InjuryBoard Des Moines Archives

• MoisturePlus Contact Solution Recall

  Steve Lombardi | May 30, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Do you wear eye contacts? Are you suffering from pain in the eye or a mild irritation? Have you been using MoisturePlus contact solution? Are you aware there is a voluntary recall underway by the company that sells this product?Know your rights, monitor your health and seek legal advice early from a qualified lawyer. The insurance industry spends billions of dollars to convince the average...

• Claim of Frivilous Lawsuits is a Frivolous Claim

  Steve Lombardi | May 25, 2007 8:50 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Politicians like to claim we have an epidemic of frivolous lawsuits costing this country thousands of dollars per household by adding cost to the manufacture of goods and services. As a solution the proponents ask to ban the use of contingent fee contracts. This claim couldn't be any farther from the truth.The premise itself fails as a matter of practice and logic. Let's start by understanding...

• Banning Contingent Fees - It's about Pure Gold and Fools Gold

  Steve Lombardi | May 18, 2007 11:13 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Under the guise of something called tort-reform, President Bush signed an Executive Order barring the federal government from hiring lawyers on a contingent-fee basis. He's probably right in this instance although seldom is President Bush right about anything. We need to stop referring to any measure that takes away peoples rights or their keys to the courthouse as tort-reform. Simply put its...

• Ortho Evra - Strokes and blood clots or DVT

  Steve Lombardi | May 17, 2007 4:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Have you suffered a stroke, a heart attack or experienced blot clots after wearing the Ortho Evra patch for birth control? If so, you may have a claim that is compensable. Here are some of the facts to consider. Did you know cigarette smoking increases the risk of serious cardiovascular side effects? Smoking while using the patch, is strongly advised against. If you are over 35 years of age the...

• OxyContin and Addiction

  Steve Lombardi | May 11, 2007 2:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Prescription drugs can be harmful.The maker of OxyContin and three of it's former executives pleaded guilty this week to charges they misled the public about the risk of addiction associated with that drug. It is being reported that Purdue Pharma L.P., it's president, the companies top lawyer and former chief medical officer will pay $643.5 million in fines. If such claims are brought by...

• What is the legal economic value of a child in Iowa?

  Steve Lombardi | May 06, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  The case of Phelan-Ruden v. Marla Suddreth (Now McCoid) is a case filed by my office and until the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled on our Application for Further Review, I can not ethically discuss this case. But stay tuned because I have every intention of doing so. The issues in this case include a finding that Sudreth was 100% at fault; followed by jury nullification of the jury instructions in...

• A $65,000,000.00 Pair of Pants?

  Steve Lombardi | May 05, 2007 10:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Ridiculous claims get dismissed.Discretion, rather than immediate judgment, is always best when a claim is first made. But some claims seem to bring attention to themselves along with immediate and final condemnation. The dry cleaning pants case is one of those cases. This is a commercial case not a personal injury case and in all civil cases, damages must have some reasonable relationship to...