Top 10 for the Past Week | 1. | DUI Death Lawsuit Leads to $15M Judgment
Oct 7, 2011 -- A woman who was killed with three others in a head-on collision four years ago this week had just left a Gulfport bar where, by most accounts, she was visibly drunk when the waitresses continued to serve her alcohol and allowed her to drive away. A ... | | 2. | Ohio High Court Considers Case of Magnetic Homes
Oct 7, 2011 -- The Ohio Supreme Court has been drawn into the case of two central Ohio couples who say their homes became giant magnets that hampered their TVs, phones and computers. The Columbus Dispatch reports the problem was traced to steel joists that had ... | | 3. | Wildfire Burns 40 Square Miles in Central Nebraska
Oct 6, 2011 -- Firefighters on Wednesday battled a wind-swept wildfire that has burned more than 40-square miles in central Nebraska, destroying one home and sending one man to the hospital with burns. The fire started Tuesday near the small town of Stapleton, in ... | | 4. | Responders Train for Hybrid, Electric Car Rescues
Oct 6, 2011 -- On Interstate 84 recently, a taxi became lodged under a tractor-trailer after being struck from behind. The first priority for firefighters was getting the victim out of the car but because the vehicle had been so severely damaged, no one noticed it ... | | 5. | Calif. Jury Awards $48M in Motrin Blood Blisters Case
Oct 6, 2011 -- A Southern California jury has awarded $48 million to a man who got a severe skin disorder and mouth blood blisters after taking the pain reliever Motrin. Christopher Trejo filed the negligence suit against McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary ... | | 6. | Property Loss Cost Containment Strategies: Cheaper Isn’t Better
Oct 5, 2011 -- How carriers and adjusters respond to property losses can reduce the impact of the claims as well as the costs, according to Lynne Jurek Shannon and Doris T. Bobadilla, defense attorneys with the Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith law ... | | 7. | Could One Music Downloader Change U.S. Copyright Law?
Oct 5, 2011 -- In the age of iTunes and an-app-for-everything, Joel Tenenbaum's battle with the music industry over illegal downloading seems as relevant as an eight-track cassette. But it turns out the fight could produce something surprisingly enduring: a change ... | | 8. | Jury Can Hear Statements from ex-’Melrose’ Actress
Oct 5, 2011 -- Jurors will hear statements made to authorities by an actress who appeared on the "Melrose Place" TV series at her aggravated manslaughter trial in New Jersey. A judge ruled Amy Locane was able to understand the consequences of waiving her rights ... | | 9. | Teen Hurt Preparing for Anderson Cooper Talk Show
Oct 5, 2011 -- Anderson Cooper's new daytime talk show is dealing with the fallout of a skateboarding accident that injured a teenager about to appear in an episode on the science of the teenage brain. The news blog Gawker.com reported the teen hit his head while ... | | 10. | Alarm Company Settles with Minnesota Woman’s Estate
Oct 4, 2011 -- ADT Security Services Inc. has reached a settlement in a lawsuit over a failed home burglar alarm with the estate of a mother of four children. The amount ADT will pay to care for Teri Lee's children is confidential. But family attorney Bill Harper ... | | |
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