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By Edward ("Ted") Bills

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Man Seeks Damages for Plane Crash Burns

Posted on April 22, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed by one of the men injured earlier this year when a plane crashed into the Echelon building in Austin, Texas. The lawsuit, filed by state employee Shane Hill, seeks compensation from the insurance policy the pilot, Joseph Stack, had to cover the plane and his actions as the pilot...

Lawsuit: Doctor Removed Testicle for No Reason

Posted on April 22, 2010
A trial has begun in Arizona over a lawsuit filed by a man who claims a doctor at University Medical Center removed his right testicle unnecessarily in 2007. Kenneth Irby had gone to Dr. Jonathan Walker to have a biopsy performed on a mass found on his right testicle that Walker feared might be cancerous...

Jury Rules Against Tobacco Co. in Cancer Lawsuit

Posted on April 22, 2010
A Florida jury voted yesterday to award $43.6 million to the widow of a man who died from lung cancer caused by cigarettes made by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Smokers and their families have won 13 of 15 verdicts in Florida since 2006, when the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of individual smoker [...

Simple Answers to Auto Accident Questions

Posted on April 22, 2010
1. If I have an auto accident, do I have to stop? Answer: Yes. Leaving the scene of an accident is a crime. 2. What do I do if someone is injured? Answer: If you are qualified, provide reasonable assistance but do not move anyone and call 911 as soon as possible...

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Infection Rate in Hospitals Still High: Reports show

Posted on April 21, 2010
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently released a report that shows that doctors are still struggling to cut down on post-operative infections acquired by patients in hospitals. The rates of post-operative bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections both increased by substantial amounts over the last year, the report said...

Here we go again?Toyota Minivan Recalled Over Spare Tire Cable

Posted on April 21, 2010
Last week Toyota Motors issued a voluntary recall of 600,000 Sienna minivans for a defect in the spare tire carrier cable. The recall applies to the vehicles driven in cold climates with high road salt usage. “Continued prolonged exposure to road salts may cause excessive corrosion of the carrier cable in some of these vehicles,” [...

Doctor Says Workers May Have Been Tempted to Reuse Sedative

Posted on April 21, 2010
An anesthesiologist from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles testified Tuesday that vials of anesthetic linked to a hepatitis C outbreak in Nevada contained too much anesthetic for a typical colonoscopy procedure. During testimony, Dr. Nicola D’Attellis said that the 50-milliliter vials of propofol used at the Desert Shadow Endoscopy Center would be sufficient to [...

Jury find Hospital Negligent in Death of Retiree

Posted on April 21, 2010
A Pennsylvania jury has ordered a Scranton-area hospital and two physicians to pay $1.2 million to the widow of a retired railroad worker who died after being sent home from the emergency room. According to the lawsuit, Tyler Memorial Hospital, Dr. Daniel Costner and Dr...

Colorado Springs Vehicle accident with a death

Posted on April 20, 2010
On 4/18/2010 at 0123 hours, officers responded to the 4700 block of North Union Blvd. to investigate a single vehicle traffic accident. Investigation revealed that the 23 year old male driver of a Toyota Camry drove over the center median of N. Union Blvd and traveled northbound through the 3 southbound lanes of N...

Schwab Settles Suit Over Mortgage-Backed Securities

Posted on April 20, 2010
Just weeks before a scheduled trial, Charles Schwab Corp. has agreed to a $200 million settlement over claims that the investment firm deceived investors about the safety of mortgage-backed securities, Bloomberg News reports. According to the lawsuit, affected plaintiffs lost more than $800 million in the Schwab YieldPlus Fund, which was allegedly described by the [...

Sexual Assault Suit Filed Against Colts Tackle

Posted on April 20, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed against NFL player Eric Foster, alleging he sexually assaulted a woman in January before the AFC Championship game in Indianapolis. The woman, an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis hotel worker, claims that Foster sexually assaulted her on Jan...

Lawsuit Filed Over Terrorist Attack of USS Cole

Posted on April 20, 2010
A $200 million lawsuit has been filed against Sudan over the deaths of 17 sailors on the USS Cole during an al-Qaida attack in 2001. The lawsuit accuses the Sudan of giving support to those responsible for the attack. Thirty-three immediate survivors of the victims were awarded $8 million in compensatory damages in 2007, but [...

Judge Dismisses Suit in Death of Musician

Posted on April 20, 2010
A federal judge in Los Angeles recently dismissed without prejudice an eight-year-long wrongful death lawsuit filed against the city over the fatal shooting of former rapper Christopher Wallace, also known as the Notorious B.I.G. In the lawsuit, Wallace’s mother accused the Los Angeles police department of conspiracy and attempting to cover up their involvement in [...

Officer Assaulted Man Who Was Taking His Picture, Suit Says

Posted on April 19, 2010
A San Francisco police officer has been named in a lawsuit that accuses him and other officers of beating up a man who was taking pictures of them during an arrest. According to the lawsuit, Officer Noel Schwab saw Noah Booher taking pictures of the officers with his phone during a 2008 arrest...

Toyota to Pay Fine, Won?t Admit Fault for Recall

Posted on April 19, 2010
Federal regulators announced this weekend that Toyota Motors has agreed to pay a $16.4 million fine for covering up the safety defects involved in a 2.3 million car recall. While Toyota officials have said that the company will not accept full legal responsibility for the cover up, federal officials have said that paying the fine [...

Hospital Settles Suit Over Boy Born With CP

Posted on April 19, 2010
A $9.5 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by an Illinois family against an Elgin hospital which accuses the hospital and a nurse midwife of causing the family’s son to be born with cerebral palsy. In the lawsuit, Helen O’Came claimed that when she began experiencing complications during labor at the hospital, [...

Jury Awards Damages in Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Posted on April 19, 2010
An Alabama woman was awarded $10 million Friday by a jury in a lawsuit she filed over the death of her husband. In her lawsuit, Erica Dupree claimed that her husband was working in unsafe conditions while painting a water tank in June 2008, and his fatal fall was due to those unsafe conditions...

Residents File Lawsuit Over Exposure to Toxic Materials

Posted on April 16, 2010
Former residents of a Los Angeles housing complex have filed a lawsuit against the county, the complex developers and the former property owners, Exxon-Mobil, for hiding the fact that the complex was built above a storage tank of toxic materials. The lawsuit claims that the materials leaked from the tank and caused cancer, leukemia, miscarriages, [...

Jury Awards Damages in Mesothelioma Lawsuit

Posted on April 16, 2010
A Newport News, Va., jury awarded $2.99 million to the wife of a former Navy petty officer who filed a lawsuit over her husband’s death caused by asbestos-related cancer. The lawsuit claimed that Robert Hardick developed cancer from breathing in asbestos fibers while on Navy ships and while working in the Norfolk shipyard...

Generic Drug Makers Under Fire From F.D.A.

Posted on April 16, 2010
The F.D.A. this week posted a letter on its Web site to Canadian generic drug maker Apotex that cited various manufacturing violations among its drugs and the failure to notify regulators. The warning letter was issued “because of serious and repeat violations from the 2008 and 2009 inspections,” F...

Suit Filed Against Cop Who Allegedly Caused Wreck

Posted on April 16, 2010
A Mississippi judge has approved a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she was severely injured when the car she was riding in was hit by a police officer who ran a red light without his lights on siren on. The city of Jackson, Miss., attempted to have the lawsuit thrown out, claiming that [...

Fatal Mine Collapse Prompts Lawsuit

Posted on April 16, 2010
The 2007 death of two Maryland coal miners during a collapse has drawn a lawsuit against the strip mine’s operator for the lack of safe working conditions. The families of Michael R. Wilt and Dale Jones claim that Tri-Star Mining Inc. failed to adequately inspect the cracked rock wall the men were working under...

Death in Colorado Springs Car Accident

Posted on April 15, 2010
On Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at approximately 5:07 PM the Colorado Springs Public Communications Center was notified of a serious accident in the 1400 block of West Fillmore Street involving three vehicles. Police, fire and EMS responded to the scene and found a female party trapped in a vehicle...

Injury Crash

Posted on April 14, 2010
4/13/2010: Injury crash Fillmore west of Centennial.

Injury Crash

Posted on April 14, 2010
4/14/2010: Injury crash 10000 block Thunder Mountain Avenue.

Injury Crash

Posted on April 14, 2010
4/12/2010: injury crash Lake Av and Lake Circle.

Wrongful Death Suit Filed Over IRS Raid

Posted on April 14, 2010
The federal government is denying any involvement in the suicide of an Indiana woman after the IRS raided her home in 2007. Her husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit earlier this year, blaming the suicide on the raid and the emotional distress it caused...

Settlement Reached in Fatal Drunk Driving Crash

Posted on April 14, 2010
A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against a Sunset Hills, Mo., police officer who allegedly caused a car wreck that killed four people. Officer Christine L. Miller and O’Leary’s Restaurant & Bar have agreed to pay a total of $2...

Maryland Family Files Lawsuit Over Death of Teen

Posted on April 14, 2010
A Maryland family has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the Anne Arundel County Board of Education and the parents of a group of kids they say are responsible for their son’s death. Christopher David Jones was killed in a gang-related dispute last May, and his parents claim that the Board of Education knew about [...

Lexus SUV at Risk for Rollovers, Consumer Reports Claims

Posted on April 13, 2010
Consumer Reports magazine has issued a warning to consumers: The Lexus GX 460 SUV is a safety risk, don’t buy it. In a recent report by the magazine, editors say that the SUV failed to perform adequately in many of the emergency-handling tests. The way the rear of the vehicle slid out of control during [...

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