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• Dog Bite Case turns into Million Dollar Insurance Bad Faith Settlement

  Jack Landskroner | June 30, 2006 1:48 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  When an insurance company refuses to honor its insurance contract with a policy holder, delays in paying on legitimate claims, and/or refuses to reasonably settle claims and exposes its insureds to personal financial risk, it can constitute bad faith insurance practices . This type of misconduct warrants legal action by the policy holder against his or her own insurance company in order to...

• Car-Buggy Accident Kills Amish Man

  Jack Landskroner | June 29, 2006 12:03 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An Amish man who apparently fell asleep while driving his buggy died Saturday when the buggy failed to stop at a stop sign and was hit by an oncoming car. The accident occurred approximately 40 miles southwest of Cleveland in Huntington Township.Joe Keim died of internal chest injuries within minutes of the accident, Lorain County Coroner Paul Matus said.Family members said the victim apparently...

• More Guidant Pacemaker and Defibrillator Recalls

  Staff Writer | June 27, 2006 3:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  JDP at the Products Liability Profs Blog talks about another round of Guidant recalls. Nearly 50,000 pacemakers and defibrillators have been recalled. About half have been implanted, while the others remain in stock on hospital shelves or with sales reps.According to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune:Although five devices in the latest recall were found to have malfunctioned and two patients...

• Preventing Construction Injuries After Katrina

  Staff Writer | June 26, 2006 4:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  As the Gulf Coast tries to rebuild after last years destruction by Hurricane Katrina, the Biloxi/Gulfport Sun Herald reports on the rash of injuries that can occur when communities try to put things back together. The story, which focuses mainly on volunteers handing out safety gear, provides a great list of safety tips for any construction site. Among the recommendations:• Falling and flying...

• Medical Malpractice: Defense Refuses $275,000, Jury Says $28 Million

  Staff Writer | June 26, 2006 3:56 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The always tongue-in-cheek Greedy Trial Lawyer brings my attention to a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit in which the defendants refused to settle for $275,000 before trial began. An Altamonte Springs woman had surgery to treat minor incontenence back in 2001. Things didn't go quite as expected, however, and now she must catheterize twice-daily for the rest of her life. At trial, the jury...

• Brain Injury Lawsuits and Legal Ethics

  Staff Writer | June 25, 2006 3:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  I've been a reader of Michael Kaplen's brain injury blog for quite a while, and it looks like, once again, he's been invited to speak at the North American Brain Injury Society's annual conference. If at all possible, I'm going to see if someone from our office can get down to Miami to hear Michael's presentation on dealing with clients who are victims of head and brain injuries. Our firm has...

• Dog Bite Victim Lands In Month-Long Coma

  Staff Writer | June 22, 2006 4:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  A Wisconsin woman was in a coma Wednesday after being bitten in the leg by her neighbor's dog back on May 22nd. Pamela Hartmann suffered a broken tibia when the rottweiler-shepherd mix attacked her. She seemed fine after the bite, but she ended up being taken to the hospital for low blood pressureAccording to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:Hartmann was walking across the yard to return a...