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• Texas Sheriff Refuses to Issue Tasers to his Officers

  Steve Lombardi | October 28, 2009 2:24 PM | 3 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson has done his own testing of Tasers as well as research on cases using Tasers and according to CBS news in Fort Worth, Texas he's not handing them out to his...

• Texas Tort Reform Message – Go west young man; go east or north, but go.

  Steve Lombardi | February 24, 2009 12:36 PM | 3 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Yesterday we discussed David Fitzgerald, a real person, not some fictional character in someone’s imagination but breathing, thinking and probably a pretty angry man. David needed medial care....

• H1N1 Most Dangerous to Young People

  Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | October 21, 2009 2:57 PM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  H1N1 Most Dangerous to Young People The chief health officer for the CDC, Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, told 60 Minutes this past Sunday that, “Children and young adults, pregnant women,...

• Sioux City Journal Praises Crawford County Cold Coffee Poured Over RAGBRAI Widow

  Steve Lombardi | October 19, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  That settlement cost each citizen less than half of a tank of gas. It cost each citizen of Crawford County less than $20.66 each. If the Crawford County Supervisors were more concerned with properly managing their government they and the businessmen and women of Crawford County who were making money would have purchased insurance to cover the potential liability. Seems to me they are blaming the...

• Florida’s Burmese Python Snake Problem Requires an Amnesty Program

  Steve Lombardi | July 30, 2009 3:06 PM | 5 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Florida has a Burmese Python Snake problem, too many snakes on the loose in the Florida Everglades. Either they’ve escaped from a pet store during Hurricane Andrew or else the snake owners who...

• Following the prison career of Bernie Lawrence Madoff, Prisoner No. 61727-054

  Steve Lombardi | April 28, 2009 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  From time-to-time many people may wonder where Bernie Madoff is. Well Bernard Lawrence Madoff, otherwise known as number 61727-054 a 70 year-old white male is currently residing at the Metropolitan...

• Wrongful Birth or Life or Pregnancy or Conception, Is there a difference?

  Steve Lombardi | April 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Sterilization techniques improperly performed can lead to an unplanned pregnancy with costs the family is incapable of managing. Is there a negligence claim against the physician who performed the...

• Head-on Crash and the Center line in Clayton County, Iowa

  Steve Lombardi | November 10, 2009 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  It’s reported that a vehicle being driven by Sarah Austin, 21 or Luana crossed the center line on U.S. Highway 52 at 5:45 a.m. on November 8, 2009 killing a 41-year-old man. The man Lee...

• Tort Reformers Ask: "What? You asked for an X-ray!" Bah! Humbug!

  Steve Lombardi | October 19, 2009 10:14 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  Our lesson for today concerns news print reporting of medical malpractice reform measures. The lesson is that reporters should avoid heavy medication before editorializing about something they know...

• Iowa Q&A: Work. Comp. When should a lawyer get paid?

  Steve Lombardi | August 27, 2008 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Q: I retained a lawyer for a workers comp injury-was receiving benefits before he was hired-now all of a sudden he wants me to give him a perecntage of my weekly benefits. I have not signed any form...