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Hospital admits to birth errors
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Offers to pay teenager victim in an out-of-court settlement
Health chiefs of Addenbrooke�s Hospital admitted several medical errors made by their team during the birth of Jessica Smith, now 17 years old, which contributed to her having cerebral palsy. The hospital�s administrators agreed to p(Added: Tue Jul 03 2007)
New and never used microwave oven explodes
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A woman in North Texas was surprised when her microwave oven, with the brand name of General Electric, which was newly bought three days ago and not yet used, exploded. According to 79-year-old woman, she was cooking in her kitchen. She was stirring on a pot of boiling soup with green beans on the s(Added: Tue Jul 03 2007)
Senior League and Illegal Worker to benefit from Immigration Bill
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Over two million illegal workers who received their Social Security numbers before the year 2004 stand to receive Social Security benefits amounting to over $966 billion by the year 2040. The TREA Senior Citizens League reports this possibility as the organization testified before the House subcommi(Added: Tue Jul 03 2007)
SUV Crash take lives of 5 High School Grads in N.Y.
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A crash collision involving a sport utility vehicle killed five girls who have graduated from high school in sub urban Rochester only five days before the fateful incident. The teen agers� high school principal gave the report last week, Wednesday. According to reports of the Ontario County Sherif(Added: Tue Jul 03 2007)
Two CN Freight Trains collide in CN Yazoo Subdivision Anding Mississippi
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Two CN freight trains collided head on in the CN Yazoo Subdivision, Anding Mississippi. This is the site where the train�s central operations are located. These trains are operated using a centralized traffic system of control signal on a single track.
Los Angeles, California, June 29, 2007(Added: Tue Jul 03 2007)
Venues for Lawsuit against McDonald�s Limited by Court
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The State Supreme Court for Missouri ruled last Tuesday that the families that filed charges against McDonald�s for their children�s E. coli infections after eating hamburgers from said restaurant should sue only in the counties where the incidents happened. According to the judge, the families (Added: Tue Jul 03 2007)
I Spy with My Little Eye
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Greer IGS (Information Gathering Services) is a Private Detective Agency based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and operates throughout the Midlands. We provide a wide range of investigation, surveillance and security services for the public, business and legal community.
Our private investigator(Added: Mon Jul 02 2007)
New partner strengthens expertise at Burnetts
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Burnetts in Carlisle, Cumbria has recruited a new partner into its Personal Injury department.
Nick Gutteridge, 41, has been tempted from a home in the Peak District and a South Manchester law firm by the reputation of his Burnetts� colleagues.
Nick, who has been on the Law Society�s pane(Added: Fri Jun 29 2007)
Slavery and Its Legacy: Journal from Routledge Marks Bicentenary of Abolition
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As the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade is celebrated this year, the Routledge journal Slavery and Abolition offers new insights into the dismantling of slave systems and the lasting impact of slavery in the world today.
For more than 25 years, Slavery and Abolition has(Added: Fri Jun 29 2007)
INVENTOR-NET PARTNERS WITH LOCAL SOLICITORS� FIRM
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Sheffield and South Yorkshire inventors� incubation service, Inventor-Net, continues to grow and expand its offering to inventors. It now announces that it has forged an alliance with Rotherham-based solicitors firm, Oxley & Coward, to support inventors on all legal matters.
Inventor-Net - cre(Added: Wed Jun 27 2007)
LegalView.com Keeps Visitors Informed on Proposed Moisture Plus Class Action
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Launch of Specialist Legal Division
In a competitive environment where candidates will consider career options at an early stage, long-term success in the legal sector will depend on the calibre of initial work opportunities and placements.
Followed by significant career intervals, where candidates will look to realise their optim(Added: Fri Jun 22 2007)
$115 million settlement with Swiss bank on Enron Bankruptcy lawsuit
As a settlement of a bankruptcy lawsuit, the Swiss bank for investments UBS AG will be paying creditors of the energy trader firm with $115 million. The lawsuit demands the return of almost four times of $115 million paid which the creditors in the stock trades paid during the eve of Enron’s bankrup(Added: Thu Jun 21 2007)
Air Force ordered to pay $24.5 million for substandard child delivery
The federal administration, particularly the Air Force was ordered to pay $24.5 million to a family, formerly of the Scott Air Force base on a baby delivery case. According to the judge’s resolution, this payment is being directed because the Air Force failed to issue the standard care in delivering(Added: Thu Jun 21 2007)
Blackstone Group to go IPO amidst impending tax law changes
Blackstone Group LP, a private-equity corporate heavyweight based in New York City is expected to have an initial public offering (IPO) of its units starting June 25. However, its investors were cautioned that certain changes in the tax laws included in a bill to be passed before the Congress might (Added: Thu Jun 21 2007)