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• Welder Recovers in Ohio for Manganese Exposure

  John Inserra | December 10, 2007 8:35 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  It is reported in the Cincinnati Post that A federal jury awarded $17.5 million to a welder who sued five companies on claims that he got sick from inhaled fumes, marking the second time in 18 such cases that a verdict has come down on the side of workers.The jury in Cleveland found that the five companies showed negligence by not warning the plaintiff of the toxicity of manganese in their...

• A Sad Day for Us in Omaha

  John Inserra | December 06, 2007 8:49 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Yesterday, a 19 year old boy went into one of the busiest malls in Omaha Nebraska with an assault rifle, opened fire, and killed eight people and wounded five others. A random act of violence by a disturbed young man. Those are the headlines we read, but we live in the city where it happened. One of our staff members was in the Von Maur store at the time of the shooting. She and her daughter...

• First DWI Court in Nebraska

  John Inserra | November 28, 2007 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Scottsbluff County Nebraska has instituted a "post sentence" DWI court, the first in the State of Nebraska.The goal of the court, like its drug court counterparts, is to get people enrolled in alcohol and/or drug treatment programs, mental health counseling as needed, and regular participation in Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous programs. A "post sentence" court is one that operates...

• Nebraska case Interprets Underinsurance Statute of Limitations

  John Inserra | November 11, 2007 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  The Nebraska Supreme Court further defined the underinsurance statute of limitations found at Neb. Rev. S tat. §§ 44-6401 to 44-6414 (Reissue 2004) in the case of Connie Reimers-Hild, appellant, v. State of Nebraska et al., appellees. filed on November 9, 2007. . Guide One Insurance Company was the tortfeasor's motor vehicle liability insurer. Guide One settled Reimers-Hild's claim, the...

• Vioxx Settlement

  John Inserra | November 09, 2007 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Merck has agreed to settle pending Vioxx claims for a total of $4.85 billion. The settlement is an offer of settlement to individual plaintiffs, provided they can show "1) objective medical proof of either a heart attack or ischemic stroke; (2) documented receipt of at least 30 Vioxx pills; and (3) receipt of pills in sufficient number and proximity to the event to support a presumption that...

• FDA Recall of PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE

  John Inserra | October 26, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  All drugs containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are being recalled.It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain )among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting useof medication. Problems were not found in men, but the FDArecommended that everyone ( even children ) seek alternativemedicine.The following medications contain Phenylpropanolamine:Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite...

• Conagra Recalls All Pot Pies

  John Inserra | October 16, 2007 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Conagra has recalled all of its Banquet brand frozen pot pies and all varieties of store brand frozen pot pies. ConAgra expanded the voluntary recall to include all Banquet and store brand pot pie varieties, including Albertson's, Hill Country Fare, Food Lion, Great Value, Kirkwood, Kroger, Meijer and Western Family.For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Defective...

• More Food Recalls

  John Inserra | October 08, 2007 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Krafts Food has voluntarily recalled Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares (6 oz.) with a UPC Code 0043000252200. This product may be contaminated with Salmonella. Thanks for the heads up from fellow injuryboard.com member Mark Joye of Charleston South Carolina.Also Cargill Inc has voluntarily recalled approximately 844,812 pounds of frozen ground beef patties because they may be...

• What makes a medical charge reasonable?

  John Inserra | September 26, 2007 8:50 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  The case of Reyher v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company out of the Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's summary judgment on the issue of what a medical doctor should or should not be reimbursed by the automobile insurance company based on a submission of a Auto Injury Management database.In October 2001, Reyher was injured in an automobile accident and required...

• Federal Premption and Rental Cars

  John Inserra | September 18, 2007 1:22 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  As reported by American Association for Justice (AAJ): In a ruling with wide implications for federal preemption and vicarious liability, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on September 14 declared the Graves Amendment unconstitutional. That amendment had given immunity to automobile rental agencies for harm caused by their vehicles (Vanguard Car Rental v. Huchon, Case...