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Family Files $7,000,000 Claim Against Doctor For Permanent Harm To Child

A placental abruption injury is a problem in a pregnancy where the placental lining separates away from the mother's uterus. In situations where placental abruption happens, to prevent the risk of severe injury or death to the child and the moth...

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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy & Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is a painful nerve problem that often occurs in the hand or foot after being injured. RSD is also known as complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS I) and is very complex and painful. Symptoms of Reflex Sympathe...

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When Does A Pedestrian Have The Right of Way?

Pedestrians being hit by automobiles is a serious problem and it is especially prevalent here in the United States with somewhere between 65,000 and 75,000 injuries from pedestrian-vehicle collisions each year, and around 5,000 deaths. Many of these ...

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Six Keys to Hiring a Great Personal Injury Attorney

Choosing the right personal injury attorney is not difficult if you know the right questions to ask. You can start your search on the internet with the words "personal injury attorny" plus your location.This will provide you several names of local a...

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Why am I mad at Merck over Vioxx

What is disturbing to me, is that given years of evidence that there was a risk of stroke and heart attack from Vioxx, Merck did NOT set out to study the cardiac impact rather only when it had an opportunity to add a new market for the drug did the...

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SUV Rollovers - Florida

SUV (Sport Utility Vehicles) sales have sky-rocketed in the United States over the past few years. In 2004, SUV’s accounted for 25 percent of all new-vehicle sales with over 22 million on the road. Because SUV’s are larger, and heavier than other...

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Valuing Vehicle Accident Cases Involving Broken Bones And Other Considerable Injuries

Bone fractures are not atypical in high impact motor vehicle accidents. And with bone fractures commonly come multiple other injuries that can result in permanent disabilities. In what follows we analyze two published examples which involved fracture...

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I Built a Better Mousetrap Advice on Protecting Your Creation With a U.S. Patent

So, you built a better mousetrap. Now, how do your protect your "perfect" creation from being stolen by a Fortune 500 company? The answer lies in the United States Constitution which gives the U.S. Congress exclusive authority to grant patents for in...

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Injuries Sustained from Accidents on Boats

Have you had a particularly sunny day spending time in a boat or yacht that turned awry due to unexpected accident on board and at sea? Well, misfortunes do happen at the most unexpected times. And sometimes, it leaves serious physical injuries. Acci...

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Experts Patent Infringement Analysis and Patent Mapping

Since we analyze patents for many different reasons to suit the various needs of our clients, we prefer not to provide a single definition. Based on the end requirement and the scope, we come out with the best possible way of patent analysis that mee...

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