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Posted on May 24, 2013 By Wendt Goss
Employees are looking forward to a three-day weekend next week, and many families will be travelling out of town to celebrate the day of off work and embrace the summer weather. Yet the National ...
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Posted on May 24, 2013 By Kansas City Personal Injury Lawyer
DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., which is part of Johnson & Johnson's Medical Devices and Diagnostics group, has been manufacturing hip replacement products for numerous years. It seems that they have ...
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Posted on May 24, 2013 By The Law Firm of Steven I. Fried, P.C.
A hidden camera set up at a Canadian nursing home facility caught four employees abusing the elderly. According to the footage, these workers shoved a rag stained with feces into a patient’s ...
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Posted on May 24, 2013 By Van Sant Law, LLC
Atlanta, GA – On Friday morning, May 24th, 16 people were injured when a hotel shuttle bus crashed into a tractor trailer at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. According to authorities, the ...
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Posted on May 24, 2013 By Meyerkord & Russell
Kansas City Personal Injury Attorney Matthew Meyerkord has recently been bestowed a major honor. He has been selected for inclusion in the 2013 Super Lawyers® list for Missouri and Kansas. Through ...
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Posted on May 23, 2013
Unfortunately, injuries like these are not uncommon in the oil industry. A recent death of a 29 year old man in North Dakota working at a business in an oil patch has the Occupational Safety and ...
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Posted on May 22, 2013 By Wendt Goss
According to a KCTV report, a four-year-old boy died last week after the Missouri State Department declared that he was not being abused by his parents and did not need to be removed from his home. ...
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Posted on May 22, 2013
A recent article in the Hawaii Reporter highlighted a serious problem that gets little attention – back-over accidents. These accidents can be particularly devastating because they often involve a ...
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Posted on May 22, 2013
Despite what we’ve heard in the news – that medical malpractice payouts are behind the rising cost of health care – a recent study has once again shown that medical negligence lawsuits are not the ...
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Posted on May 22, 2013
Despite what we’ve heard in the news – that medical malpractice payouts are behind the rising cost of health care – a recent study has once again shown that medical negligence lawsuits are not the ...
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Posted on May 22, 2013
Overall, human beings are sympathetic to someone who has been injured, especially if we have a relationship with the person, whether personal or professional. However, in a patient/medical ...
Continue reading "How a Doctor’s Apology Can Affect a Kentucky Medical Malpractice Claim" »
Posted on May 22, 2013 By Law Offices of Martin D. Finkel
As an avid motorcyclist myself, I know the appeal of the open road. I understand the passion for the bikes, the speed, and the culture. That being said, I also know the dangers. Regardless of how safe ...
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Posted on May 22, 2013 By Kansas City Personal Injury Attorney
On Sunday, May 12, 2013 at approximately 12:30 AM, two people were found dead at the scene of a car accident that occurred in Johnson County, Missouri. Ronald Harvey, 53 was driving a 1997 Mercury ...
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Posted on May 22, 2013
This week is National Dog Bite Prevention Week, sponsored by the US Postal Service. As Atlanta dog bite attorneys, we were sad to see that Georgia is one of the top ten states for dog bites. In fact, ...
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Posted on May 21, 2013 By Wendt Goss
Over the weekend, tornadoes ripped through the Midwest, damaging houses and buildings and injuring many residents. At the most recent report, 24 individuals are dead from the tornadoes, including 9 ...
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Posted on May 21, 2013
Travis Alexander’s siblings will file a wrongful death lawsuit against Jodi Arias. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of her one-time boyfriend in his suburban Phoenix ...
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Posted on May 21, 2013 By Zalkin Law Firm
Fox News recently released a shocking report revealing that more than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for illnesses and injuries that are related to sexual abuse. Some of these veterans are ...
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Posted on May 21, 2013 By Matt Meyerkord
Most Missouri slip and fall cases have 5 year statutes of limitations. This means that you have five years from the date of injury to make a claim against a property owner when you are injured because ...
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Posted on May 21, 2013 By The Law Firm of Steven I. Fried, P.C.
A Manhattan salesman who sustained a broken eye socket (also known as the orbit) in an intoxicated fight at the New York Athletic Club may have permanent visual and neurological damage, the man's ...
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Posted on May 20, 2013 By Van Sant Law
A group of teenagers on a golf cart caused a horrific accident earlier this month after the driver lost control of a small pink golf cart and the vehicle swerved off the road and into some trees. One ...
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