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Yahoo! News Search Results for Elder Law
07.08.2008
Daughter-in-law testifies that she disabled air bag (Modesto Bee)
The passenger-side air bag on Howard "Doug" Porter's Toyota Tundra was turned off on March 5, 2002, because he had recently taken his 4-year-old granddaughter on a fishing trip, according to his daughter-in-law, who testified Monday in Stanislaus County Superior Court.
07.08.2008
California Bankers Association Applauds Signing of Bipartisan Solution Reforming Foreclosure Law (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SACRAMENTO, Calif.----The following statement has been issued by the California Bankers Association regarding the passage of SB 1137 into law earlier today:
07.08.2008
Sapp and Mast dissolves law firm after 35-plus years (Winston-Salem Journal)
The law firm of Sapp and Mast PLLC has been dissolved after more than 35 years in business, the law firms said in a statement last week.
07.08.2008
How Holistic Mentoring Benefits Lawyers (Law.com)
As anyone involved in running one understands, law firms cannot survive -- let alone prosper -- as generation succeeds generation, unless seniors accept the responsibility of mentoring their juniors. While critical to the long-term prospects of any law firm, mentoring requires individual lawyers to invest much time and effort for little immediate return. Jenner & Block partner Gregory ...
07.08.2008
ESCONDIDO: Dramatic changes planned for troubled neighborhood (North County Times)
ESCONDIDO ---- Efforts to revitalize the crumbling Elder Place neighborhood have picked up speed this summer, with city officials planning to demolish four abandoned apartment buildings next week and residents preparing to vacate four other buildings
Yahoo! News Search Results for Medical Malpractice
07.07.2008
Sorry seems to be the least litigious word for hospitals in malpractice (BizJournals)
U.S. hospitals are starting to counter rising malpractice costs and awareness of medical errors through a new type of admission -- of responsibility.
07.07.2008
The Dennis Quaid Medical Legal Case: Q & A with Attorney Clifford Rieders (Elite TV)
Attorney Clifford Rieders is one of the country’s leaders in medical malpractice and patient safety. He agreed to conduct a Q and A with this writer touching on the Dennis Quaid lawsuit against the hospital who overdosed he and his wife’s newborn twins.
07.07.2008
Medical malpractice reports increasing (The Natal Witness Group)
MORE and more people are reporting incidents of misconduct by medical professionals. Over the last year, the number of complaints increased by 40%, the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) said yesterday.
07.07.2008
Wisconsin Supreme Court Orders $1 Million Payout in Malpractice Case (Insurance Journal)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered an insurance company to pay nearly $1 million in a medical malpractice case. The decision upholds an earlier ruling that Physicians Insurance Co. of Wiscons
07.08.2008
Federal health officials release new Lufkin DaVita findings (KETK 56 Tyler)
TYLER - A lawfirm in Oklahoma City that represents victims of medical malpractice and negligence ,confirmed to KETK-TV Tuesday that they have been contacted to represent "between 50 and 60" DaVita Lufkin Dialysis patients, or family members of patients.
Yahoo! News Search Results for Personal Injury
07.08.2008
New York Personal Injury Law Firm Explains Three Things Building Owners Must Know About the New York "Scaffold Law" (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
A recent New York Court of Appeals decision rejected a building owner's defense that he didn't know a tenant had contracted work and was not liable for a worker's injury.
07.08.2008
Injury accidents (Midland Daily News)
The following personal injury accidents recently were reported to local law enforcement agencies:
07.08.2008
Court documents: Collins lawsuit was not properly served because of address error (Lawrence Journal-World)
A certified letter about a personal injury claim sent to Kansas University basketball player Sherron Collins had an incomplete address on it, court documents filed Tuesday say.
07.08.2008
Friends, family help brain-injured woman piece life back together (Orange County Register)
PERSONAL PULSE: Nurse shares the story of her daughter's road to recovery. A horrific car crash at 3 a.m. on July 15, 2004, left Linda Sparks with a traumatic brain injury and shattered bones in her face and pelvis. Linda was in a coma almost a month.
07.08.2008
Several individuals transported to hospital after Tuesday morning wreck (Greene County Daily World)
The Greene County Sheriff's Department worked a slight personal injury accident on State Road 54, east of Bloomfield on Tuesday morning.
