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It?s Too Late To Apologize

Posted on September 28, 2009
WHY THEY ASK FOR THE RIGHT TO LIE WITH A FAKE APOLOGY An interesting thing about those wanting the apology shield is the emotion that drove them to ask the Iowa legislature to enact the law. They were being greedy and in most situations where greed is the motivating force they will lose what they hoped to gain...

The End of the Mowing Season

Posted on September 26, 2009
I love the fall season for the cooler weather, but just before fall starts, there is the end of summer blues. With the end of the mowing season fall cleanup can't be far behind. Getting all the summer equipment winterized and stored for winter is a signal that winter can't be far off...

Apology Shield - Diagnosing Truth With a Broken Lie Detector

Posted on September 26, 2009
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPOSE THE FAKE APOLOGY We've been covering the apology shield this week and I'm having fun with it, but deep down there's a serious side to this entire discussion. What is really at stake is the simple dignity of the American way of life...

Why are there so many lawsuits?

Posted on September 25, 2009
It's the question every tort reformer loves to ask and it's probably because then it's easy to avoid the real problem. On September 3rd 2009 15 year old Rachel Stewart was headed north on I-380 when she lost control of the van she was driving went onto the median and flipped...

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How To Expose The Fake Medical Apology

Posted on September 25, 2009
A Patient's Guide to Dealing with the New Fake Medical Apologies Today's apology is Chris Matthews apologizing for his characterization of Hillary Clinton's success in politics coming down to her husband's infidelity and that people must have felt sorry for her...

The 250th Anniversary of Sir Authur Guinness' 9,000 Year Lease

Posted on September 24, 2009
Today we celebrate Sir Arthur Guinness and his shrewdness. For today is the 250th anniversary of the lease he signed in the year 1759. For a mere 100 pounds down and the promise to pay 45 pounds in annual rent he obtained the leasehold interest in St...

Iowa Inmate Gets to Sing Sweet Caroline

Posted on September 24, 2009
Even off the shores of New England it's making waves. It's made O'Ryan Johnson from the Boston Globe sound like a Yankee fan. You'd think he was related to Derek Jeter or the steroid guy. What's his name, A-Clod? So what that 'Magistrate Judge Benny Waggoner allowed [Iowa inmate] Randy Barker to be temporarily released from jail so he could attend a baseball game with his dad and brother in Kansas City, Mo...

Iowa Teens Allegedly Strip Searched By School Officials

Posted on September 24, 2009
There are so many good stories lately that it's hard to know which to blog about. This one is about school daze. Gym class used to be a time and place for dodge ball but not on this day at Atlantic High School in Atlantic, Iowa. After 100 dollars went missing five young ladies were strip searched, one completely naked, and the others down to their underwear...

An Apology Free From Risk, Isn't Really An Apology

Posted on September 24, 2009
After making a mistake why should medical professionals want to apologize? How about because it's the right thing to do and you'll sleep better at night having set the record straight with the person who was injured by your professional mistake. Publicly setting the record straight is important to a good professional reputation...

Iowa, Another Freight Train-Car Collision Death

Posted on September 24, 2009
On August 25th 2009 66 year old William Mudd of Hamilton Illinois was hit and killed by a freight train near the Keokuk Yacht club. The Keokuk Police Department says that the accident happened at around 4 o'clock but is unsure of the circumstances surrounding the accident...

Glenrock?s Beat Cops Kicked Out of the Taser Parade

Posted on September 23, 2009
This one is coming out right, Wednesday's Star Tribune reports the two officers who Tased the 76-year-old parade participant over where the parade should end, were given their walking papers and told to take a hike. We reported earlier on this mess out of Glenrock, Wyoming and suggested deeper budget cuts that included the police chief and the county prosecutor...

"I'm very sorry.", but really I'm not.

Posted on September 23, 2009
Yesterday we discussed three recent incidents where an apology was necessary to correct an error of judgment. Those incidents involved Kanye West, Serena Williams and Congressman Joe Wilson. Let's now look at the apology following a medical mistake that injures or kills the patient...

Mark Becker's Insanity, What Motivated Him?

Posted on September 23, 2009
On August 25th Mark Becker's legal counsel Susan Flander stated that he is unable to understand the charges against him or to aid in his own defense. According to court documents Miss Flander also stated that he, 'has difficulty distinguishing reality from fantasy', suffers from schizophrenia and has bipolar disorder...

Why Should I Apologize?

Posted on September 22, 2009
Hopefully our mother's and father's taught us that after you do something wrong you should apologize. The apology is meant to communicate a sincere feeling of remorse. We are taught the act of apologizing is a learning tool, for the wrongdoer. The person apologizing does so to affect their own conscience while conveying sincerity to the person wronged...

TORT REFORM: It might cost you or someone you love, an ARM or a LEG

Posted on September 22, 2009
Most of the general population does not truly understand what Tort Reform means or how it might impact their lives. The 'reformists' will lead you to believe that 'these frivolous lawsuits' and the attorneys who file them are the problem and we need to STOP THEM before they bankrupt this country and continue to clog our court system...

Is the driver always liable?

Posted on September 22, 2009
A woman from Winterset, Iowa was critically injured sometime around the date September 7, 2009 while riding on a motorcycle. She and another passenger, it's unclear who was driving it, went into a Madison County ditch after losing control. The news report states the bike flipped over...

Cause of Early Morning Crash in Des Moines Still a Mystery

Posted on September 21, 2009
Early Monday morning a small white car crashed into a stone wall on Birdland Drive heading towards Saylor Road, near Birdland Marina, according to WHO-TV news. The Police said, Joy Chumos, age 32, died at the scene of the crash, and the other three in the vehicle were seriously injured and brought to the hospital...

Iowa Crash in Rural Mahaska County

Posted on September 21, 2009
Early this morning at 5:30 in Mahaska County, a truck rolled over into a cornfield after missing a curve. The County Sheriff's Office said alcohol may have been involved in the cause of the accident, according to Channel 13 online news source. The two people in the truck were air-lifted to Des Moines hospitals...

What makes a case good or bad?

Posted on September 21, 2009
There really isn't any magic formula and I never describe a case as a good case or a bad one. Instead I talk about expectations. You can have good or bad expectations. It all depends on what those expectations are and whether they are reasonable in light of the evidence and the law of the case...

Distracted or Drinking and Driving Crash Kills Again

Posted on September 20, 2009
A September 14, 2009 crash in Allamakee County, Iowa at 2:50pm occurred when a Toyota Tundra left the curved roadway, crashed into the ditch and rolled. While on Suttle Creek Road, Northwest of Monona, the driver of the Toyota Tundra, 21 year old Chad Feller from Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, lost control of the car while on a curve...

Seniors: When it comes to a drivers' license, how old is too old?

Posted on September 18, 2009
Hit and Run that kills Bicyclist spurs debate on the impact of age on driving privileges On August 30, 2009 a hit-and-run occurred killing bicyclist, Mark Grgurich age 54. Hit by a white truck on Warren County Road G14, according to the Des Moines Register...

Truck Backing Causes Accidental Death of Illinois Highway Worker

Posted on September 18, 2009
A highway construction worker was struck and killed in Morrison, Illinois. The worker was identified by the Quad City Times as Michael S. Holloway, 44 or Rock Falls, Illinois. The worker killed was working as the flagger. He was run over by a dump truck backing up...

Motorcycles and deer don?t mix

Posted on September 17, 2009
Two people were injured when the motorcycle they were on ran into a deer west of Craig. The collision occurred on Sunday night in Plymouth County. The report describes the riders being on K-22 near the intersection of C-12 when the deer suddenly came into their path causing the crash...

What?s the difference between legitimate and excessive force?

Posted on September 17, 2009
Watch this video from South Bend, Indiana and ask yourself if the suspect is resisting arrest and is the force necessary. http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/59469127.html?video=YHI&t=a I'm not sure there is much else to say. Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Steve Lombardi

Crushed worker could have easily been avoided - chock the wheels

Posted on September 17, 2009
Chocking the wheels and setting the parking brake would probably have saved the life of this liquid asphalt truck driver. OSHA fined a trucking company $9,100 for failing to use precautionary measures that allowed a truck loaded with liquid asphalt to roll, crushing the worker between two trucks...

Health Care, like the Debate about Abortion, attracts the Lowest Common Denominator

Posted on September 16, 2009
My wife and I were talking about this health care debate and how it is attracting society's fringe protesters, who to me simply hate this President and nothing more. Their side of the debate offers speculation for arguments and little more. Listening to them say the word death-squad is meant to conjure up Nazi death camps...

How many Iowa teens need to die before we increase the driving permit age?

Posted on September 15, 2009
This past week I posted TEEN LOGIC: Why is a 15-year-old taxiing passengers on I-380 in Iowa? That news article was an accident on I-380 involving three teens, the driver was 15-year-old. She was a permit driver on the Interstate taxing other teens from a volleyball game to get something to eat...

What would a caveman bring to meet with the lawyer?

Posted on September 15, 2009
The first topic I'm going to cover is one I see that many clients wonder about. They get ready for the first meeting with the lawyer and don't know what to take with them to the lawyer's first sit-down. Before I give you the answer let's set it up with a discussion of what the client's been doing before seeing the lawyer because many of you don't come right in, rather you wait, and wait, and wait and then wait some more...

Solving Legal Problems, Being a Client, Back to the Basics

Posted on September 15, 2009
Sharing our legal experience in September - How to be a Client I've persuaded a few fellow members of the Injuryboard to join me over the next few weeks to write a series of articles about being a client. The writers include: Wayne Parsons, Devon Glass, Mike Bryant, Rick Shapiro and Pierce Egerton...

Iowa Injury News Compilation, This and That

Posted on September 14, 2009
I posted a month or so ago about a woman I saw riding a Harley-Davidson and how it seemed to be too much bike for a woman her size, age and physical strength to be driving. An incident occurred this past weekend that once again reminds us riders need to stay within their physical abilities...

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