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• Walking in Cyberspace Can Kill You

  Steve Lombardi | February 25, 2009 1:12 PM | 4 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A couple of pedestrian accident reports caught my eye because they were killed due to being distracted by cell phones, mp3 players or iPods. A search in the Internet turned up much more...

• Cosmetic injections with industrial silicone leads 2 women to suffer total kidney failure

  Steve Lombardi | February 12, 2009 1:06 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  In what can only be described as practicing medicine without a license two Tampa, Florida area women were injected with what is believed industrial silicone by a “fake doctor”. One...

• Cell Phones: Motor Vehicle Crashes Leading Cause of Teen Deaths, But Who (or What) is to Blame?

  Steve Lombardi | April 11, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Did you know that teens are four times more likely than a 65-to-69-year old to get in a serious car wreck? Did you know this number is increasing and that the reasons are as clear as the coined...

• Construction Safety - Recent accidents resulting in death or near death circumstances

  Steve Lombardi | November 21, 2008 9:42 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Construction accidents resulting in death have been more numerous lately. It may be a result of safety rules being ignored due to tighter deadlines resulting from the economic conditions we find...

• Go-Carting Safety and Riding on the Public Streets

  Steve Lombardi | November 13, 2009 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  On September 04th 2009 14-year-old William Beaulieau and a class mate 15-year-old Jacob Murray were go-carting when the go-cart they were riding in collided with a Ford truck driven by Chad Stange....

• Continued Debate over Taser Use in Texas

  Steve Lombardi | October 29, 2009 10:14 AM | 3 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  What people don't seem to appreciate is why this debate continues. Like any tool of law enforcement Tasers can be misused. How and when they are being used has been the ongoing concern but the...

• Key2SafeDriving: New Device Jams Cell Phone Use While Driving

  Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | June 25, 2009 2:23 PM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Key2SafeDriving New Device Jams Cell Phone Use While Driving Researchers at the University of Utah have developed an ignition key that prevents teenagers (or anyone else) from talking or...

• Family Law – Injured Heart – Must I Give Back the Engagement Ring?

  Steve Lombardi | July 13, 2008 10:00 AM | 3 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Today Steve Lombardi discussed Iowa law as it applies to a broken heart. After an engagement for marriage is called off, the bride must ask; Do I have to give back the engagement ring? Although the law in Iowa may seem settled it is as wide open as the hand she probably slapped him with when he called of the wedding.

• What are interrogatories and how do I answer them?

  Steve Lombardi | September 29, 2009 9:28 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  It’s a new week and the InjuryBoard group is again writing about commonly asked client questions. We have seven topics to cover, each lawyer is choosing one per week, and by the end of...

• Post Disaster Planning - Iowa Lawyers Under Water Seek Assistance

  Steve Lombardi | June 28, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Linn County , Iowa is two and one half hours away from West Des Moines , Iowa where I live. As far as the lawyers who work in downtown Cedar Rapids are concerned it might as well be on the moon. The water in downtown Cedar ...