The Illinois Personal Injury Weblog of Schaeffer & Lamere P.C.

More Snow for Denver

From the Associated Press via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Snowstorm threatens Colo. airport again," by Chase Squires-- .

A second storm in a week pounded Colorado, dumping more than 2 feet of snow in the foothills and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and the closure of highways and government offices on Friday. The storm covered an area stretching from the Rocky Mountains into the western Plains.

The National Weather Service said it could buffet the region with wind gusts up to 45 mph, whipping heavy snow into blinding whiteouts. Denver could get 18 inches of snow by Friday morning.

--Posted by Illinois car accident lawyer and Illinois car accident abogado (de accidentes de automovil) T. Evan Schaeffer of the Madison County Illinois car accident lawyers of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.

Remembering Gerald Ford

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Ford remembered as steady, selfless," by Jeff Wilson--

President Bush hailed Gerald R. Ford for his administration's honor. Ford's former opponent, President Carter, called him "a man of highest integrity," and former President Clinton cited his strength and humility.

"Jerry Ford was, simply put, one of the most decent and capable men I ever met," the first President Bush said. In the uncertain days after the Watergate scandal, those qualities were what the nation was looking for.

--Posted by Illinois car accident lawyer and Illinois car accident abogado (de accidentes de automovil) T. Evan Schaeffer of the Madison County Illinois car accident lawyers of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.

News on a Possible Flu Pandemic

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Flu pandemic forecast to kill 62 million"--

Had a strain of influenza akin to that which caused the 1918 influenza pandemic emerged in 2004, researchers estimate it could have killed 62 million people worldwide.

The vast majority of deaths (96 percent) would have occurred in poor countries where "scarce health resources are already stretched by existing health priorities," report Dr. Christopher J. L. Murray, of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and colleagues in The Lancet medical journal.

Posted by Southern Illinois injured at work attorneys and Illinois work comp abogado (de accidentes de trabajo) T. Evan Schaeffer of the Illinois work comp law firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.

What's the Largest City with a Casino?

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Pa. to award licenses for slot machines," by Marc Levy--

Philadelphia could become the nation's largest city with a casino — a distinction contingent upon slot-machine licenses to be awarded by Pennsylvania gambling regulators.

Lucrative licenses to run slot-machine gambling parlors in Pennsylvania were expected to be awarded Wednesday after state gambling regulators choose between projects proposed by casino giants, developers and politically connected investors.

Posted by Southern Illinois injured at work attorneys and Illinois work comp abogado (de accidentes de trabajo) T. Evan Schaeffer of the Illinois work comp law firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.

Missing Hiker Identified

From the Associated Press via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Mt. Hood body in snow cave identified," by Joseph B. Frazier--

A missing climber found dead in a snow cave on Mount Hood was identified as a Dallas man who had placed a distress call to relatives a little more than a week ago, a person close to the family said Monday.

Searchers found the cave Sunday near the spot located by cell phone signals traced from Kelly James, who made a four-minute call to his family Dec. 10 just below the summit, said Jessica Nunez, a spokeswoman for the climber's family.

--Posted by Illinois pap smear-cancer attorney and Illinois cancer abogado (de accidentes de automovil) T. Evan Schaeffer of the Alton Illinois failure to diagnosis cancer law firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.

Execution "Botched" in Florida

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Official says Fla. execution was botched," by Ron Word--

Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all executions in Florida after a medical examiner said Friday that officials botched the insertion of the needles when a convicted killer was put to death earlier this week.

Dr. William Hamilton, who performed the autopsy, said the execution of Angel Nieves Diaz took 34 minutes — twice as long as usual — and required a rare second dose of lethal chemicals because the needles were inserted all the way through his veins and into the flesh in his arms. The lethal chemicals are supposed to go into the veins.

Hamilton refused to say whether he thought Diaz died a painful death.

--Posted by Illinois pap smear-cancer attorney and Illinois cancer abogado (de accidentes de automovil) T. Evan Schaeffer of the Alton Illinois failure to diagnosis cancer law firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.

Fixing the International Space Station

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Astronauts set to rewire space station," by Rasha Madkou--

After a successful first spacewalk, the crew aboard the space shuttle was set to spend much of Wednesday preparing to rewire the international space station, one of their most important tasks.

One of the station's solar panels needs to be retracted to make room for another panel that will begin rotating for the first time after the rewiring takes place. The panels follow the sun's movement to maximize the amount of power they can generate for the orbiting space lab.

--Posted by Illinois pap smear-cancer attorney and Illinois cancer abogado (de accidentes de automovil) T. Evan Schaeffer of the Alton Illinois failure to diagnosis cancer law firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.

The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Fumes sicken St. Louis churchgoers"--

More than two dozen churchgoers were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide at a service Sunday in their storefront chapel, St. Louis firefighters say.

Firefighters were called about 6 p.m. to St, Michael-St. Raphael Spiritual Church at 4025 West Florissant Avenue. Two of the 25 people in attendance were taken to hospitals for treatment. The others were treated at the scene, said Fire Capt. Steve Simpson.

--Posted by Illinois auto accident injury lawyers and Illinois auto accident abogado (de accidentes de automovil) T. Evan Schaeffer of the Belleville Illinois accident law firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.

Fallout from the Storm

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Missouri: Ameren on the hot seat," by Jeffrey Tomich

Missouri's top utility regulator put AmerenUE on notice Tuesday: Find a way to stop the mass power outages. Missouri Public Service Commission Chairman Jeff Davis gave the utility 30 days to come up with a plan.

"The response that these things just happen — that's well and good — but that line only works once a decade," Davis said in an interview while en route to St. Louis to get a firsthand look at last week's storm damage.

The storm marked the fourth time in Davis' 2 1/2-year tenure as head of the PSC that hundreds of thousands of customers were left in the dark after a major storm. More than 83,000 Ameren customers in Missouri and Illinois still were without power as of 2:22 p.m. today.

--Posted by Illinois car accident injury lawyers and Illinois car accident abogado (de accidentes de automovil) T. Evan Schaeffer of the St. Clair County Illinois accident law firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.

More Fallout from the Storm: The Ozarks

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "The wreck of the Ozarks," by Matt Franck--

Winter's fury did its best to destroy Missouri's summer playground, with last week's storm turning dozens of boat docks into a mad tangle of metal and mangled boats.

The path of destruction is so widespread that the Missouri Water Patrol has shut down all recreational boating in the area indefinitely. State officials also are monitoring the lake for fuel spills.

--Posted by Illinois car accident injury lawyers and Illinois car accident abogado (de accidentes de automovil) T. Evan Schaeffer of the St. Clair County Illinois accident law firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.