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• Karl Truman Law Office Donated Wii to Masonic Homes of Kentucky

  Karl Truman | August 31, 2009 5:46 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Thanks to the efforts initiated by the InjuryBoard, the Karl Truman Law Office donated a Wii to the rehabilitation facility of the Masonic Homes of Kentucky. The donation was featured in their...

• Med-Pay Carriers Can't Bypass the Plaintiff in Indiana Car Wrecks

  Karl Truman | March 13, 2009 7:43 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  When injury victims receive medical payments coverage from their own auto policies to pay medical bills in Indiana car wrecks, their insurance carrier is ususally entitled to assert a contractual...

• Faulty Medtronic Defibrillator

  Jennifer Moore | October 15, 2007 5:52 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  A faulty component in a Meditronic defibrillator may have caused five deaths and malfunctioned in thousands of individuals. Meditronic is one of the nation's largest manufacturers of implanted heart devices. The defibrillator is used to shock the faltering heart back into normal rhythm. Meditronic issued a warning yesterday to doctors that the electric "lead, " known as the Sprint Fidelis, in...

• Overweight Trucks on Highways

  Jennifer Moore | September 13, 2007 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Too many overweight trucks are being allowed on our highways and roads. The government restricts weight to 40 tons on most interstate highways. However, thousands of overweight trucks travel the road causing damage to the road infrastructure. A study showed that one 40 ton truck does as much damage to the road as 9600 cars. Some suspect that overweight trucks caused the damage to the bridge...

• Bicyclist killed in crash with car

  Jennifer Moore | July 24, 2007 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Thirty thousand bicyclists are killed or injured each year in the United States. Recently, in Louisville, Kentucky, a bicyclist riding on the Second Street bridge was killed when he collided with an automobile. This tragic death has sparked debate about how to make Louisville a more friendly bike town. Efforts are being made to increase the number of bike lanes throughout downtown. However,...

• The Battle Continues Over Health Care Reform

  Karl Truman | July 08, 2009 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The heath care reform debate continues to rage now that Obama has pledge to have a new policy enacted by October of this year. The AP reported that, President Barack Obama and Democrats pushing...

• VA Clinics to be Investigated for Exposing Veterans to HIV and Hepatitis

  Karl Truman | June 27, 2009 5:37 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The VA recommended more than 10,000 former VA patients in Miami, FL., Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Augusta, Ga., get follow-up blood checks for HIV and Hepatitis B and C due to improperly sterilized...

• The Basics on Life Jackets

  Karl Truman | June 03, 2009 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Now that summer is upon us, checking our boats to ensure we have the proper equipment for our passengers is a must. Many of us have heard the term Personal Flotation Device (PFD), also known as a...

• Speeding Leads to Crash and Death

  Jennifer Moore | January 26, 2008 10:46 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  A car accident earlier this week in Louisville, Kentucky resulted in the death of the female passenger. Police reported that before the wreck one vehicle was speeding excessively on the Watterson Expressway and the police tried to pull the car over, but the driver took an exit ramp. Moments later the vehicle was hit broadside by another vehicle at an intersection. Police reported that the...

• Car and Ambulance Collide Resulting in Fatality

  Jennifer Moore | November 27, 2007 11:50 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  In Elizabethtown, Kentucky recently, a drunk driver collided with an ambulance transporting a patient who had just been involved in a different wreck. The driver of the vehicle was charged with DUI, reckless homicide, and four counts of wanton endangerment. The driver was arrested and put in jail. A passenger in the vehicle died at the scene. The driver's wife and the EMTs and patient in the...