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• Accident Evidence

  Rob McKinney | September 26, 2006 8:07 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The second phase of your personal injury checklist is to document what happened.Photographs are essential to prove liability and your damages.Most insurance defense attorneys and insurance adjusters take the postion if it is not documented it did not happen. You should take photographs of your injuries and you car immediately.Images of your car show the...

• Car Accident Checklist

  Rob McKinney | September 25, 2006 5:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Recently, a fellow attorney asked me to represent his daughter in a car accident case.It became apparent that she did not know what to do in her case. So, it gave me idea to discuss a few simple things to do in case you have been in a car wreck.Call the police immediately. The police officers will come to the accident scene where they have many duties to perform.One of the most important is to...

• Birth Injury Lawsuit Settled for $3 Million

  Rob McKinney | September 22, 2006 4:12 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The parents of an infant who died during delivery will receive a $3 million wrongful death settlement. The lawsuit alleged that the delivering doctor crushed the baby's skull and caused liver damage while using forceps toassist with delivery.The boy was born at 4:20 a.m. Aug. 29. His mother had been admitted to the Plains Township hospital Aug. 28 at 10:15 a.m., according to the suit. The infant...

• N.O. Nursing Home Owners Indicted

  Staff Writer | September 21, 2006 2:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The owners of the nursing home near New Orleans where 35 residents died during Hurricane Katrina were indicted on cruelty and negligent homicide charges Wednesday, a little over a year after the storm made landfall. There have been many wrongful death lawsuits filed against the couple by family members of patients who were killed in the storm.The Manganos have argued that their hurricane plan -...