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Commonsense analysis of Iowa personal injury law. Focused on the rights of the common working man and woman.
By Steve Lombardi, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 31, 2010 at 07:01:00

Iowa Crash Sloan, What caused the loss of control?

Posted on February 23, 2010
Near Sloan, Iowa on September 12, 2009, around 8 pm police were called because of a collision between two cars on Highway 75 at mile marker 3, according to online news sources KCAU. A car driving northbound went into the ditch and back out, then 'crossed the center line and collided head on with a minivan...

Venison burgers with lead fragments, umm-umm not so good.

Posted on February 22, 2010
An eagle that Eva Cameron of Cedar Falls, Iowa discovered on December 26, 2009 died on the 30th despite her efforts to save its life. Cedar Falls is in Black Hawk County, Iowa where the Black Hawk Wildlife Rehabilitation Project is located. They took the eagle but were unable to do much to save its life...

What uses does sodium hydroxide have in a hospital setting?

Posted on February 21, 2010
There has been a tragic death recently at Mercy Medical Center, but this time it was an employee, not a patient, who passed away. According the WCF Courier: A 15-year employee of Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa died Thursday evening following a chemical spill at the hospital's laundry facility, hospital officials reported Friday...

Lombardi?s No-Snooze PI News: Joe-the-Plumber, dog attacks and a patient survival guide

Posted on February 19, 2010
Cleveland Heights, Ohio – A woman died and her family is saying the pet Rottweiler bites in her shoulder were her dogs attempt to save her not to kill her. An autopsy is being performed to determine if the woman had a heart attack, and then perhaps the dog ate my homework story might have some validity...

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BCBS - A Cute Waste of Health Care Dollars

Posted on February 19, 2010
Iowa's Democrats are trying to make some sense of health care, but you needn't worry, my Republican Party will screw it up. The fear mongers will emerge from their caves with home spun stories that create fear of the sky falling. Iowa Democrats are supporting a measure that would require health insurance companies to justify rate increases or else suffer the consequences of rate cuts...

Google Buzz: Facebook Beware

Posted on February 19, 2010
Google Buzz: Facebook Beware A class action suit was filed in federal court against Google Buzz on behalf of Eva Hibnick, a 24 year old, second year Harvard Law School student. Google Buzz is projected to be the death nell of Facebook. It is Google's version of online social networking but the complaint alleges there were violations of the Federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Federal Stored Communications Act, and California common and statutory law...

Lombardi's No Snooze Personal Injury News Including Michigan

Posted on February 18, 2010
An interesting day of news for today. This poor guy from Nebraska gets killed after surviving the crash and walking away. The second idea is a survival guide for being the hospital. Yes, sad but true. The third idea is that Iowa is learning something from the Chinese...

Google this! Google v. DOJ

Posted on February 18, 2010
At a final hearing on February 18, 2010, U.S. District Judge Denny Chin heard statements from interested parties in the case against Google and their attempt to scan books into an online database. The president of the National Federation of the Blind, Marc Mauer, is supporting Google's efforts and how it allow access to 10 million books...

A compendium of news from Belgium, Georgia, the Olympics and that third world place called Michigan.

Posted on February 17, 2010
Brussels, Belgium - You have a rush-hour commuter train speeding into the intersection that has an oncoming train coming down the tracks. The commuter train ignores the red light and bam 18 people are killed. Eighty people are injured, some dead and many mutilated bodies lying around the crash site...

The Weeks News In Iowa - Gambling, Snow, Madoff, Becker, Hawkeys, Divorce and the Working Stiffs

Posted on February 16, 2010
Polk County – A woman died in a fatal single car crash on Tuesday here in Polk County on Iowa's Highway 65 at about the same location as NE 46th Avenue. This year has been the worst season for snow and ice covered roads. Lately maintaining control on ice and snow covered roads is getting worse not better...

Pedestrian Safety - The Pedestrian's Due Care Obligation

Posted on February 16, 2010
Is the driver of a DART bus really the suspect of a hit and run? According to an earlier Des Moines Police accident report filed on Monday October 19th that's exactly what happened. Police are saying the accident occurred about 10:45 Friday at Seventh and Walnut streets but was not reported until Monday...

Interstate Highway Mystery ? Where did that body come from?

Posted on February 15, 2010
Back to the future with bits and pieces of news from the Interstate Shelton, Nebraska – Buffalo County - I-80 collision between two semi-trucks leaving one driver dead. After jackknifing in the westbound lane of Interstate 80 a second semi-truck also in the westbound lane collided with it, killing the driver of the jackknifed semi-truck...

Does the OnStar System Eliminate Stolen Cars and High Speed Chases?

Posted on February 15, 2010
Recently I covered a high speed chase on I-35 near Ames, Iowa. The driver of the car being chased by police crossed over the median strip and headed the wrong-way into oncoming southbound traffic. He ran head-on into a semi and died. The issue is one of the safety of non-offending drivers and their passengers...

Back to the future with bits and pieces of news from the Interstate

Posted on February 15, 2010
Shelton, Nebraska – Buffalo County - I-80 collision between two semi-trucks leaving one driver dead. After jackknifing in the westbound lane of Interstate 80 a second semi-truck also in the westbound lane collided with it, killing the driver of the jackknifed semi-truck...

Casa Grande Dentist Killed In Violent Train Crash In Florence, AZ

Posted on February 14, 2010
An ABC affiliate has reported that a Casa Grande dentist was killed and another injured in a violent train crash near Florence, Arizona. Dr. Gene Yang and Dr. Philip Horsely were returning from a hunting trip when a train struck their vehicle at an unguarded railroad crossing...

What do Iowa PB&J Sandwiches and a rendering truck have in common?

Posted on February 13, 2010
Today's blog is about a little bit of this and a little bit of that. If you think personal injury law is boring then you don't know the business of law or haven't met many of the people involved. No one can say that practicing personal injury law isn't interesting, because it is never the same set of facts...

Would planting hedges on I-80 and I-35 medians save lives?

Posted on February 12, 2010
It seems so simple; even environmentally friendly. So why not plant hedges in the middle of the median strip along I-80? On January 25, 2010 at 2:10 pm we had a crash on I-80 in Iowa County. A van being driven by J. Jones was heading west and began sliding out of control...

Anyone at the US Chamber seen 100 Tons of Melamine Contaminated Milk Powder from China?

Posted on February 12, 2010
Missing contaminated milk in China is being measured by the ton. In fact Chinese authorities are trying to track down 100 tons of milk powder tainted with the industrial chemical melamine. Just recently officials seized more than 60 tons of contaminated milk powder in Ningxia...

What caused one vehicle to cross the center line in Louisa County?

Posted on February 11, 2010
Four people died in this crash Saturday night in Louisa County on Highway 70. The Iowa State Patrol investigative report points towards a 1995 Honda Civic (driven by one Francisco Chariz-Ortiz, as having crossed the center line and causing a head-on crash with Ezra's 1993 Toyota Camry...

Cheerleader Wrongful Death Suit in Massachusetts Dismissed

Posted on February 11, 2010
I haven't been able to locate the actual ruling but Ruth Burns' wrongful death suit against East Elite Cheer Gym in Tewksbury, Massachusetts was dismissed by the Middlesex Superior Court. Ashley Burns was 14-years-old when practicing a routine with her team died from a ruptured spleen...

How do I check the Iowa weather on I-80 and I-35?

Posted on February 10, 2010
Before heading out the door or if you have a Blackberry or some other mobile device handy, crank up your Internet web browser and point it towards the 511 Iowa Org for road conditions on I-80 and I-35 or for that matter I-235 along with I-380. It's really pretty simple...

This Post Is Not about Toyotas, It?s About the Last Clear Chance Doctrine

Posted on February 09, 2010
The motoring traffic ought to forget about sticking Toyota accelerators for awhile and think about that cell phone that is stuck to the driver's ear. That cell phone is more dangerous to most of us than any Toyota. I'm on my way to work this morning and as I approach an intersection I'm on a downward slope...

Ohio?s UDM Coverage: Consumer Caveman Coverage

Posted on February 08, 2010
Ohio, a place where backwards laws are considered forward thinking. Yesterday we discussed how those people with greed on their minds, have engineered legislation to overturn the Ohio Supreme Court's attempt to enforce the law that applied the broader view of coverage...

Crappy Consumer Insurance: USAA?s Fade-Away UM Coverage ?Disserving the US Military

Posted on February 07, 2010
If it benefited our servicemen and servicewomen would you mind if today I was really angry with an insurance company? Here goes, USAA is un-American and sets such a low standard that they should be selling insurance to Bulsehviks in Moscow, Russia. Here is the commercial USAA should be showing...

Motorcycle Crash with Car - didn't see cycles coming

Posted on February 07, 2010
It really doesn't matter if you say motorcycles helmets don't work or are more unsafe then when you wear one. Once you're in a crash and dead the debate stops for you. No one can tell me their head is harder than concrete or metal or anything else it's bound to come into contact with after taking a spill...

Does fault matter in a workers' compensation case in Iowa?

Posted on February 05, 2010
Many workers and their spouses and dependent children wouldn't know it, but fault has nothing to do with receiving death benefits under Iowa law. Take for example the semi-truck-pickup truck collision that took place on January 11, 2010 between Daniel Carl and Jay Harmelink who died in the collision...

Ohio?s UDM Coverage: Consumers Being Sucker Punched! The Never-Pay UDM Auto Policy

Posted on February 05, 2010
Ohio must be using the new math? For two days now (Here count them using your fingers, one and two.) we've discussed how the Ohio legislature got together with their insurance buddies and passed a law that rips off the elderly poor and the working young in Ohio...

National Study Shows Table Saw Injuries Not Decreasing

Posted on February 04, 2010
There's a new retrospective analysis study examining table saw injuries in children and adults. The study is published in the January 8, 2010 issue of The Journal of Trauma. ABASTRACT The Journal of Trauma: POST AUTHOR CORRECTIONS, 8 January 2010 doi: 10...

Ohio Underinsured Coverage ? They took it away and still charge you a premium.

Posted on February 04, 2010
Yesterday we covered underinsured coverage in Ohio and specifically the minimum limits type of insurance. Those minimum limits are $12,500. We found out the broad view was rejected and the narrow view adopted. Today let's explore who's at fault for the narrow minded view...

Boyfriend of At-Fault Driver Discloses He Was Just On the Phone With the Driver?Oh really?

Posted on February 03, 2010
Witness Discloses He Was Just On the Phone with the Driver…Oh really? This accident demonstrates the importance of a good investigation and the difficulty of proving the at-fault driver was distracted by a cell phone call that led to a collision...

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