Blog Posts in January, 2011
Posted on Jan 27, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
After a homecoming dance went horribly wrong in 2009 for a young girl, she has now been awarded $4 million in a civil claim for sexual abuse . In an effort to avoid a long court case the West Contra ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
Even though the total number of workplace fatalities rose last year from 34 to 48 accidents, that number is still lower than the five year average of 53.2. This also represents an all time low for the ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
A family in Akron, OH was awarded $1 million for the wrongful death of 69-year-old Robin Volpe. The jury found that Heather Knoll Retirement Village in Tallmadge was responsible for Volpe's death in ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
A deadly crash in Gastonia, NC last weekend had police working overtime. The North Carolina Highway Patrol was sent out to the scene of an accident where a vehicle had hit several trees, causing the ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
A grieving family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Oakland against the man responsible for the death of their son. Nils Yannick Linke, 24, was killed when Joshua Calder, 36, knocked him off of his ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
Even though a woman admitted to being drunk when she slipped outside of a bar three years ago, she is still suing the establishment for causing the negligent conditions that caused her to fall. Ryan ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
Autopsy reports have been released to the public for a woman who died of dog bites and the findings are horrifying. It seems that she was alive during the entire length of her attack; yet the official ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
When crews worked to build a cinderblock wall in Queens last week, three men were injured and another killed on the job. They were working on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst when scaffolding fell on the ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
A truck accident stopped traffic for several hours along the North Carolina/South Carolina border last week. When an 18-wheeler overturned on the southbound lanes of I-95 highway patrolmen from both ...
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Posted on Jan 6, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
A slip and fall case against Wal-Mart can resume once again after a new judge was appointed to it. The personal injury lawsuit was filed by Belinda Fritz against the Wal-Mart in O'Fallon for the ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
After a liposuction procedure is believed to have claimed the life of a 28-year-old woman, the family is now suing the doctor responsible in a medical malpractice suit. When Aura Javellana went to the ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2011 By Lanier Law Group
Two deaths in Edgefield County, South Carolina were confirmed by the county coroner. A car accident left Ryan Craven, 26, and Ryan McNeal, 23, dead near Gregory Lake Road and Martintown Road. The two ...
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