Kansas City, MO, May 30, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Kansas City personal injury attorneys at Roswold Law Group (RLG) are now on the widely popular social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. This effort extends the firm's already extensive list of free resources for injury victims and their families. With daily blog updates and informative legal articles, RLG's Facebook and Twitter accounts, along with their user-friendly website, provide injury victims with information they should have to protect their injury claim.
Social networking allows RLG to spread news and information regarding personal injury to ever-increasing streams of people as fans and followers of RLG engage with these sites. With the power to reach a vast network of people from varying backgrounds almost instantaneously, these sites will also act as a forum for conversation.
Each year in America, unintentional injury accounts for more than 120,000 deaths - making it the fifth-leading cause of death (for children and adults combined). Accidents involving motor vehicles typically account for more than a quarter of those fatal statistics, with 43,664 people killed in 2006 alone. Studies estimate that approximately 2,000 of those individuals killed each year in car accidents are children. In fact, motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for children ages 2-14 years, as well as the leading cause of acquired disability such as brain injury or paralysis for that same demographic.
There are many different situations in which a personal injury attorney can prove to be an invaluable resource; including incidences of Missouri and Kansas car accidents trucking accidents, brain and spinal cord injuries, child injury, construction accidents, dangerous drugs, death cases, defective medical devices, drunk driving accidents, medical malpractice, and motorcycle accidents. Whether you need legal counsel or just some good, old-fashioned advice on how to handle an accident or injury or potential insurance claim, Roswold Law Group is there to help.
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About Roswold Law Group
Roswold Law Group is a Kansas City personal injury law firm that has been presenting serious injury victims for over 15 years. Our attorneys are licensed in Missouri and Kansas. We pride ourselves on being a “go-to” resource for injury victims in the Kansas City metro area. We offer free downloadable books, a library of legal articles, frequently asked questions, and informational videos including tips addressing a number of issues injury victims may be confronted with.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Las Vegas Personal Injury Attorney VI
Las Vegas, May 29, 2010: Attorney’s help of Las Vegas, a full service Las Vegas attorney firm, has consistently shown high success rate in their cases. Their team of knowledgeable and experienced Las Vegas Accident Attorneys assists a client in filing a litigation or personal injury lawsuit and claiming compensation. They greatly increase the chances of winning, at times even without going to the courtroom and by achieving out of court settlement. Attorney’s help of Las Vegas is known for the in-depth knowledge of law that they bring to their client’s table and the prompt service of their licensed Las Vegas attorneys to help clients make better and informed decisions.
Attorney’s help of Las Vegas aims to help all those people who wish to file litigation but are unsure which chapters to file them under. Their Las Vegas attorneys advise such clients on their best legal remedies, at a reasonable fee. Each Las Vegas Attorney working with them is skilled and has been practicing law for years, yielding their clients success and better compensations. Their Las Vegas Accident Attorneys have handled many accident and personal injury cases and are proficient in tort law.
If you are going through a lot of physical and mental trauma after the accident or wrongful death of a loved one, Attorney’s help of Las Vegas recommends leaving all tensions to their experienced Las Vegas Accident Attorney who will deal with all of the legal, medical and insurance complications, allowing you to fully recover from your tragedy. Their Las Vegas Attorneys are well known by all major insurance firms and each Las Vegas Attorney here is capable of taking care of all your worries for you.
The spokesperson for Attorney’s help of Las Vegas said, “We have a loyal clientele who know they can depend on us in their time of need and emergency. We charge a nominal fee and in return offer clients enhanced chances of success and better compensation. Our Las Vegas accident attorney will look into your case and provide you professional consultation. With the help of our Las Vegas Attorneys, you can achieve justice through law.”
Attorney’s help of Las Vegas is dedicated to client satisfaction through their Las Vegas accident attorneys and other Las Vegas attorneys. Their Law offices are conveniently located in Las Vegas where their Las Vegas Attorney will be willing to help you out in whatever legal situation you may be in.
About Attorney’s help of Las Vegas:
Attorney’s help of Las Vegas is a full service firm and one of the most respected ones in Las Vegas. It offers an exclusive group of attorneys with proven honesty and integrity. It helps people in Las Vegas who need an experienced Las Vegas Attorney, with legal assistance regarding all sorts of civil and criminal cases. Their Las Vegas accident attorneys are experts in accident and personal injury cases. All their Las Vegas attorneys are licensed and certified.
Contact:
www.attorneyshelpoflasvegas.com
Attorney’s help of Las Vegas aims to help all those people who wish to file litigation but are unsure which chapters to file them under. Their Las Vegas attorneys advise such clients on their best legal remedies, at a reasonable fee. Each Las Vegas Attorney working with them is skilled and has been practicing law for years, yielding their clients success and better compensations. Their Las Vegas Accident Attorneys have handled many accident and personal injury cases and are proficient in tort law.
If you are going through a lot of physical and mental trauma after the accident or wrongful death of a loved one, Attorney’s help of Las Vegas recommends leaving all tensions to their experienced Las Vegas Accident Attorney who will deal with all of the legal, medical and insurance complications, allowing you to fully recover from your tragedy. Their Las Vegas Attorneys are well known by all major insurance firms and each Las Vegas Attorney here is capable of taking care of all your worries for you.
The spokesperson for Attorney’s help of Las Vegas said, “We have a loyal clientele who know they can depend on us in their time of need and emergency. We charge a nominal fee and in return offer clients enhanced chances of success and better compensation. Our Las Vegas accident attorney will look into your case and provide you professional consultation. With the help of our Las Vegas Attorneys, you can achieve justice through law.”
Attorney’s help of Las Vegas is dedicated to client satisfaction through their Las Vegas accident attorneys and other Las Vegas attorneys. Their Law offices are conveniently located in Las Vegas where their Las Vegas Attorney will be willing to help you out in whatever legal situation you may be in.
About Attorney’s help of Las Vegas:
Attorney’s help of Las Vegas is a full service firm and one of the most respected ones in Las Vegas. It offers an exclusive group of attorneys with proven honesty and integrity. It helps people in Las Vegas who need an experienced Las Vegas Attorney, with legal assistance regarding all sorts of civil and criminal cases. Their Las Vegas accident attorneys are experts in accident and personal injury cases. All their Las Vegas attorneys are licensed and certified.
Contact:
www.attorneyshelpoflasvegas.com
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Chicago Attorney Practicing Personal Injury Law
William T. Gibbs, a trial attorney at the Chicago personal injury law firm of Corboy & Demetrio, was elected to serve on the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Advisory Board. The Foundation is dedicated to honoring the lives and memories of Chicago police officers.
(Vocus/PRWEB ) May 28, 2010 -- William T. Gibbs, a personal injury attorney at the law firm of Corboy & Demetrio, has been elected to serve on the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Advisory Board. The Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, is dedicated to honoring the lives and memories of police officers. Its mission is to provide support and assistance to the families of Chicago Police Officers who have been killed or injured in the line of duty.
"I am highly honored to have been elected to serve on the Advisory Board of the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation," said Gibbs. "Under the guidance of Executive Director, Philip Cline, the Foundation has done exceptional work on behalf of police officers' families. I look forward to serving on the Board and hope my contributions will help further the goals and mission of this outstanding organization."
At Corboy & Demetrio, Gibbs concentrates his practice on cases involving aviation negligence, automobile collisions, construction negligence, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, and railroad negligence. He has obtained several record-setting and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Recently, with Corboy & Demetrio partners, Tom Demetrio and Dan Kotin, he helped obtain a $29.6 million verdict on behalf of a woman who was seriously injured in the derailment of a Metra train. The verdict is the largest in Illinois for an individual injured in a mass transit crash. In a Federal District Court case, he obtained a $6.6 million verdict for a family injured in an automobile collision. It was the largest verdict ever in that Court.
He is a member of numerous legal organizations including the American Association for Justice, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Chicago Bar Association and the Notre Dame Law Association. Gibbs recently authored an article, "A Quick Guide to the Illinois Dead Man’s Act," which was published in the Illinois Bar Journal, a publication of the Illinois State Bar Association. He was named one of the 2009 “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch” by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company and in 2009 and 2010, was designated an Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star.
(Vocus/PRWEB ) May 28, 2010 -- William T. Gibbs, a personal injury attorney at the law firm of Corboy & Demetrio, has been elected to serve on the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Advisory Board. The Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, is dedicated to honoring the lives and memories of police officers. Its mission is to provide support and assistance to the families of Chicago Police Officers who have been killed or injured in the line of duty.
"I am highly honored to have been elected to serve on the Advisory Board of the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation," said Gibbs. "Under the guidance of Executive Director, Philip Cline, the Foundation has done exceptional work on behalf of police officers' families. I look forward to serving on the Board and hope my contributions will help further the goals and mission of this outstanding organization."
At Corboy & Demetrio, Gibbs concentrates his practice on cases involving aviation negligence, automobile collisions, construction negligence, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, and railroad negligence. He has obtained several record-setting and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Recently, with Corboy & Demetrio partners, Tom Demetrio and Dan Kotin, he helped obtain a $29.6 million verdict on behalf of a woman who was seriously injured in the derailment of a Metra train. The verdict is the largest in Illinois for an individual injured in a mass transit crash. In a Federal District Court case, he obtained a $6.6 million verdict for a family injured in an automobile collision. It was the largest verdict ever in that Court.
He is a member of numerous legal organizations including the American Association for Justice, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Chicago Bar Association and the Notre Dame Law Association. Gibbs recently authored an article, "A Quick Guide to the Illinois Dead Man’s Act," which was published in the Illinois Bar Journal, a publication of the Illinois State Bar Association. He was named one of the 2009 “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch” by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company and in 2009 and 2010, was designated an Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Personal Injury PA 1
05/26/2010 // West Palm Beach, FL, USA // Tara Monks // Tara Monks
Philadelphia, PA – The 21-year-old New Jersey man who was arrested at a Phillies game after he purposefully vomited on an off-duty police officer and his daughter pleaded guilty Tuesday, May 25, 2010, to charges including simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment, as reported by The Washington Post.
Matthew Clemmens, of Cherry Hill, admitted to sticking his fingers down his throat and vomiting on Michael Vangleo and his 11-year-old daughter during an April 14 Phillies-Nationals game at Citizens Bank Park.
The incident came after his friend was kicked out of the park. According to court documents, the two obnoxious men began spilling beer, cursing and heckling the off-duty officer and his daughter as soon as they entered the stands.
Vangelo’s 15-year-old daughter asked the two to stop cursing and Vangelo complained to security that Clemmen’s friend was spitting, and some of it was hitting his little girl.
After Clemmen’s partner was escorted out, Clemmens was left alone sitting behind the Vangelos.
He then reportedly told someone on his cellphone, “I need to do what I need to do. I’m going to get sick.”
He then proceeded to force himself to vomit atop Vangelo, with some spewing onto his 11-year-old daughter.
And then, to make matters worse, he punched Vangelo several times in the head before other fans subdued him. Clemmens screamed profanities at the crowd as he was led out of the stadium.
In a plea deal, Clemmens pleaded guilty to the assault, disorderly conduct and harassment charges in order to be released from the reckless endangerment and corruption of minors.
The Vangelo’s were reportedly satisfied with the situation, and plan to attend Clemmens’ sentencing which is scheduled for July 30.
Clemmens, even though a 21-year-old adult, was accompanied by his parents during the trial.
Neither Clemmens nor his two parents had comments for reporters.
Philadelphia, PA – The 21-year-old New Jersey man who was arrested at a Phillies game after he purposefully vomited on an off-duty police officer and his daughter pleaded guilty Tuesday, May 25, 2010, to charges including simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment, as reported by The Washington Post.
Matthew Clemmens, of Cherry Hill, admitted to sticking his fingers down his throat and vomiting on Michael Vangleo and his 11-year-old daughter during an April 14 Phillies-Nationals game at Citizens Bank Park.
The incident came after his friend was kicked out of the park. According to court documents, the two obnoxious men began spilling beer, cursing and heckling the off-duty officer and his daughter as soon as they entered the stands.
Vangelo’s 15-year-old daughter asked the two to stop cursing and Vangelo complained to security that Clemmen’s friend was spitting, and some of it was hitting his little girl.
After Clemmen’s partner was escorted out, Clemmens was left alone sitting behind the Vangelos.
He then reportedly told someone on his cellphone, “I need to do what I need to do. I’m going to get sick.”
He then proceeded to force himself to vomit atop Vangelo, with some spewing onto his 11-year-old daughter.
And then, to make matters worse, he punched Vangelo several times in the head before other fans subdued him. Clemmens screamed profanities at the crowd as he was led out of the stadium.
In a plea deal, Clemmens pleaded guilty to the assault, disorderly conduct and harassment charges in order to be released from the reckless endangerment and corruption of minors.
The Vangelo’s were reportedly satisfied with the situation, and plan to attend Clemmens’ sentencing which is scheduled for July 30.
Clemmens, even though a 21-year-old adult, was accompanied by his parents during the trial.
Neither Clemmens nor his two parents had comments for reporters.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Wrong Baby from Wrong Embryo?
New York, NY (PRWEB) May 26, 2010 -- Embryo mix-ups at fertility clinics are extremely uncommon. However, when they do happen in a state like New York, medical malpractice lawyers are often involved.
A doctor had given Carolyn Savage the wrong embryo and she became pregnant with Paul and Shannon Morell's child.
The Savages say the fertility clinic transferred the wrong frozen embryo to Carolyn's womb in early February. Ten days later, Sean Savage got a call from a doctor saying his wife was pregnant with someone else's child. Due to her religious beliefs, Carolyn decided to carry the baby to term knowing that she would have to give the baby up once it was born.
According to the New York Post, the accident was caused by human error at the lab.
In 2004, a California woman was awarded $1 million to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit against a fertility doctor who accidentally gave her the wrong embryos and hid the mistake.
New York medical malpractice lawyers know that damages in such cases are extreme. "It's hard to pre-determine what the loss, grief and emotional damage this would cause in New York," said medical malpractice lawyer David Perecman.
David Perecman and The Perecman Firm, PLLC:
For the past 30 years, the New York medical malpractice lawyers, personal injury, construction accident, and auto accident lawyers at The Perecman Firm, PLLC have championed all types of cases for victims of auto accidents and their families. David Perecman, founder of the Firm, is a Board Director and the past Secretary and Treasurer of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) and a chair of its Labor Law Committee. Mr. Perecman's achievements have brought him recognition as an Honoree in the National Law Journal's Hall of Fame, in New York Magazine's "The Best Lawyers in America" and The New York Times Magazine "New York Super Lawyers, Metro Edition" for the years 2007-2010.
The Firm has recovered millions of dollars for its clients. Among the more
recent victories, Mr. Perecman won a $15 million verdict* for a construction
accident, a $5.35 million dollar verdict** for an automobile accident, and a
$40 million dollar structured settlement for medical malpractice.
*later settled while on appeal for $7.940 million
** later settled for $3.5 million
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"Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome."
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A doctor had given Carolyn Savage the wrong embryo and she became pregnant with Paul and Shannon Morell's child.
The Savages say the fertility clinic transferred the wrong frozen embryo to Carolyn's womb in early February. Ten days later, Sean Savage got a call from a doctor saying his wife was pregnant with someone else's child. Due to her religious beliefs, Carolyn decided to carry the baby to term knowing that she would have to give the baby up once it was born.
According to the New York Post, the accident was caused by human error at the lab.
In 2004, a California woman was awarded $1 million to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit against a fertility doctor who accidentally gave her the wrong embryos and hid the mistake.
New York medical malpractice lawyers know that damages in such cases are extreme. "It's hard to pre-determine what the loss, grief and emotional damage this would cause in New York," said medical malpractice lawyer David Perecman.
David Perecman and The Perecman Firm, PLLC:
For the past 30 years, the New York medical malpractice lawyers, personal injury, construction accident, and auto accident lawyers at The Perecman Firm, PLLC have championed all types of cases for victims of auto accidents and their families. David Perecman, founder of the Firm, is a Board Director and the past Secretary and Treasurer of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) and a chair of its Labor Law Committee. Mr. Perecman's achievements have brought him recognition as an Honoree in the National Law Journal's Hall of Fame, in New York Magazine's "The Best Lawyers in America" and The New York Times Magazine "New York Super Lawyers, Metro Edition" for the years 2007-2010.
The Firm has recovered millions of dollars for its clients. Among the more
recent victories, Mr. Perecman won a $15 million verdict* for a construction
accident, a $5.35 million dollar verdict** for an automobile accident, and a
$40 million dollar structured settlement for medical malpractice.
*later settled while on appeal for $7.940 million
** later settled for $3.5 million
"Lawyer Advertising"
"Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome."
###
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Personal Injury Lawyers Schooled on Suing BP
Attorneys working on the litigation dealing with the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil plume can expect to deal with novel questions of punitive damages, economic injuries, and the interaction of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 on the existing body of state, federal and maritime law, participants in the Gulf Coast Oil Symposium said Tuesday.
The symposium, organized by the New Orleans Bar Association at the Sheraton New Orleans hotel, is a measure of just how engrossing the legal issues facing plaintiff and defense attorneys alike are expected to be. "We've never done a seminar in response to a specific event," said Loretta Larsen, executive director of the bar association.
Attorneys who represented plaintiffs in the litigation over the Exxon Valdez tanker grounding in 1989 offered their words of wisdom.
Minneapolis attorney Karen Hanson Riebel said that time is the enemy. By the time the litigation settled, 20 percent of her 32,000 class members had died. After nearly two decades of litigation, class members received an average of $15,000 each for their losses.
Riebel said that fishing catch records from the state will be extremely important for establishing people's economic damages. She and her legal team also used population loss, fishery closures and impact on the market and seafood prices.
Richard Lockridge, a principal of the firm where Riebel works, recounted what he described as the "disgraceful" path of court rulings that knocked down the punitive damages from the original 1994 jury verdict of $5 billion to $507.5 million in 2008.
In its 2008 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said that for maritime cases, there must be a one-to-one ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages. But Lockridge said that the opinion also noted that reckless steps to enhance profits could make an argument for greater punitive damages, and he believes that the nation's high court might support punitive damages of three times the compensatory award in the Deepwater Horizon case, because early investigations show multiple corporate mistakes. The 3-to-1 ratio is what most states with caps on punitive damages allow.
"A careful reading of that case suggests that if the facts are more egregious than in the Valdez, the ratio might go as high as 3:1," Lockridge said.
Clues to corporate strategy
Lockridge also outlined what he expected to be the corporate strategy of BP, the company that leased the rig from owner Transocean Ltd.
In the Exxon Valdez litigation, Exxon kept emphasizing what a good company it was, how states supported offshore oil drilling, and how the nation, as a policy, wants cheap oil and gas. The company also emphasized how much it paid in fines, in the clean-up, and how sorry it was. The company also noted that it had pleaded guilty to several misdemeanors. He believes BP will use the same playbook.
Exxon Valdez panelists said their litigation was complex, but predicted that the situation with the Deepwater Horizon will be even tougher. It's an unmeasurable amount of oil affecting more people across at least four states, with the federal and state courts in each of those states potentially involved, and multiple defendants.
Meanwhile, Thomas Galligan, a maritime attorney who is president of Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire and who will be testifying before Congress on Thursday, noted that the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion highlights some gaps and inconsistencies in the laws that are likely to apply to the many people affected by the disaster.
In maritime law, the Jones Act and Death on the High Seas Act don't deal with "loss of society," or compensation for economic loss to survivors. But the branch of the Death on the High Seas Act that deals with aviation does allow for loss of society.
Meanwhile, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 sets out a framework for dealing with economic losses and indirect economic losses, but it doesn't dealt with personal injury or wrongful death.
"There's an inconsistency there," Galligan said. "We ought to look at the whole panoply of laws."
Multiple grounds on which to collect
Walter Leger, a Louisiana maritime attorney who is representing several governmental bodies in the litigation, said that under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the law passed after the Exxon Valdez to create a special environmental law to deal with oil spills, the state and individual parishes have multiple grounds on which to collect.
They should be compensated the cost of their efforts to prevent, mitigate or minimize the discharge of oil. They are also entitled to compensation for loss of revenues, damage to real and personal property, increased cost of public services.
The state of Louisiana will probably be in the situation of having to seek redress under OPA rather than the Louisiana Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act, because OPA is a stronger law than what the state has on the books. That means that the state faces the risk that any suits it filed will get removed to federal court. But Mississippi and Alabama have stronger state laws dealing with water pollution, so they have a real choice about how to pursue their grievances.
Midday, lunch speaker James Carville stirred up the crowd.
"I say to the administration, don't forget criminal law. If someone needs to go to jail, so be it," Carville stormed from a podium next to a map of the Gulf of Mexico. "If they broke the law, go to Angola. They're waiting on you."
Rebecca Mowbray can be reached at rmowbray@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3417.
The symposium, organized by the New Orleans Bar Association at the Sheraton New Orleans hotel, is a measure of just how engrossing the legal issues facing plaintiff and defense attorneys alike are expected to be. "We've never done a seminar in response to a specific event," said Loretta Larsen, executive director of the bar association.
Attorneys who represented plaintiffs in the litigation over the Exxon Valdez tanker grounding in 1989 offered their words of wisdom.
Minneapolis attorney Karen Hanson Riebel said that time is the enemy. By the time the litigation settled, 20 percent of her 32,000 class members had died. After nearly two decades of litigation, class members received an average of $15,000 each for their losses.
Riebel said that fishing catch records from the state will be extremely important for establishing people's economic damages. She and her legal team also used population loss, fishery closures and impact on the market and seafood prices.
Richard Lockridge, a principal of the firm where Riebel works, recounted what he described as the "disgraceful" path of court rulings that knocked down the punitive damages from the original 1994 jury verdict of $5 billion to $507.5 million in 2008.
In its 2008 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said that for maritime cases, there must be a one-to-one ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages. But Lockridge said that the opinion also noted that reckless steps to enhance profits could make an argument for greater punitive damages, and he believes that the nation's high court might support punitive damages of three times the compensatory award in the Deepwater Horizon case, because early investigations show multiple corporate mistakes. The 3-to-1 ratio is what most states with caps on punitive damages allow.
"A careful reading of that case suggests that if the facts are more egregious than in the Valdez, the ratio might go as high as 3:1," Lockridge said.
Clues to corporate strategy
Lockridge also outlined what he expected to be the corporate strategy of BP, the company that leased the rig from owner Transocean Ltd.
In the Exxon Valdez litigation, Exxon kept emphasizing what a good company it was, how states supported offshore oil drilling, and how the nation, as a policy, wants cheap oil and gas. The company also emphasized how much it paid in fines, in the clean-up, and how sorry it was. The company also noted that it had pleaded guilty to several misdemeanors. He believes BP will use the same playbook.
Exxon Valdez panelists said their litigation was complex, but predicted that the situation with the Deepwater Horizon will be even tougher. It's an unmeasurable amount of oil affecting more people across at least four states, with the federal and state courts in each of those states potentially involved, and multiple defendants.
Meanwhile, Thomas Galligan, a maritime attorney who is president of Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire and who will be testifying before Congress on Thursday, noted that the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion highlights some gaps and inconsistencies in the laws that are likely to apply to the many people affected by the disaster.
In maritime law, the Jones Act and Death on the High Seas Act don't deal with "loss of society," or compensation for economic loss to survivors. But the branch of the Death on the High Seas Act that deals with aviation does allow for loss of society.
Meanwhile, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 sets out a framework for dealing with economic losses and indirect economic losses, but it doesn't dealt with personal injury or wrongful death.
"There's an inconsistency there," Galligan said. "We ought to look at the whole panoply of laws."
Multiple grounds on which to collect
Walter Leger, a Louisiana maritime attorney who is representing several governmental bodies in the litigation, said that under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the law passed after the Exxon Valdez to create a special environmental law to deal with oil spills, the state and individual parishes have multiple grounds on which to collect.
They should be compensated the cost of their efforts to prevent, mitigate or minimize the discharge of oil. They are also entitled to compensation for loss of revenues, damage to real and personal property, increased cost of public services.
The state of Louisiana will probably be in the situation of having to seek redress under OPA rather than the Louisiana Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act, because OPA is a stronger law than what the state has on the books. That means that the state faces the risk that any suits it filed will get removed to federal court. But Mississippi and Alabama have stronger state laws dealing with water pollution, so they have a real choice about how to pursue their grievances.
Midday, lunch speaker James Carville stirred up the crowd.
"I say to the administration, don't forget criminal law. If someone needs to go to jail, so be it," Carville stormed from a podium next to a map of the Gulf of Mexico. "If they broke the law, go to Angola. They're waiting on you."
Rebecca Mowbray can be reached at rmowbray@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3417.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Personal Injury Attorney for New York 1
24.05.2010 16:35:52 New York Personal Injury Law Firm represents the victims of personal injury and auto accidents involving cars, trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bus accidents.
(live-PR.com) - If you suffered injuries in an auto accident, construction accident or medical malpractice then you should file a personal injury compensation claim against the negligent individual, private/public authority that includes New York Municipal authorities. Visit New York Personal Injury attorney at : www.866attylaw.com/
Victims planning to file a personal injury compensation claim in New York, require Doctor’s report, Accident report, Photographs
of accident site, Evidence and Witnesses before filing the case.
Some of the basic steps involved in a New York personal injury compensation claim are given below-
a) Contact a doctor and get yourself treated even if the injuries seem minor as most the accident victims experience pain only after one year of the accident. A personal injury does affect a people’s personal life as well as their health.
b) Click pictures of the bruises, swellings, and cuts, fractured bones.
c) Write down all the important details related to the accident or injury that include date, time and place, kind of injuries sustained, lost wages and medical expenses etc. If you are a victim of an auto accident, then note down details like road/weather conditions, traffic conditions, malfunctioning of the traffic signals or any other. These would be helpful while filing a personal injury compensation claim.
d) If you are victim of an accident within New York City (NYC) then report the matter to New York Police and retain copies of the accident report. This would also be required while filing a personal injury claim.
e) If, there are any eyewitnesses to your accident then take their written statements.
f) Collect evidences like damaged vehicle, a broken step or ripped clothing to prove the accident.
g) If you are a victim within New York City then contact a New York personal injury attorney to help you get justice and compensation from the negligent individual or authority responsible for your injuries.
Majority of the personal injury attorneys provide legal services on contingency basis or free of cost.
h) You should also inform the insurance company.
i) Get in touch with a Personal Injury Attorney. Your injury attorney will help you steer clear of any complications arising out of your injury lawsuit
(live-PR.com) - If you suffered injuries in an auto accident, construction accident or medical malpractice then you should file a personal injury compensation claim against the negligent individual, private/public authority that includes New York Municipal authorities. Visit New York Personal Injury attorney at : www.866attylaw.com/
Victims planning to file a personal injury compensation claim in New York, require Doctor’s report, Accident report, Photographs
of accident site, Evidence and Witnesses before filing the case.
Some of the basic steps involved in a New York personal injury compensation claim are given below-
a) Contact a doctor and get yourself treated even if the injuries seem minor as most the accident victims experience pain only after one year of the accident. A personal injury does affect a people’s personal life as well as their health.
b) Click pictures of the bruises, swellings, and cuts, fractured bones.
c) Write down all the important details related to the accident or injury that include date, time and place, kind of injuries sustained, lost wages and medical expenses etc. If you are a victim of an auto accident, then note down details like road/weather conditions, traffic conditions, malfunctioning of the traffic signals or any other. These would be helpful while filing a personal injury compensation claim.
d) If you are victim of an accident within New York City (NYC) then report the matter to New York Police and retain copies of the accident report. This would also be required while filing a personal injury claim.
e) If, there are any eyewitnesses to your accident then take their written statements.
f) Collect evidences like damaged vehicle, a broken step or ripped clothing to prove the accident.
g) If you are a victim within New York City then contact a New York personal injury attorney to help you get justice and compensation from the negligent individual or authority responsible for your injuries.
Majority of the personal injury attorneys provide legal services on contingency basis or free of cost.
h) You should also inform the insurance company.
i) Get in touch with a Personal Injury Attorney. Your injury attorney will help you steer clear of any complications arising out of your injury lawsuit
Monday, May 24, 2010
Defense Attorney Nominated for Crime Fighter
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday nominated James Cole, a defense lawyer who previously prosecuted public corruption cases, as deputy attorney general, the Justice Department's No. 2 job.
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If confirmed by the Senate, the 57-year-old Cole would play a key role in such issues as fighting financial crime and prosecuting terrorism suspects.
"James brings with him exceptional experience, both as a lawyer in private practice and as a government official with over a decade of service at the Department of Justice. The American people will be well served by his integrity and commitment to the law," Obama said in a statement.
David Ogden, Obama's first deputy attorney general, left the department in February. Justice Department officials have said Ogden had a rocky relationship with Attorney General Eric Holder.
Holder has long known Cole, who had been a Justice Department official for 13 years before entering private law practice in Washington.
At the Justice Department, Cole served his last four years as deputy chief of the public integrity section, the same unit where Holder once worked. Cole tried a number of high-profile cases, including prosecutions of a member of Congress and a federal judge.
Cole also served as special counsel for the House Ethics Committee in its 1997 investigation of Speaker New Gingrich. In private practice, he has represented a number of companies, executives and politicians.
Cole's appointment would be one of the expected changes in the top ranks of the Justice Department. Obama has nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the upcoming retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens.
Patrick Leahy, Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a statement he hoped to expedite consideration of Cole's nomination.
(Reporting by James Vicini; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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If confirmed by the Senate, the 57-year-old Cole would play a key role in such issues as fighting financial crime and prosecuting terrorism suspects.
"James brings with him exceptional experience, both as a lawyer in private practice and as a government official with over a decade of service at the Department of Justice. The American people will be well served by his integrity and commitment to the law," Obama said in a statement.
David Ogden, Obama's first deputy attorney general, left the department in February. Justice Department officials have said Ogden had a rocky relationship with Attorney General Eric Holder.
Holder has long known Cole, who had been a Justice Department official for 13 years before entering private law practice in Washington.
At the Justice Department, Cole served his last four years as deputy chief of the public integrity section, the same unit where Holder once worked. Cole tried a number of high-profile cases, including prosecutions of a member of Congress and a federal judge.
Cole also served as special counsel for the House Ethics Committee in its 1997 investigation of Speaker New Gingrich. In private practice, he has represented a number of companies, executives and politicians.
Cole's appointment would be one of the expected changes in the top ranks of the Justice Department. Obama has nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the upcoming retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens.
Patrick Leahy, Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a statement he hoped to expedite consideration of Cole's nomination.
(Reporting by James Vicini; Editing by Peter Cooney)
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Missouri Personal Injury Attorney
St. Louis, Missouri (PRWEB) May 22, 2010 -- A report due this summer from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration reaffirms the dangers of heart attack and heart failure that the diabetes drug Avandia poses to patients, a Missouri legal firm that assists victims of personal injury says.
The FDA in August 2009 received data from a large, long-term clinical study on possible risks with Avandia (rosiglitazone), which is prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes. In an FDA Drug Safety Communication published February 22, 2010, the federal regulator said it will present a summary of the study at the upcoming Advisory Committee meeting in July 2010.However, The New York Times said in February that the study goes so far as to recommend that the government ban sales of Avandia, which is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline Plc. The newspaper named two of the study’s authors, Dr. David Graham and Dr. Kate Gelperin, and said both recommend Avandia's withdrawal from the market.
Avandia has been primarily linked to congestive heart failure and heart attack, but also to liver toxicity, severe allergic reaction and stroke. In the third quarter of 2009, 304 deaths were blamed on the use of Avandia, according to a report from the Institute for Safe Medication Practice.
“It has been clear for years that Avandia is a harmful drug,” said Jeff Singer, a personal injury attorney with Fox, Singer & Goldblatt, P.C. of St. Louis. “We contend that GlaxoSmithKline either knew or should have known about this problem for several years.”
In May 2007, an FDA alert said there was “a potentially significant increase in the risk of heart attack and heart-related deaths in patients taking Avandia.” The agency asked GlaxoSmithKline to conduct further studies to examine cardiovascular risks.
The FDA in November 2007 ordered stricter warnings about the potential increased risk for heart attacks in patients taking Avandia.
“The American public cannot stand by as pharmaceutical companies bring unsafe drugs to market in the name of profit,” Singer said. “We at Fox, Goldblatt & Singer will stand up for those who have been harmed, and we'll work to obtain justice on their behalf.”
About Fox, Goldblatt & Singer, P.C.
Established in 1949, the St. Louis, Missouri, personal injury law firm of Fox, Goldblatt & Singer, P.C. has extensive experience with defective drug cases, as well as car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, workers’ compensation law, premises liability and medical malpractice. Call the firm's lawyers today at (877) 858-4699 or contact them at www.stlinjurylaw.com to discuss your case. The firm serves injury victims throughout the United States, as well as those injured in the communities of St. Louis, Florissant, Chesterfield, University City, Clayton, O’Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters, St. Louis County and St. Charles County, MO, and throughout Alton, Belleville, Madison County and St. Claire County, IL.
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The FDA in August 2009 received data from a large, long-term clinical study on possible risks with Avandia (rosiglitazone), which is prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes. In an FDA Drug Safety Communication published February 22, 2010, the federal regulator said it will present a summary of the study at the upcoming Advisory Committee meeting in July 2010.However, The New York Times said in February that the study goes so far as to recommend that the government ban sales of Avandia, which is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline Plc. The newspaper named two of the study’s authors, Dr. David Graham and Dr. Kate Gelperin, and said both recommend Avandia's withdrawal from the market.
Avandia has been primarily linked to congestive heart failure and heart attack, but also to liver toxicity, severe allergic reaction and stroke. In the third quarter of 2009, 304 deaths were blamed on the use of Avandia, according to a report from the Institute for Safe Medication Practice.
“It has been clear for years that Avandia is a harmful drug,” said Jeff Singer, a personal injury attorney with Fox, Singer & Goldblatt, P.C. of St. Louis. “We contend that GlaxoSmithKline either knew or should have known about this problem for several years.”
In May 2007, an FDA alert said there was “a potentially significant increase in the risk of heart attack and heart-related deaths in patients taking Avandia.” The agency asked GlaxoSmithKline to conduct further studies to examine cardiovascular risks.
The FDA in November 2007 ordered stricter warnings about the potential increased risk for heart attacks in patients taking Avandia.
“The American public cannot stand by as pharmaceutical companies bring unsafe drugs to market in the name of profit,” Singer said. “We at Fox, Goldblatt & Singer will stand up for those who have been harmed, and we'll work to obtain justice on their behalf.”
About Fox, Goldblatt & Singer, P.C.
Established in 1949, the St. Louis, Missouri, personal injury law firm of Fox, Goldblatt & Singer, P.C. has extensive experience with defective drug cases, as well as car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, workers’ compensation law, premises liability and medical malpractice. Call the firm's lawyers today at (877) 858-4699 or contact them at www.stlinjurylaw.com to discuss your case. The firm serves injury victims throughout the United States, as well as those injured in the communities of St. Louis, Florissant, Chesterfield, University City, Clayton, O’Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters, St. Louis County and St. Charles County, MO, and throughout Alton, Belleville, Madison County and St. Claire County, IL.
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
Orlando Personal Injury Attorney
05/20/2010 // West Palm Beach, FL, USA // Tara Monks // Tara Monks
Orlando, FL – An Orlando man who was Tasered by officers during Game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, has hired an attorney, claiming the officers were out of line, as reported by www.wesh.com.
Willie Lorenzo Buie, stepfather of 28-year-old Boston Celtic Marquis Daniels, claims he was abused by police when they removed him from Section 106 and attempted to escort him to a security office at the Amway Arena.
Buie’s attorney told reporters that Buie was involved in a verbal argument with Orland Magic fans. Buie was reportedly defending his son’s team against the verbal bashing the Magic fans were giving.
A witness at the scene told reporters, “I was surprised at how angry the gentleman was,” referring to Buie. The witness explained that security had already escorted Buie out of the area once before.
After Buie was taken away the first time, security apparently let Buie return to his seat, where he began yelling obscenities again. The witness recorded his actions on her iPhone.
A police report of the incident claimed Buie resisted arrest and began throwing his arms around and cursing. Police claim his violent actions prompted them to use a Taser gun.
Marquis Daniels bailed his father out of jail Tuesday night. He was charged with resisting arrest with violence.
The officer who used the Taser gun on Buie was Brandon Tabaczynski. A departmental investigation into the event is underway.
Orlando, FL – An Orlando man who was Tasered by officers during Game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, has hired an attorney, claiming the officers were out of line, as reported by www.wesh.com.
Willie Lorenzo Buie, stepfather of 28-year-old Boston Celtic Marquis Daniels, claims he was abused by police when they removed him from Section 106 and attempted to escort him to a security office at the Amway Arena.
Buie’s attorney told reporters that Buie was involved in a verbal argument with Orland Magic fans. Buie was reportedly defending his son’s team against the verbal bashing the Magic fans were giving.
A witness at the scene told reporters, “I was surprised at how angry the gentleman was,” referring to Buie. The witness explained that security had already escorted Buie out of the area once before.
After Buie was taken away the first time, security apparently let Buie return to his seat, where he began yelling obscenities again. The witness recorded his actions on her iPhone.
A police report of the incident claimed Buie resisted arrest and began throwing his arms around and cursing. Police claim his violent actions prompted them to use a Taser gun.
Marquis Daniels bailed his father out of jail Tuesday night. He was charged with resisting arrest with violence.
The officer who used the Taser gun on Buie was Brandon Tabaczynski. A departmental investigation into the event is underway.
Friday, May 21, 2010
North Carolina Personal Injury Attorney
Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) May 20, 2010 -- The Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the U.S., recently certified the highly regarded Charlotte attorney Herbert W. Auger as the organization's newest member.
Membership in The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is limited to attorneys who have won million and multimillion-dollar verdicts, awards and settlements. The organization was founded in 1993 and there are approximately 3,000 members located nationwide, which is fewer than 1% of all U.S. attorneys.
Auger is well-respected for his work as an auto accident and personal injury attorney in North Carolina.
"I'm flattered and humbled by this recognition, which is reserved for attorneys who have acted as principal counsel in a case with an outcome in excess of one million dollars," said Auger, founding partner of Auger & Auger, a leading personal injury law firm based in Charlotte.
Auger is a graduate of Touro College and the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. He specializes in plaintiff's personal injury litigation, including automotive accidents, bicycle accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, aviation accidents, workers compensation matters, nursing home neglect cases and premises liability disputes.
Auger & Auger's practice is focused on personal injury litigation has more than 20 years of experience in this niche. The firm's lawyers meet with each client and carefully explain the steps they need to protect themselves and any loved ones who have personal injuries. Auger & Auger offers free initial consultations to North Carolina personal injury victims. The firm has three offices in Charlotte and North Carolina to help serve Charlotte and the surrounding areas.
For more information, please visit www.augerlaw.com or call 800.977.7396.
Membership in The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is limited to attorneys who have won million and multimillion-dollar verdicts, awards and settlements. The organization was founded in 1993 and there are approximately 3,000 members located nationwide, which is fewer than 1% of all U.S. attorneys.
Auger is well-respected for his work as an auto accident and personal injury attorney in North Carolina.
"I'm flattered and humbled by this recognition, which is reserved for attorneys who have acted as principal counsel in a case with an outcome in excess of one million dollars," said Auger, founding partner of Auger & Auger, a leading personal injury law firm based in Charlotte.
Auger is a graduate of Touro College and the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. He specializes in plaintiff's personal injury litigation, including automotive accidents, bicycle accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, aviation accidents, workers compensation matters, nursing home neglect cases and premises liability disputes.
Auger & Auger's practice is focused on personal injury litigation has more than 20 years of experience in this niche. The firm's lawyers meet with each client and carefully explain the steps they need to protect themselves and any loved ones who have personal injuries. Auger & Auger offers free initial consultations to North Carolina personal injury victims. The firm has three offices in Charlotte and North Carolina to help serve Charlotte and the surrounding areas.
For more information, please visit www.augerlaw.com or call 800.977.7396.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
New York Malpractice Attorneys
010-05-19 23:12:14 - NY Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Law Firm represent victims of personal injury, accident injury and medical malpractice within NYS. If you or someone close to you has been a victim of medical malpractice then you must get in touch with a Personal Injury Lawyer at 1-866-ATTY-LAW
New York - Medical Malpractice Lawyers ( www.866attylaw.com/medical_malpractice ) Frekhtman and Associates represents victims of medical negligence and malpractice within New York City. Contact us at The Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York, New York - 10007, Phone : (212) 766-5656
Many patients suffer due to improper medical treatment by the doctor, hospital, or medical staff for which a medical malpracticeawsuit can be filed against them. A medical malpractice attorney would help these patients to get compensation money for all the injuries they have suffered.
It is the primary duty of every doctor to provide proper medical care and if he fails to adhere to this then, these doctors are liable for all the medical mistakes and serious consequences. Such cases are handled medical malpractice lawyers who fight for the patients’ rights. Most of the doctors have protected themselves against any such situations. Their insurance company covers expenses for all injuries and lost wages (if you are employed). In some cases, victims suffered serious injuries or died due to negligent surgeon. In such situations, the victims or their kin can file a personal injury claim against the negligent doctor or authorities and claim for the damages.
Following are some of the personal injuries resulting from Medical Malpractice/Negligence
Paralysis
Paraplegia
Quadriplegia
Wrongful Death
Birth Injury
Failure to Diagnose
Surgical Errors
Nursing Home Abuse
Breast Cancer
Cerebral Palsy
Erbs Palsy
Even in cases where the patient has undergone an expensive facial surgery and he suffers a kidney failure, the doctor is bound to compensate for both unexpected medical bills as well as losses the victim has suffered.
If you or your kin have suffered injuries within New York City, then you should get in touch with a New York Medical Malpractice Attorney. A Medical malpractice lawyer will help you in getting the right compensation and justice you deserve.
Watch Video by New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmIwW0ChHkw
New York - Medical Malpractice Lawyers ( www.866attylaw.com/medical_malpractice ) Frekhtman and Associates represents victims of medical negligence and malpractice within New York City. Contact us at The Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York, New York - 10007, Phone : (212) 766-5656
Many patients suffer due to improper medical treatment by the doctor, hospital, or medical staff for which a medical malpracticeawsuit can be filed against them. A medical malpractice attorney would help these patients to get compensation money for all the injuries they have suffered.
It is the primary duty of every doctor to provide proper medical care and if he fails to adhere to this then, these doctors are liable for all the medical mistakes and serious consequences. Such cases are handled medical malpractice lawyers who fight for the patients’ rights. Most of the doctors have protected themselves against any such situations. Their insurance company covers expenses for all injuries and lost wages (if you are employed). In some cases, victims suffered serious injuries or died due to negligent surgeon. In such situations, the victims or their kin can file a personal injury claim against the negligent doctor or authorities and claim for the damages.
Following are some of the personal injuries resulting from Medical Malpractice/Negligence
Paralysis
Paraplegia
Quadriplegia
Wrongful Death
Birth Injury
Failure to Diagnose
Surgical Errors
Nursing Home Abuse
Breast Cancer
Cerebral Palsy
Erbs Palsy
Even in cases where the patient has undergone an expensive facial surgery and he suffers a kidney failure, the doctor is bound to compensate for both unexpected medical bills as well as losses the victim has suffered.
If you or your kin have suffered injuries within New York City, then you should get in touch with a New York Medical Malpractice Attorney. A Medical malpractice lawyer will help you in getting the right compensation and justice you deserve.
Watch Video by New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmIwW0ChHkw
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Wisconsin Personal Injury Attorney II
5/18/2010 12:44 PM By Kelly Holleran
Goodyear claims its former lawyers forced it to settle with a couple who filed a complaint against the company instead of allowing the company to fight the allegations through a jury trial.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America filed a lawsuit May 5 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Perkins Coie, Jeanne M. Cullen and Matthew J. Gehringer.
The plaintiffs claim their troubles began after Darla and Mike Green filed a 10-count complaint against Goodyear on June 6, 2008.
In their complaint, the Greens claim they left on their 2003 Harley Davidson Ultra Guide Classic motorcycle from Illinois and started to head toward Yellowstone National Park with two other couples on June 27, 2007. After about three hours of driving, the Greens and their companions stopped for lunch in Mexico, Mo., according to their complaint.
During lunch, Debbie Hausman, a passenger on a motorcycle following the Greens', told the group she smelled burnt rubber and noticed the Greens' rear tire looked low on air, Goodyear's suit states.
"After lunch, the group resumed their trip, and shortly thereafter, the Greens experienced a sidewall deflation on the Classic's rear Dunlop D402, MT90B1674H tire at or around mile-marker 46.8 on Interstate 70 in Lafayette County, Missouri," the complaint says. "Following deflation of the Dunlop tire, the Classic operated by Michael Green went out of control, skidded on its side, and crashed, ejecting both Darla and Michael Green."
At the time of the accident, the Greens wore only t-shirts and helmet-type plastic caps not endorsed by the Department of Transportation, Goodyear claims.
"The helmets stated on the inside: 'WARNING: This is a novelty item and not intended for use a [sic] safety equipment," the suit states. "USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!"
In addition, the Goodyear tire that deflated had only 2/32-inch tread, meaning the tire was 7/8 worn out, according to Goodyear's complaint.
The Greens further contributed to the accident by the amount of weight on the motorcycle, the complaint says. Goodyear claims Darla Green weighed 268 pounds at the time of the collision while Michael Green weighed 263 pounds.
"Coupled with the contents of the Greens' luggage for the trip, the bike was overloaded by at least 131 pounds," the suit states.
After the accident, emergency workers transported Darla Green to Research Medical Center in Independence, Mo., where she remained hospitalized for about one month, according to the complaint. She complained of brain injury following the collision, has a general loss of vision in both of her eyes, had a torn rotator cuff in her left shoulder and sustained frozen shoulder, anxiety and depression, the complaint says. In addition, Darla Green claimed she sustained scarring from road rash and scarring on her throat from a tracheotomy, which affected her singing in a church choir.
Michael Green walked away from the accident and initially refused hospitalization, but later admitted himself to the hospital where he received morphine for pain, the complaint says. Six months later, Michael Green complained of right knee pain, and doctors diagnosed him with a right knee meniscus tear, for which he endured two surgeries, Goodyear claims.
Goodyear removed the Greens' suit against them to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and hired Perkins Coie to represent it.
The law firm filed an answer to the Greens' lawsuit on July 3, 2008, saying the Greens' contributed to their own injuries when they failed to adequately maintain their motorcycle and its tires, failed to adequately inspect the motorcycle before operating it and failed to follow the owner's manual regarding the safe and proper use of the motorcycle, among a number of other negligent acts performed by the Greens.
Goodyear claims that because of the Greens' actions, it had no liability in causing the collision. The company even offered the testimony of its senior manager at its Buffalo plant, Ian Willetts, who inspected the Greens' tire, according to the complaint.
"By reason of Mr. Willetts' position with Goodyear, he would provide critical and unique testimony related to Goodyear's manufacturing and quality assurance processes and procedures, as well as testimony that the tire in question failed due to the Plaintiffs' overloading the tire and utilizing the tire in an underinflated condition for a majority of the tire's life, thus creating a condition that could lead to death or great bodily harm," the suit states.
Willetts was deposed twice - on Nov. 18 and Nov. 19, but completed an errata sheet with simple changes for each deposition after he finished them. Willetts forwarded the errata sheets to his attorney, Cullen, who only forwarded an errata sheet for Willetts' Nov. 18 deposition, but not for his Nov. 19 deposition, the suit states.
On Feb. 24, Perkins Coie submitted a motion to strike the errata sheet changes to Willetts' deposition, according to the complaint.
"On March 9, 2010, following the examination of Mr. Willets by counsel and the questioning of defendant Cullen by Judge Patrick Murphy, as a direct and proximate result of the negligence of the defendants, including, without limitation, the negligent use of the December 11, 2009, notary verification, the Court ruled that Ian Willetts was stricken as a witness for Goodyear," the complaint says. "Due to this ruling, Goodyear was unable to support its valid defenses with Mr. Willetts' critical and unique testimony."
Following the order, Goodyear attempted to file an offer of proof concerning Willetts' testimony, but Judge Murphy informed Goodyear he would be required to enter another order with additional findings that would supplement the prior order, Goodyear claims.
To make matters worse, when Perkins Coie filed Goodyear's answer to the court, it failed to request a jury trial despite the fact that it proceeded as if the case would be tried before a jury, according to Goodyear's complaint.
"Knowing that Defendants negligently failed to filed a jury demand, and that trial would proceed before Judge Murphy, representatives of Goodyear reasonably believed that they had no other choice than to withdraw their Offer of Proof," the suit states. "The Offer of Proof was withdrawn by Goodyear on March 12, 2010. The withdrawal of the Offer of Proof by Goodyear severely impaired Goodyear's ability to appeal a subsequent verdict.
"Having lost Mr. Ian Willetts as a witness and having suffered damage to their chances on appeal, Goodyear decided that it had no choice but to settle the matter immediately, rather than risk an adverse and substantial verdict by the Court at trial."
In its suit, Goodyear claims professional negligence against the defendants.
It seeks a judgment of more than $50,000, plus costs and other relief the court deems just.
Thomas Q. Keefe Jr. of Swansea and George W. Spellmire and Jefferey O. Katz of Spellmire and Sommer in Chicago will be representing it.
St. Clair County Circuit Court case number: 10-L-225.
Goodyear claims its former lawyers forced it to settle with a couple who filed a complaint against the company instead of allowing the company to fight the allegations through a jury trial.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America filed a lawsuit May 5 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Perkins Coie, Jeanne M. Cullen and Matthew J. Gehringer.
The plaintiffs claim their troubles began after Darla and Mike Green filed a 10-count complaint against Goodyear on June 6, 2008.
In their complaint, the Greens claim they left on their 2003 Harley Davidson Ultra Guide Classic motorcycle from Illinois and started to head toward Yellowstone National Park with two other couples on June 27, 2007. After about three hours of driving, the Greens and their companions stopped for lunch in Mexico, Mo., according to their complaint.
During lunch, Debbie Hausman, a passenger on a motorcycle following the Greens', told the group she smelled burnt rubber and noticed the Greens' rear tire looked low on air, Goodyear's suit states.
"After lunch, the group resumed their trip, and shortly thereafter, the Greens experienced a sidewall deflation on the Classic's rear Dunlop D402, MT90B1674H tire at or around mile-marker 46.8 on Interstate 70 in Lafayette County, Missouri," the complaint says. "Following deflation of the Dunlop tire, the Classic operated by Michael Green went out of control, skidded on its side, and crashed, ejecting both Darla and Michael Green."
At the time of the accident, the Greens wore only t-shirts and helmet-type plastic caps not endorsed by the Department of Transportation, Goodyear claims.
"The helmets stated on the inside: 'WARNING: This is a novelty item and not intended for use a [sic] safety equipment," the suit states. "USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!"
In addition, the Goodyear tire that deflated had only 2/32-inch tread, meaning the tire was 7/8 worn out, according to Goodyear's complaint.
The Greens further contributed to the accident by the amount of weight on the motorcycle, the complaint says. Goodyear claims Darla Green weighed 268 pounds at the time of the collision while Michael Green weighed 263 pounds.
"Coupled with the contents of the Greens' luggage for the trip, the bike was overloaded by at least 131 pounds," the suit states.
After the accident, emergency workers transported Darla Green to Research Medical Center in Independence, Mo., where she remained hospitalized for about one month, according to the complaint. She complained of brain injury following the collision, has a general loss of vision in both of her eyes, had a torn rotator cuff in her left shoulder and sustained frozen shoulder, anxiety and depression, the complaint says. In addition, Darla Green claimed she sustained scarring from road rash and scarring on her throat from a tracheotomy, which affected her singing in a church choir.
Michael Green walked away from the accident and initially refused hospitalization, but later admitted himself to the hospital where he received morphine for pain, the complaint says. Six months later, Michael Green complained of right knee pain, and doctors diagnosed him with a right knee meniscus tear, for which he endured two surgeries, Goodyear claims.
Goodyear removed the Greens' suit against them to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and hired Perkins Coie to represent it.
The law firm filed an answer to the Greens' lawsuit on July 3, 2008, saying the Greens' contributed to their own injuries when they failed to adequately maintain their motorcycle and its tires, failed to adequately inspect the motorcycle before operating it and failed to follow the owner's manual regarding the safe and proper use of the motorcycle, among a number of other negligent acts performed by the Greens.
Goodyear claims that because of the Greens' actions, it had no liability in causing the collision. The company even offered the testimony of its senior manager at its Buffalo plant, Ian Willetts, who inspected the Greens' tire, according to the complaint.
"By reason of Mr. Willetts' position with Goodyear, he would provide critical and unique testimony related to Goodyear's manufacturing and quality assurance processes and procedures, as well as testimony that the tire in question failed due to the Plaintiffs' overloading the tire and utilizing the tire in an underinflated condition for a majority of the tire's life, thus creating a condition that could lead to death or great bodily harm," the suit states.
Willetts was deposed twice - on Nov. 18 and Nov. 19, but completed an errata sheet with simple changes for each deposition after he finished them. Willetts forwarded the errata sheets to his attorney, Cullen, who only forwarded an errata sheet for Willetts' Nov. 18 deposition, but not for his Nov. 19 deposition, the suit states.
On Feb. 24, Perkins Coie submitted a motion to strike the errata sheet changes to Willetts' deposition, according to the complaint.
"On March 9, 2010, following the examination of Mr. Willets by counsel and the questioning of defendant Cullen by Judge Patrick Murphy, as a direct and proximate result of the negligence of the defendants, including, without limitation, the negligent use of the December 11, 2009, notary verification, the Court ruled that Ian Willetts was stricken as a witness for Goodyear," the complaint says. "Due to this ruling, Goodyear was unable to support its valid defenses with Mr. Willetts' critical and unique testimony."
Following the order, Goodyear attempted to file an offer of proof concerning Willetts' testimony, but Judge Murphy informed Goodyear he would be required to enter another order with additional findings that would supplement the prior order, Goodyear claims.
To make matters worse, when Perkins Coie filed Goodyear's answer to the court, it failed to request a jury trial despite the fact that it proceeded as if the case would be tried before a jury, according to Goodyear's complaint.
"Knowing that Defendants negligently failed to filed a jury demand, and that trial would proceed before Judge Murphy, representatives of Goodyear reasonably believed that they had no other choice than to withdraw their Offer of Proof," the suit states. "The Offer of Proof was withdrawn by Goodyear on March 12, 2010. The withdrawal of the Offer of Proof by Goodyear severely impaired Goodyear's ability to appeal a subsequent verdict.
"Having lost Mr. Ian Willetts as a witness and having suffered damage to their chances on appeal, Goodyear decided that it had no choice but to settle the matter immediately, rather than risk an adverse and substantial verdict by the Court at trial."
In its suit, Goodyear claims professional negligence against the defendants.
It seeks a judgment of more than $50,000, plus costs and other relief the court deems just.
Thomas Q. Keefe Jr. of Swansea and George W. Spellmire and Jefferey O. Katz of Spellmire and Sommer in Chicago will be representing it.
St. Clair County Circuit Court case number: 10-L-225.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Nevada Personal Injury Attorney
BY VALERIE MILLER
Often -- some people would say too often -- screeching brakes and the sound of metal on metal means a personal injury attorney is about to get more business. Although they were once flush with insurance money, some local personal injury lawyers say they are taking a financial hit as insurers increasingly delay settlements.
Industry leaders are split on why policy providers may not be willing to settle. Longtime personal injury attorney Ed Bernstein contends insurers are hurting financially and thus reluctant to pay out.
"Insurance companies make their money two ways. They take the premiums and invest them and they take as long as possible and pay as little as possible," he said. "And they are not getting a lot back on their investments anymore."
Although there has traditionally been a lag time between an injury and a settlement, Bernstein said he's seen that wait double in recent years.
"A typical claim used to take a year. Now, it takes two years," he said.
As a result, Bernstein said he has been forced to take more cases to court, file more lawsuits and hire more experienced litigators. The firm has higher expenditures and fewer financial rewards.
"We are working a lot harder for less," he said.
Bernstein has seen his profits diminish as insurers have taken a hard line. At the same time, law office revenues have increased.
Edward M. Bernstein and Associates has the advantage of 33 years in personal injury litigation. The longer the law firm has been in business, the greater the name recognition and stream of clients.
Glen Lerner, also one of the valley's most recognizable personal injury attorneys, has nearly 20 years of local practice on his resume. The "Heavy Hitter" of television ad fame said his business is holding up. However, that success comes despite what Lerner called "outrageous" settlement offers to his clients the past few years.
"People need money so badly, but as an attorney, you are begging your clients not to take crappy money," he said.
Unemployed, injured and just plain broke clients sometimes take what Lerner calls "pennies on the dollar" for their claims.
Sometimes Lerner agrees with his clients in taking a less-than-desirable settlement. Small cases usually don't work financially when they go to trial. For example, an insurer's $6,500 settlement offer in a case where the accident victim had $4,000 in medical bills might be accepted. Lerner would try to get reductions from health care providers so the client can keep more of his or her settlement.
"The doctors might get 60 or 70 cents on the dollar," he said.
Another factor that might be squeezing personal injury attorneys is a decline in cars on the road, and thus fewer accidents. Lerner estimates the number of motor-vehicle mishaps is down 20 to 30 percent in the valley.
Gasoline consumption in Nevada has dropped, likely signaling less automobile use, AAA Nevada spokesman Michael Geeser said.
Nevertheless insurance companies may be fed up with paying on frivolous claims, and overpaying on legitimate injury accidents.
"It has become tougher to sell auto insurance here because of all the claims, so it might make it harder to settle cases," Geeser said.
Nevada has a much higher rate of auto accident-related claims than the rest of the nation. In the United States, about 25 percent of automobile accidents result in injury claims. However, nearly 40 percent of all Nevada motor vehicle accidents involve personal injuries claims, AAA statistics show.
Nevada's insurance premium rates are among the nation's highest, Geeser added. The Silver State's average policyholder pays $1,006 a year; nationwide that average is $817.
"It could be that our area has more severe accidents involving personal and property damage. But when you see our numbers are so far away from the rest of the country, there is something going on here," Geeser said.
Insurers might be ready to take a stand, Farmers Insurance spokesman Bob Compan surmised.
"They might be saying, 'I really don't want to overpay anymore,' " he said.
Nevada has the highest number of auto accident victims with attorney representation in the nation, Compan said. He could not specifically talk about Farmers Insurance claims.
Compan maintained insurers aren't the evil ogres some might make them out to be. When someone is legitimately hurt, Farmers will pay to make them whole again.
"At Farmers, we will pay what we owe on claims, nothing more and nothing less," he said.
Contact reporter Valerie Miller at vmiller@lvbusinesspress.com or 702-387-5286.
Often -- some people would say too often -- screeching brakes and the sound of metal on metal means a personal injury attorney is about to get more business. Although they were once flush with insurance money, some local personal injury lawyers say they are taking a financial hit as insurers increasingly delay settlements.
Industry leaders are split on why policy providers may not be willing to settle. Longtime personal injury attorney Ed Bernstein contends insurers are hurting financially and thus reluctant to pay out.
"Insurance companies make their money two ways. They take the premiums and invest them and they take as long as possible and pay as little as possible," he said. "And they are not getting a lot back on their investments anymore."
Although there has traditionally been a lag time between an injury and a settlement, Bernstein said he's seen that wait double in recent years.
"A typical claim used to take a year. Now, it takes two years," he said.
As a result, Bernstein said he has been forced to take more cases to court, file more lawsuits and hire more experienced litigators. The firm has higher expenditures and fewer financial rewards.
"We are working a lot harder for less," he said.
Bernstein has seen his profits diminish as insurers have taken a hard line. At the same time, law office revenues have increased.
Edward M. Bernstein and Associates has the advantage of 33 years in personal injury litigation. The longer the law firm has been in business, the greater the name recognition and stream of clients.
Glen Lerner, also one of the valley's most recognizable personal injury attorneys, has nearly 20 years of local practice on his resume. The "Heavy Hitter" of television ad fame said his business is holding up. However, that success comes despite what Lerner called "outrageous" settlement offers to his clients the past few years.
"People need money so badly, but as an attorney, you are begging your clients not to take crappy money," he said.
Unemployed, injured and just plain broke clients sometimes take what Lerner calls "pennies on the dollar" for their claims.
Sometimes Lerner agrees with his clients in taking a less-than-desirable settlement. Small cases usually don't work financially when they go to trial. For example, an insurer's $6,500 settlement offer in a case where the accident victim had $4,000 in medical bills might be accepted. Lerner would try to get reductions from health care providers so the client can keep more of his or her settlement.
"The doctors might get 60 or 70 cents on the dollar," he said.
Another factor that might be squeezing personal injury attorneys is a decline in cars on the road, and thus fewer accidents. Lerner estimates the number of motor-vehicle mishaps is down 20 to 30 percent in the valley.
Gasoline consumption in Nevada has dropped, likely signaling less automobile use, AAA Nevada spokesman Michael Geeser said.
Nevertheless insurance companies may be fed up with paying on frivolous claims, and overpaying on legitimate injury accidents.
"It has become tougher to sell auto insurance here because of all the claims, so it might make it harder to settle cases," Geeser said.
Nevada has a much higher rate of auto accident-related claims than the rest of the nation. In the United States, about 25 percent of automobile accidents result in injury claims. However, nearly 40 percent of all Nevada motor vehicle accidents involve personal injuries claims, AAA statistics show.
Nevada's insurance premium rates are among the nation's highest, Geeser added. The Silver State's average policyholder pays $1,006 a year; nationwide that average is $817.
"It could be that our area has more severe accidents involving personal and property damage. But when you see our numbers are so far away from the rest of the country, there is something going on here," Geeser said.
Insurers might be ready to take a stand, Farmers Insurance spokesman Bob Compan surmised.
"They might be saying, 'I really don't want to overpay anymore,' " he said.
Nevada has the highest number of auto accident victims with attorney representation in the nation, Compan said. He could not specifically talk about Farmers Insurance claims.
Compan maintained insurers aren't the evil ogres some might make them out to be. When someone is legitimately hurt, Farmers will pay to make them whole again.
"At Farmers, we will pay what we owe on claims, nothing more and nothing less," he said.
Contact reporter Valerie Miller at vmiller@lvbusinesspress.com or 702-387-5286.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Lawyer Website Wins Award
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, May 16, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- It has been announced that the website of Jefferson City, Missouri-based Bradley Law Firm has won a 2010 Hermes Creative Award for Web Site Home Page. The web site was designed by Page 1 Solutions in Golden, Colorado.
"We are honored for our website to have won this award," says attorney Ryan Bradley. "We worked closely with Page 1 Solutions on the design and content, and couldn't be happier with how it turned out." Attorney Bradley adds that the easy navigation, clear text, and warm colors help the firm's image as personal injury lawyers that can be trusted.
The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition open to professionals who are involved in the writing, design, and concept of traditional materials and emerging technologies. "The fact that the Bradley Law Firm web site won a competition that was open internationally is especially rewarding," says Attorney Bradley.
About the Bradley Law Firm
The Bradley Law Firm in Jefferson City, Missouri focuses primarily on personal injury cases including car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, as well as accidents that cause serious injuries like traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations, and death. Rex Bradley has served as a public and private Missouri attorney for over 30 years. Ryan Bradley is a member of both the Missouri and Illinois Bar Associations, and has been nominated as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Missouri by the Trial Lawyers Association of America. The Bradley Law Firm is a full-service personal injury law firm dedicated to obtaining justice and compensation for their clients. For more information about the Bradley Law Firm, please visit the website at www.accidentmissourilawyer.com.
"We are honored for our website to have won this award," says attorney Ryan Bradley. "We worked closely with Page 1 Solutions on the design and content, and couldn't be happier with how it turned out." Attorney Bradley adds that the easy navigation, clear text, and warm colors help the firm's image as personal injury lawyers that can be trusted.
The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition open to professionals who are involved in the writing, design, and concept of traditional materials and emerging technologies. "The fact that the Bradley Law Firm web site won a competition that was open internationally is especially rewarding," says Attorney Bradley.
About the Bradley Law Firm
The Bradley Law Firm in Jefferson City, Missouri focuses primarily on personal injury cases including car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, as well as accidents that cause serious injuries like traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations, and death. Rex Bradley has served as a public and private Missouri attorney for over 30 years. Ryan Bradley is a member of both the Missouri and Illinois Bar Associations, and has been nominated as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Missouri by the Trial Lawyers Association of America. The Bradley Law Firm is a full-service personal injury law firm dedicated to obtaining justice and compensation for their clients. For more information about the Bradley Law Firm, please visit the website at www.accidentmissourilawyer.com.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Trial Lawyer of the Year
Brian Panish, trial attorney and partner of Personal Injury Law Firm, Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, has recently won the California American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. ABOTA has honored Brian Panish in recognition. his many achievements in administering justice through traditional principles of litigation for his clients adversely affected by defective products and personal injury incidents.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2010 -- Brian Panish, trial attorney and partner of Personal Injury Law Firm, Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, has recently won the California American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. ABOTA has honored Brian Panish in recognition. his many achievements in administering justice through traditional principles of litigation for his clients adversely affected by defective products and personal injury incidents.
ABOTA was founded in 1958, and since then, the Foundation has continued to maintain and support an individual’s right to trial by jury reflected in the U.S. Constitution’s Seventh Amendment. When recommending, reviewing, and determining award recipients throughout the United States, the ABOTA Awards Committee upholds the affiliated charitable entity’s mission of developing advancement in the ethical and technical principles of practice so litigants may receive more efficient representation.In working to preserve “Justice by the People” in the form of civil jury trials, ABOTA searches for attorneys who preserve and display civility, skill, and integrity to help inform the public about the 7th Amendment’s importance as well as assist young attorneys reach an elevated level of trial advocacy. As lead trial counsel in high profile personal injury and product liability cases, Brian Panish has obtained over 100 verdicts and settlements in excess of One Million Dollars. Since 2005 alone, Mr. Panish has also handled cases that have resulted in 15 verdicts and settlements in excess of Ten Million Dollars.
Recently, Brian Panish worked with Spencer Lucas, also of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, in obtaining a record jury verdict of over Twenty-One Million Dollars in favor of an Iraq War Navy veteran who suffered catastrophic injury in an automobile accident caused by a negligent Hillyard, Inc. driver. This groundbreaking case, Michael Nelsen v. Hillyard, Inc., et al., was included in the Daily Journal Top Plaintiff Verdicts of 2009.
Panish Shea & Boyle LLP is a highly experienced and aggressive plaintiff’s law firm working throughout the nation to achieve full compensation for those catastrophically injured by another person or entity’s negligence. For additional information about the distinguished achievements of Brian Panish and the unmatched success record of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, please visit www.psandb.com.
Brian Panish
Trial Lawyer
Panish Shea & Boyle LLP
310-477-1700
http://www.psandb.com/
Michael Nelsen v. Hillyard, Inc., et al., Case No. CIVSS 800884
Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Bernardino
The Hon. Brian S. McCarville, presiding
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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2010 -- Brian Panish, trial attorney and partner of Personal Injury Law Firm, Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, has recently won the California American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. ABOTA has honored Brian Panish in recognition. his many achievements in administering justice through traditional principles of litigation for his clients adversely affected by defective products and personal injury incidents.
ABOTA was founded in 1958, and since then, the Foundation has continued to maintain and support an individual’s right to trial by jury reflected in the U.S. Constitution’s Seventh Amendment. When recommending, reviewing, and determining award recipients throughout the United States, the ABOTA Awards Committee upholds the affiliated charitable entity’s mission of developing advancement in the ethical and technical principles of practice so litigants may receive more efficient representation.In working to preserve “Justice by the People” in the form of civil jury trials, ABOTA searches for attorneys who preserve and display civility, skill, and integrity to help inform the public about the 7th Amendment’s importance as well as assist young attorneys reach an elevated level of trial advocacy. As lead trial counsel in high profile personal injury and product liability cases, Brian Panish has obtained over 100 verdicts and settlements in excess of One Million Dollars. Since 2005 alone, Mr. Panish has also handled cases that have resulted in 15 verdicts and settlements in excess of Ten Million Dollars.
Recently, Brian Panish worked with Spencer Lucas, also of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, in obtaining a record jury verdict of over Twenty-One Million Dollars in favor of an Iraq War Navy veteran who suffered catastrophic injury in an automobile accident caused by a negligent Hillyard, Inc. driver. This groundbreaking case, Michael Nelsen v. Hillyard, Inc., et al., was included in the Daily Journal Top Plaintiff Verdicts of 2009.
Panish Shea & Boyle LLP is a highly experienced and aggressive plaintiff’s law firm working throughout the nation to achieve full compensation for those catastrophically injured by another person or entity’s negligence. For additional information about the distinguished achievements of Brian Panish and the unmatched success record of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, please visit www.psandb.com.
Brian Panish
Trial Lawyer
Panish Shea & Boyle LLP
310-477-1700
http://www.psandb.com/
Michael Nelsen v. Hillyard, Inc., et al., Case No. CIVSS 800884
Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Bernardino
The Hon. Brian S. McCarville, presiding
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Construction Personal Injury Attorney
Frekhtman & Associates, New York (www.866ATTYLAW.com) represents the victims of personal injury, accident injury, auto accident and construction accident within the New York State which includes the areas of Queens, Bronx, Manhattan, Long Island and Brooklyn. Contact Frekhtman and Associates at The Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York, New York - 10007
NY personal injury law offers justice and compensation for different accidents and personal injuries that an individual has sustained due to negligent individual, authority, hospital, or NYS authorities. New York Personal injury law provides monetary compensation to the victims of automobile accidents, construction accidents, medical malpractice, and negligence.
As per the Journal Archives of Surgery, 63 % of accident victims felt substantial pain even after one year of the accident. More than 3,000 patients between the ages 18 to 84 who had survived a traumatic injury in an auto accident or slip and fall accident felt pain mostly on the joints and limbs (44 %), back (26 %), head (12 %), and neck (7 %). Therefore, injuries do have devastating effect on one’s life.
Construction Industry is one among the major industries in the U.S and accidents that occur in these industries are ranked third among all other accidents in NYC.
Several companies work at construction site. Therefore, if you happen to be a victim of construction accident that has taken place due to the negligent sub-contractor or by the negligent property owner of the construction management companies then consult a New York Accident attorney. In many cases, victims are injured due to a defective product or some other danger. New York Accident Lawyers also look after such injuries cases and they help the victim to
NY personal injury law offers justice and compensation for different accidents and personal injuries that an individual has sustained due to negligent individual, authority, hospital, or NYS authorities. New York Personal injury law provides monetary compensation to the victims of automobile accidents, construction accidents, medical malpractice, and negligence.
As per the Journal Archives of Surgery, 63 % of accident victims felt substantial pain even after one year of the accident. More than 3,000 patients between the ages 18 to 84 who had survived a traumatic injury in an auto accident or slip and fall accident felt pain mostly on the joints and limbs (44 %), back (26 %), head (12 %), and neck (7 %). Therefore, injuries do have devastating effect on one’s life.
Construction Industry is one among the major industries in the U.S and accidents that occur in these industries are ranked third among all other accidents in NYC.
Several companies work at construction site. Therefore, if you happen to be a victim of construction accident that has taken place due to the negligent sub-contractor or by the negligent property owner of the construction management companies then consult a New York Accident attorney. In many cases, victims are injured due to a defective product or some other danger. New York Accident Lawyers also look after such injuries cases and they help the victim to
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Attorney Nominated for Judicial Post
WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lisa A. Rickard, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), made the following statement on the nomination of John J. "Jack" McConnell for a judgeship on the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island:
"The United States Senate Judiciary Committee should reject the nomination of John J. 'Jack' McConnell for a judgeship on the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island.
"In addition to earning a lackluster rating from the American Bar Association, Mr. McConnell has defined his plaintiffs' lawyer career by suing employers based on controversial legal theories. For example, he has spent a large part of the past decade advancing a misguided interpretation of the public nuisance theory in lead paint litigation, which was rejected by four state supreme courts, including the unanimous rejection by the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
"Mr. McConnell's ability to render fair and impartial rulings, especially with regard to business defendants, should also be questioned in light of millions of dollars in future annual payouts he will recover from an organization closely tied to his current employer, the Motley Rice plaintiffs' lawyer firm.
"His apparent bias against the business community and questionable judicial philosophy raise serious reservations about his fitness to serve a lifetime appointment to the federal bench.
"Mr. McConnell's elevation to the federal judiciary could create a 'magnet' jurisdiction that would encourage additional meritless, plaintiffs' lawyer-driven lawsuits at a time when American employers are working harder than ever to recover from our economic recession."
ILR seeks to promote civil justice reform through legislative, political, judicial, and educational activities at the national, state, and local levels.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.
SOURCE U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform
"The United States Senate Judiciary Committee should reject the nomination of John J. 'Jack' McConnell for a judgeship on the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island.
"In addition to earning a lackluster rating from the American Bar Association, Mr. McConnell has defined his plaintiffs' lawyer career by suing employers based on controversial legal theories. For example, he has spent a large part of the past decade advancing a misguided interpretation of the public nuisance theory in lead paint litigation, which was rejected by four state supreme courts, including the unanimous rejection by the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
"Mr. McConnell's ability to render fair and impartial rulings, especially with regard to business defendants, should also be questioned in light of millions of dollars in future annual payouts he will recover from an organization closely tied to his current employer, the Motley Rice plaintiffs' lawyer firm.
"His apparent bias against the business community and questionable judicial philosophy raise serious reservations about his fitness to serve a lifetime appointment to the federal bench.
"Mr. McConnell's elevation to the federal judiciary could create a 'magnet' jurisdiction that would encourage additional meritless, plaintiffs' lawyer-driven lawsuits at a time when American employers are working harder than ever to recover from our economic recession."
ILR seeks to promote civil justice reform through legislative, political, judicial, and educational activities at the national, state, and local levels.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.
SOURCE U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
New York Personal Injury VIII
New York, NY May 11,2010 (BigNews.biz) Personal Injury Lawyer Lawyers - Frekhtman Associates (http://www.866attylaw.com) represents victims of personal injury within New York State. Contact us at The Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York, New York - 10007, Phone : (212) 766-5656.
Millions of tourists visit NYS every year causing substantial increase in the population as well as vehicles resulting innumerable accidents. Some of these accidents cause serious injuries or prove fatal to the occupants of the vehicle due to the negligent driver or authorities. Victims of such accidents are eligible for the personal injury compensation.
Many innocent victims become part of these accidents that was in no way their fault. In most cases negligent drivers easily get away from their liability and are not charged under Criminal law on the excuse that it was an accident and not a deliberate action.
You can file a Personal Injury Compensation Claim in various types of personal injuries including:-
Auto Accident Injuries
Car Accident Injuries
Truck Accident Injuries
Motorcycle Accident
NYC Train Accident
NYC Pedestrian Knockdowns
Workers Compensation New York City
Airplane Accident Injury
New York Construction Accidents
Brain Injury
Personal Injuries due to Medical Malpractice/Negligence
Paralysis
Paraplegia
Quadriplegia
Wrongful Death
Birth Injury
Failure to Diagnose
Surgical Errors
Nursing Home Abuse
Breast Cancer
Cerebral Palsy
Erbs Palsy
Other personal injuries
Dog Bites/Animal Attack Injuries
NYC Scaffold/Ladder Accident
Slips Trips and Falls
Cases against New York City
NY Lead Poisoning Injury
Sexual Assault
Burn Injury
However, such a rash-driving or drunken driving can be brought to justice under the New York’s Personal Injury Law. In many accident cases, both the driver as well as the pedestrians has been fatally injured. New York State (NYS) Personal Injury Law provides justice and compensation to such victims.
If you or your kin are a victim of personal injury within New York then contact a New York personal injury lawyer to get justice and compensation. Personal injury claim covers all the medical bills, medical treatment, injury, trauma, and lost wages (if the victim is a sole earner of the family).
A few professional personal injury attorneys work on contingency basis and charge a small percentage from the final compensation amount, only if they win the case. A personal injury attorney can handle different types of personal injuries cases that include auto accident injuries, medical malpractice, birth injuries, and other types of personal injuries.
If you have got yourself insured against accidents then contact your insurance company right after the accident. In many cases, insurance companies find some excuse for not paying the compensation amount.
Therefore, it is advisable to seek help from a personal injury attorney who would sincerely pursue your case and help you get compensation from the negligent individual or authority that you deserve.
Millions of tourists visit NYS every year causing substantial increase in the population as well as vehicles resulting innumerable accidents. Some of these accidents cause serious injuries or prove fatal to the occupants of the vehicle due to the negligent driver or authorities. Victims of such accidents are eligible for the personal injury compensation.
Many innocent victims become part of these accidents that was in no way their fault. In most cases negligent drivers easily get away from their liability and are not charged under Criminal law on the excuse that it was an accident and not a deliberate action.
You can file a Personal Injury Compensation Claim in various types of personal injuries including:-
Auto Accident Injuries
Car Accident Injuries
Truck Accident Injuries
Motorcycle Accident
NYC Train Accident
NYC Pedestrian Knockdowns
Workers Compensation New York City
Airplane Accident Injury
New York Construction Accidents
Brain Injury
Personal Injuries due to Medical Malpractice/Negligence
Paralysis
Paraplegia
Quadriplegia
Wrongful Death
Birth Injury
Failure to Diagnose
Surgical Errors
Nursing Home Abuse
Breast Cancer
Cerebral Palsy
Erbs Palsy
Other personal injuries
Dog Bites/Animal Attack Injuries
NYC Scaffold/Ladder Accident
Slips Trips and Falls
Cases against New York City
NY Lead Poisoning Injury
Sexual Assault
Burn Injury
However, such a rash-driving or drunken driving can be brought to justice under the New York’s Personal Injury Law. In many accident cases, both the driver as well as the pedestrians has been fatally injured. New York State (NYS) Personal Injury Law provides justice and compensation to such victims.
If you or your kin are a victim of personal injury within New York then contact a New York personal injury lawyer to get justice and compensation. Personal injury claim covers all the medical bills, medical treatment, injury, trauma, and lost wages (if the victim is a sole earner of the family).
A few professional personal injury attorneys work on contingency basis and charge a small percentage from the final compensation amount, only if they win the case. A personal injury attorney can handle different types of personal injuries cases that include auto accident injuries, medical malpractice, birth injuries, and other types of personal injuries.
If you have got yourself insured against accidents then contact your insurance company right after the accident. In many cases, insurance companies find some excuse for not paying the compensation amount.
Therefore, it is advisable to seek help from a personal injury attorney who would sincerely pursue your case and help you get compensation from the negligent individual or authority that you deserve.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Personal Injury Tragedy with No Winners
BY IAN MULGREW, VANCOUVER SUN MAY 10, 2010
Christina Marie MacEachern can't appreciate the $5 million-plus B.C. Supreme Court judgment she won last week because of the catastrophic brain injury she sustained when hit by the back of a tractor trailer.
Nor can she understand how her lawsuit raises concerns about personal injury litigation in the province.
It is a heart-wrenching tragedy.
A 27-year-old unemployed drug addict living in a tent city, MacEachern was struck by the truck as she and a handful of friends travelled along the side of King George Highway in Surrey near the All Weather Products Roofing Store.
It was about 12:30 in the afternoon on Sept. 12, 2005, and a pickup was parked at an angle outside the store with its rear end extending onto the shoulder of the highway.
MacEachern was coming along the shoulder riding a bike facing traffic. As she went around the rear of the parked pickup she was hammered by the end of the trailer being hauled by John Gardiner Rennie, of Canadian National Transportation. Ltd.
She suffered a horrible head injury.
Rennie didn't even know he had hit MacEachern until the next morning when police tracked him down from witness descriptions.
MacEachern was a typical happy-go-lucky teen who struggled in high school, became pregnant at 16 and saw her life sadly begin a downward spiral. She fell into heroin and cocaine abuse and by 2004 was on a methadone maintenance program.
In 2005, she was still using and homeless.
MacEachern could not testify nor be examined for discovery because of she is not a competent witness -- she can remember little of the accident and is now mentally a child.
She was in a coma after the accident and her road to recovery has been exceedingly difficult.
The court watched a moving video of her life today at Bear Creek Lodge. She has a private room in the locked facility. Her dad visits regularly and speaks to her on the phone every night.
He brought the lawsuit on her behalf alleging Rennie was negligent, the pickup was negligently parked and All Weather was negligent in creating a dangerous parking situation.
All denied liability and said it was MacEachern's own fault and that she was likely high at the time.
In a book-length 75,000-word ruling, Justice William Ehrcke concluded Rennie was primarily responsible for not taking enough care in his driving.
"[He] had a duty to provide enough room for pedestrians and cyclists to proceed safely along the shoulder," the justice wrote.
"In failing to keep a proper lookout, and in failing to take that simple evasive measure, his conduct fell below the standard of care required of a prudent professional driver of a large tractor-trailer rig. He did not fulfil his duty of care to the plaintiff. He was therefore negligent."
Justice Ehrcke added, however, that MacEachern should not have made the decision to proceed around the back of the parked pickup when she could see the tractor-trailer coming towards her.
She was not impaired at the time, the justice said, but: "She should have stopped and waited until the northbound traffic ... had cleared sufficiently for her to have a safe path. ... By making the careless decision to proceed ... the plaintiff contributed to her own injuries."
The other defendants were blameless.
The evidence in the case was problematic in that the eyewitnesses could not agree on significant details such as whether MacEachern was riding or walking. The question of liability was not easily resolved.
After that, setting quantum raised other thorny concerns -- how much in damages should be awarded since MacEachern requires care for the rest of her life?
Still, it's unbelievable this case required a trial lasting more than 100 days.
The legal costs here are staggering simply in terms of hearing-day fees at $600 per diem.
More than 75 witnesses testified and scores of reports, documents and other exhibits were filed. Talk about your duelling witnesses -- engineers, doctors, bike specialists, experts in aerodynamics.
Did this situation really require all that?
Honestly -- 100 days of trial over a case like this?
Colour me skeptical.
imulgrew@vancouversun.com
© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/tragedy+personal+injury+litigation/3008121/story.html#ixzz0nZwBtA5p
Christina Marie MacEachern can't appreciate the $5 million-plus B.C. Supreme Court judgment she won last week because of the catastrophic brain injury she sustained when hit by the back of a tractor trailer.
Nor can she understand how her lawsuit raises concerns about personal injury litigation in the province.
It is a heart-wrenching tragedy.
A 27-year-old unemployed drug addict living in a tent city, MacEachern was struck by the truck as she and a handful of friends travelled along the side of King George Highway in Surrey near the All Weather Products Roofing Store.
It was about 12:30 in the afternoon on Sept. 12, 2005, and a pickup was parked at an angle outside the store with its rear end extending onto the shoulder of the highway.
MacEachern was coming along the shoulder riding a bike facing traffic. As she went around the rear of the parked pickup she was hammered by the end of the trailer being hauled by John Gardiner Rennie, of Canadian National Transportation. Ltd.
She suffered a horrible head injury.
Rennie didn't even know he had hit MacEachern until the next morning when police tracked him down from witness descriptions.
MacEachern was a typical happy-go-lucky teen who struggled in high school, became pregnant at 16 and saw her life sadly begin a downward spiral. She fell into heroin and cocaine abuse and by 2004 was on a methadone maintenance program.
In 2005, she was still using and homeless.
MacEachern could not testify nor be examined for discovery because of she is not a competent witness -- she can remember little of the accident and is now mentally a child.
She was in a coma after the accident and her road to recovery has been exceedingly difficult.
The court watched a moving video of her life today at Bear Creek Lodge. She has a private room in the locked facility. Her dad visits regularly and speaks to her on the phone every night.
He brought the lawsuit on her behalf alleging Rennie was negligent, the pickup was negligently parked and All Weather was negligent in creating a dangerous parking situation.
All denied liability and said it was MacEachern's own fault and that she was likely high at the time.
In a book-length 75,000-word ruling, Justice William Ehrcke concluded Rennie was primarily responsible for not taking enough care in his driving.
"[He] had a duty to provide enough room for pedestrians and cyclists to proceed safely along the shoulder," the justice wrote.
"In failing to keep a proper lookout, and in failing to take that simple evasive measure, his conduct fell below the standard of care required of a prudent professional driver of a large tractor-trailer rig. He did not fulfil his duty of care to the plaintiff. He was therefore negligent."
Justice Ehrcke added, however, that MacEachern should not have made the decision to proceed around the back of the parked pickup when she could see the tractor-trailer coming towards her.
She was not impaired at the time, the justice said, but: "She should have stopped and waited until the northbound traffic ... had cleared sufficiently for her to have a safe path. ... By making the careless decision to proceed ... the plaintiff contributed to her own injuries."
The other defendants were blameless.
The evidence in the case was problematic in that the eyewitnesses could not agree on significant details such as whether MacEachern was riding or walking. The question of liability was not easily resolved.
After that, setting quantum raised other thorny concerns -- how much in damages should be awarded since MacEachern requires care for the rest of her life?
Still, it's unbelievable this case required a trial lasting more than 100 days.
The legal costs here are staggering simply in terms of hearing-day fees at $600 per diem.
More than 75 witnesses testified and scores of reports, documents and other exhibits were filed. Talk about your duelling witnesses -- engineers, doctors, bike specialists, experts in aerodynamics.
Did this situation really require all that?
Honestly -- 100 days of trial over a case like this?
Colour me skeptical.
imulgrew@vancouversun.com
© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/tragedy+personal+injury+litigation/3008121/story.html#ixzz0nZwBtA5p
Monday, May 10, 2010
Florida Personal Injury Attorney VI
Attorney Mark Roman of Clearwater, Florida is selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Magazine.
Personal injury lawyer Mark Roman of Clearwater, FL has been included in the Florida Super Lawyers magazine. Super Lawyers is a selective listing of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Super Lawyers is published as a special supplement in leading newspapers and city and regional magazines across the country. Super Lawyers magazine, featuring articles about attorneys named to the Super Lawyers List, is distributed to all attorneys in the state or region, the lead corporate counsel of Russell 3000 companies and the ABA approved law school libraries.
The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn. Each year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics’ attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.
Law & Politics publishes Super Lawyers magazines across the country. In addition to the magazines, Law & Politics publishes newspaper inserts and magazine special sections devoted to Super Lawyers. In 2008, Super Lawyers will reach more than 13 million readers.
Super Lawyers was first published in Minnesota in 1991. William White, attorney and founding publisher, remains the publisher today. Law& Politics is owned by attorney Vance Opperman, the former president of West Publishing.
Super Lawyers can be found online at www.superlawyers.com, where lawyers can be searched by practice area and location.
To learn more or contact Clearwater Auto Accident Lawyer Mark Roman, please visit www.markromanlaw.com.
Personal injury lawyer Mark Roman of Clearwater, FL has been included in the Florida Super Lawyers magazine. Super Lawyers is a selective listing of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Super Lawyers is published as a special supplement in leading newspapers and city and regional magazines across the country. Super Lawyers magazine, featuring articles about attorneys named to the Super Lawyers List, is distributed to all attorneys in the state or region, the lead corporate counsel of Russell 3000 companies and the ABA approved law school libraries.
The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn. Each year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics’ attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.
Law & Politics publishes Super Lawyers magazines across the country. In addition to the magazines, Law & Politics publishes newspaper inserts and magazine special sections devoted to Super Lawyers. In 2008, Super Lawyers will reach more than 13 million readers.
Super Lawyers was first published in Minnesota in 1991. William White, attorney and founding publisher, remains the publisher today. Law& Politics is owned by attorney Vance Opperman, the former president of West Publishing.
Super Lawyers can be found online at www.superlawyers.com, where lawyers can be searched by practice area and location.
To learn more or contact Clearwater Auto Accident Lawyer Mark Roman, please visit www.markromanlaw.com.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
New York Personal Injury Attorney 4
Life is full of unexpected twists and turns and there are many things that can come your way out of the blue. These sad events could be the result of an accident injury, auto accident or personal injuries owing to medical negligence.
If you or your loved one has ever been a victim of personal injury then it can be quite traumatic for you and your family or friends. If you have suffered any personal injuries owing to the negligence or fault of any individual or a civic and public authority then you should get in touch with a personal injury lawyer.
A plaintiff personal injury lawyer is equipped to handle legal complications arising from personal injury claims. If you are injured in the New York City (NYC) then you should contact a NYC-based personal injury law firm. You can only seek services from an injury lawyer who has a license to give legal services in your respective region.
Selecting a personal injury lawyer is a tough task but choosing a personal injury lawyer becomes more cumbersome when you or your loved ones have ever suffered personal injuries owing to negligence or maybe an accident. Before hiring a personal injury attorney - you should do some research about the earlier track history and track records of your chosen personal injury lawyer. You can also contact American Bar Association (ABA) for a referral list of personal injury attorneys giving legal services in your area. You will find many links on the ABA website that can help you get legal help in your chosen state. The ABA website will give you legal resources that can help you prepare for your legal journey.
Once you choose your personal injury lawyer, you have to provide detailed information about your personal injury case. You should also ensure that you don’t hide any facts from your personal injury lawyer. Hiding information will only make your case weak and you will have even less chances of getting compensation that you actually deserved? On the other hand, you should also ensure that you are not missing out any vital medical document or any other information that can help you get compensation. You should also contact a medical professional to inquire about the extent of personal injuries as this will help your personal injury lawyer determine the compensation amount from the negligent authority or individual.
There are many injury lawyers offering legal services in the New York region. Most of these injury lawyers provide free legal consultation and they can help you out in getting you compensation that you deserve.
If you or your loved one has ever been a victim of personal injury then it can be quite traumatic for you and your family or friends. If you have suffered any personal injuries owing to the negligence or fault of any individual or a civic and public authority then you should get in touch with a personal injury lawyer.
A plaintiff personal injury lawyer is equipped to handle legal complications arising from personal injury claims. If you are injured in the New York City (NYC) then you should contact a NYC-based personal injury law firm. You can only seek services from an injury lawyer who has a license to give legal services in your respective region.
Selecting a personal injury lawyer is a tough task but choosing a personal injury lawyer becomes more cumbersome when you or your loved ones have ever suffered personal injuries owing to negligence or maybe an accident. Before hiring a personal injury attorney - you should do some research about the earlier track history and track records of your chosen personal injury lawyer. You can also contact American Bar Association (ABA) for a referral list of personal injury attorneys giving legal services in your area. You will find many links on the ABA website that can help you get legal help in your chosen state. The ABA website will give you legal resources that can help you prepare for your legal journey.
Once you choose your personal injury lawyer, you have to provide detailed information about your personal injury case. You should also ensure that you don’t hide any facts from your personal injury lawyer. Hiding information will only make your case weak and you will have even less chances of getting compensation that you actually deserved? On the other hand, you should also ensure that you are not missing out any vital medical document or any other information that can help you get compensation. You should also contact a medical professional to inquire about the extent of personal injuries as this will help your personal injury lawyer determine the compensation amount from the negligent authority or individual.
There are many injury lawyers offering legal services in the New York region. Most of these injury lawyers provide free legal consultation and they can help you out in getting you compensation that you deserve.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Microwave Popcorn Personal Injury from "Butter"
NEW YORK, May 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Wendy R. Fleishmann and Elizabeth Alexander of the national plaintiffs' law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, and Ken McClain of the Kansas City, Missouri law firm Humphrey Farrington and McClain, P.C., announced that Agnes Mercado, of Queens County, New York, has filed a personal injury lawsuit against ConAgra Foods, Inc., Givaudan Flavors Corp. and numerous diacetyl manufacturers.
In April, 2010 Ms. Mercado was diagnosed with a severe lung disease as a result of her exposure to ConAgra's microwave popcorn which contained butter flavorings with added diacetyl. The disease is associated with inhaling butter flavoring vapors and has been identified as bronchiolitis obliterans -- literally, an obliteration of the lung's airways. Breathing tests can identify difficulty in moving air in and out of the lungs, called lung obstruction. In the case of bronchiolitis obliterans, that obstruction is "fixed," meaning it doesn't respond to normal asthma medications.
About her injury, Ms. Mercado stated, "I have always taken good care of myself and never would have thought that something as seemingly harmless as eating microwave popcorn would have hurt me so badly."
The lawsuit charges that Ms. Mercado sustained a severe lung disease after consuming microwave popcorn containing the butter flavoring chemical diacetyl. The chemical is used for the aroma and taste in butter, some cheeses and snack and bakery products.
Wendy Fleishman stated, "The product diacetyl has destroyed our client's health. It should never have been added to microwave popcorn or any other food." Ken McClain stated, "Unfortunately, my firm represents consumers who have been diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans. The hazards were unknown by consumers for far too long."
The complaint further alleges that exposure to butter flavoring containing added diacetyl may cause other health problems including asthma, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructed bronchitis, pulmonary disease, emphysema, lung impairment as well as several others.
Legal Resources for Individuals Affected by Popcorn Lung Disease
Lieff Cabraser represents persons across America injured by the chemical diacetyl. If you would like to learn more about your legal rights please visit: http://www.butterflavoringlunginjury.com/
There is no charge or obligation for our review of your case.
About Lieff Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is a sixty-plus attorney law firm that has represented plaintiffs nationwide since 1972. With offices in New York, San Francisco, and Nashville, Lieff Cabraser has a comprehensive and diverse practice, which includes representing persons injured by contaminated foods. The National Law Journal has recognized Lieff Cabraser as one of the top plaintiffs' law firms in the nation for the past seven years. Learn more at www.lieffcabraser.com.
To learn more about Humphrey Farrington & McClain, please visit their website at: www.hfmlegal.com
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SOURCE: Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
In April, 2010 Ms. Mercado was diagnosed with a severe lung disease as a result of her exposure to ConAgra's microwave popcorn which contained butter flavorings with added diacetyl. The disease is associated with inhaling butter flavoring vapors and has been identified as bronchiolitis obliterans -- literally, an obliteration of the lung's airways. Breathing tests can identify difficulty in moving air in and out of the lungs, called lung obstruction. In the case of bronchiolitis obliterans, that obstruction is "fixed," meaning it doesn't respond to normal asthma medications.
About her injury, Ms. Mercado stated, "I have always taken good care of myself and never would have thought that something as seemingly harmless as eating microwave popcorn would have hurt me so badly."
The lawsuit charges that Ms. Mercado sustained a severe lung disease after consuming microwave popcorn containing the butter flavoring chemical diacetyl. The chemical is used for the aroma and taste in butter, some cheeses and snack and bakery products.
Wendy Fleishman stated, "The product diacetyl has destroyed our client's health. It should never have been added to microwave popcorn or any other food." Ken McClain stated, "Unfortunately, my firm represents consumers who have been diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans. The hazards were unknown by consumers for far too long."
The complaint further alleges that exposure to butter flavoring containing added diacetyl may cause other health problems including asthma, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructed bronchitis, pulmonary disease, emphysema, lung impairment as well as several others.
Legal Resources for Individuals Affected by Popcorn Lung Disease
Lieff Cabraser represents persons across America injured by the chemical diacetyl. If you would like to learn more about your legal rights please visit: http://www.butterflavoringlunginjury.com/
There is no charge or obligation for our review of your case.
About Lieff Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is a sixty-plus attorney law firm that has represented plaintiffs nationwide since 1972. With offices in New York, San Francisco, and Nashville, Lieff Cabraser has a comprehensive and diverse practice, which includes representing persons injured by contaminated foods. The National Law Journal has recognized Lieff Cabraser as one of the top plaintiffs' law firms in the nation for the past seven years. Learn more at www.lieffcabraser.com.
To learn more about Humphrey Farrington & McClain, please visit their website at: www.hfmlegal.com
Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6281600&lang=en
SOURCE: Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Philly Taser Injury Case?
05/04/2010 // West Palm Beach, FL, USA // Tara Monks // Tara Monks
Philadelphia, PA - Police used a Taser on a 17-year-old Phillies fan Monday, May 3, 2010, after he rushed the field and evaded police, according to Fox News.
As the boy ran through Citizens Bank Park, while the Phillies were on the field and the St. Louis Cardinals were batting, an officer aimed the Taser and hit him in front of 40,000 fans.
The teen went down face-first. While the incident was not recorded on television, fans in the stadium immediately posted videos of the incident on social media sites.
Philadelphia police Lt. Frank Vanore reported the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau will examine whether using the Taser on the teen was an appropriate use of force.
Furthermore, Phillies spokesperson Bonnie Clark reported the team will work with the local police to determine whether the actions of the officer were appropriate. The Phillies reported the incident was the first time anyone had been Tased on the field.
Police did not release the teen’s identity, on account of his being a minor. His father spoke with the press though.
Steve Consalvi is a senior at Boyertown High, as reported by the Philadelphia Enquirer. According to his father, he is “a real good student, heading to Penn State.”
The teenager faces charges of criminal trespassing, along with others.
Steve Consalvi has since received devotional Twitter messages expressing love for him and his antics.
YouTube video provided by jrr4media.
Philadelphia, PA - Police used a Taser on a 17-year-old Phillies fan Monday, May 3, 2010, after he rushed the field and evaded police, according to Fox News.
As the boy ran through Citizens Bank Park, while the Phillies were on the field and the St. Louis Cardinals were batting, an officer aimed the Taser and hit him in front of 40,000 fans.
The teen went down face-first. While the incident was not recorded on television, fans in the stadium immediately posted videos of the incident on social media sites.
Philadelphia police Lt. Frank Vanore reported the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau will examine whether using the Taser on the teen was an appropriate use of force.
Furthermore, Phillies spokesperson Bonnie Clark reported the team will work with the local police to determine whether the actions of the officer were appropriate. The Phillies reported the incident was the first time anyone had been Tased on the field.
Police did not release the teen’s identity, on account of his being a minor. His father spoke with the press though.
Steve Consalvi is a senior at Boyertown High, as reported by the Philadelphia Enquirer. According to his father, he is “a real good student, heading to Penn State.”
The teenager faces charges of criminal trespassing, along with others.
Steve Consalvi has since received devotional Twitter messages expressing love for him and his antics.
YouTube video provided by jrr4media.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
California Personal Injury Attorney II
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Legal news for California personal injury attorneys. Four children were killed in a single-story apartment fire.
California personal injury attorneys alerts- An apartment fire left four children dead and two others injured.
San Francisco Bay, CA—A blazing apartment fire tragically killed four children Wednesday night, April 28, 2010 in Fairfield. Fire fighters rushed to the burning single-story building on Delaware Street around 9:00 p.m., as reported by KCRA.
When fire fighters arrived at the scene they discovered that three children were still trapped inside the burning building. Neighbors already extinguished most of the fire by the time rescue teams arrived, who were able to finish putting out the blaze. The three children who were trapped were pronounced dead at the scene. Emergency crews rushed a fourth child to the NorthBay Medical Center, where the child died. Two women were also treated for moderate injuries, which included minor smoke inhalation. One woman sustained burns to her hands. Officials were not aware if the women and children were related or what their relationship was.
Officials described the scene as chaotic and emotional. Three other apartment buildings were evacuated, but reportedly didn’t suffer any serious damage in the fire.
Fire investigators are currently probing the building in attempts to find the cause of the fire. At this time no conclusion on how the fire started has been reported.
Legal News Reporter: Nicole Howley-Legal news for California personal injury lawyers.
Tags: apartment fire, california personal injury attorneys, dead, fire fighters
Legal news for California personal injury attorneys. Four children were killed in a single-story apartment fire.
California personal injury attorneys alerts- An apartment fire left four children dead and two others injured.
San Francisco Bay, CA—A blazing apartment fire tragically killed four children Wednesday night, April 28, 2010 in Fairfield. Fire fighters rushed to the burning single-story building on Delaware Street around 9:00 p.m., as reported by KCRA.
When fire fighters arrived at the scene they discovered that three children were still trapped inside the burning building. Neighbors already extinguished most of the fire by the time rescue teams arrived, who were able to finish putting out the blaze. The three children who were trapped were pronounced dead at the scene. Emergency crews rushed a fourth child to the NorthBay Medical Center, where the child died. Two women were also treated for moderate injuries, which included minor smoke inhalation. One woman sustained burns to her hands. Officials were not aware if the women and children were related or what their relationship was.
Officials described the scene as chaotic and emotional. Three other apartment buildings were evacuated, but reportedly didn’t suffer any serious damage in the fire.
Fire investigators are currently probing the building in attempts to find the cause of the fire. At this time no conclusion on how the fire started has been reported.
Legal News Reporter: Nicole Howley-Legal news for California personal injury lawyers.
Tags: apartment fire, california personal injury attorneys, dead, fire fighters
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
DNA Clears Man 18 Years in Jail
Legal news for New York personal injury attorneys – DNA evidence has cleared a man who was charged with the 1988 death of an elderly woman. He was released Wednesday.
DNA evidence and confession cleared a man who was jailed for 18 years.
Rochester, NY (www.NewYorkInjuryNews.com) - A New York man was freed Wednesday, April 28, 2010, after spending 18 years in prison on a false murder conviction, as reported by www.wivb.com.
Frank Sterling was serving time for the 1988 murder of an elderly Rochester woman. The evidence has since found that the woman was killed by another man who was already serving time for a notorious murder of a little girl.
The 46-year-old man was wrongfully convicted of murdering his neighbor, Viola Manville, as she walked down a railroad path in Rochester. Sterling was named a person of interest after police realized his brother had been previously convicted of trying to rape the same woman.
A spokesman for The Innocence Project told reporters, “The cops wore blinders, had tunnel vision and didn’t consider the other evidence. They thought they had the guy and that’s how an innocent man got convicted.”
During police interrogations, Sterling gave a false confession, on account of exhaustion. He quickly recanted and explained his actions as just telling police what they wanted to hear.
While police were investigating Sterling, the true culprit was running free. Six years after Sterling was incarcerated, Mark Christie killed a four-year-old girl. The murder sparked a nationwide search for the girl until Christie eventually confessed and led police to the body.
Sterling asked for a new trial in 1997 after four of Christie’s high school friends testified about his admission to killing Manville, but the request was denied on account of lack of DNA evidence.
The Innocence Project recently intervened though, and tested the DNA on Manville’s clothing, which pointed to Christie. Christie confessed to the murder.
Legal News Reporter: Tara Monks – Legal news for New York personal injury lawyers.
Tags: 18 years, dna evidence, freed, innocent man, murder conviction, new york personal injury attorney, new york personal injury lawyer
DNA evidence and confession cleared a man who was jailed for 18 years.
Rochester, NY (www.NewYorkInjuryNews.com) - A New York man was freed Wednesday, April 28, 2010, after spending 18 years in prison on a false murder conviction, as reported by www.wivb.com.
Frank Sterling was serving time for the 1988 murder of an elderly Rochester woman. The evidence has since found that the woman was killed by another man who was already serving time for a notorious murder of a little girl.
The 46-year-old man was wrongfully convicted of murdering his neighbor, Viola Manville, as she walked down a railroad path in Rochester. Sterling was named a person of interest after police realized his brother had been previously convicted of trying to rape the same woman.
A spokesman for The Innocence Project told reporters, “The cops wore blinders, had tunnel vision and didn’t consider the other evidence. They thought they had the guy and that’s how an innocent man got convicted.”
During police interrogations, Sterling gave a false confession, on account of exhaustion. He quickly recanted and explained his actions as just telling police what they wanted to hear.
While police were investigating Sterling, the true culprit was running free. Six years after Sterling was incarcerated, Mark Christie killed a four-year-old girl. The murder sparked a nationwide search for the girl until Christie eventually confessed and led police to the body.
Sterling asked for a new trial in 1997 after four of Christie’s high school friends testified about his admission to killing Manville, but the request was denied on account of lack of DNA evidence.
The Innocence Project recently intervened though, and tested the DNA on Manville’s clothing, which pointed to Christie. Christie confessed to the murder.
Legal News Reporter: Tara Monks – Legal news for New York personal injury lawyers.
Tags: 18 years, dna evidence, freed, innocent man, murder conviction, new york personal injury attorney, new york personal injury lawyer
Monday, May 3, 2010
UK Personal Injury Cases on Fast Track
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has applauded the implementation of Ministry of Justice reforms aimed at speeding up road traffic accident personal injury claims.
The reforms apply to claims valued at between £1,000 and £10,000, or almost 80% of all motor personal injury claims.
The insurers’ body has been campaigning for a simpler, speedier and more cost-effective system for some time and the changes, introduced last week, should reduce the average settlement time from two years to no more than nine months, for claims occurring after 30th April 2010.
According to the ABI, challenging time limits for both insurers and legal representatives will ensure speedy progress; for example, an insurer must decide on liability within 15 working days of being notified of the claim.
In addition, standardised claim forms will reduce duplication of information, and legal fees will be fixed, hopefully reducing the 10% currently added to motor premiums to cover such costs.
The ABI’s director of general insurance and health, Nick Starling, says: “We expect that these changes will be the start of wider ranging reforms to ensure that more claimants benefit from a simpler and speedier compensation process, and we would like to see this new process extended to cover employers’ liability insurance claims.”
The reforms apply to claims valued at between £1,000 and £10,000, or almost 80% of all motor personal injury claims.
The insurers’ body has been campaigning for a simpler, speedier and more cost-effective system for some time and the changes, introduced last week, should reduce the average settlement time from two years to no more than nine months, for claims occurring after 30th April 2010.
According to the ABI, challenging time limits for both insurers and legal representatives will ensure speedy progress; for example, an insurer must decide on liability within 15 working days of being notified of the claim.
In addition, standardised claim forms will reduce duplication of information, and legal fees will be fixed, hopefully reducing the 10% currently added to motor premiums to cover such costs.
The ABI’s director of general insurance and health, Nick Starling, says: “We expect that these changes will be the start of wider ranging reforms to ensure that more claimants benefit from a simpler and speedier compensation process, and we would like to see this new process extended to cover employers’ liability insurance claims.”
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