Five children were left home alone in a house filled with pit bulls and a loaded rifle on August 28th, according to the Toledo Blade, resulting in a child endangerment charge for the kids' mother. Alison Gilmore allegedly left the children unattended in the house the family shared with the dogs, and it was apparent that pit bull fighting had occurred on the premises. A picture window overlooked...
A 29-year old motorcyclist speeding across the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa, Florida, lost control of his bike at nearly 100 mph and slammed into the concrete barrier along the side of the interstate, catapulting him into Tampa Bay.According to Florida Highway Patrol, Scottie Ewing was travelling in the outside lane of I-275 on the Howard Frankland Bridge before midnight when he lost control...
Salmonella is responsible for the latest spinach recall. California based Metz Fresh has issued a bagged spinach recall after testing uncovered Salmonella contamination. It is unknown how the spinach was contaminated with Salmonella. There have been no reports of illness or problems related to this spinach.The positive test came during independent lab testing Metz Fresh conducts on all of its...
Many still hold hope for Nick Bollea's critically injured passenger, John J. Graziano, who suffered from a severe head injury in the crash. Nick Bollea, otherwise popularly known as Nick Hogan on VH1's hit reality show, "Hogan Knows Best", had a terrible car accident Sunday night in Clearwater, Florida. Both Bollea and Graziano had to be taken to the hospital as a result of the car crash, but...
In the past couple of months various companies have recalled almost 20 million Chinese-made toys. Most of the blame seems to be focus around China and poor manufacturing; however, the Chinese manufacturers say that this should not be the case. They allege that the recalled toys were very poor in design and that is reason they were dangerous to children. The manufacturers say that most of the...
A year after spinach was recalled after being found to be contaminated with e coli bacteria, another contaminated spinach recall is underway in California. This time, 68,000 pounds of tainted spinach is being recalled after a sampling was found to be contaminated with salmonella. Salmonella can cause fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. It can be life-threatening to children, the elderly and...
An important part of my practice when dealing with minimal policies is to remind the insurance company to put their insured on notice that they risk an excess judgment. I've found this to be very helpful in minimal policies where insurance companies are trying to lowball my client into a low offer by stating their is only a minimal policy and do we want to go to court over a few thousand...