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$ 3.5 million Settlement for
auto injury

Our eighteen-year-old client was driving on an interstate into the early morning sun. As he drove over a rise in the road, he struck a car that was disabled and stopped in the middle of the road because a 150-pound wheel and tire detached from a tractor-trailer rig traveling in the opposite direction. The lugs holding the tire had broken off, causing the tire and wheel to travel across the median strip, and hit and disable the stopped vehicle.
Awarded: $ 3.5 million

$1,000,000 Jury Verdict for
86 year-old woman

Our client an 86 year-old woman sustained an injury after being struck by a bus. The inattentive bus driver was warned by a passenger that the woman was crossing in front of the bus but could not stop in time to avoid impact.
Awarded: $1,000,000

$785,000 Settlement for
crushed ankle

Our client was operating his motorcycle on a two-lane road when a large box truck made a U-turn into his path of travel. The client attempted to avoid the collision by laying his motorcycle on its side. Unfortunately his lower leg and ankle came in contact with the truck causing seven fractures and soft tissue injury.
Awarded: $785,000

DISCLAIMER: Please note that every case is different and these verdicts and settlements, while accurate, do not represent what we may obtain for you in your case.

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United States Ranks 29th in Infant Mortality

Posted on Oct 27, 2008

According to a recent report, the United States has fallen further behind other developed countries when it comes to infant mortality, despite the amount of money spent on health care.

The infant mortality rate was 6.86 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2005, which hardly changed from the rate of 6.89 deaths per 1,000 births in 2000. In 1900, the rate was 100 deaths per 1,000 live births.

In 2004, the United States fell to the 29th ranking in the world in infant mortality, which was the latest year that data was available from all countries. This ranking ties the United States with Poland and Slovakia. The prior year, the United States ranked 27th in stark comparison to 1960 in which the United States ranked 12th.

The report was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which believes that the plateau in mortality has to do with a 9 percent increase in premature births over the same time period and to stalled progress in saving the earliest pre-term infants. Premature births and low birth weight account for the majority of infant deaths in the United States.

There have been some medical advances that have helped save premature infants, including prenatal steroids that hasten lung development and other treatments that help premature infants breath. However, there has yet to be a breakthrough in medical advancement.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, infant mortality rates vary by race and ethnicity, from a high rate of 13.63 deaths per 1,000 live births among Black women to a low 4.42 for Cuban-Americans. The report stated that differences in socioeconomic status and access to medical care did not explain the gap entirely. The common thread of these conditions is that they are preventable, which is where the United States is falling behind the other countries.

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