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• Woman Saves Mail Carrier from Dog Attack

  Chrissie Cole | March 28, 2008 1:11 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  A mail carrier suffered several dog bite wounds when a large breed dog pushed open the back gate and attacked her while she was walking up to deliver mail.A neighbor, 77, backing out of her driveway heard the mail carrier screaming and was able to use her car to get the dog to stop attacking the woman, saving her from further injury.I'm so lucky," said the mail carrier, who has been on the job...

• Kanawha County Man Files Lawsuit After Slip and Fall at Taco Bell

  Chrissie Cole | March 20, 2008 1:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A Kanawha County man has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the national fast food chain, Taco Bell, for a slip and fall accident that occurred on February 1, 2006, when he fell on a wet floor.The lawsuit was filed on January 30, in Kanawha Circuit Court against Taco Bell.The man suffered severe injuries when he slipped and fell. The suit alleges, Taco Bell was negligent and should have...

• Woman Falls Asleep Behind the Wheel, Crashes Into In-law's

  Chrissie Cole | March 14, 2008 1:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A woman on her way home from the night shift caused a car accident when she apparently fell asleep behind the wheel and struck another vehicle, killing her father-in-law, according to police.The man, 73, of Bloomfield, was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident occurred on Indiana 54 in Southwestern Indiana.A helicopter transported his wife and passenger to Methodist Hospital, in...

• Indiana Jury Awards $3.7M in Botched Birth

  Chrissie Cole | March 09, 2008 12:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A Marion County jury awarded a woman and her daughter $3.7 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit from the girl's botched birth.The lawsuit claimed that her daughter, now 6, will live with cerebral palsy for the duration of her life due to delays during delivery that deprived her brain of enough oxygen. She was born in October 2001, in St. Vincent Hospital, in Indianapolis.Indiana caps medical...

• Truck Driver Impaled in Accident on Indiana Highway

  Chrissie Cole | March 04, 2008 9:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  A truck driver, 47, of Chicago, was killed in a trucking accident near Indianapolis this morning.The tractor-trailer driver drifted off the highway and went down an embankment and struck some trees before going through a fence. A fence post flipped up, came through the truck's windshield and impaled the driver. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Marion County Coroner's Office, according to...