Archive for June, 2009
Woman arraigned on charges she embezzled $80g from Portsmouth law firm
A Gonic woman is free on $50,000 personal recognizance bail after being arraigned on felony charges alleging she embezzled approximately $80,000 from the law firm she worked for as a legal secretary. Authorities say Desiree McLoughlin began stealing from a Port City personal injury attorney when she wrote checks to herself and others over a [...]
Personal Injury by Police Brutality
A police office may use excessive force if needed to control a situation, but in routine traffic stops or if the individual arrest poses no hesitation in cooperating with an officer, then no force is required. Some examples of where police brutality often occurs include: Where police brutalities can occur • Following the end of [...]
The Nursing Home Complaint Center
The Nursing Home Abuse Center wants to assist personal injury law firms go after nursing homes, for elder abuse, and wrongful death in every state, by teaming up with established personal injury law firms that have a passion about elder abuse issues, in their specific state. The Nursing Home Complaint Center also wants to work [...]
Donating Bike Safety Helmets to Utica, NY’s Annual Build-A-Bike Event
Niskayuna, NY PRWEB June 19, 2009 — The Underground Café, a project of Utica Safe Schools Healthy Students is gearing up for the Annual Build-A-Bike Event, Saturday June 20, noon to 5 P.M. The event will be held downtown Utica across from City Hall parking lot. Registered youth will go home with a free, rebuilt [...]
Frederick Wrongful Death Suit Settled for $300,000
Public records show that Frederick County has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from the death of a firefighter trainee felled by heatstroke in 2002. The Associated Press obtained the document Thursday through a Maryland Public Information Act request. Read full story via washingtonpost.com.
National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers :: Personal Injury Lawyers, Personal Injury Law Under Attack, Consumers Hurting; NAPIL Survey Finds
CALABASAS, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire/ — The findings of a recent survey on “Legal Prudence and the American Jury” conducted by www.NAPIL.com indicate significant problems with personal injury laws and the American jury system. A primary finding uncovered in the survey identifies the proliferation of plaintiff-unfriendly legal practices as one of the major problems facing [...]
Va. judge extends deadline for salmonella claims
A deadline for personal injury claims against the peanut processor at the center of a nationwide salmonella outbreak was extended Friday by more than four months. Roy V. Creasy of Roanoke, trustee in the Peanut Corp. case, said the deadline for personal injury claims was extended to make sure everyone has time to file. Read [...]
West Palm Beach girl hurt by Listerine, federal suit seeking $5 million alleges
West Palm Beach girl hurt by Listerine, federal suit seeking $5 million alleges. When Kayla Hess, then 10 years old, used Listerine Agent Cool Blue mouthwash in 2007, she became ill with repeated strep throat infections and stomach cramps. She even cracked a permanent molar tooth. Recalled in April 2007 by McNeil-PPC Inc. a subsidiary [...]
State Supreme Court discards age-old distinction in injury suits
A woman who sued her son after she was injured in his home scored a legal victory Friday that could simplify personal injury lawsuits against private property owners in Iowa. The Iowa Supreme Court struck down a centuries-old provision that distinguishes between people who are invited onto private property and those who were merely allowed [...]
