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		<title>Plaintiffs Get Settlement in Long-Term Care Insurance Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 02:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kansas City, MO: Consumers who purchased long term care insurance are now fighting back against policies that they say are unfair and unreasonable. Some consumers are fighting back by filing long term care insurance lawsuits, alleging their insurance provider misled them or denied their claims on a questionable basis. Recently, 1 class action lawsuit, filed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alabamainjurylawblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7348973&amp;post=25&amp;subd=alabamainjurylawblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Device Safety Act Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 02:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melinda Parks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 12, 2009, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009.  HR 1346 would overturn the February 2008 Supreme Court decision that, for the first time, denied patients the right to sue device makers for compensation when injured by certain medical devices.  Read [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alabamainjurylawblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7348973&amp;post=22&amp;subd=alabamainjurylawblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>At least one county in Alabama has low level of tolerance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 02:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melinda Parks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Malpractice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Negligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal drugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Walker County jury returned a verdict of $3 million against a physician who was alleged to have engaged in a sexual relationship with the Plaintiff and prescribed him pain medication that ultimately led to a long battle with addiction. The Plaintiff&#8217;s lawyer, Garve Ivey, Jr. believes the verdict indicates that area citizens are tired [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alabamainjurylawblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7348973&amp;post=20&amp;subd=alabamainjurylawblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Malpractice &#8211; You Must Disclose Experts!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melinda Parks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Cobb v. Fisher, No. 1071501 (Ala. April 3, 2009), the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the trial court&#8217;s grant of summary judgment to Fisher, a doctor who performed bilateral knee surgery on Cobb, where Cobb failed to disclose her expert&#8217;s identity during discovery.  After the surgery, Cobb experienced pain in her left knee and difficulty walking.  During [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alabamainjurylawblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7348973&amp;post=16&amp;subd=alabamainjurylawblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Should You Hire An Attorney?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melinda Parks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[car]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Automobile accidents are the single largest source of personal injury in America. Personal injury can describe anything from a pinched nerve to an amputated limb. A personal injury suit can also be filed if someone is killed in an auto accident. The legal term for a personal injury is a &#8220;tort&#8221; and laws are in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alabamainjurylawblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7348973&amp;post=10&amp;subd=alabamainjurylawblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exams of Injured Workers Fuel Mutual Mistrust</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melinda Parks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doctors hired by insurers to examine injured workers are called independent examiners, but there are questions about how truly independent they are.  Read the full story . . . Posted in Insurance, Uncategorized Tagged: doctor, exam, examination, injured, Insurance, worker<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alabamainjurylawblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7348973&amp;post=5&amp;subd=alabamainjurylawblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yamaha Rhino Recall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melinda Parks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ATV Rollover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recalls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATV]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yamaha Motor Corp. issued a recall of more than 120,000 Yahama Rhino ATVs on March 31, 2009. All Rhino 450 and 660 model vehicles are being recalled for repairs intended to prevent accidents that have resulted in 46 confirmed deaths and hundreds of injuries. These Yamaha Rhinos suffer from inherent design flaws that make them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alabamainjurylawblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7348973&amp;post=3&amp;subd=alabamainjurylawblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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