Miscellaneous

• Iowa Workers' Compensation: Do I have to work the morning of surgery?

  Steve Lombardi | July 08, 2009 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  As 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...

• Driver argues, loses control, causes accident, kills motorcyclist

  Steve Lombardi | July 06, 2009 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Fort 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...

• Living on the edge of reason; Promoting Hatred as a Cultural Norm

  Steve Lombardi | July 06, 2009 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  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...

• Raising Children in a Country where Hatred and Intolerance is Sometimes Institutionalized

  Steve Lombardi | July 05, 2009 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  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...

• What would our Founding Father's do with Accreditting Liberty University School of Law

  Steve Lombardi | July 04, 2009 9:00 AM | 9 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  On 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,...

• Sarah Palin promised it would not be politics as usual, and delivered on ... "the politics of unusual"

  Steve Lombardi | July 04, 2009 8:40 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  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...

• Happy 4th of July

  Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | July 03, 2009 1:17 PM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  Happy 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...

• Civics 101; Do you know the three branches of government?

  Barbara Tubridy Lombardi | July 01, 2009 10:06 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  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...

• Spousal Consortium: Jon and Kate Plus 8 are an example of what two people can do together.

  Steve Lombardi | June 30, 2009 10:01 AM | 5 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Watching Jon and Kate + 8 on the Discovery Channel clearly demonstrates what the legal system means when we discuss spousal consortium. Jon and Kate are a prime example of why consortium is...

• How can 2 adults and 8-yr-old drown in a South Carolina swimming pool?

  Steve Lombardi | June 30, 2009 7:44 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Very strange news from South Carolina, as an aunt, uncle and 8-year-old nephew were found drowned in a back-yard swimming pool. The uncle was employed at the property and had permission to use it. A...