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I-80 Accident Takes Carter Lake Man's Life and Raises Questions

Posted on August 25, 2009
On August 25th 2009 53-year-old Adam Burk of Carter Lake died after the 1998 Chevrolet Malibu he was driving was hit from behind. Authorities are saying that Mr. Burk was in the left lane of I-80 Westbound when his car was hit from behind by a 2004 Pontiac GTO driven by a 19-year-old man...

Vehicle maintenance is nothing to ignore

Posted on August 25, 2009
On August 23, 2009 Ronald Perrin was driving his tractor when the brakes, 'locked up as Perrin drove along the edge of a road'. The tractor than went into the ditch where it rolled killing Perrin. One has to wonder was this a faulty part on the tractor that should have been recalled? Did a shop where he might have taken it into for work make a mistake? More details would help us to understand more about this incident that lead to the brakes allegedly locking up...

Only losers want a participation trophy, winners want to win one.

Posted on August 21, 2009
If you wonder why you're a loser perhaps you need look no farther than the image you see in the mirror when brushing your teeth. The Iowa Lottery began in February doing spot checks to see if store personnel properly handled winning tickets. Of course this is naïve at best because there are other ways to beat the customer when playing the lottery...

Is the Taser a tool to protect or one used by Communist Regime Style thugs? You be the judge.

Posted on August 21, 2009
Yesterday I ran several posts about the way police are using the Taser and an especially unprofessional statement by a Broward County Police officer about there's always a good time to use a taser. Today I ask you to watch these video clips and consider whether the Taser is being used properly by these officers who are part of the American law enforcement system...

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Arrestee?s Death after Tasering, Leaves RCMP Explaining and Re-explaining their first explanation

Posted on August 20, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83avGztMIWA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSOeceqenX8 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were left explaining why they kept a citizen's footage of the arrest and then why their first public explanation didn't match up with the later released footage shot by a citizen at the airport...

TLC Goes from Jon & Kate to, ?There?s Always A Good Time to Use A Taser?

Posted on August 20, 2009
Now that the TLC is finished making destroyed family values into weekly entertainment the network is moving into the area of crime is sexy and making it into weekly entertainment. Meet the latest reality series on of all things, The Learning Channel: Meet the Police Women of Broward County, on the TLC...

Should the Law Really Care Why A Pet Python Escaped From Babysitting Brother

Posted on August 19, 2009
A California family was more than a little surprised to see an 11-foot Burmese Python escaping across their lawn in Lake Elsinore. Police wrested the python into a truck and took it away to an animal shelter. The owner, offered as an excuse that while away he'd entrusted it to his brother and it had somehow escaped...

The Public Accepts Casual Taser Use and Death Because It's A Clean Kill

Posted on August 19, 2009
Tasers are without a doubt capable of causing either alone or in combination with other human factors, a person to die. Even if there is no proof that Taser alone can cause a death, and I'm not assuming that, the fact people die after being Tased should be alarming to anyone in a civilized society...

Another Traffic Stop Tasering ? Low Communication Skills Exemplify Low IQ Decision

Posted on August 18, 2009
I've been covering the use of Tasers and what appears to be both an abuse of power by law enforcement along with embarrassment for the rest of the department. Take a look at the arrest of this mother, Audra Harmon, with children in the car, stopped for speeding and who asks to see the radar reading on the radar gun...

Wrong-way Interstate Drivers Tomorrow on Ridin' Dirty Radio from Los Angeles

Posted on August 18, 2009
A live radio interview will be broadcast tomorrow featuring Steve Lombardi, Des Moines InjuryBoard about wrong-way drivers, the causes of wrong-way collisions and how to avoid them. Tune in tomorrow August 19, 2009 on California radio , at 1:30 pm CST as Attorney Lombardi engages in a lively discussion about wrong-way collisions and drunk driving habits...

Twenty-Six More Wrong-Way Interstate Highway Drivers

Posted on August 18, 2009
Since last reporting there have been 26 additional news reports picked up for wrong-way collisions across America and one from jolly-old England. Drunken drivers continue to be the main cause although old-age confusion, diabetic confusion, youthful inexperience and criminal behavior are repeated causes as well...

What?s Right with Dunkin Donut's Demonstrates what?s wrong with the Ronald McDonald Business Plan

Posted on August 17, 2009
Doug Landau of Fairfax, Virginia writes on the Injuryboard 'Hot Coffee' spills the beans on frivolous lawsuit charges. August 7, 2009. This, like participation trophies, is one of my favorite subjects. Coffee Warning - It's Hot! Tort Deformers Mantra, August 17, 2007 Doug's post is about the documentary, 'Hot Coffee' that will preview at the Sundance Film Festival next year...

Wrong-Way Accidents - Complete Recap of All July 2009 Collisions

Posted on August 15, 2009
Wrong-way drivers are causing deaths in America's interstate highway system all across the United States. Wrong-way collisions can have several causes and there are things we can do to educate ourselves from being involved in one. With two vehicles traveling towards one another at 70 mph death is almost certain...

Part 20 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?Did you hear that public service announcement about wrong-way collision avoidance??

Posted on August 14, 2009
San Bernardino, California – July 2009 – I-215 is the interstate where four-cars were involved in a collision after one drove northbound in the southbound lanes. Hillside, New Jersey – July 2009 – Wrong-way driver on Winans Avenue spun off of the roadway and then crashed into a home...

Boating Safety : Being the owner makes you the captain.

Posted on August 14, 2009
Going out on the boat is supposed to be about fun and relaxation, but safety rules never take a break. The reality is that the captain of the boat must maintain control at all times. And even though you may be on a small watercraft, such as a Boston Whaler, you still need to maintain control...

Part 19 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?I wonder if the State is doing anything to help avoid wrong-way collisions??

Posted on August 14, 2009
Nevada – July 2009 – This on occurred on Pyramid Highway just north of Queen Way heading north in the southbound lanes. The wrong-way driver sideswiped a van and then collided head-on with a car. The accident occurred at 6:50 a.m. The wrong-way driver was reported as 'sleepy'...

Part 18 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?Boy I?m tired of driving, so I?ll drive faster and get home quicker.?

Posted on August 13, 2009
Gastonia, South Carolina – July 2009 – A wrong-way driver on I-85 in Gaston County, traveling south in the northbound lanes of travel was accused of trying to strike cars driving the wrong way and finally driving into a cement wall. He was under psychiatric care...

A Distracted Driver is More Likely to be a Dead Driver

Posted on August 13, 2009
If you teach your teenage driver anything teach them not to driver distracted. Yesterday I'm sitting at the light and beside me in the turn lane are a young driver and two passengers. The front seated passenger is watching the light for the driver while he sits there sending a text message...

Part 17 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?This is a broad median, should I take extra time to get my bearings??

Posted on August 13, 2009
South Dallas, Texas – July 2009 - Three people died from a head-on crash when a wrong-way driver traveled eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-20 in the Red Bird area of Dallas. Alcohol was found in the wrong-way driver's car. Las Vegas, Nevada – A wrong-way driver allegedly high on prescription drugs came the wrong-way towards a police officer who was in the process of taking a drunk driver to jail...

Part 16 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?Why did that young inexperienced driver?s parents allow him to drive alone on the interstate highway??

Posted on August 12, 2009
Kansas City, Missouri – June 2009 – This wrong-way driver went northbound in the southbound lanes on U.S. 71 in Kansas City. He crashed head-on into a semi-truck upon which both vehicles then exploded and became engulfed in flames. The offending driver was seriously injured but the semi-truck driver received only minor injuries...

Public Relations Gone Wrong 3-year-old is Accidentally Shot by Deputy?s Shot Gun at Public Event

Posted on August 12, 2009
I once heard a Polk County Judge say, "Let no good deed go unpunished." This is just one of those deeds. Every so often the police conduct a PR event intending to create good will to help build community support. They do it to make themselves personable in the eyes of the people that occupy neighborhoods in the inner city...

Part 15 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?OMG is that wrong-way driver going to stop??

Posted on August 12, 2009
Honolulu, Hawaii – June 2006 – Kanehoe-bound in the Halawa bound lanes of the H-3 near Halawa Valley Road at 3:45 a.m. on June 17, 2006. He was intoxicated with a BAC of 0.16. He crashed head-on into a car with a single-mother of two school-age children, all died at the scene...

Part 14 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?What do I do with these kids that misbehave in the car??

Posted on August 11, 2009
Minneapolis, Minnesota – July 2009 – A man driving the wrong-way on a one-way street was stopped by an officer on a bike after the officer ran on foot, was struck by the side mirror and managed to get the driver stopped in a parking lot...

Crotch Rocket Speeding 188 MPH Still Under the Radar of Tort Reformers and the U.S. Chamber

Posted on August 11, 2009
We've got another high-speed chase involving a motorcycle, or crotch rocket as they are famously called. Do you remember this post? It described a news article about a Yamaha YZF-R1 motorcycle being clocked in the Cedar Rapids area at over 164 mph. Read the story if you need to but I've given you the gist of the idea...

Is there something wrong with the Bacolfen Pump, Model No. 863740 causing overdoses in patients?

Posted on August 11, 2009
When we are ill or have a medical condition, we generally trust our doctors and medical system to prescribe us treatments which will help us to feel better. However, sometimes, there are dangers in our treatments which may not be readily apparent. Is there something quirky about the programming mechanism of the Baclofen Pump or is it just a case of the fat finger syndrome? The drug Baclofen is used as an antispastic agent and also as a muscle relaxer and is often used to treat people with spinal injuries or multiple sclerosis...

Part 13 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?How many distractions are there in this car??

Posted on August 11, 2009
Shropshire, England – July 2009 – M-54, wrong-way driver noted to be an elderly man, but no age was given. Columbus, Ohio - I-270 wrong-way driver strikes two other vehicles early on a Saturday morning, about 1:25 A.M. Madrid, Spain – July 2009 – A 40-year-old man died as a result of a wrong-way driver hitting him head-on on the M-50 at about 5:30 pm; three cars were involved...

Lombardi Law Firm Donates Wii to Blank Children?s Hospital Pediatric Therapy Services in Ankeny

Posted on August 11, 2009
Trial Lawyers Across the Country Show 'Wii' Care Local children are now getting the chance to smile while they heal thanks to local trial attorneys. The first three Mondays in August, 53 law firms from 25 states will band together to donate more than 60 Nintendo Wii gaming systems to rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and hospitals all over America...

Part 12 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?Is it a good idea to pass at the crest of a hill??

Posted on August 10, 2009
Waco, Texas – July 2009 –Wrong-way teen rider of a bike on a one-way street was struck as he attempted to cross an intersection. In this instance it appears the driver of the van probably didn't expect to see any vehicle or bicycle from the direction the 13-year-old boy was coming from; which should tell you something about riding bicycles in the wrong direction on the roadway...

Part 11 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?OMG, here one comes, where should I go??

Posted on August 10, 2009
InjuryBoard – Hawaii – July 10, 2009 by Wayne Parsons – Discusses and provides a link to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the number of deaths from 'wrong-way' drivers. Fort Wayne, Indiana – July 2009 - a 70-year-old man drove from the across the median and into the westbound lanes of traffic, continued for about a tenth of a mile against traffic then suddenly veered off the road into a pole where he suffered head trauma and then soon after died...

Drunken Driving ? A little bit about this and that.

Posted on August 10, 2009
It's reported that a former associate judge in Muscatine County, Iowa was ordered to serve five years in prison for his third OWI offense. He was fined $3,125 and will serve his time at Davenport's work release center. His BAC was more than twice the limit...

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