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Birth Injury
It has been observed that in some cases medical malpractice and negligence can lead to birth injuries, which could necessitate a lawsuit against a doctor or medical staff. Mostly, the injuries are not curable and the parents and child will be forced to
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:23P
Schmidt's Lawsuit Gets Nat'l Attention
A congresswoman's lawsuit against a local businessman and onetime political opponent is featured in an article today on the popular Politico website. US Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Miami Township) is suing David Krikorian, who ran as an independent against
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:23P
Harsh reality dawns from The Hague
Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP, William Ruto are back from The Hague. As the poll chaos suspects The post-election violence was probably the worst experience this country has ever seen, but it was not the first.
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:23P
The 2011 spending cuts in one graph
Normal people don't group commerce, justice and science together in their heads, but for funding purposes, Congress does. And as you can see in the chart, they took a big whack — total funding is down 12 percent from the president's 2011 funding
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:23P
Sara's Law creates next-of-kin registry
If such a registered individual was subsequently involved in a motor vehicle accident that results in serious injury, death or incapacitation, law enforcement personnel will utilize the registry to notify the individual's emergency contacts.
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:23P
Top Missouri Dem Endorses Suit Against Health Care Mandate
But Koster said the so-called individual mandate requiring most Americans to buy health insurance runs afoul of the Constitution, as well as his state's referendum, and should be cleaved from the law. The mandate, he said, "would imbue Congress with
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:23P
ReGen Biologics goes bankrupt after FDA yanks Menaflex approval
ReGen Biologics has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection – just one week after the FDA rescinded its approval of the company's Menaflex orthopedic implant device. The implant was originally approved in 2008, but it promptly became part of a
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:23P
ReGen Biologics goes bankrupt after FDA yanks Menaflex approval
ReGen Biologics has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection – just one week after the FDA rescinded its approval of the company's Menaflex orthopedic implant device. The implant was originally approved in 2008, but it promptly became part of a
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:23P
Schultz's law license under review after plea
For sentencing purposes, a DUI diversion is treated as a conviction. A blood draw showed Schultz had marijuana, a narcotic-like pain reliever, and an antidepressant in his system, and his blood-alcohol level was 0.12 percent. Kansas law defines
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:22P
Man jailed for senior's beating death
"His (Rorison's) death was tragic, unnecessary and was a great loss to his family and community," Justice Cindy Bourgeois said of Rorison. In passing sentence, Bourgeois said there was no evidence Benson was aware of a plan to rob Rorison or that he
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:22P