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• Families Of Truck Crash Victims Lobby Congress

  David Lowe | March 13, 2007 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  This week, families of truck crash victims are lobbying Congress and the Bush administration to establish stricter rules that would reduce truck drivers' hours on the road without rest and increase the number of safety inspections, among other recommendations. I have commented previously on highway safety advocacy efforts, and the challenges these efforts face in view of the improper trucking...

• Failure To Monitor Nursing Home Resident's Infection Alleged In Lawsuit

  David Lowe | March 12, 2007 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The daughter of a 77-year-old nursing home resident has filed a lawsuit alleging nursing home negligence in the care of her mother. The lawsuit alleges that the nursing home employees failed to report an infected ankle wound, which later required the resident to undergo amputation of the leg. The wound went unnoticed by the daughter because the resident, who suffers from dementia, was unable...

• Jury Finds Dodge Dakota "Park to Reverse" Defect Killed Owner

  David Lowe | March 08, 2007 8:03 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A Los Angeles, California jury has awarded $55 million to the wife of a man killed in an accident involving a park to reverse defect in a 1992 Dodge Dakota. The owner, Richard Mraz, placed the vehicle in what appeared to be "park position", began to walk away, and the vehicle started moving in reverse. Mraz tried to jump back in the vehicle to stop it while it was moving, but was run over and...

• Damage Award Against Nursing Home Operator Stirs Debate

  David Lowe | February 23, 2007 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A $4.1 million judgment awarded against a Tennessee nursing home is generating debate in that state over the rights of abused residents to compensation versus the costs to insurance companies and nursing home operators.The jury heard evidence that the resident developed bedsores, and had an undiagnosed hip fracture and other problems, all of which were ignored by the nursing home because of...

• Allstate and State Farm Hard Ball Strategy: Take It Or Leave It

  David Lowe | February 12, 2007 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A report published by CNN after an 18 month investigation about minor impact soft tissue injury cases reveals that victims in these auto accident cases are likely to be shortchanged when it comes to compensation. These accident victims, though they are not at fault, have little leverage when dealing with insurance adjusters because accident attorneys are often reluctant to accept cases...

• Texas Jury Awards Punitive Damages in Remicade Verdict

  David Lowe | December 18, 2006 6:50 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Blogger Beth Janicek of San Antonio Personal Injury Blog reports that a Texas jury has rendered a verdict against against drug manufacturer Centocor, Inc. for failing to warn doctors and consumers about the side effects of the drug Remicade. The jury awarded nearly $20 million to a woman who alleged that she developed lupus from using Remicade. Believed to be the first Remicade verdict, the...

• Suit Challenges Illinois Caps on Damage Awards

  David Lowe | November 21, 2006 4:31 PM | 2 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  My colleague Jeffrey M.Goldberg, a nationally-renowned trial attorney who is an expert in birth injury cases, has filed a medical malpractice suit in Illinois on behalf of a child born with cerebral palsy and severe brain damage as the result of a mismanaged labor and delivery. The suit seeks fair compensation for the child and his family, but argues that fair compensation can only be provided...

• School Bus Accidents: New Data Reveals A Bigger Problem

  David Lowe | November 06, 2006 8:24 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Requring the use of safety belts on buses "not only prevent injuries related to crashes," they could also keep kids seated "so they're not falling out of their seats when buses make normal turns or brake. A study just published in the medical journal Pediatrics found that over 51,000 children required emergency medical attention for non-fatal school bus-related injuries over a three-year period....

• Source of E.Coli Spinach Identified?

  David Lowe | September 27, 2006 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Investigators may have identified the spinach processor that is the source of spinach tainted with e. Coli. They are looking at a batch of spinach produced on August 15 at Natural Selection Foods in Salinas Valley, California. Natural Selection Foods has voluntarily recalled the spinach. According to a report posted by CBS California health officials are focusing on the Natural Selection Foods...

• Cheney Mishap Puts Spotlight on Hunting Safety

  David Lowe | February 15, 2006 11:08 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Vice President Cheney's hunting accident case parallels 1999 shotgun accident involving basketball coach Bobby Knight. Both cases involved the violation of basic rules of hunting safety.Vice President Richard Cheney's hunting accident on a private ranch in Corpus Christi, Texas, once again places needed attention on the topic of hunting safety. Hunting experts seem to agree that Cheney violated...