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• Fisher Price Recalls 1M Toys for Lead Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | August 15, 2007 9:29 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  Fisher -Price, a division of Mattel Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a toy recall of approximately 967,000 toys due to the surface paints containing excessive levels of lead. Lead can be toxic if ingested by small children.The recalled toys were manufactured by a Chinese vendor and sold within the U.S. using non-approved paint pigments that...

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  Staff Writer | July 11, 2007 7:37 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  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...

• CURRENT TRENDS IN JURY AWARDS: “Where Have All the Jury Trials Gone, Long Time Passing?”

  Greg Cusimano | December 29, 2008 10:53 PM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL

  Jury trials have been declining steadily for the last 20 years. If the trend continues, jury trials and even the judicial system as we know it, will be no more. Our judicial system has been a...

• My Case Is Going To Mediation. What Is Mediation?

  Michael Roberts | November 10, 2008 6:12 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  During the last several years, mediations have become more common as a means to try to achieve settlement in cases. Sometimes mediations are ordered by courts, and sometimes the parties simply agree...

• How Good Is Our Health Care Anyway? (2nd in Series)

  Greg Cusimano | June 28, 2008 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  How Good Is Our Health Care Anyway? We often hear the mantra; “The U.S. has the best medical system in the world.” We do have many areas of health care that deserve credit. However, The National...

• Arkansas Court Rules Injury not Work Related, Workers' Comp Denied

  Chrissie Cole | October 03, 2007 3:04 AM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled a school custodian who was injured while parking his car on campus after running a personal errand, should not receive workers' compensation benefits.The ruling, on Wednesday, reversed a state Workers' Compensation Commission decision, which had decided the employee, had returned to his employer's premises and was on-call at the time of the accident.The...