Seven deaths have been publicly linked to unstable Ikea dressers.
Source: Ikea to pay $50 million to parents of 3 boys killed in dresser tip-overs | Business | stltoday.com
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Unbelievable deaths as a result of defective furniture. The purpose of damages in these cases is to get the attention of the business that sells defective goods and have them removed from the market place or redesigned to improve safety.
Victims struck by motorist fleeing St. Louis city police officer.
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Shows that lawsuits and money damages do not restore your life to what it was before the injuries, however they do not provide some help toward medical bills and future limitations.
Painful accidents involving burns and explosions have been recorded with increasing frequency over the past year as use of e-cigarettes has climbed, with faulty batteries seen as the suspected culprit.
Source: Huff, puff and explode: E-cigarette fires, injuries on rise | Health | stltoday.com
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These are called product liability lawsuits. They focus on defects in design or failure of parts. Injured persons may seek monetary damages as a result.
What you tell your doctor and how it is written in your medical records is very important.
Some examples will help you understand why.
You are hit from behind in an auto collision and taken via ambulance to the hospital. You hurt your back, neck and shoulder.
You tell the doctor about the back and neck and shoulder; then treat for the neck and back without mentioning the shoulder again until 3 months later when you tell the doctor about the shoulder.
The insurance company will try very hard deny your shoulder treatment because you mentioned it initially and failed to follow up until 3 months later.
Lesson learned: Tell the doctor at each visit about all your conditions and seek treatment for them.
You describe your accident to the doctor as being hit with a metal rod. You fail to describe that the rod smashed your hand against a hard object.
The doctor testifies that the smashing aspect of your injury is what caused the most damage to your hand.
The insurance company will use your words against you. “You did not mention the rod smashing your hand against the hard object at the time you spoke with the doctor. You are making this up now to profit from the case”.
Lesson learned: Explain your accident in detail to the doctor so they cannot twist your words later.
Questions about how to make sure that your case will have its highest value? Feel free to contact Illinois personal injury and work injury Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.
CHICAGO — Dennis Hastert is serving a 15-month prison term in a hush-money case that stemmed from his sexual abuse of students when he taught at an Illinois public school over 35 years ago. The ex-U.S. House speaker is now pointing to a technicality to argue that a state body should restore his $17,000-a-year teacher’s pension that it yanked after his April 27 sentencing.A recent letter from Hastert’s lawyer to the agency overseeing the pensions notes his conviction was not for sexual
Source: Imprisoned Hastert fights for tax-covered pension
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Downright disgusting. Everyone knows that this about child molestation. Takes some chutzpah to challenge the pension revocation.