October, 2011 Blog Posts
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A company has agreed to pay a $1.3 million fine over the sale of a toxic toy that put two children in a coma, according to an announcement by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Thursday. ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
The Centers for Disease Control now blames 25 deaths and 123 illnesses on contaminated cantaloupes from a Colorado farm. The cantaloupes, from Jensen Farms, were sold whole or pre-cut under the ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Sarasota Personal Injury Attorney
In Sarasota County on Sunday the 27 th of October, a motorcyclist was killed on Tamiami Trail. Sixty-five-year-old R.S. was driving his 2009 Harley Davidson just south of Gulf Gate Drive. A car pulled ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011
Lois McCallister now lives with her daughter after she was abused in a nursing home , but she still begs her family not to hurt her every night. Mary and Paul French, Lois's daughter and son-in-law, ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Steven Leibel
Every year the children of our town (and those who want to relive their childhood) dress up for Halloween. The merchants and business people of the Dahlonega Square welcome them with smiles not to ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 By Scott M. Williamson
An recent interesting case to note in nearby Gwinnett County: A jury decided that a plaintiff's neck injuries were not caused by a car collision in which the plaintiff and his adult son were ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A jury in Michigan awarded $144 million to a mother whose daughter will require life-long care after doctors refused to perform a Caesarean section 15 years ago. The lawsuit was filed by Kimberly ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A jury in Missouri is deliberating over whether smokers of "light" cigarettes should receive $700 million from Philip Morris for mislabeling its Marlboro Light brand as having "lower ...
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Posted on Oct 23, 2011 By St. Louis personal injury lawyer
Chances are that if you are searching for an experienced St. Louis personal injury lawyer , that you have been injured and are being taken advantage of by an insurance claim representative. Injuries ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
The Sun Sentinel reported this morning that the Plantation Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint this weekend which is meant to discourage impaired driving. Vehicles will be randomly ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2011
Sepsis occurs when an infection reaches the blood stream. It can be caused by many different types of bacteria and can begin in most any organ of the body. Once the infection moves from the place it ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
The Sun Sentinel reported this morning that there was an incident this morning around 7 a.m. involving a girl who was crossing Taft Street . She was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2011 By Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer
Palumbo, Wolfe & Palumbo Earns Best Lawyers in America Recognition Anthony J. Palumbo, Elliot G. Wolfe, and James J. Leonard are honored in the 2012 edition. This distinction adds to the ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Phoenix Personal Injury Lawyer
The consumer protection group Public Citizen has just issued a report that confirms that tort reform benefits nobody but insurance companies. New Public Citizen Report: Texas’ Health Care System ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A doctor in Oregon filed a defamation lawsuit against a blogger over online comments she posted about his disciplinary record. The $1 million suit, the first lawsuit in the state that involves ...
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Posted on Oct 17, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
Six teens were injured when several metal pieces fell from a ride at the South Carolina State Fair Wednesday night, police said. According to state fair officials, some welded metal pieces broke loose ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2011
Earlier this month a judge in England acquitted four care workers of nursing home neglect in the case of Edna Barnes. Mrs. Barnes suffered from dementia and relied on the nursing home employees to ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
An elderly woman was killed last Friday when she lost control of her car and collided head-on into a pickup truck. The woman, who was in her eighties, was heading westbound on Sheridan Street west of ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Missouri car accident lawyer
The unfortunate scene of an auto accident is chaotic, stressful, and for most people – unprecedented. Our Missouri car accident injury lawyers know this because of the horror stories told by our ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson entered a plea of guilty on Wednesday to charges of misbranding a heart failure drug, according to a U.S. Department of Justice announcement. Scios Inc. of ...
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