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• Injuries May Affect Working Men and Women More Than Pro Athletes

  Rob Curtiss | September 27, 2007 9:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The baseball season is reaching it's most exciting stage, the playoffs. As a Boston Red Sox fan, I am happy that a number of our star players are recovering from injuries in time for the post-season. Professional ball players, however, get paid whether or not they are in the lineup. Working men and women often do not. That is why when I represent working men and women, I understand their damage...

• Where Do The Candidates Stand on Tort Reform

  Rob Curtiss | September 27, 2007 9:01 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Last night the Democratic presidential candidates debated at Dartmouth College. One issue that accident victims and their families may want to focus on in the upcoming election is where the candidates stand in regard to so-called tort reform. Tort reform is a movement started by the insurance companies to limit an accident victim's access to the civil justice system and to limit the damages the...

• Farm Injuries

  Ed Van Dorn | September 25, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Did you know that farming is one of the most dangerous industries in the US. According to an OSHA publication farm accidents and other work-related health problems claim as many as 1300 lives and cause 120,000 injuries a year, most of which are preventable.Now, in Vermont more women are actively farming than in the recent past. Recently a WCAX posting stated the number of female run farms has...

• Industrial Accidents

  Ed Van Dorn | September 20, 2007 3:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Did you know that every year, 4.7 workers per hundred receive serious on the job injuries. The US Dept of Labor keeps these statistics. The US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor would like to change this. But it takes time to pass legislation. Meanwhile workers are being unnecessarily killed and injured. The civil justice system in our country provides for injured and...

• Kudos to Bennington PD for Car Accident Prevention Efforts

  Ed Van Dorn | September 12, 2007 2:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  We would like to congratulate the Bennington Police Department for receiving recognition by the Vermont Governor's Highway Safety Program for its traffic safety record. Paul Doucette, Jr., a lieutenant in the Bennington PD responded to the award saying: "It was the highest score ever seen in the Vermont Law Enforcement Challenge. We couldn't do it without our dispatchers giving us the...

• Vermont Judge Awards 21 Million Dollars to Injury Victim(2)

  Rob Curtiss | September 07, 2007 4:37 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Last week, Vermont Superior Court Judge, Teresa DiMauro, awarded almost 21 million dollars to a young man who was rendered a quadriplegic as a result of an automobile accident. Ralph Currier, now 21 was awarded 1 million dollars for past medical care, fifteen million dollars for future medical care, 1 million dollars for lost wages and five million dollars for pain and suffering.Obviously, no...

• Juries Respect Victims Who Keep Working

  Rob Curtiss | September 07, 2007 4:23 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Recently, a 101 year old man named Ray Jenkins has gotten a lot of publicity for being the oldest American still working. Mr. Jenkins, who is exceptionally modest, doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. I think what people find so inspiring about him is that he's overcome the odds and continued to be productive. I have had the privilege of representing many people who were seriously...