Allstate Insurance Company is seeking to recover $5 million against 10 New York area defendants in its fourth insurance fraud lawsuit of 2011. The complaint specifically cites one physician, five medical professional corporations, one corporation, and three non-physician individuals. Since 2003, Allstate has filed 31 fraud lawsuits in New York State, seeking more than $170 [...]
Motor vehicle crashes take thousands of lives and cost billions of dollars each year. Find out what strategies can prevent death and injury in these crashes and save lives and money. Over 30,000 people are killed in crashes each year in the United States. In 2005, in addition to the impact on victims’ family and [...]
Walking and thinking at the same time can be especially difficult for persons who’ve suffered concussions, and scientists hope to use that multitasking challenge — measured by a simple radar system — to quickly screen individuals who may have suffered brain injuries. By asking an individual to walk a short distance while saying the months [...]
IMAGE: University of Illinois law professor Larry E. Ribstein says dire predictions of impending doom for the future of legal education should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism. Click here for more information. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Dire predictions of impending doom for the future of legal education should be taken with a healthy [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to stop participating in a new type of water-related recreational activity, due to the potential risks of suffocation and drowning. The activity is called water walking and the water walking ball has numerous brand or ride names. The fact that the product [...]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is conducting an investigation into the safety of pool and spa drain covers and the adequacy of testing procedures used to determine the flow rating of these covers. The investigation has revealed that the testing protocols used by some laboratories may have been improper and, as a result, [...]
Several states have identified caffeinated alcohol beverages as health and safety risks to the community and have banned what some people refer to as “Black out in a can.” “Four Loko” is a specific brand of caffeinated malt liquor beverage that has been under scrutiny because it has been attributed with having given a healthy [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Ms. Bubbles Inc., of Los Angeles, Calif., has agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $40,000. The penalty agreement (pdf) settles staff allegations that the firm knowingly failed to report to the CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, [...]
With no lights and no pedestrian walkway available from a Nederlander Greek, Inc. operated parking lot, a night out became a nightmare. Los Angeles personal injury attorneys Greg and Susan Owen from the law firm of Owen, Patterson & Owen recently won $3.2 million in damages for a Greek Theater concert-goer who was injured in [...]
Ignition interlocks help prevent drivers who were previously arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) from being re-arrested, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The researchers in CDC’s Community Guide branch base that on a systematic review of 15 scientific studies on ignition interlocks. Researchers found that after these devices were [...]