tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73975529439563264922024-02-07T02:59:29.323-08:00Lawyers in the NewsLegal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-60769546788653649462009-08-10T15:50:00.000-07:002009-08-10T15:52:30.134-07:00Plano schools reach undisclosed settlement with custodian over employment lawsuitPLANO - The lawsuit claimed several missteps by the district in handling the incidents, including taking almost a year to discipline Carino from the time the first noose was discovered, despite Johnson alerting school officials about them multiple times. A district memo in October 2007 stated that the district had suspended Carino for three weeks without pay, said Weinberg Law Firm, <a href="http://www.wlfirm.com/">Plano Employment Lawyer</a>.<br /><br />Carino was on paid medical leave since the start of the 2008-09 school year before retiring March 16. According to a February 2008 report by the school district, he took responsibility for the nooses and said they were not directed toward Johnson.Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-58306647053813737832009-08-10T13:11:00.000-07:002009-08-10T13:16:54.177-07:00Deciding Donte' Stallworth's LA DUI penaltyStallworth also reportedly had traces of pot in his system after the accident, which may factor into Goodell's decision. It may be the only justification for giving a longer penalty than any other player who registers a 0.126 percent on a blood-alcohol content on the road. And Vick, let's remember, tested positive for marijuana after he had pleaded guilty to dogfighting, said Michael Bialys, <a href="http://www.dui1guy.com/">LA DUI defense lawyer</a>.Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-24230395734114086422009-08-05T11:22:00.000-07:002009-08-13T11:27:57.367-07:00Wrongful Death ActionJohn Q. Kelly, <a href="http://www.kellygrouppc.com/">New York wrongful death attorney</a>.Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-82530063181832299302009-08-05T09:34:00.000-07:002009-08-05T09:36:50.550-07:00Will Obama Keep His Promise to Federal Whistleblowers?Joe Darby is the <a href="http://www.khourilaw.com/">whistleblower lawyer Los Angeles</a> who sounded the alarm about the infamous Abu Ghraib prison photos that highlighted prisoner abuse at the hands of U.S. soldiers. The photos became a worldwide scandal that prompted the investigation and conviction of several soldiers involved in the photo sessions, while Darby was hailed as hero by some and as a traitor by others. He received death threats and had to move his family to a military protection residence after his house was vandalized. In his statement, Darby said he made the disclosure because "it violated everything I personally believed in and all I'd been taught about the rules of war."Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-77816948522024609502009-08-04T15:08:00.000-07:002009-08-04T15:12:12.787-07:00Chicago Business Corus Bankshares Inc. on cusp of crisisFDIC may seize 'critically undercapitalized' Chicago-based lender<br />By Becky Yerak | Tribune reporter<br /> August 2, 2009<br /><br />Non- Illinois residents supplied 56 percent of its $7.1 billion in retail deposits, attracted to above-average interest rates, promoted by <a href="http://www.brinkmeierroth.com/attorney-profile.html">Chicago small business lawyer</a>, that are among the highest in the nation. FDIC auctions in which one entity buys assets and another buys deposits are unusual, but they do happen.<br /><br />On July 17, for example, BankFirst of Sioux Falls, S.D., was closed by the FDIC. One bank assumed all the deposits, and another bank acquired the bulk of the loans.Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-63626133069944810962009-08-04T13:19:00.000-07:002009-08-04T13:36:03.985-07:00Ex-Bills star Smith convicted of DUI<div class="story_headline"><br /></div> <div class="story_lastupdate">Friday, July 10, 2009</div> <div class="story_byline">By Larry O'Dell, The Associated Press</div><div id="TixyyLink" style="border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /></div><p>VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Former NFL star Bruce Smith was convicted of drunken driving Thursday by a judge who rejected his claim that old football injuries, not alcohol, were responsible for his poor performance on field sobriety tests.</p> <p>Smith declined to answer reporters' questions after his trial in Virginia Beach General District Court. He promptly appealed the verdict to Virginia Beach Circuit Court, which set a hearing in the case for Aug. 27.</p> <p>"We just hope for a better result in appealing," Smith's lawyer, Larry Cardon, told reporters.</p> <p>Smith also was convicted of speeding and refusing to take an alcohol breath test. Judge Teresa McCrimmon gave Smith a 90-day suspended jail term and fined him $350 for DUI. She also suspended his driver's license for a year for refusing the breath test and fined him $90 for speeding.</p><a href="http://www.gbmlawpittsburgh.com/">DUI lawyer pittsburgh</a>Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-59312397181177329422009-07-31T13:41:00.000-07:002009-07-31T13:43:16.861-07:00LA Injury Law Firm Ringler Kearney Alvarez LLP<a href="http://www.rkallp.com/lawfirm.html">LA acccident</a><a href="http://www.rkallp.com/lawfirm.html"> attorneys</a> Ringler Kearney Alavarez LLP have established themselves as a premier law firm by providing clients with consistently excellent service. They pride themselves on their intellect, creativity and tenacity.<br /><br />These <a href="http://www.rkallp.com/lawyer.html">Los Angeles catastophic personal injury attorneys</a> have achieved victories in over 100 trials with total verdicts in excess of $250 million.<br /><br />Ringler Kearney Alvarez LLP achieves their verdicts by utilizing their substantial financial resources to obtain the best result possible for each of their clients. This <a href="http://www.rkallp.com/specialty_areas.html">LA train accident specialist law firm</a> fights tirelessly for their clients, no matter the cost and no matter the foe.Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-24895121418292645632009-01-08T16:50:00.001-08:002009-01-08T16:50:41.750-08:00NY Construction Site Injury Lawyer<a title="NY Wrongful Death Attorney" href="http://www.kellygrouppc.com/" target="_self">New York Construction Injury Attorney</a> John Q. Kelly is pleased to announce the launch of his new website for The Kelly Group P.C.<br /><br />The website can be viewed at www.kellygrouppc.com and features notable cases and clients of Mr. Kelly.<br /><br />About <a href="http://www.kellygrouppc.com/">John Q. Kelly</a><br />One of the most renowned litigators in the country, Mr. Kelly has a proven track record in complex civil and corporate litigation nationwide.<br /><br />His clients include some of the most widely publicized victims in recent times, including:<br /><br />- Estate of Nicole Brown Simpson<br />- Parents of Natalee Holloway<br />- Estate of Kathleen Savio, ex-wife of Drew Peterson<br />- Estate of Heiress Anne Scripps Douglas<br />- Former Yankee great Joe PepitoneLegal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-25377066115292987222008-09-19T16:15:00.000-07:002008-09-19T16:17:18.731-07:00Attorney Jerome Ringler Comments on Metrolink WreckAs a governmental agency, lawyers noted, Metrolink cannot be subjected to punitive damages in any civil action - a situation those lawyers said likely protects it from a bankruptcy situation. A spokesman for Metrolink said the agency would not be making any comments on potential legal issues.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rkallp.com/metrolink-disaster-lawyers.html">Attorney Jerome Ringler</a>, who served as lead counsel for victims of a Metrolink train derailment in Placentia in 2002, those in a Burbank derailment in 2003, and in the Glendale derailment in 2005, said the Chatsworth crash could expose further fault with Metrolink.<br /><br />"I suspect the real reason these tragedies occurred is due to either simple inattentivenesss on the part of the engineers or a failure on the part of the railrood industry to allow these engineers adequate rest between shifts so that these kind of tragedies could be avoided," Ringler said.<br /><br />"This is a horrible tragedy. They are facing hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars of exposure."Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-82458589045066226082008-09-19T16:09:00.000-07:002008-09-19T16:11:22.736-07:00Jerome Ringler and the Metrolink Train WreckMetrolink worker sued Burlington Northern Santa Fe, saying his alcoholism returned after the fatal 2002 Placentia collision.<br /><br />A metrolink conductor who said his drinking problems resumed after the Placentia train crash in 2002 will receive $8.5 million to settle his lawsuit against one of the nations largest railroads. <br /><br />Patrick Phillips of Riverside agreed Tuesday to settle his suit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. The case was set to go to trial next week in Orange County Superior Court.<br /><br />Phillips, now 52, suffered minor head injuries the morning of April 23, 2002 when a Burlington Northern Freight train crashed into a Metrolink commuter train in Placentia. Three people died and more than 260 were injured in the early morning crash.<br /><br />Though his injuries were slight, the conductor alleged that the trauma was serious enough to trigger a resurgence of his severe alcoholism, which he said he had controlled since rehabilitation in the early 1990's.<br /><br />"I have never seen a case like this in 30 years, yet it is indeed what happened here," said <a href="http://www.rkallp.com/metrolink-disaster-lawyers.html">Jerome L. Ringler</a>, Phillips' attorney. <br /><br />"We had extensive medical evaluations by a variety of neurological specialists. All were in accord that his injury, although minor, changed his behavior."<br /><br />After the train crash, Phillips was hospitalized for evaluation but released about two hours later, Ringler said. In the months after the crash, however, Phillips allegedly resumed his alcohol abuse, resulting in at least two other hospitalizations.<br /><br />Ringler said his client was finally diagnosed with alcohol-related dementia, a sever mental deficiency.<br /><br />Phillips, who is now disabled after working 12 years for Metrolink, was unavailable for comment. He is living with a sister in Riverside.<br /><br />Under terms of the settlement, Phillips will receive $8.5 million, including interest, paid out over 20 years. The amount is worth about $4.5 million in today's dollars.<br />Officials for Burlington Northern Santa Fe, one of the nations four largest railroads, confirmed the settlement but declined to discuss the case.<br /><br />Phillips' lawsuit is one of more than 100 Civil cases stemming from the Placentia crash, which federal investigators said was caused by an inattentive Burlington Norther crew that missed a warning signal.<br /><br />The lawsuits allege the collision could have been prevented by an automatic braking system, long sought by the federal National Transportation Safety Board.<br />They also contend that the freight train crew was fatigued by overwork and that the Burlington Northern conductor had a history of losing track of signals.<br /><br />In December, an Orange County jury awarded Pamela Macek, 53, also of Riverside, about $9 million in damages for psychological and physical injuries suffered in the crash. Her case was the first to go to trial.Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-61105754249819643652008-09-19T16:02:00.000-07:002008-09-19T16:03:14.874-07:00Ringler Kearney Alvarez Metrolink Train Crash AttorneysMetrolink worker sued Burlington Northern Santa Fe, saying his alcoholism returned after the fatal 2002 Placentia collision.<br /><br />A metrolink conductor who said his drinking problems resumed after the Placentia train crash in 2002 will receive $8.5 million to settle his lawsuit against one of the nations largest railroads. <br /><br />Patrick Phillips of Riverside agreed Tuesday to settle his suit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. The case was set to go to trial next week in Orange County Superior Court.<br /><br />Phillips, now 52, suffered minor head injuries the morning of April 23, 2002 when a Burlington Northern Freight train crashed into a Metrolink commuter train in Placentia. Three people died and more than 260 were injured in the early morning crash.<br /><br />Though his injuries were slight, the conductor alleged that the trauma was serious enough to trigger a resurgence of his severe alcoholism, which he said he had controlled since rehabilitation in the early 1990's.<br /><br />"I have never seen a case like this in 30 years, yet it is indeed what happened here," said <a href="http://www.rkallp.com/metrolink-disaster-lawyers.html">Jerome L. Ringler</a>, Phillips' attorney. <br /><br />"We had extensive medical evaluations by a variety of neurological specialists. All were in accord that his injury, although minor, changed his behavior."<br /><br />After the train crash, Phillips was hospitalized for evaluation but released about two hours later, Ringler said. In the months after the crash, however, Phillips allegedly resumed his alcohol abuse, resulting in at least two other hospitalizations.<br /><br />Ringler said his client was finally diagnosed with alcohol-related dementia, a sever mental deficiency.<br /><br />Phillips, who is now disabled after working 12 years for Metrolink, was unavailable for comment. He is living with a sister in Riverside.<br /><br />Under terms of the settlement, Phillips will receive $8.5 million, including interest, paid out over 20 years. The amount is worth about $4.5 million in today's dollars.<br />Officials for Burlington Northern Santa Fe, one of the nations four largest railroads, confirmed the settlement but declined to discuss the case.<br /><br />Phillips' lawsuit is one of more than 100 Civil cases stemming from the Placentia crash, which federal investigators said was caused by an inattentive Burlington Norther crew that missed a warning signal.<br /><br />The lawsuits allege the collision could have been prevented by an automatic braking system, long sought by the federal National Transportation Safety Board.<br />They also contend that the freight train crew was fatigued by overwork and that the Burlington Northern conductor had a history of losing track of signals.<br /><br />In December, an Orange County jury awarded Pamela Macek, 53, also of Riverside, about $9 million in damages for psychological and physical injuries suffered in the crash. Her case was the first to go to trial.Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-43547566804243396652008-09-18T12:10:00.000-07:002008-09-18T12:11:06.540-07:00Metrolink Attorney Jerome Ringler Interviewed by FOX 11<object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aKeELKrZviw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aKeELKrZviw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object>Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-33739394514894444432008-09-18T12:09:00.000-07:002008-09-18T12:10:10.792-07:00Metrolink Train Crash Attorney Jerome Ringler<span style="font-weight:bold;">Special Message for Victims of Chatsworth Metrolink Disaster</span><br /><br />On September 12, 2008, an unprecedented tragedy occurred in Chatsworth, California when Metrolink Train #111 struck a Union Pacific freight train which was traveling on the same tracks. Our hearts go out to the victims. But this tragedy should not have happened. It happened because of human error on the part of Metrolink employees. Unfortunately, as the lawyers of RKA know well, human error by railroad engineers is not at all unique as a cause of commuter rail disasters.<br /><br />Jerome L. Ringler has greater experience in representing victims of commuter rail and freight train disasters than any other lawyer in the State of California, if not the country. He has served as lead counsel in every one of the largest commuter rail disasters which have occurred in Southern California in the past 10 years.<br /><br />In the Placentia Commuter Rail Disaster of 2003, Mr. Ringler was appointed by the Court as lead counsel for all of the Plaintiffs. He was requested by all of the lawyers representing individuals injured or killed in that incident to try the first case. That case resulted in the largest verdict for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ever rendered by a jury in the United States. That verdict, which was for $9 million, is detailed below in the multimedia section.<br /><br />In the Burbank Commuter Rail Disaster, which also occurred in 2003, Mr. Ringler was again appointed by the Court to serve as lead counsel. In that capacity he was given the responsibility to try the entire liability (i.e., fault) case for all of the victims. In other words, every one of the dozens of lawyers who represented individual victims in that disaster trusted Mr. Ringler to try the liability phase for them, knowing that their clients would only recover if Mr. Ringler was successful. He was. In fact, Mr. Ringler not only obtained a favorable verdict for all of the plaintiffs, he obtained a $12 million verdict for his own client as well. This verdict was the largest in the State of California for a person with the type of injuries Mr. Ringler's client had suffered. This verdict is detailed below in the multimedia section.<br /><br />Mr. Ringler is currently lead counsel for all plaintiffs in the Glendale Metrolink Derailment Disaster of 2005. This incident was, before September 12, 2008, the largest Metrolink disaster in history. Interestingly, in that case (which involves 11 deaths and dozens of serious injuries), Mr. Ringler has, against all odds, developed testimony proving that, even though a mentally-ill person placed a jeep across the tracks that the Metrolink train was traveling upon, human error on the part of the Metrolink engineer prevented him from stopping the train before hitting the jeep, which caused the train to derail. In other words, while the jeep certainly never should have been on the tracks, the Metrolink engineer would have been able to stop the train before ever striking the jeep had he only been paying proper attention. That case is scheduled to go to trial on June 8, 2009, with Mr. Ringler as lead counsel.<br /><br />The verdicts detailed on this page all relate to railroad litigation. However, Mr. Ringler has achieved enormous, record-breaking monetary awards across California in a variety of complex areas. Those accomplishments are detailed elsewhere in this website. To see them, click here.<br /><br />If you or a loved one has suffered injury or death as a result of the horrific Chatsworth Metrolink Disaster, we are available to discuss your rights with you confidentially and at no charge.<br /><br />Please feel free to contact us at your convenience. Ask for Mr. Ringler,or any of his partners, at (213) 473-1900. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.rkallp.com/metrolink-disaster-lawyers.html">www.rkallp.com</a>Legal News Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092801734399573894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397552943956326492.post-64320019971696298572008-06-13T14:17:00.001-07:002008-06-13T14:17:41.788-07:00Chicago Contract Law Firm the Roth Group Featured Law Firm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLdsorAicBvapPXYZAGUPYLIkXlPByRnWtXpYMLQ-nVo_c4hVeuUaFF_cIrVt0OcArZRINq1NUOk4TBOm3TjPbYbex5bgCjY0QY4ySkTktjLhuw2pKp939qsE6Uv26AcCG-C_ixBPpzln/s1600-h/bln_logo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLdsorAicBvapPXYZAGUPYLIkXlPByRnWtXpYMLQ-nVo_c4hVeuUaFF_cIrVt0OcArZRINq1NUOk4TBOm3TjPbYbex5bgCjY0QY4ySkTktjLhuw2pKp939qsE6Uv26AcCG-C_ixBPpzln/s320/bln_logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211472550517119202" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The Roth Law Group has been named a Breaking Legal News Featured Law Firm for its outstanding achievements in Business law and contract law in the Chicago area. 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