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California Greyhound Bus Crash Leaves Six Dead, Others Injured

California Greyhound Bus Crash Leaves Six Dead, Others Injured
Excessive speed and unsafe driving will be among the causes crash investigators will be probing in determining the cause of a fatal Greyhound bus accident on Highway 99 in Fresno killing six and injuring others.  On average, bus accidents cause approximately 330 deaths and 12,000 injuries a year in the U.S.
   
Taiwanese Hemophiliacs Infected by US Made HIV-Contaminated Medications Petition Supreme Court to Proceed in California
Taiwanese Hemophiliacs Infected by US Made HIV-Contaminated
Medications Petition Supreme Court to Proceed in California
July 27, 2010 - Baum Hedlund attorneys filed a writ petition on behalf of Taiwanese hemophiliacs infected by HIV-contaminated medications challenging the lower court's dismissal of their case, which they believe conflicts with federal and state law.
   
Commercial Transportation Disaster Attorney, Ilyas Akbari, Feature Story
Commercial Transportation Disaster Attorney, Ilyas Akbari, Feature Story
Southern California Rising Stars has featured Ilyas Akbari in an article entitled, First a Personal Disaster, Then Mass Disasters, describing his family’s dangerous escape from war-torn Afghanistan to his success as a bioengineer and mass disaster attorney at Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman.
   

Four Baum Hedlund attorneys listed in the 2010 Southern California Rising Stars
Bijan Esfandiari, Kate Gillespie, Roger Drake and Ilyas Akbari are listed in the 2010 edition of the Rising Stars publication published by Super Lawyers®, which recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state - those who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less.
   
Baum Hedlund is investigating a possible connection between Effexor and birth defects
Baum Hedlund is investigating a possible connection
between Effexor and birth defects
Effexorbirthdefect.com discusses Effexor, Effexor XR and birth defects including, serious heart defects, lung defects, brain and spinal cord defects, craniosynostosis, infant omphalocele, club foot, anal atresia, and cleft lip or cleft palate.
   
New Semi Truck Legislation on the Horizon
New Semi Truck Legislation on the Horizon
According to BH truck accident attorney, Robert Foss, one of the major causes of trucking accidents is driver fatigue.  This is one of the primary topics being addressed as the United States Senate and the Truck Safety Coalition work to improve trucking safety throughout the country.
   
Metrolink Crash Attorney Comments on New Passenger Cars
A Los Angeles television news station interviewed Baum Hedlund train accident attorney Paul Hedlund about Metrolink’s new passenger rail cars with added safety features. “It’s a step at lessoning injury, increasing survivability, but it does nothing for avoidance which is the ultimate aim,” Hedlund stated.
   
Federal judge rejects GlaxoSmithKline's effort to dismiss a BH Paxil case.
Federal Judge Rejects GlaxoSmithKline’s Effort to Dismiss a BH Paxil Case 
An Indiana federal court rejected GSK’s attempt to dismiss a case involving a Catholic Priest who committed suicide while taking Paxil. This is GSK’s third unsuccessful attempt to have the case dismissed. The Court also rejected GSK’s efforts to exclude the testimony of Plaintiff’s experts.
   
Reglan Side Effects Lawyer's Warning to Migraine and Cluster Headache Victims Regarding the Risks of Tardive Dyskenisia, an Irreversible Neurological Condition
Reglan Side Effects Lawyer's Warning to Migraine and Cluster Headache Victims Regarding the Risks of Tardive Dyskenisia, an Irreversible Neurological Condition
Reglan (metoclopramide) is not FDA-approved for people suffering from migraines, chronic headaches or cluster headaches, yet it is being prescribed “off label” to treat nausea and vomiting for headache sufferers.
   
American Airlines Flight Skids off Jamaican Runway in Failed Landing,Everyone Aboard Survives
American Airlines Flight Skids off Jamaican Runway in Failed Landing,
Everyone Aboard Survives
Several passengers from American Airlines Flight 331 have hired Baum Hedlund to represent them after their plane slid off the runway during a failed landing in Kingston, Jamaica.  Forty-four people were taken to hospitals.
   
Mediators assigned to try to settle Continental Connection Flight 3407 lawsuits
Mediators assigned to try to settle Continental Connection Flight 3407 lawsuits
Baum Hedlund attorney, Ron Goldman, who believes some lawsuits will settle more quickly than others depending on the needs of the families stated, "Justice for our clients and safety for the aviation community and traveling public, those are our twin objectives."
   
Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Multiple Vehicle Pile-up on I-40 near Barstow, California
Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Multiple Vehicle
Pile-up on I-40 near Barstow, California
December 18, 2009 -- The surviving Ramirez brothers have filed a lawsuit against the trucking companies and the drivers involved in a 2008 fatal collision near Ludlow, CA which resulted in the tragic death of their father and their younger brother.