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Texas Car Accident Kills One, Injures Three

Lily Montoya, 41, was involved in a fatal car accident in the early morning hours. According to a KFOX14 news report, the deadly incident occurred in city of El Paso on Trawood near Lomaland street. Lily was a passenger of a 2001 Isuzu Rodeo that was backing out of a residence onto Trawood. A 2004 [...]

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New DUI Law Affects Four California Counties Starting July 1

Starting on July 1, 2010, convicted drunk drivers in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Tulare, and Alameda counties will have to install ignition interlock devices in their vehicles.  According to a CBS News report, the ignition interlock devices (IID’s) will require DUI offenders to test their breath for alcohol before they can start their vehicle.   The [...]

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When Should An Injured Accident Victim Receive A Free Consultation?

There are a number of fatal mistakes that can wreck your Los Angeles personal injury claim. Making just one of these fatal mistakes could jeopardize your settlement and cost you and your loved ones. One of these mistakes is made by victims who believe they can handle their own case when there is significant injury. [...]

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Fatal crash involving bee truck closes I-35 in Lakeville

By Kare11.com   LAKEVILLE, Minn. — At least one person has died in a multi-vehicle accident involving a bee truck on Interstate 35 late Monday morning.   The crash happened around 11:30 a.m. Monday on northbound I-35 near County Road 70 in Lakeville.   St. Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske told KARE 11 one person is confirmed dead, while one [...]

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Reynolds Told to Pay $29.1 Million to Smoker’s Widow

By Bob Van Voris   May 20 (Bloomberg) — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must pay $29.1 million to Connie Buonomo, the widow of a Florida man who started smoking at age 13 and died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2008, a jury in Fort Lauderdale said.   The unanimous verdict today by six state [...]

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Rancho Cucamonga Resident Killed in Six Car Crash

Pedro Medina, 46, of Rancho Cucamonga was fatally injured in a Rancho Cucamonga car accident in April 2010. According to The Sun, the six car collision happened after Medina, who was driving west near Via Verde, side-swiped the rear of a 1995 Mazda. Medina’s van then struck the rear of a 1995 Mitsubishi 3000 GT. [...]

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Jury awards $500M punitive damages in hep C case

By Oskar Garcia (AP)   LAS VEGAS — A jury in Las Vegas ordered two drug companies to pay a combined $500 million in punitive damages in the first of hundreds of civil cases stemming from a hepatitis C outbreak two years ago.   The Clark County District Court jury on Friday ordered Teva Parenteral [...]

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West Virginia Mine Disaster: Coal Company Had Twice Settled Court Cases By Promising Safety Upgrades

April 10, 2010 By: Matthew Mosk, ABC News   Over the past two years, controversial coal boss Don Blankenship has twice agreed to courtroom settlements requiring his company to clean up a checkered safety record, yet federal documents show Massey Energy mines continued to rack up serious violations in advance of the explosion that killed [...]

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ATV accident claims life of 4-year-old boy

  March 21, 2010   FREDERICK, Md. — A 4-year-old boy died after he became pinned underwater in an all-terrain vehicle crash on Burkittsville Road Saturday night, according to the Frederick County Bureau of Investigations.   The boy died Sunday morning, according to a release sent out Sunday night from the Bureau of Investigations.   [...]

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Lawsuit alleges negligence in boy’s drowning

March 10, 2010 By Russell Carter, Womack Publishing Service   A Gretna woman filed a $15 million lawsuit Thursday in Pittsylvania County Circuit Court on behalf of her 12-year-son who drowned in 2008 at Smith Mountain Lake State Park.   Dora Mae Henley is suing Sycamore Baptist Church and the Commonwealth of Virginia, along with [...]

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