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• FDA finds E. Coli in Nestle Cookie Dough Sample...

  Troy Schwant | June 30, 2009 1:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  How many times have you herad that one more cookie won't kill you? Well today's news release by the FDA, shows that this may not be true. Here is the full...

• A tragic accident in Brewton, Alabama...

  Troy Schwant | June 30, 2009 10:12 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Yesterday afternoon, there was a fatal accident involving Angela Dixon. According to the police on the scene, Ms. Dixon was not wearing a seat belt. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ms. Dixon's...

• Supreme Court finds in favor of firefighters in controversial discrimination suit...

  Troy Schwant | June 29, 2009 10:59 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  In a 5-4 decision the United States Supreme Court found in favor of the white firefighters in their discrimination lawsuit against the city of New Haven Connecticut. This decision will certainly be...

• Safety tips to remember for July 4th....

  Troy Schwant | June 28, 2009 10:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  As the July 4th holiday approaches, many people will take to the road to celebrate our country's independence, and hopefully everyone will be able to their home safe and sound. In order to make...

• The Adjuster Says We Can Work It Out - Part 1

  Pete Mackey | June 28, 2009 5:14 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The other driver ran the red light. There were three witnesses to the collision. You broke both arms (the ones you use to handle the machine at work) and will be out of work for six weeks. The other...

• Buyers Beware!

  Pete Burns | June 28, 2009 9:32 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  I am arbitrating condominium contracts that should be void under the Inter State Land Sales Full Disclosure Act and the sophisticated buyers are appalled at the terms of the contract they signed. If...

• Medical reform

  Pete Burns | June 22, 2009 6:04 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  We must be alert that the insurance and pharmaceutical industries do not further limit the rights of victims of medical errors to recover fair compensation. No one knows who will be the victim of...

• Summer Heat - A Real Killer

  Pete Mackey | June 21, 2009 11:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  I played tennis today. Feeling pretty puny, even though I drank almost a half gallon of weak Gatorade while playing, I came back to my air conditioned house and sat under a ceiling fan for about 30...

• Fireworks and Safety

  Billy Cunningham | June 20, 2009 3:50 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The 4th of July is just around the corner and fireworks have become a regular part of its celebration. The American Pyrotechnics Association reports that revenue from the sale of fireworks for 2008...

• FDA warns against using certain nasal cold remedy products...

  Troy Schwant | June 17, 2009 1:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  According to this report, the FDA warns that using certain Zicam nasal cold remedies can reduce and in some cases completely eliminate the sense of smell in some users. Please check your medicine...

• Overboard passenger in Gulf of Mexico...

  Troy Schwant | June 16, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Last night tragedy struck the carnival cruise lines that sails out of Mobile, Al, when an unidentified fifty (50) year old apparently fell overboard approximately 70 miles off the coast of...

• A Reminder to Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange

  Billy Cunningham | June 13, 2009 6:03 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Today my best friend while I was in the U. S. Marine Corps died. For the last 8 years he has suffered through the long term effects of Agent Orange. Always upbeat and confident, he fought like a...

• The appearance of impropriety

  Pete Burns | June 08, 2009 6:24 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Let’s hear it for Justice Kennedy who led a 5-4 Supreme Court in Caperton v. Massey Coal Co. to hold that a state judge must withdraw when a party in a case has had a significant or...

• Are eighteen wheelers drivers becoming the new dominos delivery drivers?

  Troy Schwant | June 08, 2009 5:13 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  We all remember in the late 80's the famous 30 minutes or its free pizza guarantee that Dominos advertised. Well it was a very successful, but dangerous ad campaign. Domino drivers started driving...

• There Is Trouble In Your Gasoline Can

  Pete Mackey | June 07, 2009 6:43 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  That gasoline can in your garage sure looks safe. You bought it from a big box store - they would not sell it unless it is safe, right? Wrong. In fact, there is a key safety component that most...

• No Arbitration in Nurisng Homes Cases In Illinois

  Billy Cunningham | June 05, 2009 1:05 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  In the case of SSC Odin Operating Co. v. Carter, Sue Carter the U. S. Supreme Court on June 1, 2009 by refusing to review an Illinois appellate court ruling, has tacitly agreed that a state law...

• Confidential Settlements

  Pete Burns | June 01, 2009 3:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Confidential settlements create thorny issues. Lawyers who represent injured people do not like confidentiality agreements. Those agreements help culpable defendants prevent other injured parties...