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• Warning from CPSC on Kazuma Meerkat 50 ATV

  Staff Writer | June 15, 2007 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Kazuma Meerkat 50 Youth All-Terrain Vehicle, which is designed for children from 6 to 11 years old, is not being recalled even though the product has serious safety defects. This all terrain vehicle lacks front brakes, has no parking brake and can be started in gear, which puts many children in serious danger of injury. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was unable to recall the...

• How Do You Feel About Tort Reform? It Depends On How you Feel

  Pete Mackey | September 19, 2009 9:28 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  Feelings about tort reform can vary with the landscape. Anyone who makes their policy decisions primarily in accordance with their financial bottom line, and happens to be on the white collar side...

• Are you about to sign an employment contract?

  Troy Schwant | August 02, 2009 11:50 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  More and more companies are requiring their prospective employees to enter into employment contracts, and in this economy, most prospective employees would sign anything if it meant they were able...

• Potentially Dangerous Remington Rifles

  Billy Cunningham | July 25, 2009 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Remington Arms Company, Inc. has had knowledge of unintended discharge for the Model 700 and 710 rifles over the past 30 years. There have been numerous lawsuits against it over a defective design...

• Pressure Ulcers Are Preventable: Medicare and Medicaid Agree

  Billy Cunningham | January 12, 2009 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Hospitals around the country were scrambling to put new programs in place to prevent pressure ulcers after the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in May 2008 that starting...

• A New Home Warranty May Not Be All That You Think It Is

  Pete Mackey | June 18, 2008 7:03 AM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  Youare buying a brand new home.  Youare excited – you should be.  Atclosing, the builder hands you a warranty on your new home.  It may have been mentioned back whenyou first spoke with your...

• Fatal car accident kills two people

  Staff Writer | May 15, 2007 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Dothan, Alabama's News 4 reports a deadly car accident that tragically killed two 78-year-olds on Thursday night on State Route 30 in Bay County, Florida. The accident happened when a 17-year-old crossed the median and hit the couple head-on. It is presumed that the two victims died instantly, and the report says that neither were wearing seat belts. The condition of the teen in the other car...

• AHA Advocates substituting good ole boys for juries

  Pete Burns | October 21, 2009 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The American Hospital Association is advancing a bizarre version of malpractice “reform”. It advocates substituting a local panel of experts appointed by state authorities for juries....

• Durable Power of Attorney over Health Care Issues

  Gaines Drago | September 23, 2009 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  No one likes to think about their own mortality, especially while feeling vibrant and alive. The It could never happen to me attitude, dominates our thoughts, and while it is true that most of the...

• Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage Part 2: Stacking Coverage

  Pete Mackey | February 09, 2009 8:00 AM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  If you have more than one vehicle insured under the same insurance policy and you are involved in a collision where the at fault driver is uninsured or underinsured, you can stack the...