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

ATV, Bike & Motorcycle Accidents

Injury - Property Defect-Animals

Did you win big playing the Lottery?

Adventure Travel

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

Whistleblowers / Financially Ripped Off?

Client Trial-Deposition Preparation

Deforming Civil Rights through Tort Reform

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

Criminal Law Commentary - Todd Miler

Jobs

09/09/2010 Jobs with the Federal Government

General - Rants - Raves and Housekeeping

Nerve, Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries

Boating & Water Injuries and Accidents

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?

Trial Practice - Mostly for lawyers

Trial Practice - Mostly for non-lawyers

Client Toolbox

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

New Mexico Crash Classification And Analysis Code Sheet

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents

Large Damage, Major-Serious Injury and Death Cases

Cheerleading Safety and the Law of Cheerleading

Groundskeeper and Maintenance Workers

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

Injury - Property Defect-Animals

Whistleblowers / Financially Ripped Off?

Client Trial-Deposition Preparation

Deforming Civil Rights through Tort Reform

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

Jobs

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

Defamation

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

Practice Areas

We don't take every case we are referred. We can't. There are too many cases. Mr. Lombardi has been practicing since 1981 and his practice has taken on the representation of too many cases to count recovering over $15,000,000.00 for people injured through someone else’s careless or negligent behavior. Mr. Lombardi is referred cases directly by injured people, by former clients, by attorneys, by physicians and through many other resources.

While our resources are significant they are not endless. Time is our most precious resource that we can not control and don’t have enough of. If you, a friend, relative, child or spouse, have a large or serious damage case, one involving spinal cord, traumatic brain, nerve damage, internal organ, amputation, loss of sight, loss of limb type injuries; injuries requiring expensive surgical procedures, ongoing medical care and rehabilitation; loss of a business or profession; brain rehabilitation and spinal chord rehabilitation; injury resulting in death or a coma, then don’t delay in seeking legal advice. Our initial consultations are free and we have for the past 27 plus years discussed with potential clients whether they have a case. We don’t expect you to know if you have a viable case that is our business. Contact us today.

Shortcuts on how to use this website

Websites, including this one are not all that easy to navigate. This area is intended to bridge the gap between your question and how to best get an answer.

Marketing on the Internet: I teach marketing to more than just to lawyers. For the most part lawyers and marketing are like oil and water, the two don't mix well. What I've learned could work for any industry, even the news media. It can work for manufacturers, realtors, industrialists, investors, service providers, doctors, accountants, investors, engineers, oil service firms, day care workers and any other business. It works best for those that understand and have a clearly defined business model. For lawyers I have limitations because I have no intention of educating my competitors.

If you're an attorney or law firm from outside of Iowa and would like a seminar at your office on how to use the Internet for marketing, then contact me and for a fee I'll teach your staff how to more effectively market using the Internet. I teach law firms with staff at all levels from beginner to intermediate. The techniques I use have been honed by posting thousands of blogs over years of learning. I can shorten your staff's learning curve and increase your firm's profitability.

Fees range from the low of $1,000 to the high of $100,000, depending on the size of your firm or business and whether you want a day, a week or a month's seminar. Costs of ongoing training are subject to what your marketing workers require. The devil is in the details.

For further information contact me at:

Steve Lombardi, Attorney, Investor & Realtor
1300 - 37^th Street, Suite 6
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
515-222-1110
Fax: 515-222-0718
Email: sdlombardi@aol.com
Mr. Lombardi's Assistant and Chief Cook: Barbara Lombardi (She's also my wife so be polite!)

Car-Truck-Cycle Damage Q&A's

If you have questions about property damage here are the answers to your questions. Due in part to the number of questions we get about property damage and how to settle the property claim after an accident the Lombardi Law Firm has created this page with a list of commonly asked questions. If your suit has significant personal injury or death claims we invite you to contact us about your case, but due to the time involved in answering questions (and the fact we still have to pay the bills around here) we do not allow non-client questions for just property damage. Clients may contact us at 515-222-1110 or 800-383-0331 or sdlombardi@aol.com.

Workers' Compensation

If an individual is injured while on the job, he or she is entitled to worker’s compensation to pay the medical expenses and help cover a percentage of lost pay from mandatory time off. Although the process is relatively simple, getting the full value of your claim is a time-consuming and potentially complicated issue.

Life on Campus

Going to college is an exciting time in a young adult's life. But the college life is one where freedom causes those not yet ready for responsibility to experiment with the bounds of reason leading to unique ways people are injured. Join us at Lombardi Law Firm as we catalogue the university milieu and personal injury in America.

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

Interstate 35 personal injury lawyers teaming up from Minnesota, Iowa, Oklahoma and Texas to provide information to those injured or the families of those killed by accidents and crashes with semi-trucks, motorcycles, cars, SUV's, mini-vans and those working on the highways (State Troopers, highway workers, DOT maintenance workers and others. ) Contact any of these firms for assistance. Steve Lombardi, 4200 Corporate Drive, Suite 112, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 (515)222-1110.

Wrong-way Interstate and Highway Collisions in Iowa

Wrong-way drivers are causing deaths in America’s interstate highway system all across the United States. Wrong-way collisions can have several causes and there are things we can do to educate ourselves from being involved in one. With two vehicles traveling towards one another at 70 mph death is almost certain. So what can you do to avoid being in one? For several months I’ve collected news items on wrong-way collisions and have analyzed where, when and how they occurred. There have been so many that I can only cover the month of July for 2009 and that is enough to provide us with 70 separate wrong-way collisions from hundreds of news stories. From these news reported collisions that here are the general causes and how we can avoid being one of those who die from a wrong-way driver coming towards us at 50 to 70 mph.

Pedestrian Collisions Causing Injury and Death

Pedestrian accidents can have many causes. Inattentive drivers, crossing in the wrong place, listening to an iPod or other MP3 device, the weather or a whole assortment of other facts. Lombardi Law Firm explores the many facets of pedestrian accidents. Come join us.

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents

Although tractor trailers are a vital part of the American economy, their presence on the roads presents a significant problem while car drivers fail to respect them. The accidents are often severe, resulting in spilled products, bad wrecks, and possible death. If you are injured in an accident involving a tractor trailer along the highways of central Iowa, Steve Lombardi of the Lombardi Law Firm in Des Moines can help you handle these troubling times. Call 515.222.1110 for a free consultation.

Large Damage, Major-Serious Injury and Death Cases

Damage cases involing death, brain injury, traumatic head injury, spinal injuries, loss of a limb or eyesight or hearing. Most law firms shoe every horse that comes into the barn. We won't and don't. We say no to most cases. We say "yes" to large damage cases so we can focus on getting you the best result.

Fire, Gas, Explosions and Electrocutions

If you’ve been burned or someone has died as a result of a gas explosion or from carbon monoxide poisoning of asphyxiation, you need an attorney on your side. If the Lombardi Law Firm can be of assistance we invite you to contact us. It never costs you to just talk with us to see if you have a case and rarely if ever have we charged a client through the investigative stage to determine if they have a case. Contact us today to discuss your gas explosion or carbon monoxide case. Lombardi Law Firm, 1300 – 37^th Street, Suite 6, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 – Call 515-222-1110 or email Steve at sdlombardi@aol.com. We are always available to talk.

Cheerleading Safety and the Law of Cheerleading

On this page I’m going to develop information devoted to keeping you safe and informed about developments in Cheerleading. It will cover high school and college or university cheerleading programs. If you find an interesting article send me the name, author and/or link. I’ll add as many as I can and link to those organizations that promote cheerleading and cheer safety. Let’s work together to keep you safe, happy and moving onto the next stage of your young lives.

Work-Comp For Doctors!

If you practice in the area of workers' compensation then you know what goes on is often times not in the patient's best interest. Insurance adjusters believe the right to choose who treats the injured worker means they can micromanage the medical decisions. From MRI, X-Rays, EMG's and NCS's the yes-no decisions border on the illegal practice of medicine.

Well we are creating a section just for work-comp docs. So send us your questions, concerns and comments.

Groundskeeper and Maintenance Workers

Groundskeeper and maintenance workers are a great part of the American work force. Their work is varied and provides for special attention to safety. At Lombardi Law Firm we discuss safety issues, post news items and will carry references to rules and regulations attendant to the work they perform. Our object is to be a tool box for groundskeeper and maintenance worker safety.

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

Wrong-site, wrong-patient or wrong-procedure cases are a failure on the part of the entire medical surgical team to carefully read the chart and as a part of the pre-surgical preparations during a time-out procedure to use active communication to confirm the basic facts of a pending procedure the patient is to undergo. These failures can include clearly marking the site and talking to the patient. You may believe the surgical team asks too many times what side, what procedure or who you are, but they are doing their job properly. If that’s happening be secure they are doing the job you hired them to do. If not and an error occurs, call us, at Lombardi Law Firm.

ATV, Bike & Motorcycle Accidents

With the risks that motorcyclists face on the roads, as seen in an increased number of fatalities and injuries, it’s imperative to seek out the help of an experienced motorcycle accident attorney who knows how to work within the court system to get you the best possible result.

Construction Site Accidents

Despite attempts to improve safety at construction sites by updating the regulations about equipment and producing detailed safety information, construction sites remain one of the most dangerous workplaces. If you are injured while working on a construction site, contact personal injury attorney Steve Lombardi as soon as possible to help with getting the relief you’re owed.

Injury - Property Defect-Animals

Personal injury that occurs because of a defect in the property is covered under premise liability law. The event can be a slip, a trip or a fall. It can be something falling onto a person. Or an electrocution or gas explosion. It might be a person being injured by a moving object.

An injury caused by an animal is in America considered a property-type of injury because animals are the property of their owners. So if you (or your child) are injured by an attacking dog, a bucking horse or a cow in the middle of the road you are at the right place for answers. Snakes, Burmese Pythons seem to be a very popular pet in the southern United States. I'm not sure what pet's would be popular and considered exotic to Midwesterners.

Dogs that seem to be in the news and involve personal injury include pit bulls, Rottweilers, Bullmastiffs, Boxers and Doberman Pinschers. Wikipedia has a list of the people killed by dogs in the United States along with a description of the dates of death, the type of dog breed and the circumstances leading up to the death.

What is running at large? The law talks in terms of animals running-at-large and that simply means the animal isn't under the immediate control of the owner, not properly restrained, penned in or caged.

Boating Accidents

Boating safety is a major concern for those who own or operate a boat on Iowa's lakes and rivers. On this site we focus on boating safety and how boaters get themselves in "hot water" with liability. If you're hurt while on the water you should immediately contact a quallified attorney and seek legal advice about how to gather and preserve the evidence you may later need to protect your rights.

Did you win big playing the Lottery?

Winning the Lottery is more than Just Dumb Luck. - You can’t win a lottery without turning in a ticket.

As much as you may want to think this is about fairness, it’s not; it’s about playing by the rules you agreed to when you bought a lottery ticket that is later picked as having the winning numbers.

Don’t fool yourself into thinking you won the lottery when you can’t produce the winning ticket. To win the lottery you have to do several things.

Be old enough to legally play the game.
Buy the winning ticket.
Buy the ticket during the time period when the game is active.
Possess the winning ticket. (Can be by gift or other legitimate means. Just not stolen.)
Sign the winning ticket.
Turn the ticket in by the deadline for validation.
Actually turn the ticket into the Iowa lottery.
Have the ticket be validated by the lottery’s machinery.
Don’t engage in fraud or theft to possess the winning ticket.
Don’t wait to turn in the winning ticket if the economy is in down market because the value of the winning prize will probably decline.

The Iowa Lottery recently had a drawing named Hot Lotto that was sold at a Des Moines convenience store with the winning number being drawn on December 29, 2010. That meant the winning number had to be turned in on or before December 29, 2011. It was, but barely.

Adventure Travel

The adventure travel business is big in the United States and for that matter all over the world. In the year 2000 the estimated worldwide revenue was $154 billion and was growing at a 20% annual growth rate. See Adventure Travel Industry Growth Statistics, Christina Heyniger, Xola Consulting. This industry is unregulated and the certifications the guides obtain are of limited comfort because the associations regulating those guiding services have no enforcement mechanism. The release documents the adventure travel customers sign completely relieves the guiding service of any wrongdoing these Generation X "kid" guides do on the trip. I've travelled all over the world and have some observations from my experience. I invite others to join in with comments and if you write to me I'll respect your privacy, if you want me to, and will use your experiences, both good and bad to make everyone aware of the pitfalls. So come join us with Adventure Travel.

Whistleblowers / Financially Ripped Off?

Financial crime has increased in America. The amount of retirement funds saved along with government fostering a gambling mentality has creating an environment where greed seems acceptable. Working people, honest people, young adults and the elderly need to be on the lookout to save their hard earned savings and to protect their futures. Join us with the Lombardi Law Firm as we create depository of blog posts that are all about financial rip-off stories that are in the news.

Client Trial-Deposition Preparation

Lombardi Law Firm believes in trial preparation. We don't rely on luck to win your case. Instead we prepare you from the first moment we talk with you. What we do is listen to how you talk, think and most importantly answer questions. You can be successful if you are prepared correctly. Not all attorneys take the time to properly prepare their clients. We do.

Tenant-Landlord Relations

Iowa's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act governs the rights and responsibilities between landlords and tenants leasing space in Iowa. When time permits I attempt to answer questions and provide guidance to those with simple questions.

Deforming Civil Rights through Tort Reform

Tort reform is a misnomer for deformation of the common man and woman's rights to seek civil compensation in court. If we are all honest no one wants to be responsible for wrongs they commit. It goes against human preservation instincts but we have to be responsible or the entire system shuts down. What has made America different then most other countries is our willingness to be responsible irrespective of how much money we may have. Wealth has nothing nto do with being responsible. The order of the American system is upset when wealthy corporations use their wealth to influence members of Congress for a free pass from tort liability.

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

Criminal law often intersects with personal injury work, workers' compensation and other areas where injury and unemployment happen. As a guest blogger, Todd Miler is experienced in this area, cares about his clients and doing the best job for the person who has been arrested. If you have been arrested or charged with OWI, DWI or drunk driving and need direction or advice visit this webpage.

Call for a consultation and a referral. Steve Lombardi 515-222-1110 or 800-383-0331. Use email if easier: sdlombardi@aol.com

Here is what I can do for you. I have asked several attorneys who handle problems for clients in the area of criminal law to design a plan of action, forms and an outline of what you can expect when charged with OWI in Iowa. I've asked them to tell me what's involved with their handling criminal cases in central Iowa with an emphasis on OWI cases. With the economy in a recession I've clients who are under a great deal of stress and have been arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol. These people, people just like you, need help after OWI or OMVUI charges are filed by the County Attorney's office. So give me a call and I'll refer you to one of several attorneys who can handle your OWI case. We will concentrate on cases in Polk, Warren, Jasper, Story, Boone, Dallas, Madison, Guthrie, Adair and Marion; but they will take other counties if a higher fee can be worked out.

In these cases the attorneys do a lot of the same things but every case is different and some present a greater degree of difficulty than others do. But we are here to help and talk to you about a flat fee.

Call for a consultation and a referral. Steve Lombardi 515-222-1110 or 800-383-0331. Use email if easier: sdlombardi@aol.com

We are adding forms and other Iowa OWI forms and information to assist you in understanding the process so that when we represent a client they have some things to review that will make your experience in the criminal law system as painless as is possible.

Criminal Law Commentary - Todd Miler

Criminal law in Iowa is an interesting exercise in police power and the State of Iowa flexing it's muscle to collect fines and police the state. Join Todd Miler as he discusses news and law about crimes.