Posts tagged Iowa

• What's more dangerous, cheerleading? ... Or foolish coaches?

  Steve Lombardi | November 06, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  Is Cheerleading too dangerous? Does it need to be changed? Or does the coaching system simply need to be tweaked to provide a more safety minded mindset? A Wall Street Journal article on September...

• Crashing Into A Sheriff Deputy is a Bad Night

  Steve Lombardi | November 03, 2009 12:01 PM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  What caused 21 year old Travis Scott to veer straight into oncoming traffic? That is the question Council Bluffs police are asking after the accident in the late hours of October 9th 2009 between...

• Bulldozer slips off jacks and kills operator

  Steve Lombardi | November 02, 2009 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  What caused a bulldozer to slip off the jacks and kill 60 year old Patrick O’Shaughnessy? That will be the question his family is asking after an accident at a construction equipment company...

• Why might a pedestrian not realize a garbage truck is backing?

  Steve Lombardi | October 31, 2009 2:08 PM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  When 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...

• Cheer Safety Clinic in Louisiana

  Steve Lombardi | October 31, 2009 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: 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...

• 10 Reasons Why People Get Injured on I-35 in Iowa

  Steve Lombardi | October 31, 2009 8:05 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I’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...

• D.C. Woman Pedestrian killed by Metrobus

  Steve Lombardi | October 30, 2009 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: 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...

• $2 Million Dollar Cell Phone Call, Tort Reform Would Say "Sorry Wrong Number"

  Steve Lombardi | October 29, 2009 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Chicago 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...

• Electrolux Iowa Plant Closings, Exporting America’s Middle Class

  Steve Lombardi | October 28, 2009 4:15 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Can 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...

• Iowa Cheerleader Bibliography of Safety Titles

  Steve Lombardi | October 27, 2009 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  Cheerleading 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...