Miscellaneous

• Two Orange County toddlers drown in backyard pool

  IB Contributor | March 24, 2007 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  This week was a tragic one for a Garden Grove family that lost two toddlers, who drowned in the family's backyard swimming pool Wednesday.Khloe Hyunh was only 21 months old and her cousin, Jason Nguyen was 2 years old. The children's mothers are sisters, according to an article in the Orange County Register.Officials say that it took only minutes for the two children to slip away into the deep,...

• Baptist Pastor In Ohio Charged With Sex Crime.

  IB Contributor | March 10, 2007 12:24 AM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA

  An Ohio pastor has been charged for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl, according to a news article posted in the Dayton Journal News in Ohio. The girl, whose name was not released because she was a minor and the victim of a sex crime, said Enorris Thomas, an assistant pastor at Second Baptist Church on Verity Parkway, fondled her at his Middletown home,...

• Hours Before Trial, Diocese Files Bankruptcy

  Christina Cole | March 06, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  San Diego Diocese files for bankruptcy protection.The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego announced they are filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy only hours prior to a final settlement offer was rejected by attorneys for dozens of people who claim they were sexually abused by priests.The filing drew abrupt accusations from victims' advocates which will immediately halt more than 140 lawsuits targeting...

• Bush To Appoint Fox To Guard Hen House

  IB Contributor | February 17, 2007 1:46 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Appalling and distressing news report from consumeraffairs.com.According to this article posted Friday on the group's Web site, they have inside information that Michael Baroody, chief lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), a powerful trade group that opposes aggressive product safety regulation, is President Bush's choice to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission...

• Meet Our Employee Of The Year 2006

  IB Contributor | February 02, 2007 3:02 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A Week In Maui For Star EmployeeThis week our "Intake Paralegal", Carey Wagenblast will not be in the office. Carey is the paralegal who attends to potential clients when they call in the first time for assistance. She helps them clarify what type of assistance they need and then gets it for them. Carey is also the paralegal that helps inquiring potential clients find attorneys when we do not...

• Feds Shut Mine - 22 Violations Discovered

  IB Contributor | February 01, 2007 9:20 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Mining Company Covered Up Prior ExplosionPennsylvania regulators have stripped a coal mine operator of its permit because they say the operator covered up the cause of an explosion two years before a miner was killed there in a similar blast, according to an Associated Press news report. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ordered R&D Coal Company to shutter its Buck...

• Mr. Chase - President, Orange County Trial Lawyers Association

  IB Contributor | January 14, 2007 9:10 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA

  Bisnar|Chase partner sworn in as President.Last night, at a gala event in Newport Beach, attended by hundreds, including many Orange County judges, political figures and some of the most prominent personal injury attorneys in California, Brian Chase, took the oath of office as President of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association. In 2004, Brian was named the "Trial Lawyer of the Year" by...

• Resolve to Keep Those New Year's Resolutions

  IB Contributor | January 01, 2007 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Expert offers three key steps to achieving goals While doing research on defective drugs, I came across a very informative health website, Healthday. Being that this is New Year's day and I have my own New Year's resolutions, I took great interest in an article about keeping New Year's resolutions. I have posted it here in the hopes that it will be of some benefit to you.Keeping a New Year's...

• Antacids Increase Hip Fractures

  IB Contributor | January 01, 2007 6:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Previously undisclosed drug side effectsPeople who take powerful antacid drugs, also known as proton pump inhibitors, face an increased risk of hip fractures, according to a report released by University of Pennsylvania researchers according to Steven Reinberg, a writer for the website HealthDay.The study shows that common proton pump inhibitors that include drugs such as Aciphex, Nexium,...

• Tipsy Drivers Get Free Rides

  IB Contributor | December 31, 2006 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  AAA Program Drives Drinkers HomeCHP Program Drives Drinkers To MotelWith New Year's falling on a Monday, we are enjoying three uninterrupted days off work and full of sports, family, friends and drinking occasions. "The long holiday weekend creates more opportunities for drinking and consequently drunken driving", says Carol Thorp, a spokeswoman for the Automobile Club of Southern California ....