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• Fog Is Causing Minnesota Highway Issues

  Mike Bryant | February 08, 2012 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  It has been a very different winter. There has been a lot of fog out there this month. Evan with the low temperatures, moisture is in the morning and afternoon air. The fog is as close to...

• Girl with No Hands Not Allowed to Ride

  Jason Herrera | February 08, 2012 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A 17-year-old girl with no hands was not allowed to ride roller coasters at two Orlando theme parks recently, bringing up the question: should she have been allowed to? Safety guidelines are...

• Keeping Hearts In Mind This Valentine's Day

  Jackie Fedeli | February 08, 2012 10:25 AM | 1 CommentCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Eight Days spanning from February 7th through February 14th is National Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. How appropriate that the last day of the week ends on Valentine’s Day, a...

• Allergan stops selling Lap-Band to 1-800-GET-THIN doctors

  Paul Napoli | February 08, 2012 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Allergan Inc., maker of the Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding System, has announced it will no longer sell the weight loss device to troubled California surgical centers affiliated with the...

• Does Your Financed Car Have Real Car Insurance?

  Mike Bryant | February 08, 2012 9:52 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Every once in a while, we get involved in a case with a client who had their finance company purchase car insurance for them. Usually, it's a high loan risk or person who didn't come...

• Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements Cancer Risk

  Shezad Malik MD JD | February 08, 2012 9:51 AM | 1 CommentFort Worth, TX

  A medical study underway is expected to reveal that side effects of metal-on-metal hip replacements can cause genetic damage, which could lead to an increased risk of cancer. According to the...

• HP Recalls Chinese-Made Fax Machines Due to Fire Hazard

  Greg Webb | February 08, 2012 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced a voluntary recall of HP fax 1040 and 1050 machines manufactured by Hewlett-Packard (HP) of Palo Alto, California, from...

• How Super are SuperPacs?

  Greg Webb | February 08, 2012 7:45 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  “SuperPAC”, the acronym for Super Political Action Committee, caused me to shudder instinctively the first time I heard it. Would democracy be threatened by the influence of super...

• Pennsylvania Court Holds Prejudice To Insurance Carrier Defeats Uninsured Motorist Claim

  Scott Cooper | February 08, 2012 7:28 AM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA

  What are the requirements in your jurisdiction in order to preserve an uninsured motorist claim? In a limited, but important, opinion the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued a ruling in...

• No Virginia Workers Compenstion Benefits for Virginia Laborer's Out of State Injury

  Doug Landau | February 08, 2012 5:39 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  Just as yesterday's post discussed where to bring a personal injury action for a Virginia resident, this post will look at the same question from the point of view of an on the job accident...