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• Construction Accident Injures Washington Man

  Shannon Weidemann | September 29, 2007 9:02 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A construction accident in Tenino, Washington has left an 80-year-old man injured on Monday. He was working on an underground bunker being built there. He was injured in a fall from some scaffolding. The man was reportedly working on at eight-foot-tall scaffolding structure at the site on the 7000 block of Churchill Road Southeast around 1 p.m. when he fell and hit his head and neck on the...

• Coumadin And The Risk Of A Brain Bleed

  Bob Carroll | January 10, 2007 6:21 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Blood thinning, anticoagulant warfarin (Coumadin) carries risk of a brain hemorrhage. This is a risk of its use that is not always being considered by the prescribing doctor. Brain Bleeds From Blood Thinner on the RiseThe rate of bleeding in the brain associated with use of the anticoagulant drug warfarin quintupled during the 1990s, University of Cincinnati researchers reported...

• Employer Retaliation Brings $6 Million Verdict

  Bob Carroll | May 18, 2006 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  An injured worker is legally entitled to file a worker's compensation claim without fear of retaliation by his employer. Sometimes, however, the employer decides to retaliate by firing the injured employee or by taking some other adverse action. When that happens, the law provides for a cause of action against the employer. Ex-UPS driver to get $6 million over firing for being 'injury...

• Scrap Metal Fire Burns in Port of Tampa

  Courtney Mills | November 30, 2007 2:26 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A huge scrap metal fire at a metal recycling plant broke out early this morning, sending reams of smoke billowing over an entire portion of southern Hillsborough County. Firefighters attempted to out the scrap metal fire at Trademark Metal Recycling with water, to no avail. Large clouds of smoke from the fire could be seen from miles away.According to media reports, the Hillsborough...

• Woman Alleges she was Fired from Wal-Mart Following Slip-and-Fall Testimony

  Chrissie Cole | August 11, 2007 1:18 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A Wal-Mart employee, who testified in a slip-and-fall case, believes her testimony led to her termination. Now she is suing Wal-Mart, her former employer, for $1 million in damages.The former employee, a witness in a personal injury case against Wal-Mart, alleges she was directed to lie under oath and commit perjury. She claims she called Wal-Mart maintenance regarding a substance on the floor,...

• Waiver Or Estoppel May Make Insurance Company Pay Your Claim

  Bob Carroll | March 15, 2006 6:43 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  It may be hard to believe but there are times when an insurance company can be required to provide coverage (to pay benefits) in situations where it never intended to do so. The legal theories that create the obligations have always been confusing and even confused with one another. A blogger has taken the time to post a long article that goes a long way to clarify the situation.Marc Mayerson...

• School Board Admits Bus Driver Negligence In Death Of 8-Year-Old Student

  Bob Carroll | January 07, 2006 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Our entire communiity was sickened last year when Brooke Ingoldsby, an 8-year-old student was killed after being dropped off by her school bus driver at a dangerous intersection instead of her usual bus stop. The St. Pete Times is reporting today that Pinellas school officials have formally admitted negligence on the part of the district bus driver. A mediation is being scheduled in the hopes...

• New Change to HIPAA Protects Patient’s Genetic Information

  C. Todd Alley | October 13, 2009 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  On October 1st, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new interim rules protecting patient’s genetic information from being used against them. The new rules come as...

• Baseball's Maple Bat Controversy - Does Someone Have to Die?

  Matthew Leeth | July 21, 2009 3:18 PM | 2 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Maples bats are a clearly dangerous hazard that MLB will continue to ignore until someone is killed or seriously injured. Strong language, I know, but MLB’s actions thus far can only be...

• Local Hispanic Activist Killed in Miami Car Crash

  Joe Saunders | June 01, 2009 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The local Tampa Bay community is mourning the loss of dearly beloved Hispanic activist Maria Carillo. Carillo had been a member of Tampa mayor Pam Iorio's Hispanic Leadership Council. Tragically,...