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• EvenFlo Car Seat Recall

  Matt Christian | May 17, 2007 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  EvenFlo has recalled the infant car seat and carrier for babies and small children. There have been nearly 700 reports of the car seat and carrier malfunctioning causing numerous injuries. The product has malfunctioned by allowing the handle to improperly release and the carrier rotate forward allowing the possibility of the baby to fall out according to sources. ...

• National Chamber of Commerce is Anti-Responsibility

  Josh Christian | May 16, 2007 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  The National Chamber of Commerce released a false based attack against the American judicial system that protects the injured person and provides accountability for the corporations of America. As described by the AAJ the National Chamber of Commerce is looking to protect only pockets of the wealthy corporations http://www.atla.org/pressroom/PressReleases/2007/apr25.aspx.In the latest article...

• Medical Malpractice Crisis Found to be Fiction

  Harold Christian | May 16, 2007 10:55 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A recent article in the WashingtonPost.com site confirms that victims of medical malpractice often suffer without fair and just compensation. The article further establishes that empirical evidence runs contrary to those who contend that we have a medical malpractice crisis in our nation, and would not support the contentions of those such as President Bush who maintain that medical malpractice...

• Reform Needed to Improve Workers' Compensation Benefits

  Harold Christian | May 10, 2007 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  While Governor Mark Sanford and the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce continue to lobby for what they claim to be reform of the workers' compensation system, their plans would only benefit employers and the large insurance companies in our state. Reform is needed to provide more and fairer benefits for injured workers.Recently Governor Mark Sanford has toured the state of South Carolina...

• South Carolina Workers Compensation Reform

  Josh Christian | May 08, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Unfortunately, for the worker, the state Workers Compensation reform bill has now been passed from the labor committee to the house floor. The proposed bill would significantly limit an injured persons right to recover at the expense of large insurance companies growing profits.The proposed bill will limit what an injured worker can recover in an already limited system. The present workers...

• Labor Department Sued by Cold War Workers

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  People that worked in nuclear factories during the Cold War era have sued the Labor Department in a class-action lawsuit over workers compensation. They claim that the government is taking too long to decide on their claims. They were exposed to nuclear materials in their jobs mining uranium and assembling nuclear weapons. Greg Austin, president of Professional Case Management, the in-home...

• Social Security Administration Must Hire More Judges

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 4:52 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Social Security Disability appeals have created such a backlog that more administrative law judges must be hired according to a House subcommittee. There are over 730,000 disability appeals waiting for a ruling. The cases are to decide whether or not someone qualifies for Social Security disability benefits. Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue and Linda M . Springer, director of...

• Williamsburg Woman Wins Slip & Fall Case

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A woman from Williamsburg fell and hit her head outside of a gas station in 2003 causing a brain injury. She sued the company with a slip and fall lawsuit after she was unable to return to work. Water running down from a leaky awning caused her to slip. The plantiff's attorney's were able to get the Miller Mart officials to admit in depositions that they knew the outside curb was dangerous....

• Windsor Manor Sued in Two Wrongful Death Suits

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A California nursing home has been sued twice with wrongful death suits. A husband and wife are both suing the Windsor Manor nursing home in Concord, California. Both of their mothers died while patients at the nursing home in two seperate incidents. One mother died from a fall while she was unsupervised and unassisted and the other died from apiration pneumonia. Attorney Jay P. Renneisen, a...

• Douglas County Sued for Not Serving Medical Malpractice Papers

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A county in Nebraska has been sued for not serving a doctor with medical malpractice papers. A woman is suing Douglas County for damages that she was not able to claim when her medical malpractice case was thrown out of court. The county sent her attorney paperwork saying the papers had been served within the statute of limitations. The doctor testified in court that he was not served. ...