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By Edward ("Ted") Bills

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Bus Co. Settles with Paralyzed Triathelete

Posted on March 04, 2010
A former Iron Man triathlete has reached an undisclosed settlement with a Hawaii tour bus company after he was hit by one of their buses in May 2009 and was left paralyzed from the waist down. John Henderson was riding his bike on the paved shoulder of Kamehameha Highway when he was struck by the [...

Woman Files Suit Over Botched Breast Augmentation

Posted on March 04, 2010
A Staten Island woman has filed a lawsuit against a plastic surgeon for a botched breast augmentation that left her with physical deformities. Maria Alaimo claims in her lawsuit that the deformed implants caused her “pain, disability, loss of self-esteem, humiliation and embarrassment...

Jury Orders City to Pay Damages to Bus Crash Victims

Posted on March 01, 2010
A jury has ordered New York City Transit to pay $7.5 million to two women injured in a bus crash. A jury found that the department was liable after a city bus ran a red light and crashed into a car in which Brenda Whaley and Amanda Wade were riding, causing them both to suffer [...

Pfizer Ordered to Pay Damages to Cancer Patient

Posted on February 27, 2010
Alabama resident Audrey Singleton was awarded $9.45 million yesterday by a Philadelphia jury in a lawsuit against drug maker Pfizer, Inc., after she claimed that the company’s hormone-replacement drug gave her breast cancer. Singleton began taking the drug Prempro in 1997 and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004...

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Chicago Settles Suit Over Wrongful Imprisonment

Posted on February 27, 2010
Four years after a man was released from prison after spending 25 years behind bars falsely convicted of rape, the city of Chicago has agreed to settle his federal lawsuit for an unspecified amount. In his lawsuit, Jerry Miller claims that an analyst in a Chicago crime lab withheld evidence during his trial that showed [...

Lawsuit Filed Against Mental Hospital Over Treatment

Posted on February 27, 2010
A municipal judge in Brownsville, Texas, who spent the last two months at Rio Grande Valley mental health facilities, has filed a lawsuit against hospital officials, claiming false imprisonment and “grievous emotional harm.” In his lawsuit, Phil Bellamy says that he and other inmates were forced to take medication “they had a right to refuse,” [...

School Board Settles $14.7 Mill. Injury Lawsuit

Posted on February 26, 2010
The Chicago Board of Education has agreed to settle a $14.7 million lawsuit with a man who suffered severe injuries while on a mini-trampoline at school in Chicago 18 years ago. Ryan Murray became a quadriplegic after hitting his head on the side of the trampoline during a tumbling class when he was 13...

Lawsuit Filed Against Blimpie?s For False Advertising

Posted on February 26, 2010
Two Utah men have filed a lawsuit against Blimpie’s, claiming that their “Super Stacked” subs do not contain the double portion of meat as advertised. According to the lawsuit, Blimpie’s advertises their “Super Stacked” sandwiches as having double the meat portions as their regular sandwiches, and therefore charge a higher price...

Dannon Settles Class-Action Suit Over Yogurt Benefits

Posted on February 26, 2010
Dannon agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit earlier this week brought by consumers over claims that Dannon falsely advertised the health benefits of its yogurt. The $45 million settlement will be available to consumers as rebate checks up to $100. As part of the settlement, Dannon agreed to remove the words “clinically” and “scientifically proven” [...

Judge: Suit Over Alleged Police Beating Can Continue

Posted on February 26, 2010
A California judge ruled that a family’s lawsuit against the Oakland police department for the beating and eventual death of their son could continue. According to Judge William Alsup, the family of Jerry Amaro was discouraged from filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the department “by affirmative and misleading statements and conduct by Oakland police...

Dartmouth College Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Posted on February 25, 2010
Dartmouth College recently settled a lawsuit with the family of a student who died in 2004 after sustaining severe head injuries during a university skiing class. According to the lawsuit, Christina Porter skied into a tree without a helmet during a beginners ski class, and was in a coma for six months before dying...

Report: 50K Die Each Year From Hospital Infections

Posted on February 25, 2010
A recent study from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy at Resources for the Future revealed that almost 50,000 people die each year in hospitals from infections picked up during their stay. Experts say that many of the deaths could be avoided with better infection control, including handwashing, improved hygiene and better screening [...

IRS Employee?s Widow Files Suit Against Austin Pilot

Posted on February 25, 2010
The wife of one of the men who was killed by the plane that crashed into the Internal Revenue Services officces in Austin last week has filed a lawsuit against the pilot’s wife, Sheryl Mann Stack. The lawsuit claims that Stack should have warned the IRS employees of possible danger...

Family Files Lawsuit Over Police Shooting

Posted on February 20, 2010
The family of a Florida man shot and killed by police last year has filed a lawsuit claiming he was working as an informant for law enforcement agencies at the time of his death. The lawsuit claims that Arthur Lee Coleman was helping police bust a ring of car thieves around the time he was [...

Man Claims Nasal Spray Ruined His Sense of Smell

Posted on February 20, 2010
A man suffering from anosmia - loss of smell - has filed a lawsuit against the makers of Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Spray, claiming that medicine he used from 2006-2009 is responsible the condition. According to the lawsuit, Paul Buck Jr. says that studies show that using topical applications containing zinc ions “can produce permanent [...

Car Accident on I-25 in Pueblo, Colorado

Posted on February 19, 2010
An accident on I-25 in Pueblo, Colorado closed the highway for about an hour a little after 6:00 a.m. yesterday. Officers reported there were minor injuries from the car wreck and major debris strewn across the roadway.

Semi Accident in Colorado Springs at Interquest Parkway

Posted on February 19, 2010
There was a semi-truck accident at the end of the morning rush Thursday that blocked Interstate 25 southbound at Interquest Parkway. The interstate was not closed but it was almost completely blocked in the area, with traffic only getting by slowly in the right lane...

Damages Awarded to Man Injured by Drunken Driver

Posted on February 18, 2010
A Colorado judge awarded $18.5 million to a man who suffered severe injuries after being hit by a drunk driver while he was working in his driveway. According to the lawsuit, Paul Savage was changing his wife’s car’s oil when Kevin Ruszkowski drove his car off the road and onto Savage’s property, striking him...

Facebook Exposes Users to Identity Theft, Lawsuit Claims

Posted on February 18, 2010
The social media Web site Facebook has added new privacy protection controls for third party applications, but a class-action lawsuit has been filed claiming those safety precautions do not protect against identity theft. The lawsuit claims that the new features “are difficult to use” and are not “designed to explain how a user can best [...

Court Allows Lawsuit Against City Pool to Continue

Posted on February 18, 2010
A federal appeals court in Ohio this week gave the green light to a man’s lawsuit against a Cincinnati community pool. In the lawsuit, Robert Kennedy alleges he was thrown out of the pool without refund because pool staffers claimed he was “creeping out” other patrons...

Robbery, Shooting at Gas Station Prompts Lawsuit

Posted on February 18, 2010
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in Wisconsin by the family of a woman who was murdered during a gas station robbery in March 2008. According to the lawsuit, Rochelle Anderson was killed by Derek Domke while he and another man attempted to rob the gas station...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Police Shooting

Posted on February 18, 2010
The city of Everett, Wash., was negligent in the death of a 51-year-old man who was shot by a police officer outside a local restaurant in June, a lawsuit filed by family members claims. According to the lawsuit, Niles Meservey was leaving the restaurant in his car, apparently drunk, when he was surrounded by police, [...

Plane out of Denver diverted due to a bomb threat

Posted on February 18, 2010
United Airlines Flight 741 from Denver to San Francisco has been diverted to Salt Lake City because of a bomb threat. The FAA says the plane and its passengers are being checked in a holding area of the Salt Lake City airport.

Colorado Springs Car crash - Adult seriously injured, child OK

Posted on February 18, 2010
On Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 1:34 PM, a rollover traffic collision occurred near Dublin Boulevard and Powers Boulevard. A 1998 Nissan Maxima had been traveling north on Powers boulevard in the left lane of traffic when it lost control and veered into the center median...

Pedestrian vs Car Accident in Colorado Springs

Posted on February 18, 2010
IOn Wednesday, February17, 2010 at approximately 10:30PM a male attempting to cross the northbound lanes of the 700 block of South Academy Boulevard was struck by a motorist who appears to have been obeying all traffic laws. The pedestrian was transported to memorial hospital and is listed in critical condition...

Problems Continue to Mount for Toyota

Posted on February 18, 2010
Since Toyota Motors Inc. issued its massive recall three weeks ago, the number of deaths from the sudden-acceleration problem has continued to climb, reaching 34 total earlier this week. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and members of Congress are currently investigating the problems and Toyota?s claims, and some legislators say the current death numbers [...

Coast Guard Named in Lawsuit Over Fatal Boat Crash

Posted on February 18, 2010
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Coast Guard after one of their rescue boats crashed into a family?s boat in San Diego Bay in December, killing an eight-year-old boy. According to the lawsuit, a Coast Guard boat was rushing to help a grounded boat at night when it crashed into another [...

Now its the Corolla model, poor little old Toyota

Posted on February 17, 2010
Toyota’s President Akio Toyoda today thumbed his nose at coming to the USA to attend congressional hearings - saying he “wanted to focus on improving quality worldwide.” Yea sure and if you believe that, call me as I own this great bridge that serves the island of Manhattan that I will sell you for pennies [...

Walsenburg Police Officer Broadsides Van

Posted on February 17, 2010
The Colorado State Patrol reports that a Walsenburg Police officer clipped a van carrying six children shortly after 8pm on Tuesday. Six children and the driver of the van only had minor to moderate injuries.

Jury Awards Damages in Drunken Driving Fatality

Posted on February 15, 2010
The family of an Arizona boy killed by a drunken driver in 2008 was awarded $40 million last week by a Pima County jury. Jose Rincon Jr. was killed in January 2008 by a woman who crashed into him after a night drinking at a local Chuy’s restaurant...

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