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• DOT Aims to Lower Motorcyle Accidents & Deaths

  Chrissie Cole | November 02, 2007 6:53 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  Today, the federal government will unveil a broad program intended to cut down motorcycle accident and death rates that have more than doubled over the past ten years as aging baby boomers are hitting the open roads on bikes.The Department of Transportation initiative is set up to include national training standards for beginning riders while also training police officers who enforce the traffic...

• Ex-Kentucky State Trooper Makes Plea Deal in DUI Accident

  Chrissie Cole | November 01, 2007 6:04 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  A former Kentucky State Police trooper accepted a plea deal in a DUI accident that seriously injured him along with four members of a Grant County family.The former Kentucky trooper pled guilty to amend the charges against him, according to a Commonwealth Attorney handling the case. He was ordered to pay $700 a month to the couple whose car he struck head-on while he was off duty. His sentencing...

• Kentucky Highway Closed Following Fatal Car Crash

  Chrissie Cole | October 29, 2007 5:45 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  An early morning car accident closed down an Eastern Kentucky highway for over two hours.At about 7 a.m. this morning, two vehicles crashed on US 23 next to the Highway 80 Intersection, according to officials with the Prestonsburg Police Department.A 19-year-old man of Flat Gap was traveling north on US 23 when he crossed the center line and struck another vehicle driven by a 19-year-old man, of...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Walgreens for Prescription Error

  Chrissie Cole | October 19, 2007 7:15 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  A St. Louis woman that began feeling sick and throwing up a month into her pregnancy thought it was nothing more than morning sickness. A month later she learned that the pills she thought were prenatal vitamins were instead a potent chemotherapy drug that killed her unborn child, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Walgreens Co., the pharmacy responsible for the prescription...

• Gavel Truck Collides with School Bus on Kentucky Interstate

  Chrissie Cole | October 18, 2007 6:10 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  A gavel truck was the cause of a trucking accident on a Kentucky Interstate 197, Wednesday, when it struck that back of a school bus sending more than two dozen children to the hospital for medical treatment.The truck driver was cited for a drug related DUI.The bus driver was attempting to stop when the truck crashed into the bus, according to Kentucky State Police. Four students and the bus...

• $26 Million Awarded to Family for Birth Injury

  Chrissie Cole | October 13, 2007 6:31 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  A Brockton family won a $26.5 million jury verdict for the birth injury their son sustained that left him brain damaged. He will never walk or talk due to the botched delivery at a Boston teaching hospital.The family finally feels some relief now that they know what caused their 10-year-old son to suffer from cerebral palsy that requires around the clock care for the rest of his life.Prior to...

• TASER International Wins Product Liability Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | October 10, 2007 7:20 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  Tuesday, TASER International, Inc. announced that a US Court dismissed a product liability suit against them.TASER International, Inc., the maker of electronic safety devices said that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled that TASER's stun gun was not a contributing factor to the death of a inmate by a Louisiana State Trooper.This lawsuit represents the...

• Daryl Dixon, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | September 01, 2007 11:19 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  Daryl Thomas Dixon began his Personal Injury Practice in 2000 upon his return to Paducah, Kentucky from South Florida. Mr. Dixon received his Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern's Shepard Broad Law Center.Daryl T. Dixon has been practicing Serious Personal Injury and Wrongful Death for over six years, fighting hard for each and every injured victim and their families. Daryl takes cases...

• Daryl T. Dixon Law

  Staff Writer | September 01, 2007 11:17 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  Thanks to Daryl's hard work and dedication to the injured throughout Kentucky, many victims of personal injury and their families have obtained fair compensation to help them pay for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering and other financial consequences that are an unfortunate part of every serious and life-changing injury. Of equal importance is that Daryl's clients receive the respect...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | September 01, 2007 11:16 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

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