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• Industrial Accidents

  Ed Van Dorn | September 20, 2007 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Did you know that every year, 4.7 workers per hundred receive serious on the job injuries. The US Dept of Labor keeps these statistics. The US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor would like to change this. But it takes time to pass legislation. Meanwhile workers are being unnecessarily killed and injured. The civil justice system in our country provides for injured and...

• Parachute Hammocks Recalled Due to Fall Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | September 25, 2009 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Travel Hammock Inc (dba Grand Trunk) announced a voluntary recall of Single and Double "Parachute" Hammocks because the supporting hooks can fail, posing a fall hazard to users. To...

• Thanksgiving Travel and Automobile Safety

  Rob Curtiss | November 20, 2007 9:18 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Once again the holiday season is upon us. Many of us will be traveling to spend Thanksgiving with our families and loved ones. Unfortunately, the roads are very crowded during Thanksgiving rush. In many parts of the country this holiday also coincides with the first wintry weather of the season. This morning, for instance, I drove from Boston to Orford, New Hampshire and saw at least a dozen...

• Giving a Deposition in Your Personal Injury Case

  Rob Curtiss | November 02, 2007 9:38 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Many people are aware that if they bring a claim for personal injury they will eventually have to give a deposition. This means that the lawyer from the insurance company gets to question them and a court reporter records the questions and answers. The idea of giving a deposition is so intimidating to some people that it makes them shy away from bringing a personal injury claim. At Van Dorn...

• Kudos to Bennington PD for Car Accident Prevention Efforts

  Ed Van Dorn | September 12, 2007 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  We would like to congratulate the Bennington Police Department for receiving recognition by the Vermont Governor's Highway Safety Program for its traffic safety record. Paul Doucette, Jr., a lieutenant in the Bennington PD responded to the award saying: "It was the highest score ever seen in the Vermont Law Enforcement Challenge. We couldn't do it without our dispatchers giving us the...

• Doctor Loses $1.1M Malpractice Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | February 23, 2007 10:22 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  A jury in U.S. District Court granted a $1,160,000 judgment against a doctor in a medical malpractice case on Monday.Bookwalter, a Brattleboro surgeon, was proved to be negligent in the treatment of a patient in 2001.According to the original complaint filed, Bookwalter began treating the man in 1987 after he was injured in a lawnmower rollover. He was under Bookwalter's care until 2001.In June...

• A Big Pay Day for Enron Stockholders' Lawyers

  Rob Curtiss | January 11, 2008 9:17 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Despite our best efforts to educate the public about the economics of contingent fee law practice, a great many people still believe that lawyer's fees are outrageous. Folks of this ilk will have a field day with the fee being sought by the San Diego law firm that represented the defrauded Enron stockholders. That firm, Coughlin Stoia, Geller, Rudman and Robbins just put in a request a...

• Malpractice Involving Back Surgery

  Rob Curtiss | July 13, 2007 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Anyone who has undergone back surgery knows it is a serious operation with major risks even if it is performed properly. When back surgery is performed improperly or negligently it can have devastating consequences including irreversible nerve damage. I have represented clients who have been permanently injured as a result of negligently preformed back surgery and have witnessed firsthand the...

• Drunk Driver Kills Teenager

  Ed Van Dorn | November 21, 2007 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  After drinking in a tavern a drunk driver caused the death of a teenager in Vermont. Vermont law may hold the tavern responsible.Shawn R. Burritt, 32 from Jericho Vermont appeared in Vermont District Court in Burlington to answer to charges that he drove the wrong way on Interstate 89 in Colchester on Saturday and collided with a vehicle, killing one of its passengers, Nicolas Fournier, 18, of...

• Preventing Hunting Accidents

  Ed Van Dorn | October 26, 2007 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT

  Most hunting accidents can be avoided. Hunters moving into the line of fire of other hunters, and mistaking other hunters for game are among the most common causes of hunting accidents. Wearing flourescent orange greatly reduces the risk of accident. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is urging hunters to include some fluorescent hunter orange clothing with their other essential gear....