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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 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 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 Feb 26, 2009 By Weinstein, Scharf & Dubinsky
According to WPTV, "people seeking a new or renewed Florida driver license or identification card must now provide two forms of identification and proof of their Social Security number and ...
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Posted on Feb 20, 2009 By Weinstein, Scharf & Dubinsky
According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, South Florida's roads are filled with drivers lacking valid licenses. Last year alone, the state suspended or revoked almost 2.4 million driver's ...
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Posted on Feb 13, 2009 By Weinstein, Scharf & Dubinsky
One of the biggest road hazards you may face are uninsured motorists. You have to worry about the uninsured adding financial ruin to your list of "personal" injuries. Unfortunately, there is ...
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