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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
Health authorities have issued an advisory warning about fake tongue rings after a 13-year-old New York boy swallowed one and is now facing surgery to have it removed. The magnetic tongue rings are ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2012 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
medical malpractice truck accidents wrongful death A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the son of a 92-year-old Kansas man who died after consuming listeria-tainted cantaloupe, according to the ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
The case was brought in Fayette County District Court against Don Wilburn Collins, who was found liable, but was never prosecuted, for attacking 8-year-old Robbie Middleton. Middleton died this year ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A website that publishes data on the medical malpractice allegations and disciplinary backgrounds of thousands of U.S. doctors is open to the public again. The site, which posts information about ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
British Petroleum has agreed to pay the state of Texas $50 million to settle allegations of air pollution over a 2005 explosion at its Texas City refinery, according to a statement by the state's ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
Most car accidents result from driver negligence. Under the law of negligence, all drivers have a duty to exercise reasonable care in the operation of a motor vehicle on public streets and highways in ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
The Sun Sentinel reported that several blocks of West Broward Boulevard were closed during rush hour Wednesday morning because of a crash involving a fatality. Police said they have not reached ...
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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 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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Posted on Sep 23, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A settlement has been reached in the final remaining wrongful death lawsuit arising from the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, according to court documents. The lawsuit was brought by the family of ...
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Posted on Aug 15, 2011 By Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
An Ohio woman who was pulled from a burning SUV is being sued by the two men who rescued her, according to a lawsuit filed in Marion County Common Pleas Court this week. The lawsuit was filed by David ...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2010 By Weinstein, Scharf & Dubinsky
In 2006, a civilian employee of the police department slipped while cleaning equipment with a hose. As a result she suffered permanent injuries. The city commission is expected to approve the ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2010 By Weinstein, Scharf & Dubinsky
A slip or a trip might not sound dangerous by itself, but it can have catastrophic consequences under the wrong circumstances. Hidden potholes, slippery floors or defective stairs can throw anyone off ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2009 By Weinstein, Scharf & Dubinsky
A slip or a trip might not sound dangerous by itself, but it can have catastrophic consequences under the wrong circumstances. Hidden potholes, slippery floors or defective stairs can throw anyone off ...
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