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Commonsense analysis of Iowa personal injury law. Focused on the rights of the common working man and woman.
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Last Entry: November 03, 2011 at 04:47:38

Recliners, Gel Fuel And Rangetops Recalled

Posted on November 03, 2011
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recently announced three voluntary recalls of recliners, gel fuel and range tops due to injury risks. Recliners with Ottomans Recalled Big Lots issued a recall of 375,000 Microfiber Glider Recliners with Ottomans and Leather Glider Recliners with Ottomans because a gap between the moving parts can allow access to toddlers and infants, posing an entrapment hazard...

Iowa Auto-Accident Deaths Decline

Posted on November 02, 2011
One person has died daily in a car accident in the state of Iowa, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety. But there is positive news as well – fewer people have died this year, than last. A total of 236 people have died in auto-accidents, year to date; down from 390 people last year...

Iowa's Graduated Drivers License (GDL) Law

Posted on November 01, 2011
States across the nation began implementing what is known as the Graduated Driver Licensing System (GDL) in the 1990s as a way to reduce teen auto accidents and deaths. GDLs are programs designed to phase in young beginners to full driving privileges...

16 Meatpacking Workers Treated for Inhaling Anhydrous Ammonia

Posted on March 31, 2010
Iowa City, Iowa – Sixteen (16) meatpacking workers were taken to an area hospital after suffering inhalation injury from an anhydrous ammonia leak at a West Liberty plant. The tank is on the roof and according to the report it came into the plant area...

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After a head-on collision with reality, shame pronounced dead.

Posted on March 30, 2010
CAN TWO WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT? What is shame? Shame is an emotion or an intellectual state or condition. It's that part of the conscience having to do with persuading oneself to do that which is right. Shame keeps us honest. In today's post a question is posed showing a gross display of one lacking shame...

Eleven Amish Killed in Head-on Semi-Collision on Kentucky Highway

Posted on March 29, 2010
The Amish Community is again suffering. You will recall the horrific slaughter of Amish school children in 2006 by a milk-truck driver carrying three guns in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. This weekend eleven members of the Mennonite Community were killed in a Kentucky car accident when a semi-truck crossed over the center line striking their van head-on...

What are the top ten OSHA Fines for smaller businesses?

Posted on March 26, 2010
Running a small business can be a daunting task. Tough, but rewarding if done with attention to the details that make safety a top concern in the building trades. So where do small business employers seem to get into the most trouble with OSHA. Today let's look at the top ten OSHA fines...

Why is compression asphyxia in the news?

Posted on March 25, 2010
Every parent should be familiar with compression asphyxia, which probably is better known to laypeople simply as suffocation, and how the risk is created with very small children. Asphyxia is defined as suffocation due to interference with the oxygen supply of the blood; it may be caused by obstruction of the airway by a foreign body, a lack of oxygen in the air, or inhalation of gas that prevents the uptake of oxygen into the bloodstream...

A Roundup about Legal Blawgs with an Iowa Connection

Posted on March 24, 2010
Today I thought we'd do a blawg or blog roundup for Iowa. A few of these blawgs aren't in Iowa but they concern Iowa law. If you're from Iowa this is probably interesting, if you're not; then not so much. Chicago, Illinois – The law firm of Capron & Avgerinos revamped their website and added a blawg, not much there yet...

Iowa No Snooze News ? Real life is not like a TV reality show.

Posted on March 23, 2010
Have you ever had one of those moments when you can't believe what you're reading? Well this is one of those days. REALITY TV ISN'T REALLY REALITY Creston, Iowa – The first news item available is from Creston, Iowa where the news report is of an 18-year-old who while attempting to climb a utility or power pole was electrocuted and died...

Baby Slings, Baby Wearing, Nursing Slings and Nestling Wrap Hazards

Posted on March 22, 2010
BABY ON BOARD - KEEPING THE Little Ones SAFE AND SOUND The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued awarning about baby slings. A baby sling is a piece of cloth fashionably designed for carrying an infant across the front of the parent. In the last 20 years there have been 13 infant deaths associated with the slings; so if you're using one know the limits and how accidents can happen...

Zoo News with a rare Denny Crane

Posted on March 19, 2010
You'd think zoo news would be a real lion snoozer because from your own visit it normally proves not too exciting. You have all these overfed animals (perhaps drugged) wide body furry creatures lying around hiding in the shade from the hot sun barely able to raise their heads to stare at the tourists...

Denied Liver Transplant Authorization, Man Sues Insurer and Wins

Posted on March 18, 2010
This has all the makings of the kind of drama that Hollywood loves for a script. Man needs a liver transplant, his health insurer authorizes it, but when the treating physician recommends going out-of-state to avoid delays in his home state, the insurance company withdraws authorization...

Iowa No Snooze News ? Law and Disorder - The Redbox Robbers

Posted on March 18, 2010
Des Moines, Iowa – Redbox, the DVD kiosk company is attracting a lot of attention on Wall Street. Apparently that's not all who are paying attention to the company's product line. Two robbers attacked a man refilling the kiosk. The man, Alex E...

Is the Taser, at times, an acceptable personal security device?

Posted on March 17, 2010
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - I write often about how being a lawyer isn't a boring job. This is one of those stories. The lawyer has a 'client', at least I think he is a 'client'; who confesses to a double murder, tells the lawyer where to find the bodies and then instructs her to turn him in to the police...

A Simple Collision Can Cause a Vehicle to Rollover

Posted on March 16, 2010
I have to start looking closer at accidents where one or more cars rollover. I use Google Alerts and have one just for rollover type accidents. I'm shocked at how many news alerts are in the mail box. The causes I'm sure can be categorized which may help someone avoid one; you never know...

Interstate I-35/I-80/I-235/I-380 Safety: Stop, Look, Listen!

Posted on March 15, 2010
After you are involved in an interstate accident get your head on a swivel! U.S. Highway 81, Nebraska - I've written before about it being dangerous to walk away from an accident. In the case from Madison, Nebraska a 45-year-old man rolled his car on U...

Who is selling counterfeit surgical mesh for hernia and chest wall repairs?

Posted on March 13, 2010
The FDA issued a safety alert on MedWatch advising counterfeit flat sheets of polypropylene surgical mesh, used in the repair of hernias and chest wall defects are being sold in the United States. This mesh is labeled with the C. R. Bard/Davol brand name...

Why would the Iowa House vote to ban texting while driving for only teens?

Posted on March 12, 2010
The Iowa Senate put the House in its place quickly, very quickly, said 'NO' to the House version of the texting while driving ban, which was written only for teens. In essence the Senate said, 'Are you serious? Get real and stop wasting our time.' And I agree...

Iowa News From the Courthouse - Another Cistern Drowning

Posted on March 11, 2010
Des Moines, Iowa – A man convicted of kidnapping has been granted a new trial by the Iowa Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel concluded the trial judge should not have allowed the ex-wife and estranged daughter from the first marriage to have testified against him at the trial...

A Picture in Your Case is Worth Ten Thousand Words

Posted on March 10, 2010
A potential client contacted me yesterday asking about a slip and fall case involving leased residential property. He reported the walks in front of the apartment building hadn't been shoveled all winter. He'd fallen and broke a bone. Obviously that's not a good thing for landlords to be doing...

Forget the McDonald's Lawsuit, Lindsay-gate will SuperSize Frivolity

Posted on March 09, 2010
Have you watched the commercial with wolf-boy from E*Trade yakking with his baby girlfriend about that milkaholic Lindsay? I love those commercials; the baby investor is an absolute riot. Here take a look first with Frank and the shankapottamous and then the milkaholic Lindsay...

In the Jury?s Eyes Why Did This Dram Shop Claim Fail?

Posted on March 08, 2010
What is a dram shop and when may a bar be sued for a patron's drunken behavior? The quick answer is that a dram shop is a bar that sells booze. In Iowa, and many other states a bar can be sued if they serve a patron too much alcohol or serve them when they are already drunk...

Main Streets? Billion Dollar Bailout Program

Posted on March 05, 2010
Today's blog is about economic reforms for Main Street Americans. Yesterday was about healthcare reform and tort reform. To update you, no one, not a single tort reformer, has sent in a signed form excluding them from the civil justice system. I'm still waiting for all of them to put their money where their mouths seem to run...

Icing on the Cake - Health Care Reform with a Tort Reform Fondant

Posted on March 04, 2010
America can't start to solve its economic problems until it begins to show resolve to take on those who are ruining our way of life and the future of our children. So today I've come up with two proposals that will eliminate life-time members of Congress; unless they truly believe in service to the public and can think of ways of creating jobs for Americans in America...

The No Snooze-News from Across America's Courthouses

Posted on March 03, 2010
Salt Lake City, Utah – March 2, 2010 – This news item is all about how to decapitate the incompetent in a rational way. This tidbit of news is about boosting the pay of hospital CEO's and health insurance company execs while fatting up their retirement accounts for an early exit...

A Jury, Civil or Criminal, That Does Not Follow the Law is Insane

Posted on March 02, 2010
The law is a lot of things to many people but one thing it is not is boring. I've previously blogged about the Ed Thomas murder and the trial in Iowa of the accused Mark Becker. The jury is considering whether Becker is guilty of first-degree murder or is not guilty by reason of insanity...

Hearing Loss from Traumatic Head Injury

Posted on March 01, 2010
In 30 years of practicing law in Iowa I've come across my share of clients who suffer traumatic brain injury from the impact of a vehicular accident. Motorcycles seem to do the worst damage but cars, minivans and SUV's do contribute a fair share. Children on bikes or playing the streets add more...

Nursing Ethics, Reporting Surgery that is Unconsented

Posted on February 26, 2010
Yesterday we covered wrong-site (also called wrong-side surgery), wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgeries and how the surgical team, the nurses, should act when the time-out or the surgical site marking doesn't take place. Today we are going to cover unconsented surgeries and what the nurses should do...

Des Moines DART Drivers In the News AGAIN

Posted on February 25, 2010
Today is about making the same mistakes over and over and over again. So while this morning we took up the baton for wrong-site surgery today at noon we will agains discuss the pedestrians in downtown Des Moines darting here and there to avoid the Dart buses...

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