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  Staff Writer | March 02, 2005 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  The information found on this website should not be construed as legal advice and is not a substitute for professional legal consultation. You should not base your legal decisions solely on the information found in this site and you are encouraged to seek the counsel of an attorney regarding your specific questions or situation. The information found herein may represent the opinions or...

• Contaminated Beef In Kansas?

  Matthew Bergmann | May 14, 2007 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A Michigan firm has recalled 129,000 pounds of beef products, due to possible contamination with E.coli. Some of this beef was shipped to food service distribution centers and "Marketplace" stores in Kansas. The beef products were produced between March 1 and April 30, 2007. Included are boxes of mechanically tenderized steaks and ground beef of varying weights. Labels on the boxes bear the...

• Rice Protein in Pet Food Contaminated with Melamine

  Shannon Weidemann | April 19, 2007 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  Another company has recalled dog and cat food now known to contain melamine. Natural Balance has recalled all lots of Venison and Brown Rice dog food and Venison and Green Pea cat food. The rice protein in the food has been tested posiive for melamine. The company was alerted to the problem when it was contacted by several pet owners last week."Recent laboratory results show that the products...

• Lawrence Woman Hurt in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 23, 2007 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A woman from Lawrence was hurt in a car accident on I-70. The 49-year-old woman driver of the car started to leave the road and tried to get back on when she overcorrected and ended up driving off the road and flipping the car. The accident occurred shortly after 1 p.m. Friday about two miles east of the Topeka service station, or about 10 miles west of Lawrence.It is believed she was wearing...

• Ruling Against Big Tobacco Thrown Out

  Matthew Bergmann | March 23, 2007 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A ruling that awarded nearly $80 million to the family of an Oregon man who died from a smoking-related disease has been reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision.Arguments and ultimatley the decision, in the case of Phillip Morris USA v. Williams, focused on what amount of puntitive damages juries can award against tobacco and other well-off companies in product-liability suits. In...

• Kansas Supreme Court Reverses Rule for Injured Worker

  Matthew Bergmann | February 09, 2007 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  The Kansas Supreme Court has reversed a prior appellate decision and found a worker's claim of injury vaild under the Kansas Workers Compensation Act.In Rinke v. Bank of America, a bank employee left work at the end of her shift and walked to her car which was parked in a garage adjacent to the bank. She then slipped and fell on a patch of ice and sand in front of her car and was injured. At...

• Contractor To Serve 3 Years In Prison For Workers Compensation Fraud

  Matthew Bergmann | August 27, 2006 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A judge in San Diego, California has ordered the owner of a local construction company to pay nearly $500,000 in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund and serve three years in prison for workers compensation fraud. David Haskit 44, a licensed general contractor and owner of Haskit Construction, Inc., was sentenced by San Diego Superior Court Judge, Timothy Walsh, to three years in...

• Obesity Affects Physical and Financial Health of Workers

  Matthew Bergmann | July 29, 2006 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A recent study has found that obesity not only affects the physical health of workers, but their financial health as well, with medical and pharmacy costs rising steadily for employees with above-normal body weight. The body mass index (BMI) of nearly 36,000 autoworkers and their spouses were calcuated to analyze the relationship between body weight and health care costs. For those who started...

• Man Paralyzed by Wichita Police Gets $4.75 Million

  James B. Biggs | May 12, 2006 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A man who was shot and paralyzed by a police officer in 2004 has agreed to settle his case against the City of Wichita for $4.75 million. Matt Clay, then 20 and who now lives in Arkansas, was paralyzed from the chest down after being shot by a Wichita police officer after he sought assistance from two city cops because someone had hit several cars parked at his home. The officers believed Clay...

• Celebrex Can Double Heart Attack Risk

  James B. Biggs | May 07, 2006 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A recent study from the New Zeland Medical Research Institute and published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine has shown that people taking Celebrex double their risk for a heart attack when compared with users of similar drugs. The study looked at six seperate studies involving 12,780 patients in an effort to determine if the increased risk of cardiovascular problems with Vioxx...