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• Ex Cop Sues Taser Company

  James B. Biggs | May 15, 2006 12:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A lawsuit has been filed against a leading manufacturer of stun guns, alleging that the company has mislead law enforcement officers about possible dangers that could occur during training exercises. A former Kansas City, Kan., police officer has filed a lawsuit against Taser International Inc., contending an electrical shock from a Taser stun gun during a training exercise caused muscle...

• Man Paralyzed by Wichita Police Gets $4.75 Million

  James B. Biggs | May 12, 2006 11:55 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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...

• Father Files Suit After Daughter Killed By Tiger

  James B. Biggs | May 10, 2006 10:45 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the father of a teenage girl that was killed by a tiger last year.On Aug. 18, 2005, Haley Hiderbrand, a Labett County High School senior, was mauled to death while having her senior pictures taken with a Siberian tiger at the Lost Creek Animal Sanctuary near Mound Valley, Kansas. The suit seeks more than $75,000 for medical and funeral expenses, as...

• Celebrex Can Double Heart Attack Risk

  James B. Biggs | May 07, 2006 9:41 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  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...

• Kansas Governor Brought Into Ethics Controversy

  James B. Biggs | May 06, 2006 10:13 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A conversation between two Kansas State Senators and a Kansas Supreme Court Justice over the continued school finance debate has taken a twist. Now Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has been brought into the ethics controversy and conservative Republicans have formally requested a report on any "outside" communications made by justices or the Governor on the issue. This inquiry started when Justice...

• Kansas Court Rules Worker Compensation Settlements Are Appealable

  James B. Biggs | May 05, 2006 10:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  The Kansas Court of Appeals has determined that the Workers Compensation Appeals Board has the authority to review an injured workers lump sum settlement award approved by an administrative law judge pursuant to K.S.A. 44-531(a).In Grajeda v. Aramark Corp., et al (Docket #94,501) the main issue brought before the court was exactly that. Can the Kansas Workers Compensation Board review a full and...