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• Washoe Valley Woman Killed in Fatal Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 30, 2007 11:05 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the scene of a single car accident that happened at the intersection of SR 429 and Eastlake Blvd, near Washoe Valley, on Wednesday.Preliminary reports suggest the 20-year-old woman, of Washoe Valley, was traveling south at a high rate of speed on Eastlake Blvd in her 2003 Ford sedan when she failed to stop at a stop...

• Mother Files Wrongful Death Claim Against City and State

  Chrissie Cole | August 17, 2007 8:09 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  A mother of two small children is preparing to file a $12 million wrongful death claim for the deaths of her two small children - ages four and five.The claim is asking the state for $8 million in wrongful death damages and the City of Tucson for $4 million.The mother alleges she was abused by her ex-husband both during her pregnancy and after the children were born. A term in the divorce...

• Wal-Mart Pharmacy Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit during Mediation

  Chrissie Cole | August 03, 2007 9:30 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Wal-Mart Pharmacy in Frederick, Maryland, has settled a wrongful death lawsuit during mediation without admission of liability or fault.On December 13, 2005, a customer walked into Wal-Mart Pharmacy and ordered over-the-counter Humulin R (u-100(. However, the pharmacy allegedly gave him the wrong prescription and he left with Humulin R (u-500), a prescription drug that has five times more...

• Eureka Woman Killed in Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 23, 2007 7:08 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  A fatal car accident on U.S. 50, two miles west of Eureka, claimed the life of a 23-year-old Eureka woman, the Nevada Highway Patrol reported.The woman was traveling westbound at 3:15 a.m., on Thursday, when the 2004 Volkswagen Jetta she was driving veered out of the travel lane and onto a dirt shoulder off the side of the road, the Nevada Highway Patrol said. The driver overcorrected to the...

• White Meany & Wetherall

  Staff Writer | July 19, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  White Meany & Wetherall provides the highest quality representation to those who have been injured because of someone else's negligence. Whether it's because of an auto accident, defective prescription or over-the-counter drug, medical malpractice, or some other form of negligence, we provide tough, knowledgeable and compassionate representation.We are not a "settlement factory" processing...

• Peter C. Wetherall, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | July 19, 2007 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Peter C. Wetherall's entire career as a lawyer has been dedicated to helping the injured and unempowered. Peter was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota, where he attained a B.A. in Philosophy (cum laude) in 1987. In 1990, at the age of 24, he received his J.D. degree from the University of Minnesota Law School. Thereafter, Peter began his legal...

• 911 Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | July 10, 2007 10:42 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  The parents of a 7-year-old girl who died in 2004, from an asthma attack, is suing the City of Memphis for her death. The wrongful death lawsuit alleges the dispatcher didn't follow the proper procedures. The dispatcher had only been on the job for a few days.When the ambulance didn't arrive, the family drove her to the nearest fire station for help. At the fire station, the emergency workers...

• Las Vegas Ranking Low on Safe Driver List

  Chrissie Cole | June 25, 2007 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Now, there is tangible proof that Las Vegas drivers are some of the worst drivers in the nation. Allstate, a national insurance company, has released their annual America's Best Drivers Report.The report ranks Las Vegas in the bottom third in the nation when it comes to good drivers.Las Vegas drivers have been known to eat, put on make up and read while driving, some incidents leading to car...

• Avandia Recall Information

  Chrissie Cole | May 28, 2007 11:45 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is aware of a safety issue regarding the drug rosiglitazone maleate, marketed under the brand name Avandia. The drug is for type 2 diabetes.Safety data analysis of controlled clinical trials shows a significant increase in the risk of heart attack and heart related health issues and deaths in patients that take Avandia.Published and unpublished data from...

• Lawsuit Against Nursing Home Alleges Wrongful Death

  Christina Cole | May 16, 2007 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Two Physicians and two health care facilities have been listed in a wrongful death lawsuit.Split Rail and facility employees are at the core of the suit which also names South West Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center as defendants.Randolph, 41, was a resident at Split Rail, according to the lawsuit, at the time of his death in March 2005. The suit alleges the man suffered from...