A new study had found that out of all the months of the year, July is the worst month for fatal medical errors.

Researchers at the University Of California of San Diego have dubbed this discovery th" July Effect'. The study group looked at 62 million death certificates between the years 1979 and 2006 and discovered that there is a 10% increase in the number of medical errors in teaching hospitals in the month of July.

The study did not include deaths that occurred outside of hospitals or allergic reaction to drugs.

Victoria Little, 53, of Harford County was awarded a $3.5 million settlement at the conclusion of her case against two surgeons and their firm, Vascular Surgery Associates, whom she had bee suing for medical malpractice.

Mrs. Little had undergone surgery for blocked arteries. Her lawyers, James Cardea and Scott Kurlander, claim the two surgeons had used an improper grafting technique during the surgery.

The Advocates of Driggs, Bills and Day personal injury firm from Utah have been awarded the highest distinction for practicing lawyers, the AV rating, from the premiere lawyer rating organization in the United States, Martindale-Hubbell.

Martindale-Hubbell have operated as the premiere lawyer rating organisation for over 130 years, ranking firms in the US, Canada and worldwide.

Martindale-Hubbell awards the AV rating to firms who have achieved the highest levels of professional excellence, expertise, skill, experience and integrity in the legal world.

Doctor Soma Mandil was yesterday awarded $7.2 million in personal injury settlement from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Doctor Mandil fell and sustained a broken elbow in March 2007. She had been walking and then slipped on a rubber mat on a walkway in the Newport-Pavonia PATH station.

The accident has prevented her from returning to work at New York's NYU Medical Center, where she worked as an attending physician.

Dionne Bolton, a 21 year old from Edinburgh, Scotland, has been ordered to pay £200 in personal injury compensation($290 approx) to a police officer for ordering her dog to bite him.

The dog bit Consatble McGee on the backside, resulting in puncture wounds which required Consatble McGee to go to the hospital.

Constable Andrew McGee was one of 9 officers to enter Ms. Bolton's house, having obtained a search warrant to enter it.

Ms. Bolton apparently repeatedly shouted at her dog to "bite him", pointing at Constable McGee.

Michial Jacobs today has been awarded $1.5 million in compensation, the largest ever settlement in a personal injury case in Yolo County.

The record setting settlement is the final outcome from an accident which took place in October 2004, where Mr. Jacobs's vehicle was rammed into by a rig carrying 40,000 pounds of sugar. The rig upended Mr.jacob's vehicle and the trailer it was towing.

The sugar carrying rig was working for both Pacific Transportation Services and Ernie Newland, both out of Washington.

Here at the Unified Injury blog, we usually cover topical and serious issues relating to personal injury law, compensation and cases. However, we feel that alot of this personal injury stuff can get kind of heavy so it's nice to break it up with some humor.

Trolman, Glaser & Licthman PC. Attorneys at Law seem to feel the same way. The New York based firm, who specialize in personal injury & accident cases, have a series of commercials which poke fun at some of the more ridiculous types of personal injury cases people try and bring to attorneys.

PA personal injury attorney Feldman Shepherd yesterday announced that they 11 of their personal injury attorneys were named amongst 2010's Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® (with 3 in the top 10). Mark W. Tanner, the firm's co-managing partner was also featured on the cover of the Philadelphia Magazine supplement which the list is published in.

On top of this great news, 3 of the firm's personal injury attorney's were named amongst Pennsylvania's 2010 Rising stars, which recognizes up and coming lawyers in the area.

Survivors of the Oil rig explosion which took place on April 20th and has led to an underwater oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico have urged memebrs of a House committee to hold BP and Transocean accountable for the accident, according to CNN.com

Workers on the rig said that they had consistently been asking for more help and that the explosion was 'hardly the first thing to go wrong' on the oil rig.

A Gwinnet County jury has awarded Mr. Roger McTaggart and his wife Glenda compensation of $317,000 in a personal injury case which could have very far reaching consequences for Yamaha.

Yamaha are facing a high number of lawsuits over their 'Rhino 660' utility-terrain vehicle (UTV) and it's safety problems, in particular is 'unsafe' design.

This is the first case in which Yamaha have been forced to pay, with the implication that future cases may be settled in the same way, leading to millions of dollars in costs for the company.