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• Traumatic Brain Injury

  John Inserra | May 23, 2006 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Sometimes, a simple headache is the only symptom of a traumatic brain injury; but traumatic brain injuries can have many degrees of severity and manifest themselves in many ways. Always be on the lookout for symptoms which can include can include pain, nausea, seizures, confusion, memory loss, a change in personality, depression, irritability, and other emotional and behavioral problems. The...

• Jury Service and Tort Reform

  John Inserra | May 19, 2006 9:22 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  States are passing "Tort Reform" legislation that should make sense to everyone. It is not about capping one group or another's liability or damages, but rather, it is about fairness to jurors. Jury service is a civil duty, but it can be very instrusive and a financial hardship on people. My experience with jurors is that they take their job very seriously, but they are always put out by the...

• Workers' Compensation And WTC Clean-up

  Staff Writer | April 27, 2006 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Julie Ferguson at Workers' Comp Insider brings my attention to an AP article from PhillyBurbs.com. The article points out that the government does not look highly upon workers' compensation claims arising from the clean-up of the 9-11 tragedy: of the 485 federal employees to file for workers compensation claiming injuries from the aftermath at ground zero... virtually all of those claims, some...

• Motorcycle Information by the Highway Safety Department of Nebraska

  John Inserra | April 21, 2008 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  If you have a motorcycle or are interested in buying a motorcycle you should look at the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles Highway Safety Division website on motorcycles The site covers the...

• 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.

• 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...

• 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...

• Another Chinese Product Recall

  John Inserra | August 30, 2007 8:37 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Toys R Us has recalled Imaginarium Wooden Coloring Cases according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The danger is the printed ink on the outer packaging of the wood case contains lead. This product was manufactured in China.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Defective and Dangerous Products.

• ERISA Reimbursement Case of Interest

  John Inserra | August 01, 2007 6:35 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  An ERISA case, Mills v. London Grove Township, decided by a Federal Judge in Pennsylvania did not allow the plan administrator to recover against a special needs trust set up for a dependant of the plan's primary beneficiary. For anyone who deals with ERISA subrogation claims, the judge put his reasoning into reality when he states: In the final analysis, the real dispute generated by ACS's...

• Sara Lee Food Recall

  John Inserra | July 27, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Thanks to Darin Schanker for his Sara Lee Recall blog. The FDA has issued the alert for the voluntary recall of some of Sara Lee's products which were found to have metal pieces in them. If you have purchased Sara Lee products, please review the FDA alert.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Defective and Dangerous Products.