- Mike Bryant | December 31, 2008 8:34 PM |
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MiscellaneousAfter spending millions of dollars on lobbing efforts, pouring money in to conservative candidates/campaigns across the country, and contributing to the greatest economic downturn in our life time...
- Mike Bryant | December 31, 2008 9:03 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsMinnesota saw it's own tragic case of what happens when a child gets sucked into a pool drain, with the tragedy that killed 6-year-old Abigail Taylor. The Minnesota legislator quickly looked to the...
- Mike Bryant | December 30, 2008 8:38 PM |
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MiscellaneousThis past week we learned of who President Bush was giving get out of jail free cards to. At the end of a Presidential term these pardons have always been looked at with an eye to what friends or...
- Mike Bryant | December 30, 2008 9:41 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThis past week, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning on Evenflo Majestic™ High Chairs. Consumers should immediately stop using the chairs. The chairs were sold at mass...
- Mike Bryant | December 29, 2008 11:33 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsMonday morning, my associate was going into the Benton County courthouse, only to find the lights were out. It was a problem in a lot of the town for most of the morning. The cause was a truck that...
- Mike Bryant | December 29, 2008 8:25 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsFriday night, a Little Falls women was taken to St. Gabriel’s Hospital in Little Falls after being in a single car accident. She had been a passenger in the car as it drove west on 230th...
- Mike Bryant | December 29, 2008 9:01 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA recently released study, from University of Kentucky psychologist Fred Danner, suggests that later school start times may reduce teen car accidents and save lives. The researchers found a 16.5...
- Mike Bryant | December 28, 2008 9:12 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsEvery once in a while, we will get a person that comes into the office and they will tell us that a agent or even an adjust has told them that they can't make a claim against a family member after a...
- Mike Bryant | December 27, 2008 9:10 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAs you travel the Minnesota roads this winter season it's not unusual to pass signs of single car spin outs and collisions. Speed and road conditions are often the factors the police ascribe to...
- Mike Bryant | December 26, 2008 8:38 PM |
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Wrongful DeathThis past week , two Minnesotans were killed in separate Sherburne county collisions. On December 11th, Sherburne County deputies responded to a motor vehicle crash with the vehicle on fire near the...
- Mike Bryant | December 26, 2008 9:59 AM |
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Wrongful DeathAt a competition, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the National Organizations for Youth Safety, the Anoka High School’s Students Against Destructive...
- Mike Bryant | December 25, 2008 8:12 AM |
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MiscellaneousDue to having divorced parents I had the opportunity growing up of seeing Christmas arrive in to separate parts of the country. With my mom, Christmas in Rhode Island was lobster dinner at my god...
- Mike Bryant | December 24, 2008 8:03 PM |
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MiscellaneousFor some time the members of the Injuryboard have been blogging concerning the dangers to consumers with preemption. The use of federal agencies to rewrite administrative rules to circumvent state...
- Mike Bryant | December 24, 2008 4:02 PM |
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Wrongful DeathThis morning, a car lost control while merging onto I-94 in Alexandria and crashed into the medium. A semitrailer stopped to help and then a third car hit both the stopped vehicles. The three...
- Mike Bryant | December 24, 2008 9:55 AM |
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Wrongful DeathThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week, that motor vehicle crashes and falls cause most of the unintentional child and teen injuries and deaths in the United States....
- Mike Bryant | December 23, 2008 8:40 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
Saturday afternoon, a Collegeville man was sent to the hospital after an intersection collision. The intersection collision took place near Stearns County Road 160 and Island Lake Road. The cause...
- Mike Bryant | December 23, 2008 9:02 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn early December, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning on Toddler Girl’s Hat and Mitten Sets sold by Meijer Inc., of Grand Rapids, Mich. Consumers should stop using...
- Mike Bryant | December 22, 2008 8:27 PM |
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Wrongful Death
Last Saturday, in a three car highway collision, two Minnesotans were killed. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at approximately 10:10 p.m. a westbound car on I 94 lost control while...
- Mike Bryant | December 22, 2008 9:51 AM |
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MiscellaneousA recent study by the National Institutes of Health, Yale University, and the California Public Medical Center has found that the more time that kids spend in front of the TV the more likely they...
- Mike Bryant | December 21, 2008 9:42 AM |
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Wrongful DeathWednesday afternoon, a woman was entering a Bloomington Sam's Club when she was struck by a hit and run driver. She was in a marked crosswalk and at the time of the impact. Her husband was one of...
- Mike Bryant | December 20, 2008 5:40 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSgt. Rob Schwegel of Stearns County Sheriff’s Office said this afternoon that the department is seeing numerous crashes and vehicles in the ditch and the situation is likely to...
- Mike Bryant | December 20, 2008 2:56 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSouthwestern Minnesota is being hammered by Old Man winter today.
MNDOT is recommending no travel in the following counties:
Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod,...
- Mike Bryant | December 20, 2008 9:01 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
The snow this past week led to accidents across the state:
In Minneapolis, there were more than 50 accidents and 2 downed light poles.
In St Paul, the State Petrol responded to multiple...
- Mike Bryant | December 19, 2008 8:03 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSunday night, one person was sent to the hospital after a six car chain-reaction accident on I-94. The incident, which witnesses claim took about one minute, started when a truck lost control and...
- Mike Bryant | December 19, 2008 9:44 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsOn Feb 10th, new lead standards go into affect concerning toys sold in the United States. Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky warns that stores may mark down toys with high lead levels to sell them before...
- Mike Bryant | December 18, 2008 8:51 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidents
Thursday afternoon, a County Road 35 collision in Wright County killed a pick up driver that was hit by a semi. Police are still investigating the cause.
The pickup was traveling north on Keating...
- Mike Bryant | December 18, 2008 9:25 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn early December, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning on Army Figures sold by OKK Trading, of Los Angeles, Calif. Consumers should take the toys away immediately. Surface...
- Mike Bryant | December 17, 2008 8:43 PM |
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MiscellaneousWith so many of my and the other members of the Injuryboards posts the subjects can be so tragic. Deadly car collisions, Melamine popping up in food all over the globe and all sorts of dangerous...
- Mike Bryant | December 17, 2008 9:08 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn early December, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning concerning Hockey Helmets sold by Reebok-CCM . Consumers should stop using the helmets immediately and return them for...
- Mike Bryant | December 16, 2008 8:55 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsFor the next nine months, the Central Minnesota Reduction of Accidents for Safe Highways, or CRASH Task Force will target 30 local areas to improve traffic safety by raising public awareness and...
- Mike Bryant | December 16, 2008 9:13 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn early December, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning on Groovy Fashions™ Sassy Jammies™ Doll Clothing Sets sold by Manhattan Group, of Minneapolis, Minn....
- Mike Bryant | December 15, 2008 8:20 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsFriday morning I-94 in Maple Grove was shut down after a tire came of a dump truck. The tire hit another vehicle and lead to the driver having to be air lifted from the scene. Authorities shut down...
- Mike Bryant | December 15, 2008 9:52 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsPublic Citizen is suing the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for ignoring a Congressional ban, set to begin on February 10, 2009, on the sale of all toys and child care products containing...
- Mike Bryant | December 14, 2008 1:40 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsTHE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS DECLARED THAT INTERSTATE 94 FROM MOORHEAD TO FERGUS FALLS...UNITED STATES ROUTE 10 FROM MOORHEAD TO DETROIT LAKES...AND STATE ROUTE 210 FROM FERGUS...
- Mike Bryant | December 14, 2008 9:35 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsMinnesota Department of Public Safety statistics show 170 teens were killed in fatal crashes from 2005 through 2007. Another 750 teens were seriously injured in crashes during that time. With an eye...
- Mike Bryant | December 13, 2008 9:31 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsOperation NightCAP, is a federally funded program, that puts overtime police officers on extra patrols in Minnesota’s 15 deadliest counties. In particular the holiday weekends have been...
- Mike Bryant | December 12, 2008 8:39 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsRecently my partner, Joe Crumley, discussed the recent Minnesota law changes with text massaging and the studies behind that law. The concern is that people shouldn't be sending or receiving...
- Mike Bryant | December 12, 2008 9:21 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn early December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning concerning the 9-inch high Dressy Teddy Bear with 4-oz. Chocolate Bar sold by Walgreens . Consumers should not let anyone,...
- Mike Bryant | December 11, 2008 8:04 PM |
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Wrongful DeathIn two motor vehicle highway collisions, three Minnesotans were killed this past weekend:
Friday night, a driver was in the left lane of westbound I-94 lost control of his car while...
- Mike Bryant | December 11, 2008 9:28 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Hennepin County Sheriff, is reminding all drivers to stay off the ice until it's safe. No ice in Minnesota is consistently at four inches at this time and that is the absolute minimum for simply...
- Mike Bryant | December 10, 2008 8:36 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThere have been recent stories about the increase in Pro Se litigants. The Minnesota courts have been seeing the raise and all of the issues that come with people representing themselves. When...
- Mike Bryant | December 10, 2008 9:23 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsPreviously, I blogged about the possibility of melamine showing up in the United States. Clearly it's a large problem in China. Canada has been extra vigilant and finding a number of problems that...
- Mike Bryant | December 09, 2008 8:57 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWith all of the concerns surrounding the 35W collapse and the additional bridges that have been shut down and taken down, people have to be concerned about all the bridges in the state. Thankfully...
- Mike Bryant | December 09, 2008 9:22 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn late November, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning on Arizona® Newborn and Infant Denim Pants sold by JCPenney Co. . Consumers should stop using the recalled product...
- Mike Bryant | December 08, 2008 8:30 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSaturday, a 33 year old man, who police arrested on suspicion of DWI and criminal vehicular operation, after rear ending a car occupied by a mother her two children. The collision took place in...
- Mike Bryant | December 08, 2008 9:17 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn late November, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning IRIS and ALVINE Roman Blinds sold by IKEA . Consumers should stop using the recalled product immediately unless otherwise...
- Mike Bryant | December 07, 2008 8:19 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseBack in August, I blogged on the horrible story from Albert Lea where nursing home residents had been abused by teenage employees. Basically, the employees were bored and they entertained themselves...
- Mike Bryant | December 07, 2008 5:11 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSnow is again an issue in Minnesota. In Central Minnesota, looks like there may be snow every day for the next week. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is asking drivers to be patient and...
- Mike Bryant | December 07, 2008 9:42 AM |
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MiscellaneousAt present, Congress is debating whether there should be a bailout of big auto. Heads of each of the big three along with Union leaders argued that the lose of jobs would seriously hurt the country...
- Mike Bryant | December 06, 2008 8:58 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsMonday afternoon, two people were sent to the hospital after an intersection collision. The intersection collision took place near the intersection Minnesota Highway 25 and Wright County Road 138....
- Mike Bryant | December 06, 2008 9:32 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsDue to a recent teenagers death following a collision, the Lakeville City Council is looking into whether the road speed is to fast on 205th Street. At present it is 50 mph and some arguing that is...
- Mike Bryant | December 05, 2008 8:42 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSunday night, a Highway 28 collision in Stearns County killed a driver and injured his passenger . Police are still investigating the cause.
The Subaru Legacy Outback was traveling east at about...
- Mike Bryant | December 05, 2008 9:15 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThis past legislative session the Minnesota legislature lifted age restrictions on 10 and 11 year old hunters. This is the first time in modern history hunters this young can hunt deer and other...
- Mike Bryant | December 04, 2008 8:49 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn a study entitled Defective Foreign Products in the United States: Issues and Discussion , American University’s Washington College of Law, and the American Association for Justice pointed...
- Mike Bryant | December 04, 2008 9:51 AM |
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Miscellaneous
At a recent press conference in Boston at The Franciscan Hospital for Children W.A.T.C.H., Inc., presented the annual nominees for its 10 Worst Toys. For over three decades, W.A.T.C.H. has...
- Mike Bryant | December 03, 2008 8:00 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn a study entitled The Social Costs of Dangerous Products: An Empirical Investigation, American University’s Washington College of Law, and the American Association for Justice confirmed the...
- Mike Bryant | December 03, 2008 12:25 PM |
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Wrongful Death
In four separate motor vehicle highway collisions, five Minnesotans were killed this past week:
On Saturday, a SUV in northbound Interstate 35 south of Moose Lake, lost control went...
- Mike Bryant | December 03, 2008 9:30 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
In late November, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning concerning Dive Sticks sold by Target . Consumers should stop using the recalled product immediately unless otherwise...
- Mike Bryant | December 02, 2008 8:00 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn the middle of November, the American Association for Justice along with American University’s Washington College of Law, released two studies concerning the affect of dangerous products on...
- Mike Bryant | December 02, 2008 12:20 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesThere has been a clear warning from consumer protection groups that the next 55 days could be an all out assault on consumer protections. Despite promises that little would be done to change things...
- Mike Bryant | December 02, 2008 9:27 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA great place to spend a birthday is to take all of the kids to a place where there are multiple moonwalks or inflatables. Both my boys have had their birthdays and attended others birthdays at...
- Joe Crumley | December 02, 2008 1:19 AM |
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Miscellaneous
For years, corporate lobbyists and insurers have complained about an alleged bad business climate in Minnesota. This is pure tort deform propaganda, and has been disproven time after time
For...
- Mike Bryant | December 01, 2008 8:38 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI was with my wife this week as she was looking at buying a new car. It was interesting how the sale person pointed out all of the safety featchers. How much things had changed. There were bumpers...
- Mike Bryant | December 01, 2008 9:26 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsFollowing a recent report that 18 children died and 170,100 hospital emergency-room treated toy-related injuries in 2007, toys are a concern going into the Christmas season. As a result, a toy...