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• Family Labrador Bites Child on Eyelid

  Chrissie Cole | September 25, 2007 5:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  A one-year-old boy suffered a dog bite to his eye, this weekend when the family Labrador turned on him while they were in the backyard, according to Overland Park Police. Neighbors told officials they were shocked that the dog bit the child. The dog has never been a problem or aggressive prior to this incident."I don't expect that out of a lab. I know labs, I know dogs; absolutely not. He's...

• Car Defect May Be Cause of Indianapolis Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | September 19, 2007 2:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A car accident, Tuesday, on Indiana 32, left a Noblesville man in critical condition. He was transported by air ambulance to Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis with broken ribs, a torn liver and punctured lung.Investigators believe a mechanical defect may be the cause of the accident. Police say the man, 20, lost control of the vehicle and flipped several times.The passenger, 19, of the vehicle...

• Jury Awards Mother $13 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | September 12, 2007 4:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A Polk County jury has awarded the mother of a four-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, over $13 million dollars, in a medical malpractice agreement reached yesterday. The mother claims doctors at Broadlawns Medical Center are the blame for her son's condition.While preparing the woman for a caesarian birth, she says the doctors stopped monitoring her baby's heartbeat. A spinal anesthetic used...

• City to Pay Fire Captain $350,000 to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | September 07, 2007 1:15 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  The city has agreed to pay a female fire captain $350,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit that claimed she was ridiculed, unfairly disciplined and wrongly passed over for promotion in a male-dominated fire department.The lawsuit was set to go to trial in U.S. District Court, Wednesday, in Indianapolis, prior to the deal being reached."What happened to the Captain was bad and unfortunate and...

• Mother Attempting to Outrun Train, Crashes, and Kills Two Children

  Jenny Albano | September 06, 2007 4:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A women in Indiana tried to outrun a freight train by cutting through a parking lot and making a quick turn, but failed to notice another train coming from the other direction. The westbound train hit the car and ran it into the eastbound train. Two of her children were pronounced dead on the scene, and the women, Edie Bolanos, is in critical condition.Authorities released a surveillance video...