- Steve Lombardi | July 31, 2009 4:01 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Take a look at this Lakewood, Ohio video tape of a policman using the Taser on a dog. Each time the officer uses the Taser for some unexplained reason the Taser’s camera lens gets blocked...
- Steve Lombardi | July 31, 2009 2:42 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
This morning we talked about a 15-year-old boy who died after being Tasered. And what about the Detroit teenager who also died in April after being Tasered?
Since 2001, more than 330 people...
- Steve Lombardi | July 31, 2009 12:10 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWas he or wasn’t he handcuffed when Tasered? This Michigan boy, only 15 died after being shocked with a ”non-lethal” Taser. Were there other methods to calm him down? Probably. Bay...
- Steve Lombardi | July 31, 2009 10:38 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsDid he do it or not? That is the question to be answered in a small community of Oakwood, Texas in Leon County. The report states the mother-in-law noticed marks on her daughter and then reported it...
- Steve Lombardi | July 31, 2009 10:17 AM |
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Miscellaneous
Like many of you I’ve read the stories about lawyers being laid off in growing numbers. It got me wondering if these layoffs were perhaps a good thing. First the number of financial...
- Steve Lombardi | July 31, 2009 9:00 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)On July 30th 2009 at about 7:30 p.m. a man riding a personal watercraft in the Cedar River died after getting to close to a dam and getting sucked under. While his name hasn’t been released...
- Steve Lombardi | July 30, 2009 3:06 PM |
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Wrongful DeathFlorida 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...
- Steve Lombardi | July 30, 2009 1:00 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe EF5 tornado in Parkersburg, Iowa that leveled the town on May 25, 2008 is still being felt. An EF5 tornado is the most violent tornado possible and is based on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The...
- Steve Lombardi | July 30, 2009 10:21 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIs the Taser when used as a substitute for communication skills the use of excessive force?
This a routine police stop for speeding involving Utah State Trooper John Gardner and the driver, Jared...
- Steve Lombardi | July 29, 2009 6:36 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesIn what can only be described as a tragedy, a construction worker today was killed after a utility pole was knocked over striking and killing him. The utility pole was backed into by a fellow worker...
- Steve Lombardi | July 29, 2009 3:26 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn another single vehicle accident a teen driver, 17-year-old Brittany Shaver drifted off the solid surface of U.S. Highway 385 in Alliance, Nebraska, was unable to get the car back onto the hard...
- Steve Lombardi | July 29, 2009 10:09 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWhat will it take to prove to people that Tasers may be too convenient a tool and are taking the place of communications and a little time, resulting in excessive force being applied to otherwise...
- Steve Lombardi | July 28, 2009 10:57 PM |
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Miscellaneous
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – I’ve heard it said that in Minnesota there are two seasons: fishing and hunting. With over 10,000 lakes the DNR has an enormous task of...
- Steve Lombardi | July 28, 2009 7:01 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Two 13-year-olds operating separate boats collided on Lost Island Lake east of Spencer, Iowa. Lost Island Lake is one vacation water spot in Iowa. One of the boys was injured and flown to a hospital...
- Steve Lombardi | July 28, 2009 4:44 PM |
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Wrongful Death
Previously I posted, A Sioux City Councilman was injured in a boating accident on the Missouri River. It seems the case has taken another turn. It’s being reported by the major news sources...
- Steve Lombardi | July 28, 2009 2:36 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)When I posted on July 24, 2009 about Des Moines bus drivers hitting pedestrians never did I anticipate that today we’d be once again discussing another bus-pedestrian collision in downtown Des...
- Steve Lombardi | July 28, 2009 10:54 AM |
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Miscellaneous
Meta Bank of Iowa is being sued by 8 groups who bought fraudulent COD’s after former employee Charlene Marie Pickhinke of Sac City plead guilty to stealing $4.2 million from the bank. In...
- Steve Lombardi | July 28, 2009 10:31 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
I thought it was odd that the pro-Taser guy attacked me for what I do for a living. After all what does my being a lawyer have to do with the price of Taser International stock prices? This is...
- Steve Lombardi | July 27, 2009 5:17 PM |
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MiscellaneousOn July 8th 2009 Daniel Kult was heading South of Timber Ave. when he attempted to pass another Southbound vehicle on the left shoulder, when he tried to bring his vehicle back onto the road he lost...
- Steve Lombardi | July 27, 2009 11:01 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsLast week I wrote about an Australian law enforcement situation involving a tasering, that resulted in an explosion and a man catching fire. One of the commenters got abusive with the writer because...
- Steve Lombardi | July 27, 2009 10:45 AM |
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Miscellaneous
It should be called the Hatley Amendment, in honor of Frank Hatley, a 50-year-old man who’s been in jail since June 2008 for not paying child support even though two separate DNA tests...
- Steve Lombardi | July 27, 2009 3:04 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
On July 13th 2009 George Clark was headed Eastbound on 140th St. when he failed to yield while traveling through the intersection at Victory Avenue. Failing to yield caused the vehicles to...
- Steve Lombardi | July 26, 2009 9:13 AM |
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MiscellaneousHe has a brain injury and from what the reports state he is easily confused. Norris Price walked away from a local area hospital on Saturday around 12:30 p.m. He’s 6’4”, weighs 224...
- Steve Lombardi | July 25, 2009 2:19 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsA Texas man, Vernon Newsom of Mansfield, Texas died in a motorcycle accident in or near Geddes, South Dakota as a result of a driver turning without first making sure it was clear to do so. Newsom,...
- Steve Lombardi | July 25, 2009 11:12 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
I've previously commented on the elevator accident in Ames, Iowa that took the life of a young Illinois man. These are my posts.
Ames, Iowa: 19-year-old falls seven stories down elevator shaft...
- Steve Lombardi | July 24, 2009 2:31 PM |
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MiscellaneousHere we go again with another DART-pedestrian accident in downtown Des Moines. What is going on?
On July 9th 2009 Veronica Lima of West Des Moines was dropped off on 9th and Walnut when DART bus...
- Steve Lombardi | July 24, 2009 10:23 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
Get your beer goggles on because you’re going to need them to see straight after reading this one.
My friend and colleague David Mittleman recently posted I'm Sorry Policy Works for...
- Steve Lombardi | July 23, 2009 10:24 AM |
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MiscellaneousOn July 8, 2009 an Iowa surgeon was charged by the Iowa Board of Medicine as follows:
Paragraph 12. The Board alleges that Respondent failed to conform to the minimum standard of acceptable...
- Steve Lombardi | July 23, 2009 10:21 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
I’m not sure we have covered the house fire in Sioux City, Iowa that took the life of 27-year-old Chonburi Louangrath. If so this post differs in it’s approach to this too often seen...
- Steve Lombardi | July 22, 2009 2:01 PM |
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Wrongful Death
Maybe he was just a man choosing a different lifestyle on terms he dictated. Maybe Mr. Langford chose to own less so he could have more of something else that was to him of higher value.
Here...
- Steve Lombardi | July 22, 2009 10:50 AM |
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Wrongful DeathTheir use has tainted the reputation of many professional athletes. Their prevalence in professional sports has caused drug screenings to become more commonplace today than at any other time. Their...
- Steve Lombardi | July 22, 2009 9:09 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Here is the May 4, 1970 when students died at Kent State University protesting the War in Vietnam, which supposedly was never a “war”. So now I have to ask myself, have the...
- Steve Lombardi | July 21, 2009 10:44 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
What is “threading the needle”?
I became interested in the idea of threading the needle after reporting on an intersection collision in rural Iowa that killed three people. The...
- Steve Lombardi | July 20, 2009 10:10 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesToday, it's about three workers who get electrocuted from an overhead power line while doing work on a college campus with a boom truck. It reminded me of my family and the work I grew up listening...
- Steve Lombardi | July 19, 2009 9:22 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
The State of Florida got the nod from the Feds to turn trappers and bounty hunters loose in the Florida Everglades looking for the unnatural Burmese Python that can breed like a rabbit; 100 eggs...
- Steve Lombardi | July 17, 2009 10:07 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI’ve covered several other collisions involving a different strain of road rage, I’m going to call it passenger compartment rage. In this case a Des Moines man is reported to be arrested...
- Steve Lombardi | July 16, 2009 10:01 AM |
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Wrongful DeathWhen you need to be rescued every minute counts. So if the boat sinks it is too late to be asking the question: What is a float plan?
A float plan is like a flight plan that pilot’s use to...
- Steve Lombardi | July 15, 2009 10:49 AM |
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Wrongful DeathA float plan is like a flight plan that pilot’s use to advise potential rescue crews about the intended flight, the vessel, the safety equipment on-board and the means of communication...
- Steve Lombardi | July 14, 2009 9:29 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOnce again today we continue with the pedestrian-car-truck-bus-train collision news items. As I previously stated, there are so many of them just since the first of the year. Today we’ll look...
- Steve Lombardi | July 14, 2009 10:23 AM |
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Wrongful DeathIowa – As of May 2009 Iowa made wearing a safety vest for those boaters under age 13 mandatory. There is an exemption for commercial boats with a capacity of 25 people or more or while in an...
- Steve Lombardi | July 14, 2009 10:08 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
Consider the policy of medical service providers wanting tort reform measures to save money. The policy is to make severely injured patients pay for the cost of medical mistakes that they...
- Steve Lombardi | July 13, 2009 11:31 AM |
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Workplace Injuries
Robberies of Convenience Store Clerks
A Des Moines robber got the surprise of his life when the store clerk pulled his own gun, aimed it and they had an old fashion standoff. The robber fled...
- Steve Lombardi | July 11, 2009 9:17 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
Today we continue with the pedestrian-car-truck-bus-train collision news items. There are so many of them just since the first of the year. You can tell its spring. Today we’ll look at...
- Steve Lombardi | July 10, 2009 12:08 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOne van tried to turn left of center onto S. 11th Street south of Grimes off of Iowa Highway 141. An oncoming van collided with the first van sending two adults and nine children to the hospital....
- Steve Lombardi | July 09, 2009 10:57 AM |
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Wrongful DeathElgin, Iowa - June 2009 - This is the second news report I’ve seen lately about men getting mad at their girlfriends and pushing them out of the car into a place of danger. In the latest...
- Steve Lombardi | July 08, 2009 6:44 PM |
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Wrongful Death
I’m continuing to post news and information about boating safety both here in the Injuryboard and on The Verdict, my own web blog with the Lombardi Law Firm. Today we have a website with...
- Steve Lombardi | July 08, 2009 9:59 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs lawyers we are asked questions daily concerning our areas of practice. In this instance the person asked about workers' compensation and whether they have to work the day of surgery.
Question: I...
- Steve Lombardi | July 07, 2009 5:14 PM |
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Wrongful Death
The 9-1-1 call is chilling to say the least. This Florida man describes how an 8-foot Burmese pet python snake during the night got out of its cage and strangled “the baby”. The baby...
- Steve Lombardi | July 07, 2009 10:10 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsGary Boldt, 62 was driving a motor home nearing Verona, Wisconsin when a dog jumped into his lap. Startled, he lost control, drove across the median of U.S. Highway 151 and crashed head-on with an...
- Steve Lombardi | July 06, 2009 6:13 PM |
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MiscellaneousFort Lauderdale, Florida – January 2009 – From Chalik & Chalik along with the Sun Sentinel we bring you this January 22, 2009 report of pedestrian mayhem in the sunny state of Minnie...
- Steve Lombardi | July 06, 2009 10:34 AM |
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Miscellaneous
Ann Coulter: Dr. Tiller Was Terminated In His 203rd Trimester
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woHB8qCDVv4&feature=related
I’m neither a liberal nor a conservative. I just want...
- Steve Lombardi | July 05, 2009 9:33 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAgain today we continue with several more pedestrian-car-truck-bus-train collision news items. As I previously stated, there are so many of them just since the first of the year. After reading too...
- Steve Lombardi | July 05, 2009 10:11 AM |
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Miscellaneous
No I’m not talking about Communist China, I’m talking about hatred and intolerance being taught in America.
I have to wonder how we expect to raise children to be part of a global...
- Steve Lombardi | July 04, 2009 9:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousOn this day, the 4th of July, it is appropriate that I discuss those from whose teachings sprout the green shoots of home-grown terrorism in America.
Terrorism is defined as: S: (n) terrorism,...
- Steve Lombardi | July 04, 2009 8:40 AM |
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Miscellaneous
The Peter Principle is the principle that In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence.
Once again the Republican Party builds a bridge to nowhere. Can you imagine a...
- Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | July 03, 2009 1:17 PM |
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MiscellaneousHappy 4th of July! Steve and I grew up in Bristol, Rhode Island, a New England town where the 4th of July parade has run longer than any place else in America. Bristol is often times called the most...
- Steve Lombardi | July 03, 2009 11:31 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
We are back again today continuing with the pedestrian-car-truck-bus-train collision news items. As I previously stated, there are so many of them just since the first of the year. How about if...
- Steve Lombardi | July 03, 2009 11:22 AM |
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Wrongful Death
I’m behind on boating accidents and water safety issues. Let me attempt to catch up. I’ve collected boating items in the news and will over the next few posts examine how many people...
- Steve Lombardi | July 02, 2009 11:15 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
Now you’re on the roadside after breaking down, you pull out your cell phone, call triple A and the tow truck arrives. The operator exits his truck and wham! He’s suddenly struck by...
- Steve Lombardi | July 01, 2009 11:11 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
Columbus, Ohio – December 2008 – Freeway breakdowns make you a pedestrian. In this story from the Columbus Dispatch, two separate pedestrian-vehicle collisions occurred on Columbus...
- Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | July 01, 2009 10:06 AM |
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Miscellaneous
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Civics 101: Do you know the 3 branches of government?
Richard Dreyfus has taken up the cause of educating Americans about basic fundamentals of...