Personal Injury Blog
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
Hidden Camera in Gynecologist's Pen Numerous patients were secretly recorded during their exams. The video recording were extremely upsetting, private, and invasive to the women. A class action ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2013
While nursing homes provide medical care to its clients, independent living facilities generally do not. This reality was clarified recently at a nursing home when a nurse refused to save a dying 87 ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2013
In 2009, the Medlen family brought $80 to the veterinarian to get their dog back. When they arrived, they found out that the vet had accidently killed their Avery, their pet dog. The dog had been ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2013
Tom Sapienza, a Lawrence, Mass man, was fired from his job as a public works city employee. Apparently, he took too much time off from work, to care for his dying wife. His wife, Heather Sapienza died ...
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Posted on Jan 29, 2013
AllState Refuses to Settle Case For What Homeowners Ask, and then Uses the Home in a Commercial As storm Sandy was making its way to Staten Island, Dominic and Sheila Traina evacuated their home and ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2012
After trial last week, the jury deliberated for two hours. They then awarded the Plaintiffs $108.6 million. The award was in favor of Gail and Darrell Mansfield of Kingsville, Mo. against a religious ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2012
Jennifer Wederell was born in 1985 with cystic fibrosis. Yet, she died of lung cancer at the age of twenty seven. How did this happen? She only got this cancer after she received an organ lung ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2012
When it comes to expert testimony, Kansas adheres to the Frye test which says, "Just when a scientific principle or discovery crosses the line between the experimental and demonstrable stages is ...
Continue reading "Kansas Uses Frye Test While Some Other States Use Daubert" »
Posted on Sep 7, 2012
The LA police witnessed an incredibly serious crime recently, which surely justified their breaking the offender's nose and cheekbone. What did the offender do, justifying such extreme force and ...
Continue reading "LA Police Break Person's Face When He Rode His Skateboard on the wrong Side of the Street" »
Posted on Aug 24, 2012
My friend, whom I played football with in college is irate at the former NFL players who are suing the NFL. He believes they should be grateful for what the NFL did for them rather than pursing legal ...
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Posted on Jun 8, 2012
Several weeks ago we wrote about concussions, lawsuits, personal injury and The National Football League. It has continued to be a hot topic. As thousands of former NFL players have filed lawsuits ...
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Posted on May 1, 2012
If your dentist is your ex, you might want to think about making a switch to a new dentist. Just days after breaking up with this girlfriend, Marek Olszewski got a toothache. How convenient that his ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012
Stuart Chaifetz of New Jersey was a little confused when he kept getting phone calls from his son Akian's teachers, saying that Akain was having violent outbursts and hitting. This is because at ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2012
Last Thursday, an audio recording of coach Greg's Williams speech to players in the Saint's locker room was released. The recording confirmed the league's investigation that the ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2012
Police in Nashua, N.H. said they recovered between $100,000 and $200,000 worth of stolen property that was taken from over 50 home burglaries. Be careful what you post on Facebook and Twitter. ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2012
New Jersey man Dennis Hennis was working on his neighbor's roof last Saturday when his nail gun jammed. When the 52-year-old tried to clear the gun, he felt like someone poked him in the chest. It ...
Continue reading "N.J. man survives nail shot through heart" »
Posted on Apr 5, 2012
A Sauk County jury awarded a 39-year-old Wisconsin Dells woman one of the state’s largest settlements ever in a personal injury case not involving broken bones. The $535,000 settlement from the ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2012
A woman recently won a case against the New York Police Department regarding the excessive use of police force. The awarded damages were $1.218 million for her neck and back injuries. The woman, Ms. ...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2012
Texas multimillionaire, John Goodman, was charged with vehicular manslaughter after a DUI accident which killed another man. Allegedly, Goodman was drinking and driving before the accident. His two ...
Continue reading "Man Adopts Girlfriend To Shield Assets" »
Posted on Feb 3, 2012
As the weather shifts from relatively mild and dry to wet and potentially cold, take extra care while out and about this weekend. At this point, it appears that it will likely rain through today and ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012
On Sunday night, on a flight from Brazil to Miami, three members of an American Airlines flight crew were injured. They were taken to Miami hospitals upon landing, but no additional information ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012
Today, I heard about a New Jersey bill that was enacted regarding something I never realized was an issue! In short, the bill prevents lawyers, chiropractors, doctors and other healthcare ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2012
Jensen Farms and Frontera Produce, who were responsible for the recent outbreak of listeriosis that sickened at least 146 people, had one more case filed against them recently. Paul A. Schwarz, a 92 ...
Continue reading "Contaminated Cantaloupe" »
Posted on Dec 28, 2011
Recently, the largest ever jury verdict for a personal injury case was awarded in the United States. The verdict was that Donald Collins was to pay the family of Robbie Middleton $150 billion for the ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2011
Summary of SC91706, State ex rel. BNSF Railway Co. v. The Honorable Mark H. Neill Proceeding originating in the St. Louis city circuit court, Judge Mark H. Neill Argued and submitted Nov. 2, 2011 ...
Continue reading "Psychiatric Records can be Relevant to Physical Injury" »