After an eight year battle, members of the South Los Angeles 28th Street Elementary School community have succeeded in shutting down Palace Plating, a nearby chrome plating facility. It has been determined by the City of Los Angeles that the plant is responsible for causing children and teachers to suffer rashes, nosebleeds, nausea, asthma, and
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has launched its new distracted driving public service announcement (PSA), “OMG,” which informs teenagers about the potential risks of distracted driving. If you haven’t already seen any of the new PSAs yourself, they will be playing throughout the country in December on Regal Cinema movie theatre screens and on
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. of Dakota City, NE has announced the recall of about 40,948 pounds of ground beef products because of potential E. coli O157:H7 contamination. The health risk of this Class I recall is high considering that as a potentially
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The southern California personal injury law firm of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley is proud to announce that attorney Nicholas C. Rowley recently won $7,553,000 in non-economic damages for a zero-offer disputed liability case. Co-counsel Courtney Yoder, designer/technical Patrick Logan, and jury consultant Steven Halteman, all contributed to the successful case result. As a substantial verdict
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is responsible for improving mobility throughout the state by managing the highway systems and various public transportation systems. The public relies on Caltrans’ management of the highway and bridge program to ensure that reliable inspection tests are conducted on the foundations of bridges, retaining walls, freeway ramps, and various
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It may be hard to believe that trip-and-fall liability lawsuits involving sidewalks cost the City of Los Angeles $3 million to $5 million every year. The Los Angeles Times states that 42 percent of the 10,750 miles of mostly concrete sidewalks throughout Los Angeles require repairs amounting to about $1.6 billion, and at the current
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Electric vehicles are becoming more popular for various economic, aesthetic, and environmental reasons. However, there has been recent concern over the safety and design of plug-in electric vehicles with lithium-ion batteries after a General Motors Co. (GM) Chevrolet Volt caught on fire in May while parked at a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) testing
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