2013 Articles

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Medical Malpractice Report

The Center for Justice and Democracy at New York Law School published a medical malpractice report in September 2012 entitled "Briefing Book, Medical Malpractice: By the Numbers. The report gives ...
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California Drugged Driving Increases

Drugged driving involving everything from marijuana and other street drugs to prescription drugs such as Ambien has been shown to be increasing in California. The National Highway Traffic Safety ...
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Defective Automotive Products in Product Liability Claims

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines a defective automotive part as anything which poses a risk to motor vehicle safety. As millions of traffic accidents occur on the ...
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Norovirus a Common Infection of Cruise Ships

Noroviruses are a common group of related viruses which cause what is often termed "stomach flu." These viruses result in inflammation of the stomach and intestines with symptoms of nausea, ...
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Raleigh County Man Injured In Automobile Accident

Stanley Steamer Partners, Inc. Held Liable In Personal Injury Suit After a man was hospitalized in West Virginia when his vehicle was involved in an automobile collision, he suffered serious injury ...
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West Virginia Man Sues Tractor Trailer Companies After Crash

Suit Alleges Negligence In Serious Interstate Accident A man who was severely injured in a collision in West Virginia is suing for damages. The drivers of two tractor-trailers have been accused of ...
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$3.2 Million Awarded for In Denver Nursing Home Abuse Case

An Oregon jury in La Junta recently awarded $3.2 million in damages to the family of an elderly man in a wrongful death case involving nursing home abuse in 2010. The 88 year old man died from ...
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New Charges For Suspected DUI Driver

A man who is suspected of striking a cop car, leaving the officer severely injured, has had several new charges appended to his previous offenses. Authorities have added hit-and-run and failure to ...
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Plaintiff’s Damages Reduced By Compromising Tweets

Jury Says Evidence From Tweets Led To Reduced Award A woman who was injured in an automobile accident may have hurt her own case thanks to certain posts she made on the social media site Twitter. The ...
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Suspected DUI Driver Takes One Life, Hospitalizes Two

Authorities Believe Driver Was Intoxicated During Head-On Crash In a tragic head-on collision, a Texas driver is accused of driving drunk and causing a catastrophic collision that slew one victim and ...
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Slain Passenger In DUI Wreck Was Sober Enough To Drive

Autopsy Results Show Passenger's BAC Below Legal Limit, Investigators Allege After two members of the Dallas Cowboy football team were involved in an automobile accident, authorities have indicted ...
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Missouri Supreme Court Eliminates Medical Malpractice Cap

In 2012, the Missouri Supreme Court threw out the $350,000 cap on medical malpractice awards for pain and suffering. The cap had been enacted in 2005 in an effort to reduce medical malpractice ...
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Missouri Traffic Accidents Decrease in 2011

The number of persons killed or injured in traffic accidents in Missouri decreased slightly from 2010 to 2011, according to statistics compiled by the Missouri Department of Transportation. In 2010, ...
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Driver Runs Red-Light In Fatal Accident

Santa Clara Pedestrian Killed While Waiting For Bus Prosecutors with Santa Clara County are filing charges against a driver accused of negligence in a collision that took the life of a pedestrian. The ...
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Three Slain In Tragic Interstate Collision

Family Struck While Pulled Over With Flat Tire After their vehicle lost a tire while driving to the San Francisco airport, a family pulled over to the side of Interstate 280. Their car was rammed from ...
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Carbon Monoxide in Consumer Products

Carbon monoxide, known as CO, is a toxic gas that can kill humans and animals when inhaled. Because it is odorless, tasteless, and colorless, it is even more deadly because it cannot be detected. ...
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Sneezing Fit Results in Deadly Accident

A single mother lost her life in a Missouri head-on traffic collision last November. The tragic accident was caused by an uncontrollable sneezing fit by the driver of another vehicle, a minivan, who ...
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Ambien Side Effects Create Lawsuits

Ambien is a brand name for the drug zolpidem, a popular prescription medicine used to treat insomnia. According to the National Institute of Health, this drug decreases the time to fall asleep in the ...
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Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities in Florida

The Century Council, (Distillers Fighting Drunk Driving and Underage Drinking) compiles statistics concerning those who drink and drive in every state. Per this group's statistics for Florida, ...
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Alaskan Offshore Oil Rig Goes Adrift During Storm

Workers Evacuated By Coast Guard After Struggle To Save Rig Reports indicate that a gigantic oil rig constructed by Shell Corporation off the Alaskan Coast has broken free during a winter squall, with ...
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