Posts tagged Des Moines

• Should drivers with macular degeneration stop driving?

  Steve Lombardi | October 21, 2009 1:13 PM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Should 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...

• Is Renting a Bike in Des Moines such a good idea?

  Steve Lombardi | October 06, 2009 2:53 PM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: 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....

• Construction Safety: Falling pole kills co-worker, benefits may depend on a quick investigation

  Steve Lombardi | July 29, 2009 6:36 PM | 3 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In 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...

• Downtown Des Moines – DART Drivers 7, Pedestrians 0!

  Steve Lombardi | July 28, 2009 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: 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...

• Just Another Day in Paradise for Downtown Pedestrians and DART Drivers

  Steve Lombardi | July 24, 2009 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Here 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...

• This Case Combines Road Rage with Domestic or Spousal Abuse

  Steve Lombardi | July 17, 2009 10:07 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I’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...

• Des Moines Police Officers accused of brutality

  Steve Lombardi | April 11, 2009 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  From time to time I get asked for legal advice that has a broader audience and this is one of those Q&A’s. This is about police brutality, or excessive force, assault and battery, finding...

• Anderson on way to Texas is thrown from pickup truck, luckily not killed.

  Steve Lombardi | March 31, 2009 11:55 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two people on their way to Texas were involved in a car accident at the I-35 South and I-235 West interchange. Bradley Sea, 21 was driving a pickup truck west on I235 and turned right to go around...

• Boston Jury Awards $3.9 m for leg amputation

  Steve Lombardi | December 15, 2008 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Like what happened to the woman in Des Moines, on September 13, 2005 an MBTA bus in Boston struck a woman (Rita Traybman) at the intersection of Washington and East Newton streets in the South End....

• Law students and the public should put the Injuryboard in their educational toolbox

  Steve Lombardi | November 13, 2008 9:05 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Injuryboard works, even from Des Moines, Iowa. The InjuryBoard is a collection of attorneys from across the country who work daily to educate the public concerning the issues that affect the...