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Groundskeeper and Maintenance Workers

Grounds Maintenance Safety: Zoo worker fails to follow correct procedure, Rufus dies from ruptured liver.
Maintenance worker killed misusing grounds keeping equipment

Construction Site Accidents

Freak accident on Indianapolis road construction site.

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents

Construction Site Accidents

Construction Site Safety - Collapsing Scaffolding injures six and kills one Mississippi worker.

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents

Highway Safety - U.S. Highway 65 Collision of two trucks

Large Damage and Major/Serious Injury Cases

Iowa News: Priests in Iowa’s Roman Catholic Diocese determined by review board to have engaged in inappropriate conduct

Motorcycle Accidents

Motorcycle Safety: Motorcycle Crash near Creston Kills Driver

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

Wrong-site or wrong-side Surgery - Irish Times reports healthy kidney removed by surgery.

Large Damage and Major/Serious Injury Cases

Food Safety: Halloween candy made in China wins the scariest ghost costume.

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents

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

Construction Site Accidents

Construction Site Safety - ROPS and why you need them.

Large Damage and Major/Serious Injury Cases

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents

Injury Caused by Property Defects

School Safety: The Lab, What are the teacher’s responsibilities?

Deforming Civil Rights through Tort Reform

School Safety: The Lab, Why do teachers and students have responsibilities?

Injury Caused by Property Defects

School Safety: How to avoid being injured in the science laboratory

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

Motorcycle Accidents

Iowa Motorcycle Collisions, Causes and Injuries

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

Workers' Compensation

Where have all the lawyers gone? We need more lawyers in the legislature.

Construction Site Accidents

Construction Safety - Trench Collapse

Motorcycle Accidents

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents

Deforming Civil Rights through Tort Reform

It's new and improved and they call it the New Improved Constitution Lite - The Tobacco Institute's Cigarette Constitution

Construction Site Accidents

Iowa Construction Workers - Scaffolding Collapses injuring two workers

Motorcycle Accidents

Pennsylvania Motorcycle Helmet Law Change - 66% increase in deaths

Deforming Civil Rights through Tort Reform

Tort Reform - Is your conscience bothering you Dr. Wax?

Workers' Compensation

Work Comp - When did the willingness to work hard become a crime?

Construction Site Accidents

Fall protection for construction workers is a vital piece of safety equipment

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents

General - Rants - Raves and Housekeeping

Trial Practice - Mostly for lawyers

LEGAL ETHICS: SOLUTIONS TO THE MOST COMMON CHALLENGES

Workplace Injuries

University of Iowa employees who are accused violating HIPPA are given the boot.

Trial Practice - Mostly for lawyers

What you did was stupid and now God is punishing you.

Unsafe Products

Unsafe Products - Transvaginal Placement of Surgical Mesh

Construction Site Accidents

Blahnik Construction fined by Iowa- OSHA for Quaker Oats Work Injuries Incident - Sling Safety

Property-Injuiry Cases

Motorcycle Accidents

Determining fault when the cause of the motorcycle crash is listed as a "loss of control".

Property-Injuiry Cases

School Safety Month at Lombardi Law Firm and the InjuryBoard

Workplace Injuries

Croc, Croc, Croc, Croc, Croc not just a Crock

Motorcycle Accidents

Hit-and-Run Wrecks - Is this an old problem with a new twist?

Trial Practice - Moslty for non-lawyers

General - Rants - Raves and Housekeeping

Victoria's Secret Thong Suit is about lawyer mentoring

Trial Practice - Moslty for non-lawyers

The Deposition - Being a deponent.

Nerve, Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries

A fall from 20 feet is enough to cause trauma to the spinal cord.

Trial Practice - Mostly for lawyers

Compelling an expert witness to testify.

Trial Practice - Moslty for non-lawyers

Wrongful Death Cases

Storm damage and a falling tree limb

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

PAMELA G. ROCK vs. WARHANK, BLUE GRASS FAMILY, et. al. - Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations

Workers' Compensation

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FAQs

Motorcycle Accidents

If I wasn't wearing a helmet during an accident and suffered traumatic brain injury, will I be precluded from recovering money damages?

What are some of the things I’ll need to prove a car accident claim?

After a motorcycle crash what is the most important thing to do?

Construction Site Accidents

No one is using fall protection on the construction site. What should I do?

The fall protection equipment being supplied on the job site isn't what I want to use. What can I do?

Does OSHA require locking type snaphooks on pole strap systems used by linemen after 1 January 1998?

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents

What are some of the things I'll need to prove a car accident claim?

My wife commutes from an Iowa office to a South Dakota satellite office. Several employees drive together in a company owned vehicle. The girls randomly take turns driving. I'm wondering what the liability is for the driver in the event of an accident. Not only pertaining to damage to the company car but also to the other passengers, other vehicles and or property.

Large Damage and Major/Serious Injury Cases

What bills and expenses can I include in my personal injury case?

How do I know if I’m being overcharged for medical charges?

I don’t think we need a lawyer at this point but we do need information about what to expect with my son’s brain injury. Where can I go for information?

Workers' Compensation

During a hip replacement surgery on my husband four years ago a metal band was placed on his lower femur that we were not informed of and this was discovered during a recent doctor's visit. My husband has experienced pain in this area since the surgery and the doctor believes this band is causing the pain. Should we have been informed by the surgeon that the band was placed there and the reason for it?

I retained a lawyer for a workers comp injury-was receiving benefits before he was hired-now all of a sudden he wants me to give him a perecntage of my weekly benefits. I have not signed any form giving him permission to do so but he has also had the check made out in his name and mine and sent to him. How ethical and legal is this practice? Our contract at first was for a third of the settlement.

Why would my attorney have my workers' compensation checks sent to the lawfirm? Why can't the weekly checks just come directly to me?

Injury Caused by Property Defects

I fell on ice at someone’s property along the sidewalk. They hadn’t kept it shoveled and a drain caused the melting snow to go across the sidewalk, then it turned to ice when the sun went down. How long do I have to bring a claim?

I had a friend staying with me and things went sour. She moved out and left her things. She wants to get her stuff but I would rather pack for her so nothing of mine is stolen. She said she is bringing the police. Is it legal for her to enter my home without my permission if her things are inside?

What are ten tips for protecting your children from being poisoned?

MOTORCYCLES, TRUCKS AND AUTO WRECKS

After the wreck the other driver admitted it was his fault, but now he's recanting! Can he do that?

WORKPLACE INJURIES

If after returning to work I reinjure myself will I be entitled to additional workers' compensation benefits?

Why is it important to tell my supervisor about being injured?

If I'm hurt at work what benefits am I entitled to receive?

WHAT IS FAULT AND NEGLIGENCE?

What do the lawyers mean when they talk about negligence? They also use the word "fault" and I'm not sure what that has to do with how much I'm going to recover.

If while driving under the speed limit, I rear-end someone in a rain storm will they consider me at fault for the accident? I've seen two PI lawyers who say the driver was at fault. What should I do?

School treats and peanut allergies. Must the parents who provide school treats pay medical expenses for student's allergic reaction?

PROPERTY CASES

There was an ice storm that hit my area of Iowa and a limb from my tree hit my neighbors garage. it only put a small hole in the overhead garage door and dented the rain gutter. to what extent am I liable for that damage? is it my responsibility to pay for repairs or is that her insurances responsibilty? Is this an act of God?

TRIAL PRACTICE

How can I find the name of a small business owner who's closed but never delivered furniture I paid for?

How can I make my civil trial practice more effeciient during the initial interview process?

What does it mean to be a trial lawyer?

DEFAMATION - LIBEL AND SLANDER

My ex-boyfriend is threatening to release a very sensitive and privately made video tape and is refusing to destroy it or to cooperate with it's destruction. He has even threatened to show the contents to others. What can I do to protect my privacy?

A woman with whom I had an affair threatened me with sending some of the very graphic pictures we took together to my wife. Is there anything I can do legally to stop this? The pictures were obtained willingly and include both of us in some of them. She has also told me that she might send them to my workplace and to an internet site. Are some of these actions legal and others not? She says that since the pictures were not obtained without my consent and since there is no extortion or blackmail there is nothing I can do. This part is true - she just wants to hurt me and nothing else. Is she able to do this legally or not?

What do I need to prove? What can you do if a former employer gets the word out that you stole from them and makes remarks about your personal life, all which are untrue. What are the main elements of a defamation actiion?

BEING A CLIENT

I'm on long term disability (LTD) and am being told benefits are going to stop because my diagnosis has changed. The insurance company refuses to tell me why. Am I entitled to know why? Is there something wrong with me asking for an explanation?

What is the best way to communicate with my lawyer?

What if my lawyer doesn’t return my phone calls or email questions?

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Tractor-Trailer Accidents - Overview

Car Accidents - Text messaging while driving, teens don't know the risks.

A public service message about teen text messaging and driving

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Wrong-Site Surgery Staff Training Video Kit

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Spinal Cord Damage Testimony

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Workers Safety: Trench Collapses on builder worker

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Trench Collapses On Pittsburgh Man

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Mr. Fancy Pants

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