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• Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)

  Scott Smith | April 28, 2007 10:09 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling. Frequent causes of damage are trauma (car accidents, gunshots, falls, etc.) or disease (polio, spina bifida, Friedreich's Ataxia, etc.). The spinal cord does not have to be severed in order for a loss of functioning to occur. In fact, in most people with SCI, the spinal cord...

• Car Hits Boy on Bicycle in Danville

  Shannon Weidemann | April 26, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A boy out for a ride on his bicycle in Danville was struck by a car last week Tuesday. He may have ridden into the path of the car and the car did not have time to stop. The victim was 11-years-old and suffered from numerous injuries according to his mother. "He has a titanium rod in his femur and a broken collarbone," she said. "He also had a large laceration on his top lip that took...

• Factors Affecting Damages Awards in Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Animal (Dog) and Premise (slip and fall) Cases

  Scott Smith | April 21, 2007 8:56 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  Nature of InjuryIt stands to reason that the most important fact which will affect the amount of damages that you can recover is the nature of the injury sustained. The more serious an injury is, the higher the value of the claim. If you are suffer from a soft tissue injury, such as with whiplash or neck strain, you will not recover ads much as someone who is injured more seriously, involving...

• Amount of Damages in a Personal Injury or Medical Negligence Case

  Scott Smith | April 14, 2007 2:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  There is no simple, universal formula that lets us put a price tag on injury, pain and suffering. One who has been injured and makes a claim for injury or wrongful death must rely on the experience of a qualified lawyer in handling injury cases of all kinds. This experience is crucial in order to ensure that the case will not be settled out of court for less than it is worth in court.There...

• Personal Injury Damages

  Scott Smith | April 07, 2007 12:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The most significant issue to most people involved in a personal injury claim is the issue of damages. Obtaining fair and just compensation for injuries you have sustained should be a primary concern of your lawyer.When a judge or jury finds the defendant (at fault party) liable for wrongful conduct in a personal injury case, the issue then becomes what types of damages are due to the plaintiff...

• Congress Launches Probe into Pet Food Recall

  Shannon Weidemann | April 05, 2007 5:01 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The House Oversight and Government Reform Domestic Policy Subcommittee Chairman Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio is launching an investigation into the Menu Foods recall. Over 90 brands of dog and cat food have been recalled. Researchers have discovered melamine in the wheat gluten used to make the food. Other tests have found rat poison, but that has not been confirmed by the FDA. The investigation...