- Sarah Cool | June 12, 2009 11:18 AM | Council Bluffs, IA
The Des Moines Register is reporting on a change in the law initiated by the Iowa Supreme Court. Before last week, a centuries-old provision distinguished between different classes or categories...
- Craig Kelley | April 26, 2008 1:43 AM | Council Bluffs, IA
BE CAREFUL with your young ones, rubber shoes, and sandals and escalators!
THere have been many reports of injuries involving these shoe types and escalators, especially with children.
INJURYBOARD...
- Craig Kelley | April 17, 2008 12:30 AM | Council Bluffs, IA
Omaha police said 10-year-old Garrett Schomer was impaled on a metal rod that was protruding from a playhouse in a neighbor's yard. The incident happened just before 4 p.m. Sunday, April 13.
The...
- Craig Kelley | April 15, 2008 1:01 AM | Council Bluffs, IA
The Iowa dog bite/attack statute imposes liability upon dog owners for damage or injury caused by their dogs, whether by biting, attack or other means, to both people and other domesticated...
- Stu Cochrane | June 12, 2007 12:22 PM | Fort Dodge, IA
A Knoxville, Tennessee man who was attacked by an Akita has filed a dog attack lawsuit against the animal's owners. The dog had traveled over six miles when it arrived at the home of Charles Wood, who was playing catch in the yard with his daughter."The dog just walked up and grabbed my glove first and then went for my hand and it's all kind of a blur from there."Wood suffered several puncture...
- Christina Cole | May 03, 2007 11:37 AM | Waterloo, IA
A wanted man hiding in a crawl space beneath a house was flushed from his hiding space by a police dog, on Tuesday, and is now being treated at a Des Moines hospital for a dog bite.The man, 43, of Des Moines, hiding in a crawl space, didn't respond when officers told him to come out. Officers then proceeded to spray pepper spray into the area and still the man did not respond. After two failed...
- Christina Cole | May 02, 2007 2:27 AM | Fort Dodge, IA
A jury awarded a woman over $12.2 million in a slip-and-fall lawsuit after she was not able to return to work after slipping and hitting her head while at a gas station convenience store.In August 2003, the woman was walking into Miller Mart to buy a newspaper and pay for gas when she slipped on a small puddle that was caused by a leaky awning. When she fell, she landed on her chest and chin....
- Christina Cole | April 26, 2007 12:57 AM | Fort Dodge, IA
Most people consider dog, man's best friend, but sometimes they can prove to be man's not so very good friend. One Iowa community is taking action to secure their city against potentially vicious dog breeds. Other cites have already banned specific dog breeds due to dog bites, dog attacks and even a fatality.Loca is just one of many examples of a normal pit bull that lives in Centerville, Iowa,...
- Christina Cole | March 05, 2007 3:40 PM | Waterloo, IA
After a slip and fall accident in the men's room of Burger King, the man has filed a lawsuit.On September 11, 2005, the men went to the restroom and crossed the room to get to the sink when he slipped and fell on the floor. He reached with his arms to try and brace himself but he lost his balance and struck the wall with his shoulder.He suffered a shoulder injury and lower back pain along with...