April, 2011 Articles
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Posted on Apr 28, 2011 By Mark Bush
The elderly are physically inferior to their younger adult counterparts, and often times, they are mentally inferior as well. When their fragile bodies are weak, and when their minds are suffering ...
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Posted on Apr 28, 2011 By Mark Bush
Amputation can involve nearly any part of the human body from the upper extremities such as the arms, hands or fingers, to the lower extremities including the legs, feet or toes. Other amputations can ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2011 By Pacific Attorney Group
A nationwide investigation is being launched by The Nursing Home Complaint Center, a national advocacy group for nursing home residents' rights; the focus of their investigation being on wrongful ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2011 By Pacific Attorney Group
The following real-life incident could have been prevented with proper forethought but it is a lesson to be learned for us all. A one-year-old baby boy was admitted to a hospital with suspected ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2011 By The Law Offices of Gerald L. Marcus
Pedestrian Killed By Out Of Control Vehicle Law enforcement officials have arrested a driver they suspect was intoxicated when he crashed into a pedestrian, killing him, reports the Los Angeles Times. ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2011 By The Law Offices of Gerald L. Marcus
Woman Injured In Car Accident Receives Donor Hand A California woman underwent surgery last month to have a donated hand transplanted onto her arm, just one of 14 successful hand transplants in the ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2011 By Whitley Law Firm
April – Ford Motors recalls an unprecedented 1.5 million of its best-selling F-150 trucks as a result of sudden and unnecessary air bag deployments. Ford Motors recalled 1.5 million F-150 trucks ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2011 By The Doan Law Firm
Woman Drives Mother To Hospital, Crashes Into Tree While attempting to take her mother to a hospital to have surgery performed on her eye Thursday morning, a woman lost control of her vehicle and ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2011 By The Doan Law Firm
Officer Is Injured in Automotive Accident A traffic accident involving a school bus and a Houston policeman has officers investigating, with no driver clearly at fault as yet. The incident sparked ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2011 By Mulvey, Cornell & Mulvey
The term “dram shop” is an old reference to the colonial times when taverns and such (shops) used units of liquid measurement called drams to serve alcohol. Today’s dram shop laws ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2011 By Mulvey, Cornell & Mulvey
Catastrophic or disfiguring injuries are permanent, life-changing injuries that are the result of a serious accident. There are countless ways to sustain a catastrophic injury, just as there are many ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2011 By McCoy & McCoy
With life expectancy increasing every decade, our nation’s nursing homes are reaching full capacity. If you have recently placed your loved one in a nursing home, you may have been surprised to ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2011 By McCoy & McCoy
It is the responsibility of retail stores to ensure they provide a safe shopping environment for their customers. In the event a visitor sustains an injury on the retail store’s property, then ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2011 By Boohoff Law P.A.
The statistics are staggering, 1 out of every four people will be involved in a car accident at some point in their lifetime and the chances of getting killed in an auto accident are 1 out of every ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Pacific Attorney Group
Last month, a 33-year-old workman in Florida was awarded $3.7 million dollars by a jury after a workplace accident. All of his fingers on his right hand were amputated as a result of being crushed by ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Pacific Attorney Group
Just last month in Illinois, a lawsuit came to an end and a 22-year-old man was awarded $8.1 million dollars involving a swimming pool accident at someone's private home. He was visiting the home ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Pacific Attorney Group
A New York man went into surgery and began to have post operative complications; he most likely did not suspect that a surgical pad had been left inside of his body. Mr. B, the victim of the hospital ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Pacific Attorney Group
Last month in Michigan, a seven year old girl was awarded $52,000 from a personal injury lawsuit that was filed on her behalf. She had been bitten by a large dog and suffered multiple punctures wounds ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Floyd Law Firm
Construction is one of the more hazardous jobs that exist and scaffolding accidents come with the territory. These accidents can cause serious injury and extra precautions should be taken by employers ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Fox Goldblatt & Singer PC
Construction is one of the more hazardous jobs that exist and scaffolding accidents come with the territory. These accidents can cause serious injury and extra precautions should be taken by employers ...
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