Posts tagged killed

• Can homicide be a workers compensation case in Iowa?

  Steve Lombardi | November 05, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  On Thursday October 8th John Versypt of Cordova Ill. was found in a common area hallway with a gun lying next to him. Mr. Versypt owns rental units in the complex and was reportedly in Iowa City,...

• TEEN LOGIC: Why is a 15-year-old taxiing passengers on I-380 in Iowa?

  Steve Lombardi | September 12, 2009 9:00 AM | 4 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Can 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....

• The Absolute Value of Non-Economic Damages Equates to a Person's Moral Compass Setting

  Steve Lombardi | April 09, 2009 2:11 PM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Can we agree that all life has a value? Some more than other lives, but all life has some value. Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve met certain people whose value I would say is negative or...

• Recognizing the symptoms or a lethal dose of alcohol

  Steve Lombardi | April 08, 2009 11:44 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  How do you recognize the symptoms of alcohol LD? Symptoms of alcohol poisoning start with nausea and progress to vomiting. The person will then pass out, be difficult or impossible to awaken,...

• Worker Safety: Polk County, Iowa Hallett Materials worker dies, electrical fire

  Steve Lombardi | April 07, 2009 11:45 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Polk County, Des Moines, Iowa A 35-year old man died as a result of either an electrical fire or from electrocution at the Hallett Materials site northwest of Des Moines today. The worker leaves...

• "Death of a Firefighter" still reverberates

  Steve Lombardi | March 24, 2009 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Every once in a while it's reassuring to see that what a newspaper says on its editorial page can make a difference in the world, or at least generate a useful discussion. That's what has been happening following publication of "Death of a Firefighter," a five-part editorial series that appeared in The Oregonian

• Firefighter alcohol abuse a national concern

  Steve Lombardi | March 23, 2009 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Oregonian's recent editorial series "Death of a Firefighter" has touched off a nationwide online discussion in the fire service community. The response illuminates the fact that alcohol abuse among firefighters has been a growing concern in the profession for some time.

• Death of a Firefighter - Part 5 in an editorial series

  Steve Lombardi | March 20, 2009 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The U.S. Justice Department should investigate the death of Prineville volunteer firefighter Shannon Halvorson. Did her fellow volunteers conceal details of the out-of-control party where she was fatally injured? Who supplied alcohol to the underage woman?

• Death of a Firefighter - Part 4 in an editorial series

  Steve Lombardi | March 19, 2009 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  In the anguished hours after Shannon Halvorson died, rumors and haunting questions spread like flames among her fellow volunteer firefighters. How did she become incapacitated so quickly at that rowdy motel-room party? What were the intentions of the men who coaxed her to drink? Was she slipped a drug as well?

• Death of a Firefighter -- Part 3 in an editorial series

  Steve Lombardi | March 18, 2009 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Dick Zimmerlee fervently believes that volunteer firefighters, aided by a soft and sympathetic investigation by law enforcement, tried to whitewash details of the 2003 death of his daughter, Shannon Halvorson.