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Connecticut Man Sentenced for Role in $4 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
LoanSafeDecember 1, 2011

... Insurance Corporation, Office of Inspector General; and State of Connecticut Department of Banking. To report financial fraud crimes, and to learn more about the President's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, please visit www.stopfraud.gov.more »

Hospital expects to emerge from bankruptcy
phillyBurbs.comDecember 1, 2011

Nearly two years after filing for bankruptcy, Lower Bucks Hospital is expected to emerge with a clean financial slate next month, though a new report found "sustained and dramatic softening" in some patient numbers. The US Bankruptcy Court in ...more »

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Birth Injury
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BISNAR CHASE Files Two Nissan Auto Defects Lawsuits for Catastrophic Injuries ...
MarketWatch (press release)December 7, 2011

Brian Chase, the firm's lead trial attorney, is the author of the most up-to-date and comprehensive auto defect book available today, "Still Unsafe at Any Speed: Auto Defects that Cause Wrongful Deaths and Catastrophic Injuries. ...more »

Food-Borne Illness
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Top 10 Health Stories of 2011
Washingtonian.com (blog)December 29, 2011

From the deadliest outbreak of food-borne illness in US history to the untimely death of a worldwide pop icon, here are the top ten health headlines of 2011. This tainted melon was the unlikely cause of the deadliest food-borne outbreak in the US after ...more »

Car Accidents
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Bad Weather Not an Excuse for Causing an Accident
Patch.comDecember 2, 2011

Often when troopers arrive at these crash scenes the at-fault driver may state that he or she was traveling the speed limit and could not stop in time. Let me introduce the Violation of Basic Speed Law (VBSL). MCL 257.627 details speed limitations and ...more »

Rockville woman, 63, has life-threatening injuries after RideOn collision
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News OnlineDecember 8, 2011

Minutes before 6 pm, Montgomery County and Rockville City police officers responded to a personal injury collision involving a pedestrian and a Ride On at the intersection of Halpine Road and Rockville Pike (Md. Route 355). ...more »

Mass Accidents
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Jurors to decide if girl's death resulted from crime or accident in Matthew ...
Kansas.comDecember 1, 2011

Noel's defense said it does not, and that the Clearwater girl died in a tragic accident, not a criminal act. Kansas law says “Any person who drives any vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless ...more »

Defective Products
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Debashis Basu Why theres no Apple in retail finance
Business StandardDecember 4, 2011

One product may be different from another in features and price; but no matter what we select, we can expect them to perform. If they are defective, they can be replaced. This is because competition works. Financial products, in contrast, ...more »

Toxic Torts
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Dissecting Israel's NGO Bills – What to Keep?
AlgemeinerDecember 1, 2011

(b) With regard to clause 62 [A] of the civil tort law [new version], he who causes a binding legal agreement to be breached by calling for a boycott against the State of Israel will not be viewed as someone who operated with sufficient justification. ...more »

Despite New Phase of Rollover Protection Requirements, More Can Be Done, Law...
PR Web (press release)December 6, 2011

As the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) notes the importance of protective equipment as a factor in preventing ejection during car accidents, The Carlson Law Firm, headquartered in Texas, supports the need for more stringent ...more »

Wrongful Death
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Police Chief Dyer testifies in wrongful-death trial
Fresno BeeDecember 10, 2011

Every other shooting under Dyer's watch, including the one that's at the center of a wrongful-death trial continuing in US District Court in Fresno, was found to be justified, the chief said. The attorneys representing the family of Steven Anthony ...more »

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