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• Vegas NHRA Accident Leaves Driver Hospitalized

  Christina Cole | January 30, 2007 10:17 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Brittany Force, the daughter of 14-time NHRA Funny Car companion John Force, was under observation at Las Vegas Hospital on Saturday after a car accident when she hit the wall during preseason testing at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Making her second test run in a Super comp dragster, Force, shook the tires after leaving the starting line and brushing the left-lane retaining wall. She...

• Unser Jr. Charged in Las Vegas Car Crash

  Christina Cole | January 26, 2007 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Al Unser Jr. is facing a charge of driving under the influence after he left the scene of a car accident on a Nevada freeway.Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin Honea says Unser was arrested after he was identified as the driver of a car that sideswiped another on the Las Vegas Beltway on Thursday.The other car involved crashed into a concrete center median while Unser's vehicle had little...

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against (4) Officers

  Christina Cole | January 16, 2007 5:05 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  The family of a man whom died after a struggle with the police, who mistook his diabetic state for being drunk, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against four officers and the city of West Chicago.Four Chicago police officers tried to subdue Jerome Clement in August after they discovered him hunched over the wheel of his car. When Clement resisted, police allegedly used force causing Clement to...

• Woman 0-for-2 with her Lawsuits

  Christina Cole | January 10, 2007 6:39 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Rhode Island Supreme Court recently upheld a Superior Court decision that a Providence law firm wasn't to blame for a woman losing her medical malpractice lawsuit.Released Monday, the order, says Lois Gullage did not adequately prove her case against Bowerman and Taylor Guretin.The suit alleges the firm did not return her x-rays, which in turn prevented her from acquiring an expert witness for...

• Medical Malpractice Settlement could be Capped

  Christina Cole | January 05, 2007 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  A Stark County woman was awarded $1.6 million in her medical malpractice verdict after a 2004 abdominal surgery left her with the loss of 55 centimeters of her bowel, a life threatening infection and chronic diarrhea.Now, the question is, whether the award will remain $1.6 million or will it shrink under the 2003 state legislation that capped medical malpractice damages.The issue at hand is not...

• Product Liability Suits Surrounding Ortho Evra

  Christina Cole | December 31, 2006 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Former vice president of two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries claims he was fired for seeking recalls of many faulty products, including the Ortho Evra birth control patch - subject of at least 1,000 product liability suits.Joel S. Lippmann, 52, of Warren, started working for J&J in 1990 and worked his way up to vice president of clinical trials for Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc., which makes...

• Inquest Postponed in Death of Las Vegas Robbery Suspect

  Christina Cole | December 28, 2006 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  The Clark County coroner has postponed an inquest of the October death of robbery suspect James Lewis that struggled with the Las Vegas Police. A lawyer representing Lewis' family says they intend to file a federal wrongful death suit against police.Coroner Michael Murphy says the proceeding was delayed a day due to a scheduling conflict. Murphy ruled the death of James Lewis was due to cocaine...

• Clark County Inmate Dies; Family Filing Wrongful Death Suit

  Christina Cole | December 15, 2006 6:10 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Police say an inmate at the Clark County Detention Center died last week after he injured his head in a fall. But, the man's family does not trust what authorities are saying happened and they are planning to file a wrongful death suit.According to the Las Vegas Police, David Davell Reece, 36, injured his head on December 2nd after falling in his disciplinary isolation cell. Reece, who refused...

• Biffle in Car Accident at Las Vegas Tire Test

  Christina Cole | December 15, 2006 5:50 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Nextel cup driver Greg Biffle was in a fiery car crash on Thursday while testing tires at the Las Vegas Motor speedway. Biffle was helped from his burning race car by Kyle Busch.Both drivers were helping Goodyear to test tires on the remodeled speedway when Biffle blew a tire, causing him to hit the wall between the first and second turns. The accident broke the fuel pump which then caused his...

• Women Sues Lawyer who vanished after settling Malpractice Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | December 15, 2006 5:43 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Tonya'n LaBeaux has lost faith in the Nevada justice system.Her lawyer is being charged with forging documents that ended her $1.5 million wrongful death lawsuit against a Washoe County doctor and making off with the settlement he negotiated without her consent. To date, the courts have rebuffed her attempts to resurrect her case against the doctor.LaBeaux, now a California resident, is going...