Blog Posts in October, 2011
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A company has agreed to pay a $1.3 million fine over the sale of a toxic toy that put two children in a coma, according to an announcement by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Thursday. ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A jury in Missouri is deliberating over whether smokers of "light" cigarettes should receive $700 million from Philip Morris for mislabeling its Marlboro Light brand as having "lower ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
The Sun Sentinel reported this morning that the Plantation Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint this weekend which is meant to discourage impaired driving. Vehicles will be randomly ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
The Sun Sentinel reported this morning that there was an incident this morning around 7 a.m. involving a girl who was crossing Taft Street . She was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A doctor in Oregon filed a defamation lawsuit against a blogger over online comments she posted about his disciplinary record. The $1 million suit, the first lawsuit in the state that involves ...
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Posted on Oct 17, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
Six teens were injured when several metal pieces fell from a ride at the South Carolina State Fair Wednesday night, police said. According to state fair officials, some welded metal pieces broke loose ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
An elderly woman was killed last Friday when she lost control of her car and collided head-on into a pickup truck. The woman, who was in her eighties, was heading westbound on Sheridan Street west of ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson entered a plea of guilty on Wednesday to charges of misbranding a heart failure drug, according to a U.S. Department of Justice announcement. Scios Inc. of ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A $15 million settlement has been reached over a 2008 incident involving a scaffolding collapse at the Atlanta Botanical Garden that left one worker dead and another 18 injured, according to court ...
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Posted on Oct 10, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A mother who gave birth to a decapitated baby at a Kentucky hospital has filed a $10 million medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor responsible for the delivery, according to court records. ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
After numerous delays, the trial is set to begin on December 1 on the DUI case of Miguel Cabrera, the Detroit Tigers first baseman. Cabrera has been charged with DUI, one misdemeanor count of ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A high school junior was killed in a car accident in September when the vehicle he was a passenger in was struck by another vehicle at Riverside Drive and Coral Ridge Drive in Coral Springs . The ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
Philip Morris will be heading back to court after the Illinois Supreme Court rejected the tobacco giant's appeal of a $10.1 billion judgment on Wednesday, officials said. The lawsuit will now go ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A man in Utah has been indicted for peddling erectile dysfunction "supplements" that contain Viagra-like drugs , which have been linked to serious health risks. Police arrested Kelly Dean ...
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