InjuryBoard Omaha Archives

• Verdict Against the City of Omaha

  John Inserra | June 29, 2007 10:06 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A Douglas County District Judge awarded $837,000 to Dorcas Davis, 46. Davis experiences seizures, memory loss and eye movement problems because of the accident seven years ago. The award was made against the City of Omaha for failing to install a stop sign at the intersection of 17th & Burt Street at the proper height.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Cars and...

• FELA Verdict

  John Inserra | June 26, 2007 4:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  A Douglas County Nebraska jury this week ordered Union Pacific Railroad Company to pay $942,000 to a conductor for the knee injuries he suffered after falling on ice in a parking lot of a hotel where Union Pacific had paid for him to stay. For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Workplace Injuries and Discrimination.

• FDA & Vitamins, Herbal Supplements, & others

  John Inserra | June 25, 2007 4:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Washington Post reports that For the first time, manufacturers of vitamins, herbal pills and other dietary supplements will have to test all of their products' ingredients, the Food and Drug Administration ordered yesterday.It appears that the new regulation which will not take effect for at least another year only covers the proper listing of the ingredients of the product and has no actual...

• New Jersey case allows minor impact photographs

  John Inserra | June 15, 2007 8:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The New Jersey Supreme Court has allowed photographs of a minor rear end collision to be admitted into evidence on the issue of causation without the need for expert testimony. The battle will continue as to whether photographs showing minor or no damage to vehicle will be admissible to either prove or disprove a cause and effect injury from the accident. The reasoning is interesting because...

• Healthcare Quality versus Cost

  John Inserra | June 14, 2007 3:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  As reported by the New York Times:In a Pennsylvania government survey of the state's 60 hospitals that perform heart bypass surgery, the best-paid hospital received nearly $100,000, on average, for the operation while the least-paid got less than $20,000. At both, patients had comparable lengths of stay and death rates