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• Police Officer Struck by Car - Uninjured

  Christina Cole | December 28, 2006 6:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  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 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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,...

• Police Probe Fatal Accident at Nursing Home

  Christina Cole | December 10, 2006 11:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Police are currently investigating the death of a 72-year-old Alzheimer's patient who was fatally assaulted last week by another nursing home patient.George Everhart died several minutes after a 73-year-old man had punched him during an altercation. The Sacramento Police had not learned about Everhart's death until three days after. State officials are now looking into the reason for the...

• Woman Killed in Single-Motor Vehicle Accident

  Christina Cole | December 10, 2006 11:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Early Monday morning a 28-year-old woman was killed when the car she was riding in crashed on north state Route 163 approaching Interstate 8 in Mission Valley, said authorities.A man was driving a 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer at high speed when he lost control of his car, spun and veered left, striking the center divider on SR-163 at about 1:08 a.m. said CHP Officer Alicia Contreras. A passenger in...

• Motorcycle Accident Kills Man

  Christina Cole | December 10, 2006 11:04 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  After losing control of his motorcycle and hitting a telephone pole, a man died Saturday night near Arroyo Grande, said California Highway Patrol Officials. The unidentified 45-year-old man was taken to Arroyo Grande Hospital where he was pronounced dead at approximately 7:30 p.m., CHP said. The man was not identified as of Saturday night and his family not yet notified, said CHP officials.The...

• Burlingame Restaurant Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | December 10, 2006 10:43 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Owners of a now defunct Burlingame restaurant must compensate their former female employees a total of $230,000 for sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced.First Watch Restaurant, part of a corporation that has moved it's only California location out of state, has been ordered to pay the money as part of a settlement. Additionally, the corporation must also...