Posts tagged Nevada

• Deadly Tractor Trailer Crashes In Nevada and Indiana

  Brett Emison | November 24, 2009 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Herald-Citizen and RGJ.com have reported on deadly semi truck accidents that occurred in Tennessee and Nevada. In Tennessee, an 18-year-old Monterey girl was killed in a crash on I-40 after a...

• Speed Kills Another Utahn

  Bret Hanna | September 21, 2009 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 53-year-old Winnemucca man driving at a high rate of speed on Interstate 80 in Nevada lost control of his BMW and hit a van yesterday afternoon. The impact caused the van to roll several times...

• Check Your Doc Before Getting That Shot: Nevada Medical Assistants Illegally Administered Botox

  David Mittleman | September 09, 2009 3:08 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  If your vanity has gotten the best of you and you can’t resist a quick shot of Botox or two, you still may want to pay attention to who’s poking you with that needle. According to Louis...

• Nevada May Be Teaching The Rest Of The Country That Damage Caps Aren't Good For Consumers

  Mike Bryant | May 19, 2009 9:34 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In 2004, Nevada passed damage caps of $350,000 as part of a legal reform package. It always amazes me when tort reform doublespeak convinces people that the remedy to frivolous lawsuits is to put a...

• Three Patients Die From Prescription Drug Overdoses

  David Mittleman | November 09, 2008 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Nevada doctor who has had three patients die from prescription drug overdoses, is still allowed to prescribe narcotics. Investigation by the Nevada State Medical Examiners Board is in the process...

• Nevada Supreme Court Reviews the Role of Biomechanical Engineers as Experts

  Steve Klearman | August 22, 2008 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In Hallmark v. Eldridge, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 48 (published July 24, 2008), the Nevada Supreme Court reviewed the often dubious role of so-called “biomechanical engineers” as experts and concluded...

• Nevada Drunk Drivers Stay Home

  Steve Klearman | August 15, 2008 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  From the Reno Gazette Journal Today: Local law enforcement agencies launch a region-wide drunk driving enforcement campaign beginning Monday that will consist of saturation patrols through...

• McCain Will Not Fix Foreclosure Crisis

  Paul Kiesel | May 27, 2008 7:14 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been outspoken critics of John McCain's foreclosure remedies on their respective campaign trails, saying that Sen. McCain would be lackadaisical in his...

• Medical Care Costs Climb

  Steve Klearman | March 14, 2008 6:37 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Briefly: the cost of medical care posted a small 0.1 percent increase in February as doctors' fees actually fell. However, medical care, the fastest-rising price category outside of energy, is still up by 4.5 percent over the past year.

• Nevada Slow to Inspect Endoscopy And Other Surgery Centers

  Steve Klearman | March 13, 2008 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Reno Gazette reports that the State Health Division has fallen behind in inspecting surgical centers for more than 10 years and has failed to inspect half of all centers over the past six years as is called for by Federal guidelines.More specifically, State inspectors failed to inspect 22 of Nevada's 50 surgical centers over the last six years and at least one center has gone without...