- Mike Bryant | December 31, 2010 11:59 PM |
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Wrongful DeathAs highway death statistics in Minnesota continue to stay down they continue to stay high for alcohol related crashes. The safest way to prevent this is to simply not drink and drive. The National...
- Mike Bryant | December 31, 2010 6:31 PM |
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MiscellaneousLooks like on top of the snow we have already gotten, things are still bad weather wise in much of Minnesota.
- I-94 is again closed between Alexandria and North Dakota
- Snow, wind and cold are...
- Mike Bryant | December 31, 2010 9:29 AM |
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Wrongful DeathHere at the Injuryboard , we write a lot about pedestrians:
Crosswalk Mayhem - 2009 Pedestrian Deaths Spike, Joe Crumley | October 01, 2009 8:09 PM
Start Yielding For Crosswalks, Mike Bryant |...
- Mike Bryant | December 30, 2010 9:03 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThis year has been a busy one. We thank everyone, who took the time to read any of our posts. It was especially gratifying to have so many people weight in with comments. Here s a list of our most...
- Mike Bryant | December 29, 2010 9:48 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIt's been great to have a forum to talk about making the world safer, but even more important has been the opportunity to learn from Injuryboard posts by great lawyers across the country. Here's the...
- Mike Bryant | December 28, 2010 10:01 PM |
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Wrongful DeathIt was great news that there were no report deaths on Minnesota roads over the Christmas weekend. Considering some of the other holiday weekends:
Thanksgiving Weekend Sees More Dead On Minnesota...
- Mike Bryant | December 28, 2010 9:46 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThere is no doubt that many people will be cheering on their local teams in the bowls this year. Sure Auburn and Oregon fans will have a little bit more at stake with the National Championship, but...
- Mike Bryant | December 27, 2010 10:23 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsHere at the Injuryboard, members have written about the need to check the lug nuts on your wheels after you buy tires. It's been pointed out :
If you get new tires, you should within a few days...
- Mike Bryant | December 27, 2010 9:09 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesThere are many examples of recalls that writers here at the Injuryboard have covered concerning E. Coli threats. Many of the stories involve beef recalls, but there have also been vegetables, and...
- Mike Bryant | December 26, 2010 9:51 AM |
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Miscellaneous- A mother is suing McDonald's over their Happy Meals. The tort reformers are out gnashing their teeth and making fun of her. But, why does McDonalds, seem to be beyond the law? Seems like they sue...
- Mike Bryant | December 25, 2010 1:12 AM |
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MiscellaneousDue to having divorced parents I had the opportunity growing up of seeing Christmas arrive in two separate parts of the country. With my mom, Christmas in Rhode Island was lobster dinner at my god...
- Mike Bryant | December 24, 2010 9:11 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWhen I gave blood last week, I was interested in one of the new fliers contained in the mandatory reading materials. The Red Cross is now not taking donations from people who have been diagnosed...
- Mike Bryant | December 23, 2010 9:36 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe 7th Amendment Advocate hits a home run with his piece on Citing the Founding Fathers While Crushing Rights They Protected.
ThePopTort looks at how Big Tobacco used the media.
They also looked...
- Mike Bryant | December 22, 2010 11:46 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Monday afternoon, there was a car/ school bus collision at an intersection south of Staples. On the school bus were students from the Staples-Motley School District . The bus was for special-needs...
- Mike Bryant | December 22, 2010 9:26 PM |
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Wrongful DeathThis week has already been a snowy one. It seems like between clean up crews catching up from last week and budget issues the roads are even slicker than usual. The icy roads in combination with...
- Mike Bryant | December 22, 2010 11:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn mid December, the United States Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough because it may with Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteria (E. coli...
- Mike Bryant | December 22, 2010 9:28 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI was out picking up toys for Christmas this week. It was interesting how there are new warnings and safer toys. How much things have changed. Maybe the manufacturer made the changes out of a sense...
- Mike Bryant | December 21, 2010 9:41 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI heard it three times today. The roads are crazy as people rush about and deal with the final holiday needs.
- The roads are slick.
- They are narrow.
- There are a lot cars on the road.
It...
- Mike Bryant | December 20, 2010 9:04 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe New York Times looked at that question today and had some very interesting conclusions. The story is based on a study that was conducted by Lee Epstein, a political scientist at...
- Mike Bryant | December 19, 2010 10:07 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)This past Thursday, U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen approved a $3 million dollar set aside for victims of of the Metro Gang Strike Force. It is believed that at least 100 people were harmed the...
- Mike Bryant | December 19, 2010 9:14 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsHulk Hogan has been quite a topic here at the Injuryboard with all of the lawsuits he's into. I even spent a little time on his coco pebbles case not that long ago. He's again caught my attention,...
- Mike Bryant | December 18, 2010 10:26 PM |
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Wrongful DeathEarly Friday morning, A man was killed and his passenger injured in a stalled vehicle when they were rear ended by a SUV right-hand lane of northbound Interstate 35E at Wagon Wheel Trail. It is...
- Mike Bryant | December 18, 2010 12:33 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsMonday afternoon, there was a head on collision on Highway 65 north of Northwood, Iowa. A 31-year-old Northwood man , was southbound when he drifted over the center line, according to the police. He...
- Mike Bryant | December 18, 2010 9:30 AM |
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MiscellaneousEarlier this year, an Anoka laboratory was heavily scrutinized regarding its urine testing in DUI cases. There was a “miscalculation of the alcohol concentrations.” Questions have...
- Mike Bryant | December 17, 2010 9:03 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe New York Times recently ran an article concerning law loans. Basically, loans that litigants get during the process of the suit that they only pay back if they recover money. The usual anti-tort...
- Mike Bryant | December 16, 2010 6:39 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThursday afternoon, Johnsen & Johnson recalled 13 million packages of Roilaids. This is yet another recall of their over the counter products. Like the peanut butter recalls of last year this...
- Mike Bryant | December 16, 2010 9:55 AM |
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Automobile Accidents- The American Immigration Lawyers Association if fighting to protect immigrants form exploitation in legal matters with StopNotarioFraud.org.
- Steve Lombardi takes a very interesting and often...
- Mike Bryant | December 15, 2010 7:53 PM |
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Motorcycle AccidentsThis past week, the Minnesota Tribune editorial board put out an interesting piece on what could be done to prevent future problems like what happened in the Koua Fong Lee case. The whole thing is...
- Mike Bryant | December 15, 2010 9:00 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThere was a very interesting article in the New York Times a couple of months back about doctors saying Sorry. Now , some would say that I'm not a lawyer who gets it, because I question when they...
- Mike Bryant | December 14, 2010 7:57 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseIt seems pretty safe that when 94 year old Mollye Fisher went to live at a nursing home in California that the freezer wasn't expected to be a place for her to be. But, despite that logic the...
- Mike Bryant | December 14, 2010 9:20 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsRecently the FBI warned that one of top holiday toysVideo Girl Barbie could be used for child pornography production.
The Barbie, has a camera lens hidden in its necklace, and a small monitor...
- Mike Bryant | December 13, 2010 10:16 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)A number of us here at the Injuryboard have written about issues with BNSF railroad over time.
The Burlington Northern Case Now Heads To The Appeal Stage, Mike Bryant | August 07, 2010 10:05...
- Mike Bryant | December 13, 2010 6:51 PM |
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MiscellaneousI write off and on, about the important of justice to our practice and to each of our clients. But, on occasion there are speakers that seem to explain it better. I ran across this young man from...
- Mike Bryant | December 13, 2010 9:58 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsWe got a lot of snow this weekend. This was on top of what has already been a snowy December. There are big piles of snow everywhere. With March being a historically snowy month, we are probably in...
- Mike Bryant | December 12, 2010 11:09 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)- Last week, a lawsuit was commenced concerning the molestation of dozens of children in East Los Angeles. The suit was started by Jeff Anderson and Anthony DeMarco against the three top Catholic...
- Mike Bryant | December 12, 2010 5:56 PM |
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Wrongful DeathWe have a fire hydrant on the front left corner of our yard. Other than having to cut the grass closer around it, I really didn't think much about it. Last year, our local fire department...
- Mike Bryant | December 12, 2010 9:51 AM |
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MiscellaneousI was intending to get to this issue earlier, but it took me a little while to get a copy of the billboard I've been driving by on I-94 this past month:
It's a product of the group that has been...
- Mike Bryant | December 12, 2010 7:34 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe last couple of weeks a number of us here at the Injuryboard have been seeing the same comment:
I did not think I was going too fast. A common remark from people losing control of front wheel...
- Mike Bryant | December 11, 2010 10:16 PM |
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Wrongful DeathThe snow has come and for the most part seems to be gone. Now it's wind and cold that is making the roads a dangerous place to be.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is advising no travel....
- Mike Bryant | December 11, 2010 4:10 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsFriday night, a St Cloud man was hit while crossing Third Street. at 19th Avenue North just after 6:30 p.m. The man was taken to St Cloud Hospital. Investigations are ongoing. The driver was cited...
- Mike Bryant | December 11, 2010 8:19 AM |
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Miscellaneous
The on-going battle between criminal defense attorneys and the State of Minnesota regarding the use of the Intoxilyzer 5000 machines finally came to a head recently in court. There are currently...
- Mike Bryant | December 11, 2010 1:40 AM |
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Wrongful DeathThere is a winter storm coming or already here for the whole State of Minnesota. This is being called a major storm.
- A blizzard warning remains in effect for areas roughly along and to the...
- Mike Bryant | December 10, 2010 9:47 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsGM went bankrupt and was allowed to leave debt and responsibility behind. It gives me mixed emotions to see that GM is now announcing that it will price its new stock at $33 a share for its initial...
- Mike Bryant | December 09, 2010 9:22 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeDo woman wait to long when they are having a heart attack?
The FDA is suggesting that radiation from CT Scans is operator error.
Injuryboard member Paul Napoli takes a interesting look at the...
- Mike Bryant | December 08, 2010 9:06 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsWhen you are clearing sidewalks and drive ways, the snow can't be placed on the road. The Minnesota Department of Transportation sent out a press release pointing out that private homeowners and...
- Mike Bryant | December 07, 2010 9:56 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Christmas day coming soon, the kids can tell you to the minute, people are starting to get their trees and lights up. It's important that consideration go into safety with the lights and...
- Mike Bryant | December 06, 2010 9:23 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe economy has created a 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 asked, the usual...
- Mike Bryant | December 05, 2010 9:51 AM |
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Wrongful DeathIt's not unusual that we see snowmobiling injuries in the office. They are usually people running into objects, such as posts, fences or lines, in the right away of snow trails or people being hit...
- Mike Bryant | December 04, 2010 9:17 AM |
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Wrongful DeathSo many of the posts here on the Injuryboards center on tragedy . Deadly car collisions, egg recalls popping up all over the globe and all sorts of dangerous products. It's just great to reminded of...
- Mike Bryant | December 04, 2010 2:14 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)I ran across another update from Jeff Anderson that should be of great concern for anyone looking for justice for sexual abuse victims. Basically, in October a Ramsey County District Judge dismissed...
- Mike Bryant | December 03, 2010 11:08 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsEnergy drinks have been with us for a while. Mixing them with alcohol was probably an inevitable result. For some reason, Four Loko has become the target of a ban. Personally, I have never had a...
- Mike Bryant | December 03, 2010 9:07 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. I even saw a tow truck in the ditch at Thanksgiving time. Speed and road...
- Mike Bryant | December 02, 2010 9:02 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsEvery once in a while, we will get a person who comes into the office and they will tell us that an agent or even an adjuster has told them that they can't make a claim against a family member after...
- Mike Bryant | December 01, 2010 9:51 AM |
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Spinal Cord InjuriesI've written about this topic before. But, I figured that finding a new website with updated information was worth pointed out again. Check out Spine-health.com.
Great information about...