Posts tagged Iowa

• Trucker Hits Stray Cow on Highway and Dies. Is anyone at fault?

  Steve Lombardi | November 20, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Who’s to blame when a stray cow comes in the path of a moving vehicle? I’m sure that’s just what the family of the driver of a semi trailer is asking today. At about 2:15 a.m. on...

• What happens when a member of your hunting party decides he wants to take “random target practice”?

  Steve Lombardi | November 19, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  In this case the death of an 18-year-old from Manchester was caused by accidentally being shot by a member of his own hunting party. These men were hunting on Monday October 19th 2009 about one...

• Man killed in plant explosion, sparks or static electricity?

  Steve Lombardi | November 18, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In Columbia County, Wisconsin a 47 year old man died Sunday October 18th, in an explosion in the American Packaging Corporation plant, according to the Wisconsin State Journal news source. Jeffrey...

• Texas A&M construction site at Zarzamora St. and Loop 410 Ditch Collapse

  Steve Lombardi | November 16, 2009 11:01 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A 45-year-old construction worker was in a construction site ditch while co-workers were removing a tree. As they pulled the tree out the ditch collapsed trapping the man in the ditch and burying...

• Pedestrian killed by Metrobus in DC, Not an isolated incident

  Steve Lombardi | November 12, 2009 1:40 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  According to the Washington Examiner, Stephanie Richardson, age 47, was killed by a Washington, D.C Metrobus. She was riding the Metrobus on October 5, 2009, when she got off at her stop, began to...

• Iowa Accidents - Cranes, bulldozers, cars, motorcycles, teens and tots.

  Steve Lombardi | November 11, 2009 10:48 AM | 3 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Linn County, Iowa - A crane collapsed at the construction site of the new federal courthouse in Cedar Rapids. There were 50 to 60 workers on the site. The crane was reported to be operated by...

• That center line is there for a reason.

  Steve Lombardi | November 11, 2009 9:00 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Samantha Martin (39) died when the Iowa State Patrol officer reports a car driven by Lisa Ann Smith (44 years-of-age) crossed the center line and caused a crash. Martin was driving a Dodge Neon,...

• Head-on Crash and the Center line in Clayton County, Iowa

  Steve Lombardi | November 10, 2009 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It’s reported that a vehicle being driven by Sarah Austin, 21 or Luana crossed the center line on U.S. Highway 52 at 5:45 a.m. on November 8, 2009 killing a 41-year-old man. The man Lee...

• What's more dangerous, cheerleading? ... Or foolish coaches?

  Steve Lombardi | November 06, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  Is Cheerleading too dangerous? Does it need to be changed? Or does the coaching system simply need to be tweaked to provide a more safety minded mindset? A Wall Street Journal article on September...

• Iowa Semi Truck Accident Causes Serious Injury

  Brett Emison | November 04, 2009 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Fox 44 News has reported that one person was seriously injured in a Hinton, Iowa tractor trailer crash. (HINTON, IA) A car versus semi accident in Hinton sends one person to the hospital....