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• What Is Wrongful Death

  Susy Owen | January 02, 2007 1:46 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Wrongful death arises when a person is killed due to negligence, malice on the part of another person or as a result of product liability. Negligence may occur as a result of an automobile or plane accident. It may occur as a result of medical malpractice or as a result of a defective product, such as drugs that have undisclosed, dangerous side effects. Whereas, malice refers to evil...

• Police Misconduct

  Susy Owen | January 02, 2007 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Police misconduct refers to brutality, corruption or other objectionable actions like false arrest, intimidation, racial profiling, political repression, surveillance abuse and sexual abuse taken by police officers in connection with their official duties.The vast majority of police officers in the United States perform their difficult jobs in compliance with the law. With that said, there are...

• Police Officer Struck by Car - Uninjured

  Christina Cole | December 28, 2006 6:26 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  A Stockton Police Officer struck by a car was not injured after responding to a domestic violence call on Tuesday, said police.Police responded to a call at 5:15pm to the 8400 block of Mariners Drive, where they were informed a man had dropped off his kids and then gotten into an argument with the mother, hitting her and another person.While at the scene taking the report, the man came back and...

• Norfolk Class Settlement for Personal Injury Claim

  Susy Owen | December 27, 2006 6:42 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Norfolk Southern Corporation filed a motion in South Carolina federal court on December 22, 2006, for preliminary approval of an agreement for a class settlement related to personal injury claims due to a train derailment. Details have now been finalized. If approved, the agreement would provide varying levels of compensation for the victims. Norfolk Southern currently operates the most...

• Families of Fire Victims File Suit

  Susy Owen | December 26, 2006 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  In Kansas City, the families of five people who were killed last month when their southwest Missouri group home caught fire filed wrongful death lawsuits against the facility and its operators. The suit claimed that they were negligent for not maintaining key safety equipment.Additionally, three former residents who were injured in the fire filed negligence suits against Joplin River of Life...

• Jury Rules in Favor of Employer in Wrongful Termination Case

  Susy Owen | December 26, 2006 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Gloria Sheets filed suit on her former employer, Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos, as a result of being terminated in 2003. The termination occured five months after Gallegos was sworn in and after Sheets had worked with the office for eight-and-one-half years. Prior to being terminated, Ms. Sheets had been on workers compensation leave for a disability claim. Mr. Gallegos...

• Helmet Proposal for Bike Riding

  Susy Owen | December 20, 2006 5:58 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  In Salt Lake City, leaders at City Hall are on the verge of proposing a helmet law that would require all adults to wear a helmet while riding a bike. The proposal got a unanimous thumbs-down from the Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Committee (MABC). The Committee Chairman Lou Melini said that it wasn't so much that he was against the wearing of helmets, he just does not feel that it should be...

• Sexual Harassment Santa Fe

  Susy Owen | December 20, 2006 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Two Santa Fe County's juvenile jail workers contend that they were terminated after complaining to a supervisor about having been sexually harassed while working. The county's legal department investigated and as a result one employee resigned while another worker was fired. An additional complaint that was made to the supervisor was that the employees who had been sexually harassing them were...

• Twice the Fatalities in Crashes Involving Small Cars

  Susy Owen | December 19, 2006 5:09 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  The Institute for Highway Safety released a report today. The findings were that Americans who buy the smallest cars on the market are twice as likely to have fatal accidents as drivers of midsize and larger vehicles.Due to the increased sales of the popular fuel efficient mimicars, the tests were preformed for the first time by the institute. According to the report, the fatality rate in...

• Distracted Drivers

  Susy Owen | December 15, 2006 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Fifty-three million people are expected to hit the road between Christmas day and New Year's Day. With all the new technology that's in our cars, drivers are focusing less and less on what's in front of them. This year alone, 38 states proposed legislation to curtail distracted driving. Distractions come in many forms and may include dialing a number on your cell phone, looking at a billboard,...