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• $2.7 Million Awarded in Ohio Wrongful Death Case

  Shannon Weidemann | April 27, 2008 9:26 AM | 1 CommentMontgomery, AL

  A mother has been fighting for 10 years to prove that Franklin County could have prevented her daughter's death. A jury found the county negligent and awarded her $2.7 Million in a wrongful death...

• Pennslyvania Woman Killed by Dump Truck

  Shannon Weidemann | April 25, 2008 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A woman driving a car on a Pennsylvania road was killed after being struck by a dump truck. The trucking accident happened in Whitemarsh Township last week. She swerved into the other lane and the...

• Four Injured in Louisiana Construction Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 24, 2008 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Four men working at Trunkline LNG installing pipeline were injured on Monday. The construction accident happened when some scaffolding gave way. Early reports said there was a fire or explosion at...

• Blout County Car Crash Kills One

  Shannon Weidemann | April 21, 2008 10:13 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 17-year-old was killed and three other teenagers injured in a car accident in Blount County today. The car left Springville Road and hit a tree. The teenager who died was driving the car. The...

• Military Protected from Medical Malpractice

  Shannon Weidemann | April 19, 2008 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 1950 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court protects the military from medical malpractice lawsuits. The Feres vs. United States ruling prevents members of the military from suing their doctors or...

• Glass Recalled After Beer Recall

  Shannon Weidemann | April 10, 2008 11:06 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Boston Beer recalled some of its Samuel Adams beer after a problem with their glass bottles was found. The bottles were manufactured by Owens-Illinois Inc. Now that company has issued a recall for...

• Man Crashes into Tulsa Construction Zone

  Shannon Weidemann | April 09, 2008 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man driving a car through a construction zone in Tulsa at a high rate of speed was killed when he hit a construction vehicle. The construction zone accident happened on a Tulsa highway last night....

• Train Hits Pickup Truck in Pennslyvania

  Shannon Weidemann | April 04, 2008 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A freight train hit a pickup truck that was trying to beat the train at a railway crossing. The train accident happened in Monaca, Pennslyvania last night. The driver of the truck was injured and...

• Statins Work As Well As Vytorin

  Shannon Weidemann | March 30, 2008 7:22 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A new study just released has confirmed that Vytorin does not lower the risk of heart disease. Vytorin is a combination of a statin and a cholesterol lowering drug. The Enhance study showed that while Vytorin lowered cholesterol, it did not reduce plaque in arteries.Doctors had embraced the drug because it does such a great job of lowering low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, the so-called bad...

• Fairhope Woman Injured in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 29, 2008 8:15 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A 53-year-old business woman from Fairhope was injured in a car accident on Wednesday morning. Her injuries were very serious and she was taken by medical helicopter to University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile for treatment. Her daughter was also in the car and her injuries were not serious.The woman was heading west on Gayfer Avenue at 10:56 a.m., and was going through the Greeno...