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Appeals Court Upholds Medical Malpractice Award

The California 2nd Disctrict Court of Appeals upheld the decision of a lower court which awarded a County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center patient $150,000 in pain and suffering. Although the California medical malpractice awards caps are $250,000, a 28 year-old male patient of Harbor-UCLA hospital was aw

By The Legal Examiner

/ 9 Jul 2007

Florida Workers Comp Rates To Fall 50%

We hear a lot about tort reform and the supposed high cost of compensation for the injured but what we don’t hear is that insurance rates are actually going down for accident related injuries. Alex Sink, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer just ordered a 50 percent reduction in the Workers’ Compensati

By Ed Normand

/ 8 Jul 2007

Property Insurance Rates to Rise Again

Remember the much ballyhooed special legislative session to lower insurance premiums for homeowners? Well it looks like the reduction will be short lived. Five insurance companies last week submitted requests to state insurance officials for premium increases from a statewide average of 14.9 percent

By Ed Normand

/ 6 Jul 2007

Dangerous Defective Tires Recalled

According to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA): FOREIGN TIRE SALES (FTS) manufactured tires that did not have a gum strip or had an insufficient gum strip between the belts or other construction to keep the belts from separating. As a Consequence belts on tires manufactu

By Ed Normand

/ 5 Jul 2007

Be Careful When Settling Insurance Claims

Sometimes people settle cases on their own without the help of a lawyer. That is wonderful if it works. If you do this, be careful to make sure that the insurance adjuster or company you are negotiating with can be trusted. Sometimes non-lawyers can be taken advantage of when handling insurance clai

By Ed Normand

/ 4 Jul 2007

Chinese Manufacturer Denies that Recalled Tires Are Defective

Tires manufactured in China and imported by a New Jersey firm, Foreign Tire Sales, Incorporated, may be defective. Although the manufacturer, Hangzhou Zhongce, denies exporting a defective product, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a recall.The NHTSA recall includ

By The Legal Examiner

/ 28 Jun 2007

VÃctima De las Demandas Del Accidente De Coche De Mayo Tercera

Accidente del tractor-acoplado de A mayo que matado dos adolescencias causÃ³ recientemente la muerte de una tercera vÃctima. El coche en el cual las adolescencias viajaban primero fue golpeado por un coche entonces por semi cuando el conductor funcionÃ³ una muestra de la parada en el camino 42 del

By Ed Normand

/ 27 Jun 2007

Jury Awards Widow $21.6 Million in Wrongful Death Suit

A stay-at-home Dad was awarded $21.6 million Thursday for a fatal car crash that killed his wife. The jury found the driver negligent for talking on her cell phone or some other distraction that caused the horrific accident.The Husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver and the corpor

By The Legal Examiner

/ 22 Jun 2007

Woman Dies After Barge Accident

A woman, fishing on Long Island Sound, when a 324-foottanker barge crashed with her bot, died after she was taken off life support.The woman, 47, of the Bronx was in a coma at St. Francis Hospital since the accident on June 10. Visiting from Rhode Island, she was fishing in a 24-foot boat off Sands

By The Legal Examiner

/ 18 Jun 2007

Citizens Insurance Asks for Time Limit on Insurance Claim Disputes

Citizens Property Insurance, facing criticism for thousands of 2004 and 2005 open hurricane claims and insurance claim disputes, seeks to rein in the adjusters and lawyers alleging they are creating disputes in order to pocket larger feesAssistant general counsel for the state-run propery insurer, s

By The Legal Examiner

/ 5 Jun 2007

Acanthamoeba Keratitis Latest Culprit in Eye Infections

Advanced Medical Optics of Santa Ana California, the manufacturer of AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution, has withdrawn its contact lens solution from the market after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked the solution to 138 cases of eye infection involving Acanthamoeb

By The Legal Examiner

/ 28 May 2007

FDA Alerts Consumers About Contaminated Olives

The FDA has issued an urgent warning concerning the contamination of olives manufactured by Charlie Brown di Rutigliano & Figli S.r.l, of Bari, Italy and are being recalled by the manufacturer. The olives may be contaminated with the deadly Clostridium botulinum. C. botulinum can cause botulism, a p

By The Legal Examiner

/ 20 Apr 2007