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Car-Truck-Cycle Damage Q&A's

• Driver who was charged with texting and driving reportedly pleads
• Crossing the Center Line and Head-on Car Crashes
• can I get the insurance company to pay me for my car that is totaled?

Workers' Compensation

• Johnson County, Iowa crash involves Mason City man and driver from Madera, California
• Iowa Farming is Risky Business
• The Risk of Fatigued Operators on Common Carriers

Life on Campus

• Iowa Rollover Accident Lawyer Commentary on Horseplay in the Front Seat
• Q&A: Can children stop parents from suing their friends?
• Another School Bus Accident in Waterloo, Iowa

I-35 I-80 I-235 I-380 Collisions/Accidents

• At-Fault Driver is Responsible to Injured Passengers
• Newest Reports on Fatal Accidents in Iowa as of May 14, 2012
• Driver Loses Control, But Who Was the Driver?

Wrong-way Interstate and Highway Collisions in Iowa

• Wong-way Interstate Highway Accidents for April 29th, 2012
• Des Moines County, April 7, 2012 Fatality Accident
• Ohio State Trooper's Video Camera Records Wrong-way Interstate Driving Crash

Pedestrian Collisions Causing Injury and Death

• Fatality pedestrian accidents for April 14, 2012
• Iowa to pay $2.1m for brain damaged boy, supervision failure alleged, whoa
• Pedestrian Struck in Cerro Gordo County Intersection

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents

• Another Driver Loses Control, But Who Was the Driver?
• Clayton County, Iowa - Semi Accident is a failure to yield crash
• Iowa Personal Injury News for April 21, 2012

Large Damage, Major-Serious Injury and Death Cases

• Driver dies, against whom do you file a claim?
• Driver dies in accident; wife is left to pick up the pieces
• Cedar County, Iowa Single Car Crash with a Utility Pole

Fire, Gas, Explosions and Electrocutions

• Gas Explosion Accident

Cheerleading Safety and the Law of Cheerleading

• Cheerleading Can Be Brain Damaging
• Sport Injury: Softball bat strikes player in the head.
• Title IX Decisions from the Supreme Court

Work-Comp For Doctors!

• Weekly Death Toll in the Workplace
• How to get paid when horseplay is a part of the history for a workers’ comp injury.

Groundskeeper and Maintenance Workers

• Creepy Crawly Class Action Certified in Bed Bug’s Treatment Case
• Auger Accidental Deaths are Rare
• Chemicals and Personal Injury Law

What do you do when you've experienced a wrong-site, wrong-patient or wrong-procedure surgical error?

• Wrong Site Surgery Day March 9, 2011
• No more wrong-site surgeries – PLEASE!
• New Wrong-side Surgery Study May Help Surgeons

ATV, Bike & Motorcycle Accidents

• Another motorcycle crash out of Jackson County, Iowa on May 5, 2012
• Another ATV accident, this one in Jackson County
• Washington County, Iowa Motorcycle Crash - Illinois Resident Driver

Construction Site Accidents

• Fall Protection Safety Gear and the Kossuth County Grain Elevator Fall
• Construction Workers Need Their Head on a Swivel – Unsafe equipment isn’t a valid excuse
• Construction Zone Accidents Can Be Deadly

Injury - Property Defect-Animals

• Right after you trip and fall think about what made you trip
• I fell on a sidewalk who is responsible?
• Another ATV Accident in Grundy County, Iowa

Boating Accidents

• The 8 Most Ignored Rules of Boating
• Boating Season in Iowa – Let’s be careful out there.
• Boat Accidents Focus on Impaired or Distracted Boat Operators-Drivers

Did you win big playing the Lottery?

• Iowa Casino Sued after slot malfunctions
• Lottery - Should I take a lump sum or the 20 years of payments?
• Winning the lottery may require waiving your privacy

Adventure Travel

• Is it possible to self-diagnose cerebral edema or HACE?

Whistleblowers / Financially Ripped Off?

• Mortgage Fraud Blog for May 8, 2012
• Don't get cute with a straw buyer, you can go to jail
• Mortgage broker fraud and you

Client Trial-Deposition Preparation

• Things to do during a deposition break.
• What should I read before my deposition?
• Suggestions on how to use this site

Deforming Civil Rights through Tort Reform

• People, Not Corporations Need to be the Courts' Priority
• Tort Reform Cake with Health Care Reform Fondant Frosting
• Contaminated Melamine Milk Goes Missing, Media Not Asking Why

Civil damage lawsuits and criminal law deaths, OWI and drunk driving

• Leaving the scene of an accident and Iowa's drunk driver
• Drunk Driver Car Accidents – Are the passengers and pedestrians at fault?
• Drunk Driving Charge Leads Homicide By Vehicle Charge

Criminal Law Commentary - Todd Miler

• If Mark Becker was Sane Why Are We Worrying about His Sanity?
• MySpace, Facebook and Twitter: do you know who your friends are?
• SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS!

Jobs

• 09/09/2010 Jobs with the Federal Government

Whisteblower Claims

• There are too many lawsuits, but where do I find an "ambulance chaser"?
• In St. Louis they'd ask: "Whose sperm is on first?"
• The Ponzi Victim and the Ponzi Whistleblower

General - Rants - Raves and Housekeeping

• If there are too many lawyers why can't I find a lawyer to represent me?
• Does In Vitro Fertilization Make Social Security Benefits The Simplest Investment
• What exactly is "the right thing for Alaska?"

Motorcycle Accidents

• Hit-and-Run Wrecks - Is this an old problem with a new twist?
• Determining fault when the cause of the motorcycle crash is listed as a "loss of control".

Workplace Injuries

• Manganese In Welding Fumes Causes Brain Damage
• University of Iowa employees who are accused violating HIPPA are given the boot.
• Taking a Deposition: Deposition Testimony Rules

Wrongful Death Cases

• Ski Train Not Running from Denver to Winter Park
• The Publics’ Attitude about Lawyers in General, Will Eventually Hurt You
• Trains and Pedestrians, A Painful Case

Nerve, Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries

• Will the Iowa Courts determine multiple taserings to be constitutional?
• Father arrested for supplying steroids to his son
• Disease Transmission From the Transplantation of Organs

Boating & Water Injuries and Accidents

• Dry-docked boat collapses killing young boy
• Boating in Iowa, Safety is Worth Learning
• Boating in Iowa on Memorial Day weekend was deadly with multiple fatalities

Criminal Law & Injuries by Crime and Criminals

• 2010 CRIMINAL FEE SCHEDULE

Defamation Including Libel and Slander

• After acquittal, what are your damages in defamation action?

Unsafe Products

• Yamaha's Rhino unsafe and recalled, in Iowa
• Melamine in Minnesota crackers
• Iowa Legislature considers whether it can trust Iowans

Property-Injury Cases

• Winter Fire Safety Series: Carbon Monoxide Detectors
• Winter Fire Safety Series: Smoke Alarms
• Winter Fire Safety Series: Electrical Fires

Trial Practice - Mostly for lawyers

• SUMMARIES OF DECISIONS, IOWA COURT OF APPEALS April 25, 2012
• A Roundup about Legal Blawgs with an Iowa Connection
• Lawyer Ads that Offend

Trial Practice - Mostly for non-lawyers

• Top Ten Reasons by Mountaineers For Not Giving Back the Engagement Ring
• After the break up why should I give back the engagement ring?
• How can I help with my workers' compensation or car accident case?

General

• Webster County Crash Raises Questions about Driver's Distractions
• In my opinion, it's a failure to maintain control accident.
• Failing to slow down and running into front car is per se NEGLIGENCE!

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Client Toolbox

Workers' Compensation

• Iowa Economic Development Authority - Iowa Work Comp Rates - Is Chris Godfrey doing a good job as the Iowa Industrial Commissioner?
• Godfrey vs Branstad State Appeal Board Claim Form
• Godfrey vs Branstad Tort Claims Against State Employees
• Godfrey vs Branstad Petition at Law and Jury Demand
• Godfrey vs Branstad Tort Claims Against the State

Life on Campus

• Why should any parent be allowed to release from liability any adult for behavior that has yet to occur and causes injury to their minor child? Galloway vs State of Iowa, No. 08-0776, November 5, 2010, Supreme Court Of Iowa.
• Anne Hensler vs City Of Davenport, In The Supreme Court Of Iowa, No. 09-0608, Filed November 12, 2010. (30 page opinion by Justice Wiggins.)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969) Decision
• BENJAMIN FELD ETAL V LUKE BORKOWSKI, The Iowa Supreme Court’s decision: Docket No. 07-1333, Filed October 22, 2010
• Victor E. Schwartz, The Restatement Of Torts Third, Liability For Physical & Emotional Harm: What It Means To You.

I-35 I-80 I-235 I-380 Collisions/Accidents

• New Mexico Crash Classification And Analysis Code Sheet

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents

• January 1, 2012 Dyersville, Iowa Accident - Nurre, Robins and The Flying J.
• 12/5/2011 - Hancock County Fatality - Loose Trailer - Improperly Secured Trailers Can Be From Negligence - Priebe and Christians
• Farm Bureau's Rural Roads Safety Slow Moving Vehicle Symbol
• Driver Safety: Does snow and ice on the road excuse the driver’s negligence?
• Driver Safety: Does snow and ice on the road excuse the driver’s negligence?

Large Damage, Major-Serious Injury and Death Cases

• Hamilton County Fatality D25 Loss of Control and Crossing the Center Line - Newton-McQueen
• November 21, 2011 Iowa State Patrol Accident Report - Monona County, Joseph Daggett, Robert Palmer and LENLEY RAY SCHOFIELD JR.
• Dead Men and Punitive Damages
• 2011.03.01 ISP Shaffer Fatality
• 2011.03.24. ISP Fatality Report - Hopkins

Cheerleading Safety and the Law of Cheerleading

• 2009 Cheering for Safety, Summer Campaign
• Noffke decision from the State of Wisconsin
• CHEER RULES – AYC REGIONALS & NATIONALS AYC Cheer Safety Rules
• Cheerleading Goes On Trial - Title IX - Quinnipiac University
• STEPHANIE BIEDIGER, et. al. vs. QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY DECISION

Groundskeeper and Maintenance Workers

• Farm Guard Insurance Policy - Feeder Pigs Loss - Liability Coverage - Exclusions - Ambiguous - Found in favor of the insured.
• Grounds keeper safety can't ever be taken lightly
• F.A.C.E. Investigation Report for maintenance worker struck by hose nozzle.

What do you do when you've experienced a wrong-site, wrong-patient or wrong-procedure surgical error?

• Serious Reportable Events (SREs)- Never-Event Fact Sheet
• Florida: Wrong-site, Wrong-patient, Wrong-procedure or "never-events".
• New England Journal of Medicine: A pre-surgical checklist includes the time-out.
• Minnesota Patient Safety Reports - Preventable Errors
• PAMELA G. ROCK vs. WARHANK, BLUE GRASS FAMILY, et. al. - Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations

Injury - Property Defect-Animals

• Iowa DPS Free Smoke Detector Program
• Free Smoke Detector Installation by the Iowa Fire Marshall's Office
• Iowa Dam Safety Program
• Summary of Legal Rules Governing Liability for Recreational Use of School Facilities
• Iowa’s Deficient Bridges - 2008 Report

Whistleblowers / Financially Ripped Off?

• Administrative Law - Abuse of Process - Not in Iowa, no judicial process involved. Dobratz and Besser vs Krier, Iowa Court of Appeals, Nov. 23, 2011, No. 1-759/11/-0120
• Property Damage from Flooding – Property Owners Need to be resourceful.
• Royal Links, USA Victim Impact Statement and Claim Form

Client Trial-Deposition Preparation

• Reforming The Iowa Civil Justice System, Report of the Iowa Civil Justice Reform Task Force
• Do you wonder how you should prepare for answering questions in your deposition? In this segment Attorney Steve Lombardi will tell you how to think about answering questions in a deposition. These are Lombardi's 8 Simple Rules for Answering Deposition Questions.

Deforming Civil Rights through Tort Reform

• Where Sperm, Science and In Vitro meet the Social Insecurity Act
• Varnum vs Brien, 763 N.W.2d 862 (Iowa 2009)
• Varnum vs Brien, 763 N.W.2d 862 (Iowa 2009)

Civil damage lawsuits and criminal law deaths, OWI and drunk driving

• Criminal Law Intake Form
• Criminal Law Initial Interview Sheet
• Criminal Case Description of Representation - General
• Criminal Defense - What services can Miler Law Firm provide to you?
• INTAKE FORM FOR OWI - OMVUI - Drunk Driving Charge

Jobs

• Business to Business Sale - NonCompete and Non-Interference Clauses - Stricter Enforcement - Sutton vs Iowa Trenchless

Trial Practice

• THE JOB OF YOUNG LAWYERS IS AN INTERESTING LEARNING EXPERIENCE
• THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP – NONWAIVABLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
• Hospital Billing: Tricks of the Trade Part II
• Inadvertent Disclosures and the Attorney-Client Privilege in the Electronic Age
• CaseMap, Assisting Litigation

Defamation

• Libel/Slander Immunity - Physicans - Medical Examiner - Standards of Care and Practice

Client Toolbox

• Wage Loss Verification Form
• How long does it take to settle a workers’ compensation case in Iowa?
• DEPOSITION PREPARATION MADE EASY
• Family Law: How do I get the engagement ring returned?
• Auto Safety: Why do car and motorcycle accident cases take so long to conclude?

Attorney Toolbox

• 2009 Annual Conference Web 2.0 & The Trial Bar
• What’s staring you in the face may not be the negligent act.
• 50 Ways To Use Twitter
• Attorney Toolbox
• Attorney Toolbox: Conflict of Interest Research for Attorneys of Insurance Company Captured Law Firms

General

• Condominium Disputes Over Capital Expenses
• USCG Float Plan for Boaters
• Iowa State Fair 2009 Photography Competition

The Lombardi Law Firm Blog

Here at the Lombardi Law Firm we add blog content that is personal to those involved in accidents. We write this way so you have an understanding of how we think and handle cases - your case. We invite you to call us if you think we can help you resolve your legal problems. We settle most of our cases, because we do the basic legal work necessary to understand the facts of your case. We offer on our website, relevant and concise information that you will be helpful to you as you get ready to settle or to try your case. 

We can and will do the same for you. That's my promise.

Steve Lombardi, 515-222-1110 or sdlombardi@aol.com 

Welcome to the Lombardi Law Firm website. If you or an interested person are in a collision and you would like the crash analyzed you'll need to contact Attorney Lombardi. This may or may not result in an attorney-client relationship and simply asking for a review does not in and of itself create such a relationship. If you ask and Mr. Lombardi thinks you have a case he will say so and provide an agreement for representation that then creates an attorney-client relationship. The bottom line is that Mr. Lombardi has to agree to take you on as a client; the first step of course is asking him. You've got two ways: telephone 515-222-1110 or email sent to sdlombardi@aol.com.
We try to make our website an interesting source of information for all people who may have suffered an injury or whose relatives have been injured or killed. We attempt to provide information that makes you more aware of how to avoid injury and death.  We are here to assist you to stay safe and with your legal problems. Call us if you have legal questions or if you have safety concerns. (515-222-1110) We are willing to assist you in finding answers to your questions and regularly write about safety measures that readers bring to our attention. Good luck on the job and be safe. Steve Lombardi is a personal injury lawyer in Iowa, but prides himself on doing more than just practicing law.  Email: sdlombardi@aol.com

If you, your spouse or a member of your family or friends are involved in any kind of accident contact the Lombardi Law Firm. We can assist you with your claim. Steve Lombardi has more than 30 years of experience in civil litigation including death and injury cases for workers and their spouses from car, semi-truck, motorcycle, pedestrian and construction accidents and injuries. We don't charge you to talk with Mr. Lombardi to find out if you have a case. Don't delay, call him today. (515-222-1110 or sdlombardi@aol.com)

Know your rights, act proactively and protect yourself.

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Welcome to the Lombardi Law Firm website. Knowing your rights and how to protect yourself is important. Always be alert to risks that can cause you injury or get you killed.  Steve Lombardi provides commentary and insight on this blog, The Verdict and also writes for the Iowa Edict and on occasion on the Des Moines Register web site. Steve Lombardi has more than 30 years in civil litigation including death and injury cases for workers and their spouses for all types of accidents and injuries. Attorney Steve Lombardi is a personal injury lawyer. Join us in making the world a safer place. (515-222-1110 or sdlombardi@aol.com )

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