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• An issue of vehicle ownership and negligent entrustment

  John Inserra | February 29, 2008 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  The Nebraska Supreme court cleared up the issue of ownership requirements and the negligent entrustment of a vehicle involved in a motor vehicle accident in the case of Richard A. DeWester, Personal Representative of theEstate of Lindsay DeWester, deceased, appellant, v. Kyle W. Watkins, an individual, appellee. In a nutshell, the Court held: Based on the Restatement's reasoning, most courts...

• Icy Hot Heat Therapy Products Recalled Due to Skin Irritation and Burns

  Jenny Albano | February 09, 2008 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Chattem, Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling Icy Hot Heat Therapy products, and some consumer samples that were given out for a limited promotional basis.Chattem is recalling these products because it has received some consumer reports of first, second and third degree burns as well as skin irritation resulting from consumer use or possible misuse of these products.The following...

• Nebraska Rejects Anti Helmet Law

  John Inserra | January 16, 2008 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  The Nebraska unicameral legislature rejected by a vote of 25-23 a bill which would have allowed people age 21 and older to ride motorcycles and go without helmets as long as they wore eye protection and had taken a safety course.For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• New Automobile Safety Ratings

  John Inserra | January 10, 2008 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  New automobile ratings may be found at www.safecar.gov. A good web site when buying a car. A good website when investing defects and recalls.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• 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...