibian los abogados y la compensacion que recibian las victimas lesionadas por su sufrimiento y...