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Jun
Unfinished Overpass Collapses In World Cup City
An unfinished overpass collapsed last Thursday (July 3) in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte, killing at least one person. This recent incident has cast a shadow over the World Cup tournament city that has suffered repeated construction accidents and delays and...
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Jun
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed In Well Explosion
With the help of a wrongful death law firm, the parents of Ian McKee, 27, of Morgantown, W. Va. , has filed a lawsuit against Chevron Appalachia, LLC for their son's death who was killed in a gas well explosion in Dunkard Township on Feb. 11th. The Observer Reporter explains:...
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Jun
Family of Woman Killed In Boating Accident Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
With the help of a wrongful death attorney, the family of Lane Alden, the woman killed in a 2012 boating accident on the Delaware River, has filed a lawsuit against the alleged owner of the boat and driver, who is awaiting trial on vehicular homicide and manslaughter charges. Le...
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Jun
Russell Means’ Widow Sues Christus Doctors, Claims Misdiagnosis Led to Activist’s Death
With the help of a medical malpractice law firm, a suit has been filed in state District Court in Las Vegas, N. M. , by the wife of Russell Means, stating the hospital allowed his condition to worsen as it went untreated for months. Santa Fe New Mexican: In court documents, lawyers...
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Jun
Bail Set At $1 Million For Retired NYPD Officer Charged In Deadly Hit-And-Run
Our motor vehicle attorneys have learned that a retired NYPD officer has been charged with the hit and run death of a 13-year-old girl with Down syndrome in Levittown, New York. CBS New York reports: Bail for Michael Elardo, 48, of Syosset was set at $1 million during his arraign...
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Jun
Police Misconduct Found In Case Of Man Who Spent 19 Years In Prision
A North Carolina judge has ordered a new trial for a man who has spent the past 19 years in prison for two murders he and his police abuse lawyers have always maintained he did not commit. The Sky Valley Chronicle: A North Carolina district court reversed a double murder convicti...
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Jun
Moab Man Fatally Crushed In Work Accident
Our construction accident lawyers have recently learned that Moab resident, Jay L. Stephens, 51, was killed in a work accident on Monday morning, June 9 at Bob’s Sanitation transfer station. The Grand County Sheriff’s Office identified Stephens revealing that he was crushed by a...
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Jun
Medical Test Mistakes Pose Serious Risk
A recent Johns Hopkins’ study found that a young woman suffered for 1 1/2 years because of a medical testing error that could have been prevented. As any medical malpractice lawyer can tell you, the young woman’s experience is not unusual; diagnostic errors such as these cause bi...
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Jun
Left Untreated, Bedsores Can Be Lethal
Pressure ulcers, commonly called bedsores, are a big problem in the United States. As medical malpractice lawyers, we can tell you that more than 2. 5 million Americans develop pressure ulcers every year, with about 60,000 people dying each year from pressure ulcer complications...
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Jun
Safe Operations of Cranes in Construction: A Must for Every Construction Project
As crane accident lawyers, we can tell you that cranes were made to assist in construction projects as a way to lift, lower, and move materials. Cranes were not designed to claim the lives of construction workers. Following the standards on crane safety and inspections requiremen...
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