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Potentially Unsafe Trucks from Mexico Allowed in U.S.

May 12th, 2008

In years past, trucks with freight from Mexico and Canada crossed the U.S. borders and stopped within a few miles of the border to unload, transferring their cargos to U.S.-based trucks that completed the deliveries to various points within the country...

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Study Reveals Inadequacy of NHTSA’s New Roof Crush Standard

May 12th, 2008

The independent nonprofit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released a study in March 2008 that describes the inadequacy of the latest roof crush standards proposed by the NHTSA (U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration).

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Significant Increase in Motorcycle Deaths Causing Alarm

May 12th, 2008

According to an April 2008 Safety Alert, deaths in motorcycle crashes have more than doubled in the past 10 years. In 1997, 2,116 people died in the U.S. in motorcycle accidents; the yearly total in 2006 was 4,810. The same year, another 88,000 people ...

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Nevada to get New Appeals Court?

Sep 13th, 2007
The Nevada legislature is asking the state Supreme Court to conduct a study to determine whether Nevada needs an intermediate appellate court. This request follows years of political and legal debate in Nevada. Our state is one of eleven states that does ...

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Senate Votes to ProtectPatient Rights

May 8th, 2006

Dear Brett,

I have good news to report from Washington.

This evening, the Senate voted down two Motions to Proceed to the consideration of medical malpractice bills. Thanks to an aggressive lobbying, communications and grassroots cam...

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NV: Medical Foul Play Abounds

Mar 21st, 2006

A violent anesthesiologist censured and punished.  The medical license of a fraudulent doctor revoked.  At least a dozen other medical professionals subjects of official complaints.  There are over 600 complaints still under state invest...

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Auto Improvement Could Have Saved Family

Mar 15th, 2006

Executives with General Motors Corporation knew of the serious fuel tank defects in their Chevy Malibu vehicles, yet failed to implement the safety measures necessary to protect thousands of people on the road. Instead of putting public safety first, t...

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Plans For Nuclear Waste Site Proceeds

Mar 6th, 2006

The federal plan to use the Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a nuclear dumping site will proceed.

After many delays and controversies, the government will continue after years of research on the location. This summer, the Energy Department will publi...

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Survivor in Las Vegas Accident Out of Coma

Feb 24th, 2006

The sole survivor in an automobile accident involving a Las Vegas state trooper and four people trapped in the vehicle has emerged from her coma.

Cecilia Cruz, who is three months pregnant, has woken up after a car accident that happened on an i...

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Las Vegas Officials Investigate Trench Accident

Feb 17th, 2006

A Nevada trench accident that killed a man is now under investigation in Reno. Officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are trying to understand how the deadly trench collapse might have occurred.

Clayton Grego...

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Nevada Worker’s Compensation Disaster

Feb 14th, 2006

Most Nevada workers believe that if they are injured on the job, which can happen to virtually anyone, they will be covered by the state’s workers compensation program.  Unfortunately, thousands of Nevadans have discovered the hard way that ...

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BLM Whistleblower Prepares for Nevada Appeal

Feb 8th, 2006

Earle Dixon, a former employee of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, is testifying that he was fired for speaking out about dangers at a toxic waste site in Nevada. Dixon’s complaint seeks up to $1 million in damages as he prepares to go before ...

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Nevada Senator Hospitalized After Car Accident

Jan 31st, 2006

Nevada Senator John Ensign and his aide were briefly hospitalized on Monday after a head-on auto accident.  According to the Senator’s spokesperson, Ensign required medical treatment for minor injuries following this car accident.  Poli...

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Staffing Blamed for Slow response to NV fires

Jan 20th, 2006

According to recent investigations, the Las Vegas fire department is unable to respond to emergency calls fast enough due to staffing shortages. Officials with the Las Vegas fire department hope this new information will improve its ch...

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Clark County Jury Awards $14.1 million in Fatal Truck Accident

Jan 17th, 2006

The family of a woman killed in a Terrible Herbst industrial truck accident has been awarded $14.1 million in a wrongful death case.  This Nevada truck accident lawsuit was filed in 2001 against three companies owned by Terrible H...

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Locating Missing Sex Offenders

Jan 11th, 2006

The Nevada Attorney General, George Chanos is asking the federal government, once again, to provide a list of Hurricane Katrina victims who have relocated to Nevada in order to determine if any “missing” sex offenders are currently residing...

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Two Las Vegas Residents hurt in separate train accidents

Jan 10th, 2006

Nevada authorities report that one young boy was hurt and an adult woman killed in separate Las Vegas train accidents over this past weekend.  The adult woman was struck and killed by a train.  The 12-year old boy is still in the hospital, su...

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Nevada Auto Tracking Law Passed

Jan 5th, 2006

Nevada legislature has passed a new law requiring vehicle sellers to inform buyers about the tracking feature of OnStar systems.   OnStar systems are installed in over 50 General Motors vehicle models, providing a GPS tracking system to help ...

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Nevada gets tougher on negligent drivers

Jan 2nd, 2006
In October 2005, the state of Nevada passed a law that makes simple negligence in an auto accident a crime punishable by up to six months in jail, a fine of $1,000, and a one-year driver’s license suspension.  Governor Kenny Guinn signed this l...

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Nevada Fails To Comply With Child Abuse Laws

Dec 21st, 2005

The state of Nevada is in jeopardy of losing federal funding for failing to comply with the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.  This funding cut means hundreds of thousands of dollars in loss for children and families in need.  ...

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Vegas Hospital Blamed in Patient Deaths

Dec 15th, 2005

Nevada Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie is highlighting staffing problems at a state psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas for the substandard nursing care which resulted in two patient deaths last April.  This Nevada lawmaker spoke Tuesday at a Legisl...

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Nov 21st, 2005
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Traffic Accident Rates on the Rise in Las Vegas

Nov 21st, 2005

New data released by the city of Las Vegas shows that accident rates in the city and in Clark County are dramatically rising. Officials speculate as to the cause of the increase in accidents, particularly motor vehicle accidents, and are pointing to th...

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Electronic Prescriptions set for Southern Nevada

Nov 4th, 2005

Southern Nevada doctors could be switching to an electronic prescription system that could help stem the state’s medical errors problems. It is estimated that up to 100,000 people are killed and 1 million injured in medical mistakes in the US eac...

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Civil Case Dismissals Made Easier in Nevada

Nov 4th, 2005

The Nevada Supreme Court passed a controversial ruling this week that many think can make it easier to dismiss civil cases before they have a chance to go to trial. According to state laws passed in 1954 if there is even the “slightest doubt&rdqu...

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Pharmacist Opt-Out Bill Stirs Controversy in Nevada Government

Nov 4th, 2005

Last week the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy debated over a controversial bill that would allow pharmacists to refuse to fill a prescription based on their own personal principles or consciences. Critics of the bill contend that it could limit access t...

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Nevada Sex Offender Laws Could Change

Nov 4th, 2005

A panel in Nevada that is debating a controversial sex offender bill should be open to the public, according to one Nevada deputy attorney general. The panel is debating a bill that could possibly grant sex offenders the right to conceal their identiti...

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Trauma Center Study may change Las Vegas Paramedic Procedures

Nov 4th, 2005

A new study published in the Annals of Surgery has Las Vegas medical officials scrambling to see if they should change the way that emergency cases are handled in the city.

The study found that patients who are taken to a level-one trauma cent...

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