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May-31-10 Montpelier, VT In January, officials announced that the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant leaked tritium and other radioactive substances into the Connecticut River and this month, officials revealed that strontium-90, a very dangerous isotope that is linked to bone cancer and leukemia, was found in the soil. It may also be in the river. It is yet to be determ... - Concerns over BP Oil Spill Prompt Lawsuit to Close Deeper Drilling Operation
May-20-10 Houston, TX A new lawsuit filed Monday in the US District Court in Houston seeks to halt an oil drilling operation in the Gulf of Mexico over concerns that the oil derrick may face similar engineering problems as the platform responsible for the massive BP oil spill affecting the region. The suit, which was filed by a former safety consultant for BP... - Will Jones Act Help or Hurt Offshore Drilling Expansion?
May-3-10 New Orleans, LA The Jones Act is integral to the health and viability of the US shipping industry and its ability to compete with a growing number of fleets from offshore countries. However, previous interpretations of the Jones Act could be a serious setback for the industry in light of the Obama administration's decision in March to expand offshore d... - Texas Woman Left Disabled From Denture Poisoning
Feb-24-10 Mineral Wells, TX A Texas women who has been confined to a wheelchair due to the loss of motor function may have denture cream poisoning to blame for her condition, according to doctors. Elizabeth Gilley, a 26-year-old who started wearing dentures as a teenager due to a genetic condition that ruined her teeth, was admitted to a Fort Worth hospital i... - Plane crash in the air kills two in Louisiana
Oct-18-09 Pineville, LA Two single-engine Cessna 150s reportedly collided in mid-air, killing two people and injuring two others over the weekend. Both planes were reportedly carrying two people during the plane accident that occurred less than a mile from Pineville Regional Airport, FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford told the Shreveport Times. The two fatalities c... - Illinois Freight Train Derailment Potential Threat to the Environment
Jul-3-09 Rockford, IL Compared with other laws and statutes that have been around since the dawn of time, environmental law is a relative newcomer and arrived in step with recent revelations that not protecting the environment is, in the end not very good for you. Thus, the need for environmental law when modern-day environmental issues such as chemical spills... - Fly Ash Golf Course Sparks Lawsuit
Apr-29-09 Virgina Beach, VA Attorney Ted Yoakam has spent most of his career doing medical malpractice law but for the last year his energy has been focused on an environmental lawsuit in the Chesapeake region. "Virginia Dominion Power operates a lot of plants and creates a lot of coal fly ash," says Yoakam. "They were under the gun because their own containment s... - Fly Ash the Latest Win for the Billy Murphy Firm.
Nov-29-08 Baltimore, MD The Murphy Firm has a long and distinguished list of achievements in the history of the American legal system and the $45 million settlement it just negotiated on behalf the small community in Maryland represents yet another milestone. The settlement still needs to be certified, but the 250 people of Gambrills have every reason to believe the... - Motorcycle vs. Car: Motorcycle Always Loses
Oct-27-08 Memphis, TN It is a sad truth that most people regard motorcycle enthusiasts as irresponsible speed demons who only have themselves to blame for their own motorcycle accident . However, the real truth is that most motorcycle accidents are caused by other drivers turning into the path of the motorcycle, resulting in motorcycle injury or even death to the r... - Commercial Contract Law: A Runaway Train in California
Aug-10-08 Victorville, CA A commercial contract between the City of Victorville, in California and the developers of a planned hi-speed train has raised the hackles of an investment company that had recently purchased land near the project, with an eye for some development of its own. Niles LLC has filed a civil suit against Victorville, with the hope of invali... - Landlord and Tenant: Let's Get Personal…
Jun-12-08 Miami, FL This is about Landlord and Tenant rights , taken from the tenant's point of view. And this also gets personal, because this is about me. And this is what happens when no one does anything, to right a wrong. And the wrong, was that four children were made to shiver through a merciless Canadian winter, without heat… When my parents split u... - Attorney Charles W. Shipley Speaks on Messing with Farmers and the Environment
Mar-25-08 Tulsa, OK LawyersandSettlements heard from Tulsa attorney Chuck Shipley recently when he alerted us to a recent $21 million class action verdict against OK Foods of Fort Smith, Arkansas on behalf of 300 chicken farmers. When we spoke to him, he was just back from a week off. We didn't need to ask many questions! LawyersandSettlements (LAS): Where have... - Yamaha Rhino Rolls Onto Driver's Leg
Mar-7-08 Galla Rock, AR If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the video of a Yamaha Rhino rolling over onto the driver's left leg makes a dramatic statement. The Yamaha Rhino has come under fire after a number of injuries and deaths have been attributed to the 4-wheel ATV. Unlike other all-terrain vehicles with either three, or four wheels designed in a... - Stand 'n Seal Recall: When Hazardous Products Stay On the Market
Oct-17-07 Portland, OR In the midst of the massive recalls that have been announced recently, proponents of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPCS) have argued that the agency works wells at protecting consumers. Unfortunately, the people injured by [ Stand 'n Seal ] can attest otherwise. They know that they would not have become ill if the product's recall ha... - Bad Faith Insurance: Looking Out for Number One - And it isn't You
Jun-9-07 Beaumont, TX Freddie and Zohreh Shahrodi know all about what their insurance policy SAYS. It's what their insurer didn't deliver that has the Jefferson County couple up in arms, and battling in court—yet another lawsuit against bad faith insurance. According to an article in the Southeast Texas Record the couple's insurer, Fire Insurance Exchan... - Salinas E.coli: How Many get Sick before Action is Taken?
Oct-31-06 Hillsborough, CA It's ironic - what you think is good for you turns out to be the worst. How can so many people (over 200 so far, including three deaths) get sick before the cause is determined? Many food and health advocates say that the system isn't set up to protect the public: Barbara Rogers and Dinah Saunders agree. "I thought my daughter had t...