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Fellow InjuryBoard blogger Lee Coleman of Bowling Green brought my attention to a recent development in the latest news in the Comair Flight 5191 tragedy. In that development, the sole air traffic controller at Blue Grass Airport cleared Comair Flight 5191 for take off just before dawn last Sunday and then diverted his attention to other matters according to Federal Aviation Administration...

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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board has a set procedure in place for dealing with aviation accidents such as the recent Comair Flight 5191. While each case is somewhat different from all the others before it, the NTSB always looks for certain things when investigation a crash. According to Kentucky.com:Many of the investigators will examine, among other things, the...

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Georgia Superior Court Judge J. Stephen Schuster granted class action status against Orkin's parent corporation Rollins, Inc., after they allegedly failed to honor their contracts promising to protect homes from termite damage through re-inspections and re-treatments. Ernest Warren and his wife Dolores Warren, of Marietta, Georgia first filed their suit in 2001.According to 11alive.com:The suit...

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Just one day after the Comair Flight 5191 tragedy, a second plane has crashed into the wooded mountains in western Kentucky. The passengers on the twin engine Cessna plane were all from the same family and all were killed in the unfortunate incident. The pilot of the plane, Jason Christie, failed to file his flight plans with the airport before leaving but they were believed to be headed another...

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In a follow up to my previous blog on the tragic Comair Flight 5191 accident, investigators are still uncertain as to why the twin-engine commuter jet took off the wrong runway as it departed Lexington's Blue Grass Airport. According to the cockpit recorder, the only discussions of runways referred to #22 which is the longer than runway #26 which the jet reportedly used.According to the...

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A commuter jet, Comair Flight 5191, that took off the wrong runway at Lexington's Blue Grass Airport crashed shortly after take off and killed all but one of the fifty people on board. The flight headed to Atlanta apparently started on a 1,066 meter-long strip, which is only half the length of the airport's main runway usually used for commercial flights. Officials of the National Transportation...

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State Farm, the nation's largest insurance carrier now finds itself at the fore front of a major scandal involving fraud, deceit, and out right criminal activities. In a recent story shown on ABC's 20/20 two former State Farm employees detail their experiences with the insurance giant in refusing to pay otherwise viable claims for those devastated by Hurricane Katrina. It is the first part of an...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has held the federal government can not longer tax plaintiff's settlement proceeds relating to emotional distress and other intangible injuries. In doing so, the Court stuck down a current portion of the tax code allowing such taxes as unconstitutional. While this ruling only currently applies to Washington D.C., it...

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The smoke and dust resulting from the fall of the World Trade Center towers affected thousands of New Yorkers and their families as well. To address this issue Gov. George Pataki signed legislation Monday that will benefit workers who have died or become sick in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. The legislation is designed to help not only those injured in the line of duty but also those...

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In Dallas, two men were recently killed after falling debris fell on them from 19 floors above. The authorities says a front end loader was moving concrete above where the men were positioned and caused it to fall directly on top of them. The men were preparing to haul off the debris as the debris fell onto the cab of their truck.Incidents like this are always tragic no matter who is involved....

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In San Jose, California, a mother has initiated a lawsuit against a nail salon on behalf of her deceased daughter after a serious infection contributed to her death in June of 2004. Jessica Mears, 43, developed a bacterial infection after receiving a pedicure at a nail salon. The infection developed into a large lesion that would not seem to go away. Mears later died with related complications....

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The New Jersey Court of Appeals recently overturned a $105 million dollar verdict against a beer vendor who allegedly served a patron too much alcohol at a Giants game. The drunken patron, Daniel Lanzaro, was continually served alcohol by Aramark Corp. despite obvious signs he was already heavily intoxicated. Shortly thereafter, Lanzaro caused a collision with another vehicle leaving 2 year-old...

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Officer Jesse Higgins, employed by the Grantville Police Department, arrested a suspect after he was found to be driving on a suspended license. The suspect reportedly told Higgins he could have a relative come and get the car but officer Higgins had another idea. Higgins decided to remove the car himself and eventually wrecked the vehicle after driving in excess of 100mph on the express way....

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An Atlanta man was recently attacked by a pit bull owned by an Atlanta Falcons player earlier this week while he was walking innocently in his neighborhood. Ric Howard, said he was walking his leashed dogs Monday evening when all of a sudden a pit bull chased after him and mauled him. Howard suffered cuts on his head and side requiring numerous stitches. Although Howard is recovering from his...

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More and more class action lawsuits are being filed to address consumer concerns and illegal treatment by big business. With two of the biggest class action settlements in recent history now in the spot light, it is no wonder their appeal for consumer redress is now at an all time high. In a recent article by Barry B. Cepelewicz, published in the New York Law Journal, a through examination of...

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