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NYC Woman Sues over Pole Dancing Injury

Posted on January 09, 2010
While more previously associated with damaged relationships and marriages, a New York City woman found that pole dancing can also cause personal injury. Sue Ann Wee, a dermatologist living in Manhattan, was reportedly injured during a pole-dancing workout class at a Crunch Gym location...

Coal Spill Triggers Injury Lawsuits

Posted on December 30, 2009
Many plaintiffs have filed lawsuits against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for a coal ash spill that occurred in December 2008. The plaintiffs had one year to file their lawsuit for personal injury claims. According to the New York Times, the spill occurred at the Kingston Fossil Plant about 40 miles west of Knoxville...

Weather: Your Worst Nightmare for Holiday Travel This Season

Posted on December 23, 2009
The holidays are notorious for being a hectic and dangerous time of the year to travel - but this year across many areas of the country, the weather conditions are adding to the danger on the roads. According to a Weather Channel report, this holiday storm will primarily affect states west of the Mississippi River - [...

Lung Injuries from Smoking? Just Sue the Tobacco Company?

Posted on December 08, 2009
According to a New York Times article, Phillip Morris recently paid former smoker ? Lucinda Naugle - $300 million in the state of Florida because of lung injuries she suffered. As a result of her years of smoking she needed a lung transplant, and she sued the tobacco company as a result...

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Chimp Attack Brings Eventual Injury Lawsuit

Posted on November 24, 2009
According to a New York Times article, a Stamford, Conn. woman was attacked by a 200 lb chimpanzee called Travis. The beloved animal was shot down by the Stamford Police after the attack. Travis lived with his owner, Sandra Herold, and was well known around town starring in several commercials...

Texting - Deadly Encounters

Posted on November 04, 2009
Texting ? a seemingly harmless activity ? appears to be far more dangerous than the general public thinks, especially when driving. Sending text messages while behind the wheel can cause serious injuries and may even be deadly. In Oxford, England, Phillipa Curtis was sentenced to 21 months in prison for texting while driving...

Attacked by Swinging Doors

Posted on October 28, 2009
On June 21, 2007 an elderly woman walked into a Target department store in Rosemont, Ill. ? completely unaware she was going to suffer brain injuries. As Claire Putnam walked through the main entrance to the store, the automatic swinging door hit her - knocking her on the ground...

Jail Inmate Won $4.5 Million in a Personal Injury Lawsuit

Posted on October 24, 2009
Behind bars in Gilroy, Calif., Vincent Cardinalli filed a lawsuit against his case witnesses for personal injuries and won a $4.5 million lawsuit ? per an article in the Gilroy Post-Dispatch. Cardinalli is accused of more than 100 felonies related to his family-owned tow truck business and currently awaiting trial...

Smoker?s Cough Treatment Drug Faces Hurdles in the U.S.

Posted on October 19, 2009
Swiss drug maker Novartis AG was asked to provide additional information to the Food and Drug Administration about its respiratory drug designed to help smoker’s cough. The European counterpart to the United States’ FDA has already recommended the drug for approval, and in Europe it will be called Onbrez Breezhaler, according to a Wall Street Journal [...

They Sued for What? Ridiculous Lawsuits

Posted on October 13, 2009
From beer not following through on the ladies it promised to produce to suing Nike for making Michael Jordan too famous - the lawsuit has been filed. Great Britain’s news source The Independent selected some “out there” lawsuits to report on...

Former Hospital Pays Out $43.5M for Birth Injury Lawsuit

Posted on October 10, 2009
According to a report from the Albany Times-Union, a woman born in 1984 sued Bellevue Maternity Hospital for severe brain damage she suffered during birth. The medical malpractice lawsuit claimed that Tiffany Busone, 24, suffered cerebral palsy because of improper resuscitation after she was oxygen-deprived in the delivery room...

Vaccine for Swine Flu? It?s Coming to a Doctor Near You

Posted on October 07, 2009
According WebMD’s breaking news released today, H1N1 flu vaccines will be available in all states starting this week. The vaccines for swine flu are prepared and administered the same way as regular seasonal flu shots, and upon testing have not shown to produce any unusual side effects...

Being Born Early Can Take a Toll

Posted on October 04, 2009
According to a New York Times article, almost 10 percent of babies born across the globe are born prematurely - and as a result, close to a million infants die every year. The March of Dimes, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, released a report this week stating that the majority of premature births (nearly [...

Coyote Ugly Gone Wrong: Girl Injured in Tennessee Bar Dancing Incident

Posted on September 30, 2009
Hollywood?s Coyote Ugly is the movie that made bar dancing with beautiful young ladies famous ? and a restaurant chain in Nashville, Tenn. by the same name also gained fame when the film was released back in 2000. The restaurant continues to glamorize the scene by asking young ladies if they would like to dance [...

Backwards Justice: Prison Inmates Filing Suit against the State?

Posted on July 08, 2009
Prison inmates have their rights, too. In the Dallas County jail, two different inmates and their families filed injury lawsuits against the county, claiming they were neglected and denied much-needed medical treatment. According to a report from the Dallas Morning News, the county paid out nearly $500,000 in damages for the two cases...

Fireworks Always Add a Spark to the 4th of July

Posted on July 06, 2009
Every year without fail, there are some crazy stories about firework injuries as a result of July 4th fun. According to the American Burn Association, men are three times more likely than women to sustain firework injuries - no real surprise there. If you get hit with a firework at a professional display, you may want [...

These Colonoscopies May Have Caused More Harm than Good

Posted on July 02, 2009
According to a report from the Miami Herald, colonoscopies performed in Chattanooga, Tenn. may have resulted in the patients being exposed to HIV. The patients are currently awaiting a response from the VA to see if they will be receiving compensation for their damages in this medical malpractice situation...

Tylenol Overdose?

Posted on July 01, 2009
Heath experts are now calling for lower doses of over-the-counter acetaminophen in drugs like Tylenol and Excedrin. At a two-day conference hosted by the Food and Drug Administration, approximately 40 health experts came to the conclusion that it would be a good idea to decrease the recommended dose of acetaminophen - currently at 1000mg - to [...

NYC Transit and Lawsuits: Easy Target?

Posted on June 29, 2009
It seems like New York City Transit and the Metropolitan Transit Authority have seen quite a bit of news coverage in the past few months - and almost all of it has been linked to injuries and lawsuits. According to a New York Daily News report, NYC Transit officials say legal quirks in the law make [...

Jackson Always Seemed to Have ?One More Chance?

Posted on June 26, 2009
Michael Jackson’s recent passing has touched the world in a way I don’t think anyone expected. Through the years, Jackson has been the center of numerous lawsuits - in all areas of law. As one CNN reporter said, “Michael Jackson was a one-man cottage industry for the legal profession...

Hurt with a Boat Propeller? Should Have Read the Warning on the Box.

Posted on June 24, 2009
You hear about borderline ridiculous lawsuits all the time - then you hear about people winning them (like the woman who sued McDonald’s because their hot coffee burned her), and you wonder if you’ve ever missed an opportunity for a personal injury lawsuit? According to the Naples Daily News in Naples, Fla...

MARTA Train Operator Suspended for Texting and Driving

Posted on June 23, 2009
A Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) train conductor was accused of using his cell phone and texting while operating a passenger train, according to JusticeNewsFlash.com. The operator, Damien Whatley, was hired by MARTA in 2000 and became a train operator within the past two years...

America?s Watchdog Organization Now Offers an Outlet for Reporting Nursing Home Abuse

Posted on June 22, 2009
America’s Watchdog - a national organization that serves as an advocate for consumer rights - has branched out into a new genre for its services. The Nursing Home Complaint Center is a new organization under the America’s Watchdog parent company designed to help people who have suffered, or have relatives who have suffered, from elder abuse [...

Obama on Medical Malpractice: Let Doctors be Doctors

Posted on June 16, 2009
President Barak Obama returned to his home city this week - Chicago, Ill. - to address the American Medical Association on the topic of health care reform. Obama wants to let doctors do what they are trained to do and be doctors - not bureaucratic businessmen that are constantly thinking about money making and worried about [...

NYC Worker Finds Helmet Saved His Life, Despite 60-Day Coma

Posted on June 15, 2009
According to the New York Daily News, a transit worker who was helping fix an elevated train platform in Brooklyn three years ago fell 30 feet through some unsupported wooden beams and ended up in a two-month coma. George Nunez was recently awarded $13 million from a personal injury lawsuit he filed against the Metropolitan Transit [...

Crestwood, Ill. Residents Need an Erin Brockovich to Fight for Their Rights

Posted on June 11, 2009
According to a Chicago Tribune article, city officials in Crestwood, Ill. have been lying to residents and the EPA about the town’s water source. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against the village of Crestwood, which alleges that the village has lied more than 120 times to the state EPA about the source [...

Suggestive Dancing Leading to Personal Injury?

Posted on June 08, 2009
According to an article from Newsweek, a new, lewd dancing trend in Jamaica has made penile injuries three times as common as they have been in the past. This new dance trend is called ‘daggering,’ and as the name implies, it involves varying degrees of sometimes violent sexual expression on the dance floor...

American Humane Association Creates a Dog Bite Safety Program

Posted on June 03, 2009
According to the American Humane Association, every year 3.5 million kids suffer from dog bite injuries. The Association has launched a new dog bite safety program for kids called “American Humane KIDS: Kids Interacting with Dogs Safely?...

Do Doctors Scare Patients On Purpose, and Is It Legal?

Posted on June 02, 2009
Have you ever had a doctor tell you that the potential outcome of whatever illness you’re suffering from is far worse than you expected or than it should be? Take, for example, a friend of mine who recently dropped a cardboard box on her foot, got a paper cut from it, and found herself in the [...

Pools Opened Last Weekend, Could Mean Summer Injuries for You or Your Kids

Posted on May 28, 2009
Memorial Day Weekend signifies many things in the great US of A. Remembrance of all those brave soldiers who have served our country, celebratory fireworks, grilling out and having outdoor picnics or parties with friends - the list goes on. Probably the most exciting significance of Memorial Day for the younger part of our population is [...

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