- Steve Lombardi | September 30, 2009 10:15 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsCharles Wagner, 57 years old, was driving his Victory motorcycle in Mills County on Sunday afternoon when he lost control, swerved off the road, causing the vehicle to overturn, and killing him...
- Steve Lombardi | September 30, 2009 2:23 PM |
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Wrongful Death
Why are there so many lawsuits? Why are there so many injuries?
A legless unarmed man suspected of domestic abuse and charged with resisting arrest was Tasered by the City of Merced. After...
- Steve Lombardi | September 30, 2009 10:07 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
I’ve been covering the apology shield in the context of medical negligence and how it’s nothing more than state supported lying. Here is a list of some sources you can use to learn...
- Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | September 30, 2009 12:05 AM |
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MiscellaneousTsunami Update: West Coast of USA now included in Warning
The effects of the earthquake beneath the South Pacific Ocean may be felt from the west coast of the USA to the eastern coast of Japan....
- Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | September 29, 2009 5:07 PM |
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MiscellaneousTsunami levels village on American Somoa after 8.3 quake strikes
Tsunami could hit Hawaii by 7:00 pm Eastern Time
An offshore earthquake registering 8.3 has struck 120 miles off the...
- Steve Lombardi | September 29, 2009 2:42 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesThree construction workers were injured on a job site in Newton, Iowa as a wall collapsed and causing the scaffolding to do the same. KCCI news reporters watched a videotape taken by a security...
- Steve Lombardi | September 29, 2009 11:45 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
FAKE APOLOGY – THE POWER OF THE INTERNET
We’ve been covering the fake apology laws and why it’s bad for America. Today let’s talk about how common people can fight back...
- Steve Lombardi | September 29, 2009 9:28 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
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...
- Steve Lombardi | September 28, 2009 2:08 PM |
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Miscellaneous
On Wednesday September 23rd 2009, Philip Dorff and some friends were fishing on the Big Thompson River. Mr. Dorff was fishing separately from his three friends who had last seen him about...
- Steve Lombardi | September 28, 2009 10:43 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
WHY THEY ASK FOR THE RIGHT TO LIE WITH A FAKE APOLOGY
An interesting thing about those wanting the apology shield is the emotion that drove them to ask the Iowa legislature to enact the law....
- Steve Lombardi | September 26, 2009 2:45 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
I love the fall season for the cooler weather, but just before fall starts, there is the end of summer blues.
With the end of the mowing season fall cleanup can’t be far behind. Getting...
- Steve Lombardi | September 26, 2009 10:47 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO EXPOSE THE FAKE APOLOGY
We’ve been covering the apology shield this week and I’m having fun with it, but deep down there’s a serious side to this...
- Steve Lombardi | September 25, 2009 4:17 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt's the question every tort reformer loves to ask and it's probably because then it's easy to avoid the real problem.
On September 3rd 2009 15 year old Rachel Stewart was headed north on I-380...
- Steve Lombardi | September 25, 2009 10:05 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA Patient’s Guide to Dealing with the New Fake Medical Apologies
Today's apology is Chris Matthews apologizing for his characterization of Hillary Clinton's success in politics coming down to...
- Steve Lombardi | September 24, 2009 6:01 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
On August 25th 2009 66 year old William Mudd of Hamilton Illinois was hit and killed by a freight train near the Keokuk Yacht club. The Keokuk Police Department says that the accident happened at...
- Steve Lombardi | September 24, 2009 2:05 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Today we celebrate Sir Arthur Guinness and his shrewdness. For today is the 250th anniversary of the lease he signed in the year 1759. For a mere 100 pounds down and the promise to pay 45 pounds in...
- Steve Lombardi | September 24, 2009 1:25 PM |
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MiscellaneousEven off the shores of New England it’s making waves. It’s made O’Ryan Johnson from the Boston Globe sound like a Yankee fan. You’d think he was related to Derek Jeter or the...
- Steve Lombardi | September 24, 2009 10:18 AM |
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Miscellaneous
There are so many good stories lately that it's hard to know which to blog about. This one is about school daze. Gym class used to be a time and place for dodge ball but not on...
- Steve Lombardi | September 24, 2009 10:15 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeAfter making a mistake why should medical professionals want to apologize? How about because it’s the right thing to do and you’ll sleep better at night having set the record straight...
- Steve Lombardi | September 23, 2009 4:55 PM |
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Wrongful DeathOn August 25th Mark Becker’s legal counsel Susan Flander stated that he is unable to understand the charges against him or to aid in his own defense. According to court documents Miss Flander...
- Steve Lombardi | September 23, 2009 2:17 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThis one is coming out right, Wednesday’s Star Tribune reports the two officers who Tased the 76-year-old parade participant over where the parade should end, were given their walking papers...
- Steve Lombardi | September 23, 2009 10:49 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
Yesterday we discussed three recent incidents where an apology was necessary to correct an error of judgment. Those incidents involved Kanye West, Serena Williams and Congressman Joe Wilson....
- Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | September 22, 2009 3:26 PM |
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MiscellaneousMost of the general population does not truly understand what Tort Reform means or how it might impact their lives. The “reformists” will lead you to believe that “these frivolous...
- Steve Lombardi | September 22, 2009 1:43 PM |
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Motorcycle Accidents
A woman from Winterset, Iowa was critically injured sometime around the date September 7, 2009 while riding on a motorcycle. She and another passenger, it’s unclear who was driving it, went...
- Steve Lombardi | September 22, 2009 9:42 AM |
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Miscellaneous
Hopefully our mother’s and father’s taught us that after you do something wrong you should apologize. The apology is meant to communicate a sincere feeling of remorse. We are taught...
- Steve Lombardi | September 21, 2009 4:27 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsEarly Monday morning a small white car crashed into a stone wall on Birdland Drive heading towards Saylor Road, near Birdland Marina, according to WHO-TV news. The Police said, Joy Chumos, age 32,...
- Steve Lombardi | September 21, 2009 2:26 PM |
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Head & Brain Injuries
Early this morning at 5:30 in Mahaska County, a truck rolled over into a cornfield after missing a curve. The County Sheriff’s Office said alcohol may have been involved in the cause of the...
- Steve Lombardi | September 21, 2009 12:57 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsThere really isn’t any magic formula and I never describe a case as a good case or a bad one. Instead I talk about expectations. You can have good or bad expectations. It all depends on what...
- Steve Lombardi | September 20, 2009 8:20 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA September 14, 2009 crash in Allamakee County, Iowa at 2:50pm occurred when a Toyota Tundra left the curved roadway, crashed into the ditch and rolled. While on Suttle Creek Road, Northwest of...
- Steve Lombardi | September 18, 2009 1:21 PM |
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Workplace Injuries
A highway construction worker was struck and killed in Morrison, Illinois. The worker was identified by the Quad City Times as Michael S. Holloway, 44 or Rock Falls, Illinois. The worker killed...
- Steve Lombardi | September 18, 2009 9:16 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsHit and Run that kills Bicyclist spurs debate on the impact of age on driving privileges
On August 30, 2009 a hit-and-run occurred killing bicyclist, Mark Grgurich age 54. Hit by a white truck...
- Steve Lombardi | September 17, 2009 2:01 PM |
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Motorcycle Accidents
Two people were injured when the motorcycle they were on ran into a deer west of Craig. The collision occurred on Sunday night in Plymouth County. The report describes the riders being on K-22...
- Steve Lombardi | September 17, 2009 12:05 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesWatch this video from South Bend, Indiana and ask yourself if the suspect is resisting arrest and is the force necessary.
http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/59469127.html?video=YHI&t=a
I'm...
- Steve Lombardi | September 17, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Workplace Injuries
Chocking the wheels and setting the parking brake would probably have saved the life of this liquid asphalt truck driver. OSHA fined a trucking company $9,100 for failing to use precautionary...
- Steve Lombardi | September 16, 2009 10:29 AM |
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Miscellaneous
My wife and I were talking about this health care debate and how it is attracting society’s fringe protesters, who to me simply hate this President and nothing more. Their side of the...
- Steve Lombardi | September 15, 2009 2:26 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
This past week I posted TEEN LOGIC: Why is a 15-year-old taxiing passengers on I-380 in Iowa?
That news article was an accident on I-380 involving three teens, the driver was 15-year-old. She...
- Steve Lombardi | September 15, 2009 11:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe first topic I’m going to cover is one I see that many clients wonder about. They get ready for the first meeting with the lawyer and don’t know what to take with them to the...
- Steve Lombardi | September 15, 2009 8:48 AM |
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Automobile Accidents Sharing our legal experience in September - How to be a Client
I’ve persuaded a few fellow members of the Injuryboard to join me over the next few weeks to write a series of articles...
- Steve Lombardi | September 14, 2009 9:37 AM |
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MiscellaneousI posted a month or so ago about a woman I saw riding a Harley-Davidson and how it seemed to be too much bike for a woman her size, age and physical strength to be driving. An incident occurred this...
- Steve Lombardi | September 12, 2009 9:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsCan we start with an assumption: That interstate highways are a dangerous place due to cars and semi trucks driving at higher speeds; due also to wrong-way drivers, drunks and inexperienced drivers....
- Steve Lombardi | September 11, 2009 2:37 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
Tort Reform Hits a Snag
Responding to an accident in southeast Iowa a MedForce helicopter was struck by a Mediapolis Fire Department truck grounding it and its crew.
Two spokesmen for...
- Steve Lombardi | September 11, 2009 10:49 AM |
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Workplace Injuries
Lead Poisoning of Children: American Manufacturers in China: Jobs and Brain Cells Lost
Recent news out of China shows environmental standards are lax or nonexistent in protecting those living...
- Steve Lombardi | September 10, 2009 2:09 PM |
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Miscellaneous
Think you can hide behind an anonymous name online while defaming someone you might not like, be jealous of, or just to be mean? Think again, the court has ruled in favor of Liskula Cohen against...
- Steve Lombardi | September 10, 2009 12:18 PM |
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Medical Malpractice
A 70-year-old retired assembly worker was admitted into the Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center in Riverside, California to have his diseased left kidney removed. Following surgery he...
- Steve Lombardi | September 10, 2009 10:39 AM |
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MiscellaneousJust because you think you have a case doesn’t mean you automatically can hire a lawyer.
It’s common for people to comment on blog posts posted by the InjuryBoard lawyers and to add...
- Steve Lombardi | September 10, 2009 8:37 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
Another man has died from electrocution in Iraq. This one was a contractor looking to earn enough money to buy a house for his wife. Joining the military at 17-years of age, then doing three...
- Steve Lombardi | September 09, 2009 11:01 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesShortly after 1908, a small fishing village in Japan saw the first outbreak of Minamata disease, an epilepsy-like affliction. The disease is a neurological condition caused by mercury poisoning...
- Steve Lombardi | September 08, 2009 9:05 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesHumans have been putting mercury in their mouths for hundreds of years. It’s the silver liquid inside of glass thermometers and, despite its variety of uses, it can be extremely dangerous. The...
- Steve Lombardi | September 07, 2009 10:08 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Does bad judgment or rude behavior by any citizen justify the use of force of an electric shock by the police in America?
Here we go again, another officer with poor or nonexistent...
- Steve Lombardi | September 04, 2009 2:26 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
Teen Logic: “Really Dad what’s the big deal? You’re making a big deal out of nothing. Nothings ever going to happen. Remember, I'm a safe driver!”
Oh really? How do...
- Steve Lombardi | September 04, 2009 11:08 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsOn August 8th 2009 16 yr. old Megan Davis died as a result of injuries suffered in a crash. She was traveling north on 180th Avenue in a 1988 Chevy S10 when for an unknown reason she lost control...
- Steve Lombardi | September 03, 2009 2:15 PM |
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MiscellaneousHere is the teen logic: People make such a big deal about teen’s texting while driving. But really what's the big dah? Think about how stupid you sound complaining. Really! Texting (some dumb...
- Steve Lombardi | September 03, 2009 11:35 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsCincinnati Police Department, Ohio – August 28, 2009 – Teenaged daughter of City Councilman Tased. What did she do wrong? Charges: She’s accused of obstructing official business...
- Steve Lombardi | September 03, 2009 9:25 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
If fiscal conservatism is going to survive it needs to stop using a smoke and mirror approach, meaning it has to start being honest about how it approaches saving money. One state saving money at...
- Steve Lombardi | September 02, 2009 2:20 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsOn August 14th 2009 Terry Hagen was headed eastbound on a gravel road when he lost control of his motorcycle, hit the guide wire in the ditch and was thrown from his motorcycle. Mr. Hagen died as a...
- Steve Lombardi | September 02, 2009 11:27 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
In 2008, a group of researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)investigated how often golf carts were involved in causing trips to the emergency room. Their findings were...
- Steve Lombardi | September 01, 2009 8:03 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe report isn’t pleasant to read. The police pieced together the collision sequence but without the at-fault driver who they say fled the scene. One car crossed the center line and sideswiped...
- Steve Lombardi | September 01, 2009 1:07 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIf you think your next text message can't wait so you text while driving then watch this video. It needs no commentary from me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8NuuyPKlXg
- Steve Lombardi | September 01, 2009 9:37 AM |
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Wrongful Death
Insurance Companies Offering Trade-In Insurance Policy Clunker Program and a Free iPod - some even offer a free back rub!
And if you believe that I’ll sell you land in the Everglades...