InjuryBoard Kansas City

Comair Flight 5191 crashed on August 27, 2006 in Lexington, Ky. It took off from a runway that was much too short, killing 49 people.The parents of two of the victims have filed wrongful death lawsuits at the U.S. District Court in Kansas City. Paige Winters, age 16, and her riding instructor Thomas Fahey, age 26, were in Kentucky looking for a new horse and returning home on the Comair...

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A teenager that went out sledding after school on a local sledding hill hit a bump that sent him onto the road and into the path of an oncoming car. His leg was broken in the accident. The teen was using a blue saucer sled when he went onto Merriam Lane. The sledding hill is located on private property and the teen did not have permission to be there. The property owner plans on putting up...

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A story from Dalas-Ft.Worth's WFAA-TV details the problems of Texas' workers compensation system through the eyes of two injured workers, Robert Frederick and Frankie Dutcher. Frederick suffers from a back injury he sustained while working as an auto mechanic four years ago, while Dutcher suffers from serious side-effects of exposure to hamful chemicals while working as a power-line repairman in...

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Thanks to Philadelphia personal injury lawyer Jamie Sheller for bringing to my attention a Public Health Advisory from the FDA. Last week, the agency announced a study in the New England Journal of Medicine has linked ACE inhibitors to an increased risk of birth defects when used in a woman's first trimester of pregnancy. ACE inhibitors are often prescribed to lower blood pressure - by blocking...

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The Missouri legislature has legislation pending which would require malpractice insurers to reveal the details of their claims history and rate-setting policies to the Department of Insurance. Doctors and Trial Attorneys both support this proposed legislation. Trial Attorneys have claimed for years that they have been used as scapegoats by the insurance carriers for rising premiums. Doctors...

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Several medical providers have been sued for selling patients diluted chemotherapy drugs in Boone County, Missouri.As one may recall, a few years ago a local Kansas City pharmacist, Robert Courtney was sued for similar actions. Mr. Courtney was also indicted and is serving time in prison for his wrongful conduct.You can read the full story in the Kansas City Star.It is beyond my level of...

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A local Kansas City family law attorney was sued for breach of fiduciary duty by an alleged former client. A Jackson County, Missouri jury returned a verdict of $3 Million dollars against the attorney and his law firm for the breach of duty. The Plaintiff alleged that the attorney represented both her (biological mother) and the adoptive parents. The Plaintiff alleged that the attorney told...

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Ford's litigation policy of refusing to settle defective product claims reportedly cost the automaker over $255 Million. Hopefully these large jury verdicts will send a message that the public is not going to tolerate corporate irresponsibility any longer. You can read more about this story in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.I believe that large corporations adopt this type of strategy hoping that...

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Recently, a welder filed a lawsuit against the makers of welding products. His lawsuit contends that welding products which contain manganese caused him to suffer neurological problems, including Parkinson's Disease. The lawsuit claims that exposure to manganese for as little as 49 days can cause neurological damage. The plaintiff has alleged that the defendants concealed safety data on the...

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Recently, the Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of workers' compensation benefits to an employee who had a pre-existing condition that he argued was aggravated by a work-related incident. The administrative law judge that heard the case determined that the work-related incident did not cause the underlying problem, and the condition was related to a pre-existing injury and thus was...

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