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• Tobacco Industry Just Can't Quit

  Patrick DeBlase | August 31, 2006 4:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Nicotine levels in cigarettes are up by about 10% from 1998 to 2004 according to the Massachusetts Department of Health.Well into their national feel-good campaign to "educate" the public on smoking, a new study released on Tuesday shows conduct within the Tobacco Industry is business as usual. A Massechusetts Department of Health study released today shows that the amount of nicotine delivered...

• California Proposes Limit for Perchlorate in Drinking Water

  Paul Kiesel | August 30, 2006 11:09 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Perchlorate is a toxic substance found in solid rocket fuel that has polluted many drinking wells in California and throughout the United States. California has suggested standards that are only exceeded by the State of Massachusetts.On Monday, the State of California intends to recommend standards that would limit the levels of perchlorate found in many of the State's drinking wells to 6 parts...

• LA County Sheriff's Department Using Excessive Force

  Elaine Mandel | August 29, 2006 9:27 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A recent report on the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows that when cops use force in arresting suspects, over half the time, that victim has "visible and verifiable" injuries.There is a disturbing trend in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department regarding how much force their officers use when arresting suspects. A recent report on the Sheriff's Department shows that when police...

• Witnesses in Priest Abuse Cases are Encouraged to Come Forward

  Paul Kiesel | August 27, 2006 3:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Much debate has taken place over the past couple of years regarding just how many pedophiles have hidden among the Catholic clergy. Because so many victims will never come forward, we will never really know the the complete numbers. What has become evident though, is that what really distinguishes the sexual abuse in the church is the silence in the response. Over the years, teachers,...

• Bike Accidents--Personal Injury-Deaths- Lead to Road Closure

  Paul Kiesel | August 24, 2006 1:12 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Responding to a series of major injury and wrongful death incidents along the Pacific Coast Highway involving bicyclists and pedestrians, the Dana Point City Council voted to ban pedestrians and bicycles along the inland side of the Pacific Coast Highway. The northbound side of the Pacific Coast Highway will be off limits to all but motor vehicles to provide a safer environment for bikes and...

• Tritium leak into local water supply?

  Paul Kiesel | August 24, 2006 7:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Last week officials with the city of San Clemente shut down the drinking water supply until tests could be performed to determine whether or not a tritium leak from the San Onofre nuclear power plant had contaminated the city's water supply. Preliminary findings conclude the presence of tritium in ground water below the power plant but have not been able to determine the extent of the leak into...

• California Attorney Personal Injury -- Bausch & Lomb

  Paul Kiesel | August 23, 2006 7:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  In a finding consistent with the Journal of American Medical Association Bausch & Lomb inc.'s recall of a popular contact lens solution in May appears to have stopped the spread of a serious eye infection. Researchers at the US Center for disease control and prevention were unable to find any infectious agent in the Bausch & Lomb solution but research is continuing. As of June 30, the...

• Bausch & Lomb Lens Solution Causes Eye Infections

  Paul Kiesel | August 22, 2006 1:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Bausch & Lomb ReNu with Mostiure Loc was, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association, responsible for a recent outbreak of fungal eye infections. The company had suggested purchasers poor eye hygiene was the probable cause of the infections but the researchers writing for the American Medical Association formally concluded the link between Bausch & Lomb and eye infections. ...

• Radioactive Leak San Onofre

  Paul Kiesel | August 18, 2006 8:26 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Shockingly there has been a finding of a tritium leak coming from the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The 450 Megawat plant has been controversial but this is the first direct finding of potential enviornmental damage caused from the plant. Officials are concerned that drinking water in the area has been affected by the tritium leak. Additional testing will be ongoing to determine what, if...

• Zyprexa California Cases

  Paul Kiesel | August 18, 2006 8:07 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  I am presently counsel for over 160 individual consumers who have used and been injured by the "anti-depression" drug Zyprexa. The Court has been asked and all parties have agreed to have Kiesel Boucher & Larson LLP designated as Lead Counsel on these cases. Being Lead Counsel allows Kiesel Boucher & Larson LLP to speak, in court, on behalf of all firms who have brought such cases.

• B.I.G Wrongful Death Suit Sparks New Probe Into Murder

  Staff Writer | August 04, 2006 11:55 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  In the wake of a wrongful death lawsuit that ended in a mistrial, the LAPD has assigned six veteran homicide detectives to investigate the murder of Christopher Wallace (aka The Notorious B.I.G.). The department has no new information on the case, but the suit filed by Wallace's mother, Violetta, ended in a mistrial earlier this year when it was discovered that a detective deliberately hid...