Jeffery Yates, a former barge worker, has been awarded a $14 million settlement from his former employer, Hercules Offshore.

Mr. Yates was struck by a falling pipe which had been temporarily tacked to the barge's derrick. When normal work began on the ship again, the vibrations caused the pipe to become loose and fall 90 feet before striking Mr.Yates in the head.

Mr. Yates was represented by Houston, Texas personal injury firm Arnold & Itkin LLC.

A woman in California is suing Google maps for a personal injuy claim, claiming their directions sent her down an unsafe road, which resulted in her being hit by a car.

The woman, Lauren Rosenberg says she followed directions that she had been provided with from Google Maps and that they led her onto a highway,which had no pedestrian walkway or sidewalk, and on which she was struck by a car.

Mattias Kiwanuka's brother, Benedict, is in critical condition after being involved in a motorcycle accident last Friday in Indianapolis.

The brothers were spotted speeding down a street in Indianapolis at approx 2 in the morning when Benedict's bike was hit by a car exiting a car park.

Benedict was rushed to the Methodist Hospital with multiple injuries, in particular a severe arm injury. The driver of the car was not badly hurt but still brought to the hospital. Mattias spilled from his bike but was not injured.

Judge James V. Seina today ordered that Toyota had to hand ove thousands of pages of internal documents from government probes to class action attorneys who are representing Toyota customers bringing wrongful death and othe personal injury charges against the car manufacturing giant.

Personal Injury lawyers Dave Tullis, Steven Linton & Damien Kidd of The Advocates Personal Injury firm have been named the 'best of the best' in Utah Law with a ranking in Utah's Legal Elite 2010 by Utah Business Magazine. The Utah Legal Elite is a list of the best lawyers in the state, as voted by their peers. The Utah State bar picks the honorees and then its members vote on who makes the list. 5,000 ballots were cast in this year's voting.

While this isn't the most pleasant personal injury case to read before lunch it does show the extent of cases and circumstances that personal injury law can cover! A 21 year old Philadelphia Phillies fan, Matthew Clemmens, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to purposefully forcing himself to vomit on a man, Mr. vangelo, and his 15 year old daughter who were in the seats of the 21 year old fan during the Phillies-Capitols game on Tuesday night.

David H. Perecman has been voted by his peers nationwide as being in the top 5% of Personal Injury Attorney's in New York. The results emerged from a survey carried out by Superlawyers magazine and this is the third year in a row that Mr. Perecman ahs been voted amongst New York's top 5% of Personal Injury Attorneys. "Each year I am honored to be nominated by my peers and recognized as one of the top 5% of lawyers and among the best lawyers." said Mr. Perecman after learning of his accomplishment.

Personal Injury cases,also referred to as tort law cases, cover a wide range of issuesa list of which can be found on our here.

The principal connecting theme in these cases is that the injured person suffers the injury as a result of the actions of another person, whether these actions be intentional or non-intentional.

In order to successfully bring your Personal Injury claim to court, you must first prove that the injury you suffered was not your fault.

According to Lawinfo.com, a growing area of Personal Injury Law is the passing of STD's from one partner to another.

Under Tort Law, we all have a duty to take reasonable care when dealing with and interacting with others and this has, increasingly, been applied to situations involving sexual partners.

In the case of incurable diseases such as HIV, AIDS & Herpes, the law states ,in approx 27 states,that a person who has tested positive for these diseases must make their partner aware of this fact before engaging in intercourse.

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