- Joe Crumley | September 30, 2010 12:08 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeCan you imagine a world without lawyers? I can't answer that any better than this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j6_S9lJ73o&feature=player_embedded
- Mike Bryant | September 29, 2010 9:31 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe Center for Excellence in Rural Safety at the University of Minnesota has released a report that most people feel safer on rural roads. By a giant percentage of 79%, country roads are believed to...
- Mike Bryant | September 28, 2010 9:45 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesThere is most likely an issue with the economy and the numbers of jobs, but even with that, there is good news that the seven reported construction related deaths was just below half compared to an...
- Mike Bryant | September 27, 2010 9:20 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)It was reported the Minnesota State Patrol did ride alongs on trains in Minnesota the last week in August. They were put there to look at what the possible reasons could be for car/train accidents...
- Mike Bryant | September 26, 2010 9:07 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI was watching this dumb video the other day on Facebook:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PgENT89m3A
I guess the point is maybe that tasers aren't that bad? But, watch it, he is being held and...
- Mike Bryant | September 25, 2010 9:16 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeWe see medical records all the time. It's not unusual to find mistakes or items that are left out. Sometimes, the omissions are fatal. Other times, they are never to be thought of again. Talk to the...
- Mike Bryant | September 24, 2010 9:59 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesI think back to all of the concussions that kids received as we played sports growing up. The advice was to wake them up a couple of times at night and maybe stay home for a day. How much long term...
- Mike Bryant | September 23, 2010 9:48 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn all of the ranting and raving , mostly from insurance companies about the high costs of medical malpractice, we hear about:
- Doctors doing trillions of dollars of extra medical tests.
- That...
- Mike Bryant | September 22, 2010 9:43 AM |
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Wrongful DeathIn two separate incidents in the last week, wrong-way drivers on the highway caused tragedies to occur.
- A wrong-way driver was killed on I-90 near Rushmore when he hit an oncoming pickup at 90...
- Mike Bryant | September 21, 2010 9:40 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI've written about this before. Look at the sign. If there is a person in or entering the crosswalk, Minnesota law requires you to stop. Not speed by and not create the mayhem , that my partner, Joe...
- Mike Bryant | September 20, 2010 9:35 AM |
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MiscellaneousTime Magazine had an interesting article this past week on that very question. With the advances in cellphones and mini camera's people all over the world now have the capacity to catch on cameras...
- Mike Bryant | September 19, 2010 7:10 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesLast week, a BNSF employee became the first death involving Minnesota Northstar rail system. The story, as presented by the Minneapolis Tribune, was that:
Andrew Kim Weaver, 53, having stepped...
- Mike Bryant | September 19, 2010 4:34 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)There is a tragic case of a young boy who contracted an STD from a condom that was left behind in a Wyndham Garden Hotel room that got my attention...
- Mike Bryant | September 18, 2010 9:13 AM |
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MiscellaneousNice to see true consumer advocates being promoted to positions to protect the public. The Obama administration announced that Elizabeth Warren will be a special adviser overseeing the creation of...
- Mike Bryant | September 15, 2010 9:54 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsWe have a couple of mediations a month. The Alternative Resolution Process (ADR) is required by the Minnesota Courts in most cases. You can't go to trial in Minnesota with a civil case unless your...
- Mike Bryant | September 14, 2010 9:39 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsSo is it good service or a simple race to protect their money? I've been told a couple of times in the last week about adjusters just popping unannounced into the hospital rooms of horribly injured...
- Mike Bryant | September 13, 2010 10:35 PM |
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Miscellaneoushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7jJI1cfEgc&feature=player_embedded
This is the now famous Nancy Pelosi as the Wicked Witch Ad. It's being run by the guy that has the full support of that group...
- Mike Bryant | September 12, 2010 6:10 PM |
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Wrongful DeathA 70-year-old Nevis woman was driving her van southbound on Minnesota 89. The deadly collision took place at the intersection with westbound U.S. 2. Her van was hit by a truck that was traveling on...
- Mike Bryant | September 11, 2010 9:58 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)The national “The 2010 Pool Safely Summer Snapshot on Pool Safety in the United States” indicates that at least 172 children younger than 15 have drowned since Memorial Day weekend. This...
- Mike Bryant | September 10, 2010 9:24 AM |
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Medical Malpractice- One of my favorite lawyer writers, Alexis Neely, looked at confrontation and how to deal with it.
- Point of Law looked at findings from the University of Michigan concerning early settlement...
- Mike Bryant | September 09, 2010 9:16 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)- Ford is back with another big auto recall this times it's 575,000 1998 to 2003 Windstar minivans in order to reinforce the vehicle's rear axle. Apparently they can corrode and fall off. Sounds...
- Mike Bryant | September 08, 2010 8:21 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesPoint of Law is a mouthpiece for the interests of the U S Chamber that masquerades as a fair minded look at the tort system. Read them for awhile and there is no doubt that they are full square...
- Mike Bryant | September 08, 2010 6:43 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
I've written in the past about the importance of holding foreign manufacturers accountable when their products injure and kill. Mark Bello, pointed out the amount of worthless crap we are...
- Mike Bryant | September 08, 2010 9:52 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)- A 20 year old babysitter was alleged to be 4 times over the legal limit for alcohol as she was watching her charges swim at Lake Phalen.
- There has been a settlement of the TB cases that were...
- Mike Bryant | September 07, 2010 7:39 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Reason Foundation released their 19th annual Performance of State Highway Systems report. The reports measures the condition and cost-effectiveness of state-owned roads in 11 categories,...
- Mike Bryant | September 07, 2010 9:33 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsThis past week, DePuy Orthopedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson , Warsaw, Ind. announced the recall of 93,000 ASR devices . The reason is a 2010 report from the National Joint Registry of...
- Mike Bryant | September 06, 2010 9:11 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsToday is a day of rest and parades. That was the call, when Labor Day was originally created in 1882 as the Central Labor Union Day. It is meant to be a day for the regular worker to get a day off....
- Joe Crumley | September 06, 2010 1:27 AM |
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Spinal Cord InjuriesWrapping paper: $5.00 Holiday lights: $25.00 Cookie ingredients: 15.00 Christmas morning with the family? Priceless
Master Card is responsible for one of the best known advertising schemes of the...
- Mike Bryant | September 05, 2010 7:06 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesThe BP oil spill Emergency Payments protocol came out last week. Rep. John Conyers, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee had a interesting review in the Huffington Post. The American...
- Mike Bryant | September 05, 2010 6:16 PM |
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Wrongful DeathI wrote earlier this week about the concerns going into this three day weekend. There was already more highway deaths than a average week and we hadn't reached the weekend. Unfortunately, the...
- Mike Bryant | September 05, 2010 9:53 AM |
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Wrongful DeathAs of the middle of August there have been 16 people killed this year on ATV's. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is concerned enough to issue a warning. It's hard to really draw...
- Mike Bryant | September 04, 2010 6:25 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsThere are a number of blogs here at the Injuryboard that focus on particular collisions. Each is a tragedy that should have been avoided. This week in Minnesota, we saw a number of collisions that...
- Mike Bryant | September 04, 2010 6:24 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesMinnesota company Sparboe Farms, is expanding their recall do to eggs that they purchased from Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms. Included in the recall are:
The following X-Large eggs...
- Mike Bryant | September 04, 2010 3:34 PM |
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Wrongful DeathFor many reasons it is not unusual to see increased highway deaths over holiday weekends. More people on the road, parties, and maybe just a sense of freedom increasing the speeds. Hopefully, this...
- Mike Bryant | September 04, 2010 9:14 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio have found that between 1997 and 2007 229,023 children...
- Mike Bryant | September 03, 2010 9:04 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)The Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) has noted a cause for concern as they have seen a doubling in 2010 of the number of children in the ER after falling out of a window. The Consumer Product...
- Mike Bryant | September 02, 2010 7:35 PM |
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Wrongful DeathThe death of celebrity plastic surgeon, Dr. Frank Ryan reminds us that drivers should not be texting. It has been written about a number of times here at the Injuryboard:
Graphic Look At The...
- Mike Bryant | September 02, 2010 9:06 AM |
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Head & Brain Injuries- WebMD is suggesting that we all look at our vitamin D levels.
- CBS News Health looked at the military veterans who have been dismissed for Personality disorders when they really suffered from...
- Mike Bryant | September 01, 2010 9:17 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI'll start by looking at the time right after the collision. You are at home, in the hospital or maybe even still at the scene. Out of the blue, an insurance adjuster shows up. They want you to sign...