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  • What is sodium hydroxide?Description:In this video we see what sodium hydroxide is and how to know where it belongs in the hazardous chemical box.
     
  • WSIB - Workplace Safety - Family GuyDescription:In Iowa construction workers suffer injuries on a daily basis. While no one wants to get injured it is part of the job. When you need help from a workers compensation lawyer call upon Lombardi Law Firm. We've been helping injured workers for over 37 years.
     
  • Train hits TruckDescription:How do you avoid being struck by a train at a railroad crossing? What should you do to make sure your children and other passengers safely cross to the other side? LOOK - Otherwise, use crossings with active warnings and clear sightlines down railroad tracks in both directions. LOOK both ways before crossing. Trains can come from either direction. Come to a complete stop at all crossings with passive warning devices (no gates or flashing lights). Use caution and be prepared to STOP at all crossings with active warning devices (flashing lights, gates). When stopped, be sure your front or rear bumper clears the nearest track by at least 15 feet. LISTEN Before crossing, roll down windows, turn off the radio, and listen for train horn.
     
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  • Lockout TagoutDescription:Electrical workers on a construction site must follow an established set of rules for protecting each other. They are not supposed to be working on energized lines. The rules are known as the “lockout/tagout” procedure rules. (LOTO) The purpose of the rule is to protect workers from energized wires, cables and lines. What most people don’t understand is that workers can be a long ways away from the fuse box where energy to the plant wiring system is controlled. If a worker were to turn on the juice without notifying other workers who had turned it off, those other workers could be killed by electrocution. To prevent a worker who turns off the juice locks the fuse box and attaches his tag to the lock. This system if used properly will prevent electrocutions.
     
  • Overhead Crane and Gantry SafetyDescription:Using cranes or derricks to hoist personnel poses a significant risk to employees being lifted. To help prevent employee injury or death, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation, Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations 1926.550, limits the use of personnel hoisting in the construction industry and prescribes the proper safety measures for these operations. Personnel platforms that are suspended from the load line and used in construction are covered by 29 CFR 1926.550(g). In addition, there is no specific provision for suspended personnel platforms in Part 1910. The governing provision, therefore is general provision 1910.180(h)(3)(v), which prohibits hoisting, lowering, swinging, or traveling while anyone is on the load or hook. OSHA has determined, however, that when the use of a conventional means of access to any elevated worksite would be impossible or more hazardous, a violation of 1910.180(h)(3)(v) will be treated as "de minimis" if the employer has complied with the provisions set forth in 1926.550(g)(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8). The OSHA rule for hoisting personnel is written in performance-oriented language that allows employers flexibility in deciding how to provide the best protection for their employees against the hazards associated with hoisting operations and how to bring their work sites into compliance with the requirements of the standard. This discussion covers OSHA's requirements for hoisting personnel by crane or derrick in the construction industry, prescribes the measures employers must take to bring their work operations into compliance, and describes safe work practices for employees; but it is not a substitute for the actual OSHA rule.
     
  • Hand and Power Tool SafetyDescription:Hand tools have made life at the worksite and workplace a lot easier. But hand tools used improperly or even properly can cause injury and lead to medical expense, loss time at work, wage loss, reduced earning capacity and amputations. In this video the author brings you safety tips on how to safely use hand tools.
     
  • Rescue Crew Worker Safety: Highway collisionDescription:A dramatic rescue by fire safety workers freeing a man from underneath a semi-truck that has toppled over sideways onto a passenger car. Rescue workers are multi-taskers needing a variety of skills and are exposed to complicated risks of personal injury.
     
  • Workers Safety: Trench Collapses on builder workerDescription:Workers Safety: Trench Collapses on builder worker
     

    • Pedestrian Collisions Causing Injury and Death:

  • Connecticut Pedestrian Struck Gets Caught on TapeDescription:What are the many ways pedestrian’s can be injured or killed? That question comes up more times than you can quickly think of. In this post, which is being turned into a page for our Iowa pedestrian viewers, we examine the infinite number of ways pedestrians can be seriously injured or killed. Many of you want to blame the driver or the pedestrian, depending on the camp from which you start you will draw conclusions based on predetermined and preconceived prejudice. But read through these over the next few weeks and see if you haven’t found yourself or your children in these precarious situations. They aren’t as far fetched or easily avoided as you might think. And again I can’t believe how many there have been in just the past few months. There are more to report on but I grew weary of reading and writing about so many. So sit back, read and be patient. If you find my advice lacking, I invite you to comment to add your own words of advice. As always my point in writing is about safety; and in this instance, pedestrian safety. Go to our blog, The Verdict, and read about pedestrian safety and how you can avoid being struck or hitting someone.
     
  • Pedestrian Accidents Come Out of NowhereDescription:A Mason City, Iowa child was killed while crossing Highway 122 between S. Georgia and S. Jersey. A group of children ran across the street in front of the car being driven by Kyle Leedom (18) when one child stopped and the car struck him. The child was taken to Mercy Hospital in Mason City, where he was pronounced dead. The child is reported to be Darrion Rambo. The accident took place around 9:00 P.M. on a Saturday.
     
  • Hire the right lawyer, call Steve Lombardi, 800-383-0331 or 515-222-1110Description:When considering what to do after an accident your first decision can be the right one. Hire an experienced lawyer to handle your Iowa pedestrian injury-accident. Lombardi Law Firm will assist you by either handling your case or finding you the right lawyer. Call us. 515-222-1110
     
  • Pedestrians struck while walking across streetDescription:In this video a couple of women are struck by cars and trucks while crossing the street. Luckily they are okay.
     
  • NFL Player Hits, Kills Pedestrian in MiamiDescription:Police in Florida say Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth struck and killed 59-year-old Mario Reyes with his Bentley while he heading toward the beach. (March 14)
     

    • Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents:

  • Dash CAM catches mini-van crashDescription:In this video a cars dash camera catches the seconds it takes for a sideways sliding mini-van to come across the median and crashing head-on into another car. Watch as this frightening moment is replayed.
     
  • Texting While Driving A CarDescription:Here is the teen logic: People make such a big deal about teen’s texting while driving. But really what's the big dah? Think about how stupid you sound complaining. Really! Texting (some dumb and foolish message) to your BFF (who is sitting in front a TV) gets the word out that I’m open for dating or that so-and-so just broke up! It saves time and keeps me connected!
     
  • Texting While Driving A CarDescription:Here is the teen logic: People make such a big deal about teen’s texting while driving. But really what's the big dah? Think about how stupid you sound complaining. Really! Texting (some dumb and foolish message) to your BFF (who is sitting in front a TV) gets the word out that I’m open for dating or that so-and-so just broke up! It saves time and keeps me connected! Or does it?
     
  • Ford SynchDescription:In this video take a look at the Ford Synch powered by Microsoft.
     
  • Tractor-Trailer Accident - OverviewDescription:Whenever a potential client calls with a wrong-way turn collision I ask myself a question. Was it booze or drugs, old age, sign pollution, improper sign wording, a language issue, a lighting issue, being in a hurry, being distracted or just inattentiveness that causes someone to turn the wrong way? I’m not talking about falling asleep or a sudden medical condition or any of the causes that makes someone simply cross the center line on an undivided highway. I’m talking about a divided highway where a person turns left immediately rather than continue across the median strip before turning. More often than I like to recall there is another accident where two or more cars collide with one driving the wrong way on the Interstate. Our highways here in Iowa are I- 80, I-235 and I-35. In the recent past there have been wrong-way collisions in Richmond, California, Salem, Oregon and Iowa on I-80.
     
  • Crash Test: 2006 Mazda MPVDescription:In this video a 2006 Mazda MPV is crash tested for wrecks at 30 miles per hour (mph). The results show the damage done to the car from both front, rear or back and side collisions. You can only imagine what can happen to the passengers at a higher speed.
     
  • Crash Test: 2008 Smart Car ForTwoDescription:In this video a 2008 Smart Car for Two is crash tested for wrecks at 30 miles per hour (mph). The results show the damage done to the car from both front, rear or back and side collisions. You can only imagine what can happen to the passengers at a higher speed.
     
  • Crash Test 4x4 vs. Honda Civic Coupe 92Description:In this video a Honda Civic Coupe is crash tested for side wrecks at 60 miles per hour (mph). The results show the damage done to the car from side collisions. The damage done to the Honda is extensive while the 4 X 4 sustains less damage.
     
  • Car Accidents - Text messaging while driving, teens don't know the risks.Description:Car Accidents - Text messaging while driving, teens don't know the risks.
     
  • A public service message about teen text messaging and drivingDescription:A public service message about teen text messaging and driving
     
  • Driving, not paying attention because of cell phone conversationDescription:If you aren't paying attention to your driving and are talking on the cell phone you are taking a big risk.
     
  • SEMI TRUCK ACCIDENT- PICK UP TRUCK CRUSHEDDescription:HEAVY DUTY CHEVY 2500 PICK UP TRUCK SLAMS INTO THE REAR OF A SEMI TRAILER JOLIET,IL I-80 @ LARKIN AVE BOTH OCCUPANTS SURVIVED THIS HORRIFIC ACCIDENT,THAT IS A MIRACLE AFTER SEEING THE PICK UP TRUCK.
     
  • SEMI-ROLLOVER WITH 2 CARS UNDER IT- UCAN MEDEVAC HELICOPTERDescription:SOUTH HOLLAND,IL AMAZING ACCIDENT & EXTRICATION ALL SURVIVED THIS AMAZING ACCIDENT DUE TO THE QUICK ACTIONS OF ALL THE RESPONDERS. FILMED BY TODD SHERMAN
     
  • FED-EX SEMI VS. DODGE RAM**HEAD ON ACCIDENTDescription:A pickup truck and semi-truck head-on collision resulting in at least one fatility.
     
  • Tractor-Trailer Accidents - OverviewDescription:Overview of Tractor-Trailer Accidents includes information about evidence that trucking companies may have after an accident, presented by attorney Steve Lombardi, founder of Lombardi Law Group in West Des Moines, IA. Produced by InjuryBoard.com
     

    • Large Damage, Major-Serious Injury and Death Cases:

  • ATV Accidents - 3/31/08 4 pm: ATV crash kills girlDescription:There is an ATV Safety (having to do with death and injury from ATV’s) page by the government where you can learn about the ATV safety issues, report injuries, find a training course, learn about ATV recalls, use ATV links and read ATV news. Initially the man was not identified. Officials later identified the man as Gregory DeBower of Victor. The Des Moines Register reported on the accidental death. More coverage here, here, here and here.
     
  • The Best or the Worst ATV CrashesDescription:If we at the Lombardi Law Firm can assist you to find an ATV injury lawyer outside of Iowa or if we can assist you in Iowa please contact us. Lombardi Law Firm, Three Fountains Office Park, 4200 Corporate Drive, Suite 112, West Des Moines, IA 50266 Toll Free: 800-383-0331 or Phone: 515-222-1110 Part of what we do is help you find the right lawyer; so your case is properly litigated.
     
  • The Crisis of Credit Visualized - Part 1Description:In this video you will begin to understand through this very simple demonstration how the credit crisis began and why it escalated. This is excellent work by Mr. Jarvis and I thought he should get as much exposure as possible with what this project. For more information contact Mr. Jarvis at the email address below. For litigation matters in Iowa contact Stephen D. Lombardi at Lombardi Law Firm.
     
  • Death of a FirefighterDescription:Teen drinking and driving, alcohol poisoning and death. At what amount of drinking will you kill yourself and how can you recognize the point where the only thing to do is to call 9-1-1? What should be your action plan?
     
  • From axons to tracts: A journey through the brain's wiringDescription:In this video we cover how the brain works.
     
  • MRI Scan of Human HeadDescription:In this video we learn more about how the brain works so that we can prevent traumatic brain injury.
     
  • Spectus3D - MRI head, brain extractionDescription:In this third video we learn more about the brain and how it works to protect ourselves from traumatic brain injury.
     
  • How the Body Works : The Regions of the BrainDescription:In this very nice video we learn more about the brain so we can understand how collisions damage the brain and why we should wear a helmet with activities like riding on a motorcycle, ATV, skiing and other collision type sports and activities.
     
  • Brain & Spinal Cord Injury - OverviewDescription:Brain & Spinal Cord Injury - Overview
     
  • Spinal Cord Damage TestimonyDescription:Spinal Cord Damage Testimony
     
  • Spinal Cord InjuryDescription:Spinal Cord Injury
     

    • Cheerleading Safety and the Law of Cheerleading:

  • Cheerleading is leading cause of catastrophic injury in young womenDescription:Cheerleading has become the leading cause of catastrophic injury in young female athletes, says Amy Miller Bohn, a physician at the UMHS department of family medicine. Data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission shows that rates of injuries from cheerleading accidents have gone from nearly 5,000 in 1980 to close to 26,000 to 28,000 in the past few years, Miller Bohn says. In addition, the leading cause of catastrophic injuries in female athletes is cheerleading, according to The National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research.They account for approximately 65 to 66 percent of all female catastrophic injuries in either high school or college.
     
  • Girls' Most Dangerous Sport: CheerleadingDescription:This sport is not regulated and the coaching is not one of set standards. We aren’t here to pick on the sport or to suggest you don’t cheer. We are here to point out how you should be evaluating whether your child is being exposed to unreasonable risk of injury. Remember the Noveske case out of Wisconsin where the Wisconsin Supreme Court required the injured cheerleader and her parents to shoulder the costs of injury and permanent disability. The Wisconsin legislature is free to pass such laws and you the public can demand that negligence laws be changed to make the injured pay for their own damages. But as a parent whose children play high school and college sports you can demand your child not be allowed to engage in activities that expose them to unreasonable risk of catastrophic injury or even death. As a parent you need to insure against those risks the public schools and universities have protection against. These institutions expose your child to unreasonable risk of catastrophic injury and death and then get to walk away from responsibility, while your family and child live in a life of poverty. That’s the nature of layperson legislators with no education or formal training in the law, passing laws that affect you. They seem like a smart political decision and yet the affects on any one individual are life destroying. Taxpayers think they are saving a few bucks on high school liability insurance programs but in the end they get to pick up the tab through governmental medical and subsidy programs along with increased crime and those costs of running the criminal court program. Who wins and who loses? You be the judge.
     

    • Groundskeeper and Maintenance Workers:

  • Snow removal at Iowa State UniversityDescription:In this video ISU Groundskeeper, Ed Johnson discusses winter preparations at ISU.
     
  • Blowing snow with ASV Posi-Track and UnimogDescription:Snow removal on a city street
     
  • Snowblowing in the Old Port of Montreal
     
  • Clearing Snow
     
  • Snow removal in Iowa
     
  • Airport Snow Removal
     
  • Snow Removal in Alaska. Big snow removing machines
     

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

  • Understanding Universal Protocol and Wrong-site, Wrong-procedure or Wrong-patient surgical errorsDescription:Wrong-site surgery, suicide top Joint Commission sentinel event list Wrong-site surgery, suicide, and operative/postoperative complications topped The Joint Commission’s latest tally of most frequently reported sentinel events, according to the May Joint Commission Online. The accreditor has reviewed 5,901 sentinel events since it began maintaining its database in January 1995 through March 31, 2009. A total of 6,036 patients were affected by the events, with 4,132 (68%) resulting in patient death. The rest of the top 10 sentinel events over the last 14 years are medication error, delay in treatment, patient fall, unintended retention of foreign body, assault/rape/homicide, patient death or injury in restraints, and perinatal death or loss of function.
     
  • How to Avoid Wrong Site Surgery Cheaply
     
  • Wrong-Site Surgery - A medical student's perspective.Description:This video by a medical student has what appears at first to be a good message with valuable information, but then quickly deteriorates with his pronouncement these mistakes are no one's fault. Is he kidding? The patient isn't in charge of surgery. He offers that the doctor may just be overworked. So what? If the wage earner whose job it is to manufacture car brakes is overworked and does a bad job, the doctor who crashes his car will certainly blame the worker. Why then is it alright to excuse the doctor and surgical staff? This video will show you what medical students are taught about legal responsibility and how they are excused from the safeguards that protect consumers. It's a good discussion that should put a healthy amount of skepticicm in your before entering the surgical suite.
     
  • Wrong-Site Surgery Staff Training Video KitDescription:There are simple techniques that can be used to prevent wrong-site surgeries. In this one the wrong site and clear communication are discussed. Active communication is perhaps a most important part of the time-out.
     

    • Motorcycle & Bike Accidents:

  • Ida Grove Iowa Motorcycle Pursuit and CrashDescription:Deputy Randy Petersen was injured after Kody Krager crashed his motorcycle head on into his squad car following a pursuit initiated by the Iowa State Patrol. Krager was allegedly driving recklessly through Ida Grove. In the initial video, Krager appears to be riding alongside another motorcycle. The Deputy had positioned his squad in the middle of the road to force Krager to slow, but Krager impacted the squad head on at approximately 49 MPH, being thrown over the top of the car and into the middle of the highway behind the squad. MORAL: Don't drive like an idiot, and comply with emergency vehicles and pull over. A young motorcyclist's life is cut short over what would have been a simply traffic citation.
     
  • Motorcycle Crash of a bank robber having the Spanish police create a roadblock to stop his escape.Description:In this video clip a bank robber who negotiated for a motorcycle in exchange for two hostages thinks he's going to escape. But the Spanish police have something else in mind. They have a police officer pull out in front of the motorcyclist to stop his progress. This video demonstrates what can happen to the motorcycle rider when a vehicle enters the intersection in front of the m.c. rider, blocking the path and how it can cause the rider to tumble head over heels. If you don't wear a helmet you should.
     
  • Motorcycle Crash - Head-on CollisionDescription:In this video clip a motorcycle rider attempting to escape the police runs head-on into an oncoming vehicle. The clip is both disturbing and real as to what can happen when you are struck head on while riding your motorcycle. Where a helmet.
     
  • Graphic Motorcycle accident....wear your helmet!Description:A motorcyclist traveling over 100 mph ran into the back of a semi-truck.
     
  • What can occur when you're not riding responsibly.Description:Two motorcyle riders are fooling around and one is pulling wheelie. The other coming from his rear fails to watch where he is going, strikes the one in front and then crashes. Playing around on the interstate highways is never a good idea. Where your helmet.
     

    • Construction Site Accidents:

  • Young construction worker dies from fall
     
  • Construction Site #1 - excavator, bulldozer, and dump truck
     
  • FourDescription:A 28-year old construction worker was crushed and killed while attempting to change a piece of equipment on the job in Prior Lake. OSHA is inspecting. The man, whose name was not released, was trying to change the bucket on a skid loader around 2:30 p.m. when he somehow got pinned between the bucket and the cab of the machine, according to the Scott County Sheriff's Office. He was working at Applied Ecological Services Inc. in the 21000 block of Mushtown Road. There is no time-out from employing the right safety rules at the job site. Construction work is extremely unforgiving and dangerous.
     
  • Accidents on the farmDescription:Injuries in Agriculture All farms have dangerous machinery and work situations. People of all ages, who work and live on farms, are at risk of injury. Children are especially vulnerable to hazards on farms because it is their home, as well as, a place of work. Young, inexperienced workers are at a higher risk for injuries than older experienced workers. Performance changes which occur with aging can result in reduced balance and reaction time, vision and hearing impairment. These and other changes affect the aging farmer’s ability to work safely. Working alone and time pressure also increase the risk of injury. When these injuries occur, especially at critical farming times, they can reduce farm revenues. Losing a limb and the resulting loss of productive work time can devastate both the short and the long-term profitability of a farm operation. As of January 1, 2007, the Occupational Health and Safety Act will apply to all workplaces, including farms. The purpose of the Farm Safety Code of Practice is to provide some tools that can help you manage health and safety on your farm and meet your legal obligations. This guide will explain how you can develop and maintain a healthy and safe farm workplace for your workers, your family and yourself.
     
  • Deadly New York City Crane Collapse - 4 Dead as Crane FallsDescription:In this video a 24-story crane collapses while lifting a large block of concrete, killing four workers. It's in Manhattan, New York on May 15, 2008.
     
  • Crane Disaster in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 14, 1999Description:The footage is real time and shows the crane crashing down onto a building while attempting to place a large steel structure atop a building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Someone didn't appreciate the weight being lifted and the limits of the crane.
     
  • Lock Out and Tag for SafetyDescription:In this video lockout/tagout or LOTO procedures are explained. Electrical workers on a construction site must follow an established set of rules for protecting each other. They are not supposed to be working on energized lines. The rules are known as the “lockout/tagout” procedure rules. (LOTO) The purpose of the rule is to protect workers from energized wires, cables and lines. What most people don’t understand is that workers can be a long ways away from the fuse box where energy to the plant wiring system is controlled. If a worker were to turn on the juice without notifying other workers who had turned it off, those other workers could be killed by electrocution. To prevent a worker who turns off the juice locks the fuse box and attaches his tag to the lock. This system if used properly will prevent electrocutions.
     
  • Lock Out/ Tag outDescription:With lockout/tagout you get to stay alive. Electrical workers on a construction site must follow an established set of rules for protecting each other. They are not supposed to be working on energized lines. The rules are known as the “lockout/tagout” procedure rules. (LOTO) The purpose of the rule is to protect workers from energized wires, cables and lines. What most people don’t understand is that workers can be a long ways away from the fuse box where energy to the plant wiring system is controlled. If a worker were to turn on the juice without notifying other workers who had turned it off, those other workers could be killed by electrocution. To prevent a worker who turns off the juice locks the fuse box and attaches his tag to the lock. This system if used properly will prevent electrocutions.
     
  • Construction Worker Safety: Trench collapse and rescue operations to avoid death of the injured workerDescription:In this video clip you will how many rescue workers it takes to save the life of one construction worker trapped in a cave-in or collapsed trench.
     
  • Construction Worker Safety: Trench collapse and rescue operations - new sewer line, worker dies.
     
  • New York City Iron WorkersDescription:New York City Iron Workers
     
  • Ironworkers - What does it takes to be an ironworker?Description:Ironworkers - What does it takes to be an ironworker?
     
  • Ironworkers - Danny on the Trump Tower in ChicagoDescription:Ironworkers - Danny on the Trump Tower in Chicago
     
  • Trump Chicago Timeline see at www.chicagophotoshop.comDescription:Trump Chicago Timeline see at www.chicagophotoshop.com
     

    • Injury - Property Defect-Animals:

  • Description:Wal-Mart stampede that killed the store employee who tried to control the shoppers when the post-Thanksgiving shoppers trampled him to death. This is certainly a Black Friday of a different sort.
     
  • This advertising campaign worked too wellDescription:In this video, shopppers trample to death a story employee trying to restrain the Black Friday crowd at a Wal-Mart store. The Blitz Crowd was out of control.
     
  • Trench Collapses On Pittsburgh ManDescription:Trench Collapses On Pittsburgh Man as he visits someone in the apartments.
     

    • Whistleblowers / Financially Ripped Off?:

  • Wrong-site or wrong-side surgeryDescription:

    How can a professional ask to be paid for doing the wrong surgery? That is a question I've asked myself time and time again. The first time I came across this type of medical mistake the doctor was mad because the patient challenged his getting paid for the wrong-site surgery. I still don't get it.

     

    • Deforming Civil Rights through Tort Reform:

  • Mr. Fancy PantsDescription:Mr. Fancy Pants is a first-cut of a longer more in-depth short film that looks into the realities of the American Civil Justice System and "Tort Reform." The project, that will ultimately become a series of films, is being produced by InjuryBoard.com.
     
  • FOX News Whistle blowers. UNBELIEVABLE!!!Description:Well, it's not really "unbelievable." That's the title of the video. Unless we've been living in a fog of total deception, we know it happens over and over and over -- and not just at Fox News but virtually all our mainstream media and government. We're saturated with lies, half truths, misinformation. What's downright insidious is that the appellate court found that falsifying news is NOT against the law! (at counter 9:28) But besides all that, I'n now a little worried about that glass of milk I just drank. lol
     

    • Tort News:

  • FDA News - Recall of Sprint Fidelis Cardiac Leads
     
  • Heart device recall by Guidant and MedtronicDescription:Heart device recall by Guidant and Medtronic
     
  • Medtronic Recalls Certain Defibrillators (April 2005)Description:Medtronic Recalls Certain Defibrillators (April 2005)
     

    • Food Poisoning:

  • PSA: Peanut Butter from Georgia IS the cause of Salmonella related deaths.Description:Food poisoning from peanut butter paste.
     
  • Salmonella and kidney damage.Description:If you have the symptoms of food poisoning you first need to obtain proper medical care. The doctor will need to diagnose food poisoning by a blood and stool test. Those tests are very important later to proving a case. Without blood and stool test that show the presence of Salmonella it is only your testimony describing symptoms; and that won’t be enough to carry the case of liability.
     
  • Peanut butter is in the cross fire for food contaminationDescription:Many injured people having been exposed to media criticism of people that file lawsuits have a sense of embarrassment about possibly having to deal with proving a claim. Don’t be stupid and not do what they hope. The criticism is meant to stop as many people as possible from doing what is necessary to prove a claim. If you can’t prove your claim it’s no ones fault but your own. Proving salmonella is the poison is what the law requires you to do. So get over it and save the proof, even if you’re not entirely sure. And get proper medical attention along with the right tests, quickly. Remember, blood and stool sample tests for Salmonella.
     

    • Whistleblowers - Fraud:

  • Medicaid Fraud Costs Millions and No One is Stopping ItDescription:False Claims Act
     
  • Medicare Fraud WhistleblowersDescription:CBS: Health company Kyphon has been accused of overcharging Medicare by forcing osteoporosis patients to stay overnight in hospitals for a simple one-hour procedure. Sharyl Attkisson investigates.
     
  • The False Claims ActDescription:In this video News Channel 5 interviews an attorney who discusses false claims by corporate America with Medicare.
     
  • False Claims Act Training VideoDescription:In this video they discuss how not to file a false claim.
     

    • Practice Tips:

  • Law Marketing Firm | 6 Power Tips for Creating a Law Firm Marketing Plan: Part 1Description:Law Marketing Firm | 6 Power Tips for Creating a Law Firm Marketing Plan: Part 1
     
  • Law Firm Marketing | 4 Myths that Keep Attorneys from Building a Referral Based PracticeDescription:Law Firm Marketing | 4 Myths that Keep Attorneys from Building a Referral Based Practice
     
  • Virtual Law FirmDescription:Virtual Law Firm
     
  • Lawyer Marketing Podcast - Episode 1Description:Lawyer Marketing Podcast - Episode 1
     
  • Great Legal Marketing Seminar - Ben Glass 1Description:Great Legal Marketing Seminar - Ben Glass 1
     
  • Great Legal Marketing Seminar - Tom Foster 1Description:Great Legal Marketing Seminar - Tom Foster 1
     
  • The Law Offices of Christopher Keane - Foster Web 2Description:The Law Offices of Christopher Keane - Foster Web 2
     

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  • A Time To Kill Closing ArguementDescription:This first appeared on www.realmoviereview.com I like most of the movies based on John Grishams lawyers-with-capes novels, but this is not one of my favourites. There is a good story and has interesting characters, however there are too many characters to allow for proper development and the screenplay is emotionally manipulative and seems like the powers that be, really wanted to pump up the violence where ever they could. Some movies do benefit from this kind of treatment, and it may improve this film for some, but it detracts from the story. The dialog is uneven and even the strong cast cannot always save it. Samuel L. Jackson is a dirt poor southern farmer named Carl Lee Hailey, whose ten year old daughter is kidnapped, abused and raped. When the two white men accused of the horrible crime appear in court, Carl Lee shows up, as well, and brings along an assault rifle. When the dust clears, the two defendants are dead, a deputy is wounded and Carl Lee is charged with murder and facing the death penalty. Enter Carl Lees friend, lawyer Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey) to defend Carl Lee, in the midst of a growing maelstrom of racial violence, led by Freddie Lee Cobb (Kiefer Sutherland). Soon, Brigances wife, played by Ashley Judd has left town, as he faces more and more danger. This movie has too many stars. It doesnt need them all, and several characters could have been combined into one. The escalating violence is overdone and seems cartoonish, but still it has the heroic lawyer lead that Grisham is famous for, and Matthew McConaughey is effective as his aw shucks good old boy character works on the jury. Worth checking out for Grisham fans, but The Firm it is not.
     
  • Description:The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama. The narrator, six-year-old Scout Finch, lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer. Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill who visits Maycomb to stay with his aunt for the summer. The three children are terrified of, and fascinated with, their neighbor, the reclusive "Boo" Radley. The adults of Maycomb are hesitant to talk about Boo and for many years, few have seen him. The children feed each other's imaginations with rumors about his appearance and reasons for remaining hidden, and they fantasize about how to get him out of his house. Following two summers of friendship with Dill, Scout and Jem find that someone is leaving them small gifts in a tree outside the Radley place. Several times, the mysterious Boo makes gestures of affection to the children, but, to their disappointment, never appears in person. Atticus is assigned to defend a black man named Tom Robinson, who has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a young white woman. Although many of Maycomb's citizens disapprove, Atticus agrees to defend Tom to the best of his ability. Other children taunt Jem and Scout for Atticus' actions, calling him a "nigger-lover". Scout is tempted to stand up for her father's honor by fighting, even though he has told her not to. For his part, Atticus faces a group of men intent on lynching Tom. This danger is averted when Scout, Jem, and Dill shame the mob into dispersing by forcing them to view the situation from Atticus's and Tom's points of view. Because Atticus does not want them to be present at Tom Robinson's trial, Scout, Jem, and Dill watch in secret from the colored balcony. Atticus establishes that the accusers—Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell, the town drunk—are lying. It also becomes clear that the friendless Mayella was making sexual advances towards Tom and her father caught her in the act. Despite significant evidence of Tom's innocence, the jury convicts him. Jem's faith in justice is badly shaken, as is Atticus', when a hopeless Tom is shot and killed while trying to escape from prison. Humiliated by the trial, Bob Ewell vows revenge. He spits in Atticus' face on the street, tries to break into the presiding judge's house, and menaces Tom Robinson's widow. Finally, he attacks the defenseless Jem and Scout as they walk home from the school Halloween pageant. Jem's arm is broken in the struggle, but amid the confusion, someone comes to the children's rescue. The mysterious man carries Jem home, where Scout realizes that he is the reclusive Boo Radley. Maycomb's sheriff arrives and discovers that Bob Ewell has been killed in the struggle. The sheriff argues with Atticus about the prudence and ethics of holding Jem or Boo responsible. Atticus eventually accepts the sheriff's story that Ewell simply fell on his own knife. Boo asks Scout to walk him home, and after she says goodbye to him at his front door, he disappears again. While standing on the Radley porch, Scout imagines life from Boo's perspective and regrets that they never repaid him for the gifts he had given them.
     
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  • The Paper ChaseDescription:Plot summary for The Paper Chase (1973) Hart is a confused first year law student at Harvard. He is trying to survive the year under his strictest professer, the legendary Kingsfield. With the help of some of his classmates in his study group, Hart becomes one of the smartest students in his class. His reputation with Kingsfield is diminished, however, when he finds out the girl he has been seeing is Kingfields daughter. Will Hart perform to the best of his ability with Kingsfield watching his every move?
     
  • William Shatner & Jessica Walter 1965Description:David Koster is an obsessive New York City assistant district attorney who gets into trouble because of his passion for justice. His boss, Anthony Celese, tries to keep him under control while New York police detective Frank Malloy helps him solve cases. Koster's wife Jessica is a viola player in a string quartet and her own life's priorities come into conflict with David's.
     
  • And Justice for AllDescription:Arthur Kirkland, an idealistic defense attorney in Baltimore, cares about his clients and visits his aging grandfather, who put him through law school, every week. Things aren't going well for Arthur: two of his clients are increasingly desperate, neither should be in prison, his partner is behaving bizarrely, he's begun an affair with an attorney who's on the bar's disciplinary committee, his favorite judge may have a death wish, and then, the judge he dislikes most, a by-the-book martinet, demands that Arthur defend him when he's accused of a brutal assault on a young woman. Is there any way to expose real corruption and find justice for all?
     
  • My Cousin Vinny - 1992Description:Two friends from New York are accused of murder while on a cross-country trip through Alabama. Broke and needing a lawyer, they hire one of their cousins, Vinny, to handle their case. What they don't know, though, is that Vinny has only been a lawyer for a few weeks. What ensues is a hilarious comedy about a tough guy from Brooklyn who gets more than he expects, from the trial process to the judge and locals, to the accomodations, all the while with his non-stop talking fiancee in tow (played by Marisa Tomei, who earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role). The laughs just keep on coming as the "fish out of water" tries to survive in the South while handling his 1st murder trial.
     
  • A Civil Action - 1998Description:The plot of "A Civil Action" is based on a true story of the successful personal injury lawyer, otherwise unfulfilled, secretly hoping for that one big case. The case he gets is unexpected and did cost him his livelihood, but in the end he discovers more than just money. The "big case" is that recorded 1981 of the People of Mass. vs. W. R. Grace and Beatrice Foods, who had been dumping a cancer-causing industrial solvent into the water table of Woburn, Massachusetts for many years - more than a decade. Beatrice Foods was the parent company of W.R. Grace, a Long Grove, IL. based chemical invention company, known for mixing chemicals experimentally, as was their charge. I met Jan and have to say he's a very dynamic lawyer with a true sense of right from wrong.
     
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I fell at work and had rotator cuff repair and was told by the Dr. if I injured it again it would not be repairable and then instructed to return to work the next day for light duty. The hospital told me I could take my PTO time for two weeks as they thought this was unreasonable instruction. What should I do? This happens a lot with this Doctor's office I feel this is unfair.


 


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Will working overtime or holidays change my weekly workers' compensation check?

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

Is the driver of a motor vehicle responsible for his/her passengers actions?

Recently, while behind a moving vehicle that had to stop quickly, my 16 year old daughter lightly hit the rear end of the vehicle. There appeared to be no damage to either vehicle but my daughter gave the other driver her name, phone number and insurance info. Later that day the driver called and said that after she washed her vehicle (a 2004 black Malibu) she found several scratches that she says has to be from my daughter barely hitting her. She now wants us to pay for the damage. She says she has an estimate of $350.00. What do you advise us to do?

After the car wreck should I talk with the other guy's insurance company? They seem nice enough, polite and say they want to help. What should I do?

Wrong-way Interstate and Highway Collisions in Iowa

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Pedestrian Collisions Causing Injury and Death

Hi, I just read your article about injuries with the trucks backing up without the back up alarms. My car today was hit by a garbage truck (Ankeny Sanitation) when my boyfriend was getting out of the car- the truck came from behind our car and was backing up without a back up alarm. It hit the door and bent it forward- luckily my boyfriend did not already fully step out because when he turned his head the truck was inches from his face- if he had it probably would have taken his head off!

I left a message with their company today to see if they will do anything about my car- the driver of the truck said he had brought up the issue that his back up alarm didn't work just this morning in a company meeting, but they obviously still sent him out without it working.

I'm wondering if there are laws that say they have to have their back up alarm working now? This is so horrible what I read happen to others and it really is a dangerous problem!

Thanks so much,
Sarah

My mom was crossing street in crosswalk. She was one step from stepping UP on the curb when a car came around the corner and struck her. She seriously injured and taken to hospital. She suffered severe brain trauma and was in ICU for 5 days before we had to let her go. The police said they did not drug or alcohol test the driver. Isn't that a law in Iowa to make sure they do that?

How can a pedestrian avoid being hit by oncoming traffic?

Car and Tractor Trailer Accidents


I filed a claim with my insurance comp. on my truck now they are sending me a payment for the repair of the damage the person did and taking the other person to court for the money for the damage. Do I have to repair the damage on the vehicle or can I keep the money for something else?



 

 


My son had his drivers license pulled in the state of Iowa. He was living there at the time. He said it was pulled due to having possession of marijana. I would like to know more about the charges and if there is a fine we can help him with to get this behind him. Is it best to hire an attorney to do this, as I am not familiar with the processes involving problems with police or criminal acts.

In March of 2007 I was the victim of a hit and run. I was driving and was hit on the driver's side by a car going approximately 90 mph according to the police. My head hit the door post, my face broke out the door window, My car was spun around and slid on its side about a block before coming to rest. I remember very little of what followed. I was taken to hospital by ambulance on a backboard and wearing a collar. They paid little attention to me over the next 3 1/2 hours except for taking some xrays. Then they sent me home. When my family and friends objected to this (they were worried about my head) the staff refused to do a head CT and sent me home anyway. By the next day my head, face, neck, shoulder, arm, ribcage, etc was swollen and bruised. My balance was off and I was having trouble speaking and focusing. When the swelling went down I had a facial palsy along with misc other problems. I have seen approximately 17 different doctors, I've been to Mayo Clinic and U of Iowa hospital. I had a CT about a week after the accident and was told it was normal but many doctors have said I have skull fractures, lesions on my brain from bleeding, my brain is twisted in my skull, my cerrebellum is fallen and pushing on my brainstem. I may have fractures of my C1 and C2. My right vertebral artery isn't working right and my basilar artery is kinked. My symptoms include facial palsy, vision difficulties, my tounge goes numb, I stop salivating, I bite my lips and toungue due to loss of muscle control. I also have a headache on the left side only most of the time, if I look up or tilt my head back I pass out, my left arm is weak and I have loss of feeling on my entire right side. I can't think straight, I can't multi-task, my speech is affected and I drool on myself. My balance is off so I fall alot and am always bruised. Trying to compensate for my balance issues has caused my knees to dislocate. I get nauseous alot. They say that in addition to the nerve problems there is also a vascular component. I'm told I will be like this now for the rest of my life. I lost my job, I had to take out my pension and lost alot of it due to my age (52) and am now on Social Security disability. I have been told by doctors who failed to document it that I should have been hospitalized and put in a HALO. I had an unstable neck injury that is no longer fixable without killing me. None of the hospital records agree. The nurses contradict the doctor who contradicts the EMTs who brought me there. And the EMT report said the damage to my vehicle was minor but my vehicle was totaled and the police report said there was more than 5000 dollars worth of damage. I just found out last summer that the hospital refused to do a CT and that I only saw a doctor for a couple minutes all the time I was at the hospital. My memory is effected by my 'minor' brain injury. Do I have a case? Is it too late? The kids who hit me were gang members who were shooting at each other while driving. They have nothing and will always have nothing.

Large Damage, Major-Serious Injury and Death Cases

If my son breaks his hand and is admitted to the hospital for a "few" days, what are my options for time off work?

What are the legal consequences in altering a prescription prescribed by a doctor?

Police Brutality: My son was exercising visitation with his daughter; there were NO legal custody papers at the time. A sheriff deputy came to the house, told my son he had to give the child to the mother. Witnesses say my son didn't say a word but turned and walked back inside the house. As he turned to go back in the house the deputy grab him from behind, punched him 3 times, pushed his head onto a 4x4 post, threw him to the ground, handcuffed and arrested him.  I tried to get my son out of jail that night; I took 3 witnesses with me stating my son had done nothing wrong, he hadn’t even spoke a word. The jailer refused to release him until the next morning. I have pictures of some scratches and a black/blue eye. In the weeks that followed my son was charged with disorderly conduct which was later dismissed due to 'in the best interest of justice'. We file a complaint about the assault but the County Attorney did nothing with filing charges against the officer. Several months later the deputy was fired for aggressive behavior. Do we have a good case against the county? And how do we find a good attorney to take it?

Cheerleading Safety and the Law of Cheerleading

My mother is severely over weight and I am 18 years old and i take care of her back in August of 2009 she told the doctor that she is unable to come up and see him and he kept treating her to take away her medication and in December 2009 we finally convinced him to come to our home and see her well since then he is now trying to force her to go to a nursing home after he told her it was her choice and she has told him she doesn't want to go she is satisfied with the care I provide her and now he is refusing to refill her medicine and threatening to turn me into DHS can he do this i need help bad.

Are there any safety standards for high school and college cheerleading coaches?

Is cheerleading a contact sport?

Work-Comp For Doctors!

I fell at work and had rotator cuff repair and was told by the Dr. if I injured it again it would not be repairable and then instructed to return to work the next day for light duty. The hospital told me I could take my PTO time for two weeks as they thought this was unreasonable instruction. What should I do? This happens a lot with this Doctor's office I feel this is unfair.

How can the doctor make the Iowa workers' compensation case easier?

As a physician what can I do to make everyone's job easier?

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

Is it legal to perform a tubal ligation without written consent?

Motorcycle & Bike Accidents

What is uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage on my auto insurance policy?

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

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

Construction Site Accidents

If a construction worker falls to his death, what if anything can be done legally?

There is a stress tag on the lanyard I use on the construction site. What is it for?

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

Injury - Property Defect-Animals

If I hit a Farmers Cow going down the road am I responsible?

I have a neighbor who has several dogs (over the legal limit for our state) and does not always keep them on a leash. I have made several complaints to "Animal Control" through our police department, but nothing ever gets done about this. I have to walk to the house next door to them to drop my baby off at the sitter. If one of their dogs attacks me do I have grounds to sue, and if so, who would I sue?

I fell in a manhole and the city of des moines and waterworks are fighting who will take the blame do i have a good case?

Client Trial-Deposition Preparation

Do I have to attend the deposition?

What is a deposition?

What is an Interrogatory?

Tenant-Landlord Relations

On Jan. 6, 2010 I was checking my mail and then went to walk down the front steps leading to the sidewalk to get into my vehicle. My landlord had not shoveled snow or ice off the sidewalks or walkways all year. I fell going down the steps and broke my arm. The landlord said I need not pay Jan. rent for pain and suffering. I received a bill from the ambulance service and the landlord said I didn't need to pay this months rent(March. I told him I needed the name of his insurance company and he said he does not have insurance. He has stated to me that the next tenant that tries to sue him will be evicted. What should I do. I am on disability and would like some answers. It appears that I may need physical therapy. Any assistance you can provide will be appreciated.

Must we return a rental deposit if the property burned to the ground?

My wife wants a seperation, i told her thats fine but im not leaving the house who has to leave?

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

Why in the first 10 days after an OWI arrest is it important to see an attorney?  Why are the first 10 days so important? What will I lose if I wait till day 11?

What happens during the first ten days after I've been arrested for drunk driving?

How do I find an Iowa OWi or drunk driving lawyer to defend me?

Criminal Law Commentary - Todd Miler

What information will a lawyer need at an initial interview for a criminal defense?

How much does it cost for a criminal defense?

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

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

I injured my shoulder on the job six months ago. I am scheduled for surgery. I would like to know what the proper procedure is for dealing with work comp. What I am entitled to in Iowa formula weekly while out? I also have been told that I probably will not be able to go back to the same work. Will I receive a settlement and how should i go about this in legal form would like to prevent the war of work comp.? Thank you for your reply.

WHAT IS FAULT AND NEGLIGENCE?

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

How can you prove fault or negligence against a railroad? The train was stopped for a long long time and I ran into it. Are they at fault for blocking the roadway?

Can an 8 year old be found to be negligent?

PROPERTY CASES

I need my name off of a mortgage on a house I no longer live in.

I purchased a Mini Dirt Bike from a Dealer on payments. My son rode it 2 times. Now it will not work. If there is not a contract should they have to give my money back?


My car was parked on a city street, and hit by another driver. The car was totaled, and I'm currently trying to deal with her insurance company. They won't give me the value of the car that I have asked for. They have given me a rental car for the meantime. Can they take it from me if we haven't settled? I was not in the car when it was hit, however, the accident caused several days of emotional distress. Is it possible to sue in small claims for this even though I was not physically injured? Thanks.




 




TRIAL PRACTICE

What does it mean if your case is hereby dismissed for want of prosecution, pursuant to R.C.P. 1.944?

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

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

DEFAMATION - LIBEL AND SLANDER

My City clerk has been giving my name out to residents angry they have to actually obey the laws. It stems from complaints and contact from Ombudsman, which I contacted. She has been telling them 'well you can thank xxxx for you getting fined'. Since this I have been vandalized and recieve hate mail. Is this defamation or public information?

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?

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?

BEING A CLIENT

Ex-wife's lawyer subpoenaed my mother's bank account without notifying her or me three days before hearing. The bank honored the subpoena witch was just a fax cover letter with attorneys name. I had no lawyer, the court then appointed me a lawyer. Then rescheduled hearing for 2 and a half weeks latter. The next hearing her attorney dose not use my mothers subpoenaed account but instead shows up with my current wife's bank records again without notice to her or me or my lawyer. MY lawyer move to have it throne out judge allowed it but said both lawyers write a brief on the case show casing their point. My lawyer asked for relief based on violation of civil procedure. My lawyer said that she would be unable to pursue this case any further because being court appointed her job was done and even though the cases were related that it was a different case. My question is did my bank violate the right to financial privacy act by honoring a invalid subpoena? Can I sue her lawyer for civil procedure violation?

What is the procedure for serving a small claims court notice? Can a sheriff's deputy forcibly enter my house? Can they entrap me in my home by parking in my driveway so that I can not leave? Can they throw the notice at me and yell, "You've been served?"

Are secretly taped conversations admissable in a court of law?

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