- Steve Lombardi | October 31, 2009 2:08 PM |
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Wrongful DeathWhen we receive real life examples of how personal injury accidents occur sometimes we post them as a Q&A. In this instance see how easily you can become victimized by injuries in which you had...
- Steve Lombardi | October 31, 2009 8:58 AM |
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Head & Brain Injuries
Becky French has posted all the details you need to get low cost certification for cheerleading safety training with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association and Universal Cheerleading...
- Steve Lombardi | October 31, 2009 8:05 AM |
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Wrongful DeathI’m going to step out of line today and answer this question about why clients get injured while using I-35 (or I-80) while traveling through Iowa. I could probably answer this question...
- Steve Lombardi | October 30, 2009 11:25 PM |
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Head & Brain Injuries
I love downtown Chicago. Over the past two years I've spent several weeks at the Guest Quarters and walked every morning to De Paul's conference center for classes. But really I've been following...
- Steve Lombardi | October 30, 2009 2:12 PM |
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Miscellaneous
A father who forced his children to watch hard-core porn, including group sex can’t be charged under Texas law according to the Randall County District Attorney. The children are and 8 and...
- Steve Lombardi | October 30, 2009 1:26 PM |
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MiscellaneousSeemed obvious to me…. Here are 100,000.00 reasons. The only question I have now is for the American voters: Are you starting to see a pattern yet?
From NBC's Mark Murray
Yesterday, we...
- Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | October 30, 2009 11:59 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsTrick or Treat!
Trick or Treat! Memories of childhood….begging for candy at neighbors’ doors and the fun of being out in the dark on a school night. Most of my childhood Halloween...
- Steve Lombardi | October 30, 2009 9:32 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)According to the Washington Examiner, Stephanie Richardson, age 47, was killed by a Washington, D.C Metrobus. She was riding the Metrobus on October 5, 2009, when she got off at her stop, began to...
- Steve Lombardi | October 29, 2009 2:18 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsChicago Woman Pedestrian Struck by Distracted Driver
Here is the report: The following is alleged - 24-7 Press Release article released October 7, 2009, the settlement for a personal injury case...
- Steve Lombardi | October 29, 2009 10:14 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesWhat 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...
- Steve Lombardi | October 28, 2009 2:24 PM |
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Wrongful DeathTarrant 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...
- Steve Lombardi | October 28, 2009 10:25 AM |
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Wrongful Deathhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQVRTfW0jqA&feature=related
A 72 year old woman, Kathryn Winkfein, was pulled over for speeding on Highway 71, in Travis County on May 11, 2009, according to Fox...
- Steve Lombardi | October 28, 2009 5:29 AM |
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Miscellaneous
Northwest's Black-Hole Flight Crew Piloting the US Chamber’s Ship of Fools
Joe Crumley in Minnesota did a good job of covering the Northwest Airlines Flight 188 through the black hole...
- Steve Lombardi | October 28, 2009 4:15 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesCan a community that has no manufacturing base sustain a middle class?
Electrolux is closing its Iowa operations and with those closings taking 850 jobs to a place called Juarez, Mexico. On the...
- Steve Lombardi | October 27, 2009 5:32 PM |
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Spinal Cord InjuriesCheerleading Blog Title Bibliography
A New Era In Safety May Be Dawning for Cheerleaders | InjuryBoard ...
... Steve Lombardi. Posted by Steve Lombardi August 07, 2009 5:39 PM ... I collect...
- Steve Lombardi | October 27, 2009 10:48 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsThey will tell you I'm not supposed to be proud to be a PI Lawyer. I am and I make no apology for being one or for that matter being proud to be one. And until people remember the meaning of do...
- Steve Lombardi | October 27, 2009 10:23 AM |
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Spinal Cord InjuriesCanadian cheerleader coaches comment on the safety of the rising popularity of cheerleading in the U.S. and Canada, in an article of Times and Transcript online news source on October 3, 2009....
- Steve Lombardi | October 26, 2009 2:43 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
I drove to Iowa City this weekend for Parent's Day at the Law School. On the return trip to Des Moines Barbara and I passed through the Oxford work construction zone at the Oxford exit on I-80....
- Steve Lombardi | October 26, 2009 10:11 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
In Washington a government meeting was held September 30, 2009 to discuss the growing issue from this past year of distracted driving specifically related to the use of electronic devices,...
- Steve Lombardi | October 26, 2009 8:41 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThis is the 5th time since 2007. This time the surgical site was the patient’s hand. Apparently, and the reports differ, it was the correct hand, the right finger but the wrong joint. I have...
- Steve Lombardi | October 24, 2009 10:06 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsTo know how much your case is worth you first need to understand the elements of the type of legal case. Let’s say you were in a car accident and wrecked your car. The elements would include...
- Steve Lombardi | October 23, 2009 1:09 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesOn September 23rd, 2009 Paul Nurre of Strawberry Point was found in a grain bin full of corn in Aurora. Mr. Nurre was reported missing Wednesday afternoon after which firefighters and employees...
- Steve Lombardi | October 23, 2009 10:18 AM |
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MiscellaneousHow do we know when the recession has officially hit home? How about when it hits the ultra exclusive country club in town Glenn Oaks? It’s being reported that West Bank will be taking over...
- Steve Lombardi | October 22, 2009 2:20 PM |
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Wrongful DeathOn Thursday September 17th 2009 a motorcycle accident led to the death of a Fairfield resident Colleen Smith, and injury to her husband Harold Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were on a 2006 Harley...
- Steve Lombardi | October 22, 2009 10:59 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesThis collision took place a little while ago, but I saved the news article for today's safety post. He was 42 and she 36. Their 7-year-old daughter was home while they were out riding their tandem...
- Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | October 21, 2009 2:57 PM |
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MiscellaneousH1N1 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,...
- Steve Lombardi | October 21, 2009 1:13 PM |
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Wrongful DeathShould Paul McKinney, the driver of the fatal hit and run accident last month, be allowed to keep his license? According to the Department of Transportation Mr. McKinney is innocent until proven...
- Steve Lombardi | October 21, 2009 11:03 AM |
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Wrongful DeathIn Weston, Florida, on Friday September 25th, Rohie Kah-Orukotan, age 37, went into a coma after a “routine liposuction” procedure at Weston Medspa, according to the Miami Hearald news...
- Steve Lombardi | October 20, 2009 2:10 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesOn September 19th 2009 Lucie Sabimana veered out of control hitting several parked cars, one of which hit and injured two pedestrians, before hitting the Goodwill Industries building in Cedar...
- Steve Lombardi | October 20, 2009 12:25 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOn September 21rst 2009 a New London woman died after she drove her pickup truck around the crossing arms at the railroad tracks and was hit by an Amtrak train. The accident happened in eastern...
- Steve Lombardi | October 20, 2009 7:26 AM |
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Workplace Injuries
We don’t have much information this morning but it’s being reported by Radio Iowa and the Des Moines Register that a road construction crew on I-80 near Oxford, Iowa were injured with...
- Steve Lombardi | October 20, 2009 7:00 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
One more train-car collision that killed three people; including a 2-year-old, a 12-year-old and a 17-year-old in Macomb, Mississippi. The children were two boys and a mother young woman was...
- Steve Lombardi | October 19, 2009 11:07 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsDid a McDonalds Happy Meal video game toy cause the accident that killed two people? Prosecutors are accusing a man with two counts of homicide by vehicle and two counts of serious injury by vehicle...
- Steve Lombardi | October 19, 2009 10:14 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeOur 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...
- Steve Lombardi | October 19, 2009 10:09 AM |
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Motorcycle Accidents
On September 23, 2009, Bruce Mundy, riding a motorcycle was allegedly struck by Santos Vidal Rodriguez, age 26 who is reported to have been driving an SUV, according to the Des Moines Register....
- Steve Lombardi | October 18, 2009 11:33 PM |
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Wrongful Death
How can people injured in car or truck accidents on I-35 find a personal injury lawyer in Des Moines, Iowa or one of the states Interstate 35 runs through? When drivers, passengers, families of...
- Steve Lombardi | October 18, 2009 10:08 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidentshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfeGgzlrA3s
Steve Lombardi has written extensively about driver safety and how to avoid being killed on Iowa's highway system. He's litigated cases for over 30 years...
- Steve Lombardi | October 17, 2009 10:50 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Here is the story from the Des Moines Register. On September 25th 2009 police charged Melissa Watts with felony child endangerment in a case involving the brain injury of 4 month old Emiliano...
- Steve Lombardi | October 16, 2009 1:40 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Iowa State Patrol reports on this one. I’ve had a similar case and personally tow a trailer so I’m very aware of trailer towing safety.
On October 3rd 2009 Christopher Ludwig was...
- Steve Lombardi | October 16, 2009 10:35 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsOn October 4th 2009 James Loren Vest III was heading north of Larch Avenue when he lost control of his vehicle and rolled over in the west ditch striking a power pole. Just before he crashed he was...
- Steve Lombardi | October 15, 2009 1:25 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn Washington a government meeting was held September 30, 2009 to discuss the growing issue from the last year of distracted driving specifically related to the use of electronic devices, according...
- Steve Lombardi | October 15, 2009 10:28 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Is it time to finally outlaw pit bulls? On September 19th Joyce Haynes heard a child screaming and ran outside to see a pit bull charging a child. When she attempted to intervene the dog turned on...
- Steve Lombardi | October 14, 2009 2:23 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsOn October 2nd 2009 a Georgia man died after being stunned by a Taser during a law enforcement BADGES investigation. While the investigation is ongoing and there has been no word yet on how many...
- Steve Lombardi | October 14, 2009 10:14 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsOn October 4th 2009 James Godwin of Jefferson, Iowa failed to stop, running the stop sign and straight into the car driven by Bart Baugh of Churdan. Mr. Godwin was pronounced dead at the scene and...
- Steve Lombardi | October 13, 2009 3:53 PM |
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Wrongful DeathI’ve done some hiking in my time. Many of you know I’ve been to several mountains around the world including Kilimanjaro in Africa, the Alps in France and Switzerland, Elbrus in Russia,...
- Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | October 13, 2009 3:12 PM |
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Wrongful DeathH1N1 Update… should you or your family members get vaccinated?
76 children in this...
- Steve Lombardi | October 13, 2009 2:30 PM |
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Wrongful DeathCould a four year old really move a 14 lb. lid by himself? That is just one of the questions surrounding the death of Wyatt Smitsky who was last seen playing with his two young sisters before his...
- Steve Lombardi | October 13, 2009 10:07 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIs US Cellular’s poor service to blame for the death of a Clear Lake man? Ann Poole has filed a lawsuit in Cerro Gordo County District Court alleging that on May 18th, 2008 she dialed 911 from...
- Steve Lombardi | October 12, 2009 2:26 PM |
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Wrongful Death
On October 7th 2009 the Plymouth County sheriff’s office said that its deputies found the body of 29 year old Michael Ahlers while investigating a report of a car in the river. It is being...
- Steve Lombardi | October 12, 2009 10:18 AM |
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MiscellaneousDo you think identity theft occurs only by random people sifting through your trash looking for personal information they can steal? Many people wonder how far to go in protecting their personal...
- Steve Lombardi | October 10, 2009 11:29 PM |
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Miscellaneous
I ran this blog with a lot more discussion and received some feedback that made me think it was important to rerun it. I can't believe what I'm seeing. The United States President, Bush giving...
- Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | October 09, 2009 4:05 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
More Motorists Die on Rural Roads than Highways
South Carolina is leading the nation with 95% of their traffic deaths last year (2008) occurring on rural roads. Montana is close behind with...
- Steve Lombardi | October 09, 2009 3:01 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOn August 30th, bicyclist Mark Grgurich, 54, was hit by Paul “Jud” McKinney who fled the accident. He was arrested on the charges of leaving the scene of a fatality, concealment of...
- Steve Lombardi | October 09, 2009 10:51 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsWednesday, September 30th, about noon, Edward R. Stevens, age 76, was driving down a country road south of Ohio 103, in Bloomville, when Stevens was hit by a westbound Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway...
- Steve Lombardi | October 08, 2009 2:58 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
According to the Iowa State Patrol accident report, on September 17, 2009 in Muscatine County, Rhonda Levsen driving Northbound on Zachary Ave failed to stop at the 171st St. intersection....
- Steve Lombardi | October 08, 2009 10:49 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn an article in Here New Brunswick Urban Voice, called “Overcoming the fear of cycling”, Andrea Laltoo discusses being a bicycling commuter and the dangers often linked to habitual...
- Steve Lombardi | October 07, 2009 2:57 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
Wednesday afternoon on Park Ave. around 5:30, a motorcyclist was killed in a hit and run by a SUV, according to channel 13 news source. After filling up the Ford Explorer SUV at the Casey’s...
- Steve Lombardi | October 07, 2009 10:47 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsCreston News Advertiser brings forward information from the Iowa State Patrol in the accident which occurred Wednesday morning, September 30th, involving Allison Powell, Mae Powell and Robin...
- Steve Lombardi | October 07, 2009 10:28 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesWhat do you get when you take 250,851,833 registered passenger vehicles, 46,876 miles of highway, and a man with a badge? This is not the opening line of a clever joke with a cute punch line. In...
- Steve Lombardi | October 06, 2009 11:11 PM |
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Miscellaneous
Let’s start off the week with a message from our former President. F___ You.
Was that offensive? Are you offended? I would be. Now allow me to put it in perspective.
That's the...
- Steve Lombardi | October 06, 2009 8:13 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsOn September 27th 2009 Charles Wagner was traveling southbound on 310th St. in Mills County when he apparently lost control of the motorcycle he was driving and left the road overturning. While its...
- Steve Lombardi | October 06, 2009 2:53 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
Serious consideration and implementation is in place for setting up bikes to rent, ride and return to “B-Cycle” stations set up around Des Moines, Iowa, according to KCCI news source....
- Steve Lombardi | October 06, 2009 12:04 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOn Monday, September 22, about 5:45pm, Catherine Lea Stinson, age 45, was hit by an Amtrak train at 145th Street and U.S. 34, according to John Mangalonzo reporter from The Hawkeye online news...
- Steve Lombardi | October 06, 2009 10:47 AM |
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MiscellaneousWhy does the insurance adjuster want to take my statement?
Adjusting claims isn’t about being fair – it’s about paying less. I this post I'll prove to you adjusting claims...
- Steve Lombardi | October 05, 2009 8:11 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsMetrick Lawan, the driver of the car that crashed on September 21st 2009 killing passenger Heaven Chumos, has been charged with two counts of serious injury by vehicle, OWI, and the most serious...
- Steve Lombardi | October 05, 2009 10:17 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs equally inept as any of the CEOs of the major Wall Street firms that he gave $700 Billion of our money to, we continue to pay him $186,000.00. $186,000. is the amount President Bush is being paid...
- Steve Lombardi | October 04, 2009 3:08 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAccording to the Iowa State Patrol accident report, Rodney Vanmeeteren, age 62, from Sheldon, IA was driving a Honda ATV on September 18, 2009. Driving in the east ditch off of Log Ave. near highway...
- Steve Lombardi | October 04, 2009 3:06 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsAccording the Iowa State Patrol accident report, on September 17, 2009 Harold Smith was driving his motorcycle with his wife, Colleen Smith at 7:38pm southbound on Highway 1. The vehicle in front of...
- Steve Lombardi | October 04, 2009 2:04 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAccording to the Iowa State Patrol accident report, on September 17, 2009 in Muscatine County, Rhonda Levsen driving Northbound on Zachary Ave failed to stop at the 171st St. intersection....
- Steve Lombardi | October 04, 2009 9:30 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeToday ends the series on the medical apology shield, but certainly doesn't end the discussion and debate. For those who don't know what the apology shield is, it's an evidentiary rule that allows a...
- Steve Lombardi | October 03, 2009 10:03 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsMore information behind the car crash on Monday morning near Birdland Drive and Saylor Road has come to the for front. The woman who died in the crash, Chumos, age 32, had called her mother,...
- Steve Lombardi | October 03, 2009 9:35 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
I’ve covered the apology shield and today will be my last post on this subject, at least for now. I see it as state sanctioned approval of lying under oath. Some may disagree, but let me...
- Steve Lombardi | October 02, 2009 11:04 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsOn September 27th 2009 Charles Wagner was traveling southbound on 310th St. in Mills County when he apparently lost control of the motorcycle he was driving and left the road overturning. While its...
- Steve Lombardi | October 02, 2009 10:15 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
We are talking about apology shields and how it affects America’s character. Today I want to discuss a statement that is quoted from the original investigation by a group of researchers...
- Steve Lombardi | October 01, 2009 2:47 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsMetrick Lawan, the driver of the car that crashed on September 21st 2009 killing passenger Heaven Chumos, has been charged with two counts of serious injury by vehicle, OWI, and the most serious...
- Steve Lombardi | October 01, 2009 10:10 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
We shouldn't wonder why this next generation seems confused and uncommitted to community. With 35 states either considering or having passed laws allowing perjury by legal fiction they should be...