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• Vegas NHRA Accident Leaves Driver Hospitalized

  Christina Cole | January 30, 2007 10:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  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 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  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 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  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...