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By Edward ("Ted") Bills

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More Lawsuits Filed Out of Rig Explosion

Posted on May 05, 2010
A Mississippi family has filed a lawsuit against Transocean Ltd. on behalf of Aaron Dale Burkeen, who is believed to have died during the oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20. This is the third wrongful death lawsuit resulting from the incident...

Major roll-over on South bound I-25 at Mile Marker 132 (Fort Carson)

Posted on May 05, 2010
The Colorado State Patrol, roll over crash NB I-25 north of MM 132, Ft. Carson Gate 20, traffic getting by on right shoulder and as of 11:30 am today, traffic is flowing in both directions on I-25. One person was airlifted to Memorial Hospital as a result of the accident.

Child injured in Colorado Springs accident

Posted on May 05, 2010
Police officers were sent to Auburn drive for an auto-pedestrian accident involving a 5 year old male on 5/4/2010. The child was riding his tricycle down his driveway and between cars into the street. A female northbound on Auburn attempted to stop when the child came into the roadway but struck the child...

Report Urges FDA to Regulate Salt Use

Posted on May 04, 2010
A report released last month by the Institute of Medicine has found that the high salt content in supermarket and restaurant foods has reached unsafe levels, and urges government officials and the F.D.A. to step in and regulate. High sodium leads to elevated blood pressure and can result in heart disease, and there is no [...

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Supreme Court Nixes Suit Over Immigrant?s Death

Posted on May 04, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that the family of a Los Angeles-area immigrant who died of cancer that wasn’t treated while he was federal detention cannot pursue damages against government doctors for medical negligence. Over an 11-month period in 2006, correctional facility doctors refused to perform a biopsy of a growing lesion on [...

Panel to Weigh Wrongful Death Suit Against State

Posted on May 03, 2010
The Illinois Court of Claims heard testimony and closing arguments Monday in a lawsuit over a fatal accident involving a former Illinois state trooper. According to the lawsuit, then-Illinois State Trooper Matt Mitchell was negligent in the crash that caused the deaths of Jessica Uhl, 18, and her sister Kelli, 13, of Collinsville...

Jury: Nurse, Anesthesiologist Not Liable in Death of Patient

Posted on May 03, 2010
A New York jury ruled last week that an anesthesiologist and a nurse at a Manhattan plastic surgeon’s office were not responsible for the death of a woman during a face-lift in 2005. Kay Cregan died on St. Patrick’s Day in 2005 in the office of Dr...

Hospital Liable for Hepatitis-C Infection, Lawsuit Claims

Posted on May 03, 2010
A Colorado woman has filed a lawsuit against Rose Medical Center and anesthesiologist Shawn Roth, claiming she was infected with hepatitis-C by one of Roth’s technicians during surgery in 2009. In her lawsuit, Antoinette Fleisher claims that operating room technician Kristen Parker, who has hepatitis-C, left behind a dirty needle filed with saline in place [...

NFL Star?s Father Settles Suit With Former Employee

Posted on May 01, 2010
The father of New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady has agreed to a $1.8 million settlement with a former employee of his management firm. Richard Vasquez filed a lawsuit against Thomas Brady Sr. in 2008, claiming he was owed more than $500,000 in commission and expenses for his work in setting up a Boston branch [...

Claim Filed Against Caltrans in Trucker?s Death

Posted on May 01, 2010
A claim has been filed against the California Department of Transportation over the death of a trucker who drove off the upper deck of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco last November. The family of Tahir Sheikh Fakhar alleges that Caltrans failed to install adequate warnings alerting drivers of a newly installed S-curve on the [...

Massive head injury responsible for child?s death in Colorado Springs

Posted on April 30, 2010
Colorado Springs police officers were dispatched to a man down call on 4/29/2010y. The victim transported by AMR prior to officers arrival with what appeared to be a head injury. In talking to a witness, the victim, a 14 year old male, and the witness had been riding their bikes behind the old Grocery [...

Family to File Lawsuit Over Fatal Crash

Posted on April 29, 2010
The parents of a 23-year-old man killed in an auto crash earlier this year with International Polo Club Palm Beach founder John Goodman will filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the prominent multi-millionaire, an attorney for the family said. Scott Patrick Wilson drowned after his car was struck by Goodman?s Bentley convertible, pushing it into [...

Plaintiffs Prevail in Florida Cigarette Case

Posted on April 29, 2010
A Florida jury awarded $20 million in total damages to the family of a woman who died of cancer in 1995 after smoking cigarettes for more than 40 years. Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Liggett Group share the blame and the payments in the lawsuit...

Judge Green Lights Suit Against Mental Facility

Posted on April 29, 2010
A U.S. District Judge in Texas ruled that a lawsuit over alleged “fight clubs” in a Corpus Christi facility for people with mental disabilities can proceed. Judge Janis Graham Jack dismissed the request from the four state officials named as defendants that they be excluded from the lawsuit because of qualified immunity...

Cribs Recalled Over Suffocation Risk

Posted on April 29, 2010
A recall has been issued for all Simplicity full-size cribs with tubular metal mattress-support frames after an infant suffocated after becoming trapped between the mattress and the crib frame. There is also a risk that the crib can collapse, causing injury to infants...

Man Paralyzed in Snow-Tube Accident Files Lawsuit

Posted on April 29, 2010
A Virginia man has filed a lawsuit against a local Massanutten Ski Resort after he suffered spinal injuries during a snow-tubing accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. John Carwile was making a run on the snow-tube track at the resort when the accident happened...

Seat Problem Prompts Ford Recall

Posted on April 27, 2010
Ford announced last week that it will recall more than 30,000 vehicles because of a problem that could cause front seats to collapse. The recall covers the 2010 Explorer, Explorer Sport Trac, Mercury Mountaineer, Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan. No injuries or deaths have been reported in relation to the defect responsible for the recall, [...

Lawsuit: Mental Health Care for the Deaf Inadequate

Posted on April 27, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed in Missouri by a group of parents of deaf children against the state department of mental health, claiming that the state has failed to provide deaf citizens with quality mental health care. The suit alleges that deaf persons are prescribed medications without being told, through a qualified interpreter, what they [...

Judge Weighs Agreement on Medical Device Failures

Posted on April 25, 2010
A federal judge this week reviewed a plea agreement between the U.S government and Guidant LLC over catastrophic failures of implantable defibrillator and other devices, Reuters reports. Among the documents under review was a letter from two cardiologists whose patient died as a result of a malfunctioning Guidant product...

Family Files Lawsuit in Death of Firefighter Trainee

Posted on April 25, 2010
A $35 million lawsuit has been filed against the city of Baltimore over the death of a firefighter trainee killed during a training exercise. Racheal Wilson died during an exercise in which she and other cadets entered a burning row house. The lawsuit alleges that the exercise violated national guidelines and that the cadets were [...

Rig Explosion, Missing Workers Prompt Two Lawsuits

Posted on April 25, 2010
Two lawsuits have been filed by families of men who are still missing at sea after an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Families of Shane Roshto and Karl Kleppinger Jr. have both filed suits against Transocean, the rig owners, claiming the company was negligent in the explosion...

Toyota Warning - stop driving yours

Posted on April 22, 2010
Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood is advising owners of recalled Toyotas to stop driving them immediately and get them into the shop for repairs

Honda Recalls Vehicles With Faulty Airbag Deflator

Posted on April 22, 2010
Honda Motors Inc. has issued another recall of more than 430,000 vehicles to replace a faulty airbag deflator that could rupture and significantly harm the driver. The airbag defect has been linked to one fatality and 11 injuries in the United States...

Insurance Fraud Lawsuit Settled

Posted on April 22, 2010
Nationwide Insurance has agreed to a $6 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of fraud and violating Ohio consumer protection laws. According to the suit, customers who paid semi-annually, quarterly or monthly were charged more than the maximum premium...

Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Outpatient Surgery

Posted on April 22, 2010
A Florida surgical center should not have used general anesthesia during an outpatient procedure that led to the death of an 18-year-old woman, a lawsuit filed by family members claims. Stephanie Kuleba died last year after suffering a severe reaction to anesthesia known as malignant hyperthermia...

Quadriplegic Awarded Damages for Bedsores

Posted on April 22, 2010
A New York judge has awarded $2.2 million to a quadriplegic former construction worker who developed severe bedsores while recovering from a spinal cord injury. According to an attorney for the plaintiff, staff at the Westchester Medical Center failed to regularly turn the patient during his stay at the hospital...

Temp Agency Settles Insurance Fraud Suit

Posted on April 22, 2010
A temp agency has agreed to a $20 million settlement over claims the company committed workers’ compensation insurance fraud in California. California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner accused Staffing Services Inc. in November 2008 of lying about their number of employees and their job descriptions to pay a smaller insurance premium.

Police Pursuit in Colorado Springs results in arrest

Posted on April 22, 2010
A Colorado Springs Police Officers observed a vehicle that was reported stolen out of El Paso County in the area of Platte Ave. and N. Union Blvd. Officers attempted to contact the vehicle?s occupants in the 7-11 parking lot when the vehicle drove off; striking a marked police cruiser...

Attorney: Unclear If Life Capsule Contains Rig Survivors

Posted on April 22, 2010
An attorney representing the family of one of the oil rig workers missing since an explosion Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico told reporters that a life capsule has been recovered. A lawsuit filed by the family of Shane Roshto claims that Transocean and BP were negligent in the explosion...

Security Firm Settles Injury Lawsuit

Posted on April 22, 2010
A California security company has settled a lawsuit with two men over injuries they sustained at a heavy metal concert in 2007. Michael McClelland and Stephen Holloway claim in their lawsuit that they were both attacked and beaten by concertgoers at Ozzfest on July 21, 2007 in Devore, Calif...

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