Legal news for Nebraska personal injury attorney. Former Nebraska state Senator killed on his farm in Saunders County.
Nebraska personal injury lawyers alert- Former Nebraska state Senator killed by a piece of farming equipment.
Omaha, NE—Former Nebraska state Senator Ron Raikes, best known for shaping Nebraska’s education, was tragically killed on his farm in Saunders County. Raikes was killed after he got caught in piece of farming equipment known as a haybuster. The fatal accident happened on Saturday, September 5, 2009, around 10:30 p.m., as reported by the Chicago Tribune.
According to the Saunders County Sheriff Department, a neighbor found Raikes, 66, under a haybuster, or grinder, which is used to grind hay into feed. It is currently unknown how the former senator got caught in the grinder. Responding emergency medical services (EMS) crews pronounced Raikes dead at his farm around 11:00 p.m. An autopsy conducted by a medical examiner will determine what his exact cause of death was. The fatal farm equipment accident is reportedly under investigation.
According to Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/, in 1997 Raikes was appointed to the Legislature to fill the seat left by Jerome Warner. In 1998, he was elected to represent the 25th Nebraska legislative district. Raikes also chaired the Education committee, sat on the Revenue committee, the Education Commission of the States, and Midwestern Higher Education Compact. In total, Raikes served as a Nebraska state senator for 11 years.
Legal News Reporter: Nicole Howley-Legal news for Nebraska personal injury lawyers.
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Wisconsin personal injury - Scolding grease burns 7 restaurant employees!
Occupational Health and Safety Administration alerts Wisconsin personal injury attorneys- A workplace accident injured seven from hot grease.
Kenosha, WI—An explosion of hot grease at a Kenosha restaurant burned seven restaurant employees. A loose cover on a fryer sent five workers to the hospital on Sunday, September 13, 2009 around 4:00 p.m. at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen and Restaurant, as reported by the Chicago Tribune.
Accident reports indicated a cover on the chicken fryer at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen and Restaurant sprayed grease across the restaurant’s kitchen and burned several workers. The cover of the fryer apparently wasn’t fasten tightly, and when the grease reached cooking temperature, the cover was flung open by the pressure, which shot grease all over the kitchen and onto the skin of the nearby employees. The scolding grease burned seven employees who were in the kitchen at the time of the workplace accident. Five of the injured workers were reportedly transported by area emergency medical services (EMS) crews to Kenosha area hospitals for treatment of their burns. The condition of the five victims is currently unknown. Two other injured employees were evaluated by responding EMS teams, and declined further medical treatment. Officials with the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration
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Kenosha, WI—An explosion of hot grease at a Kenosha restaurant burned seven restaurant employees. A loose cover on a fryer sent five workers to the hospital on Sunday, September 13, 2009 around 4:00 p.m. at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen and Restaurant, as reported by the Chicago Tribune.
Accident reports indicated a cover on the chicken fryer at Luigi’s Pizza Kitchen and Restaurant sprayed grease across the restaurant’s kitchen and burned several workers. The cover of the fryer apparently wasn’t fasten tightly, and when the grease reached cooking temperature, the cover was flung open by the pressure, which shot grease all over the kitchen and onto the skin of the nearby employees. The scolding grease burned seven employees who were in the kitchen at the time of the workplace accident. Five of the injured workers were reportedly transported by area emergency medical services (EMS) crews to Kenosha area hospitals for treatment of their burns. The condition of the five victims is currently unknown. Two other injured employees were evaluated by responding EMS teams, and declined further medical treatment. Officials with the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Loyola law school building will be named after personal injury lawyer Philip H. Corboy
Loyola University Chicago's School of Law will rename its building the Philip H. Corboy Law Center after the noted alumnus and prominent personal injury attorney who donated the largest single gift in the law school's history, it will announce Monday.
Corboy, 85, and his wife, Mary A. Dempsey, would not disclose the amount of their donation. But it trumps the $5 million given by Bernard J. Beazley in 2006, the previous biggest contribution. Their donation will be disbursed over 15 years to support student scholarships, faculty hiring and ongoing renovations of the law school building.
"There are very few living lawyers who have had the kind of impact Phil Corboy has," said David Yellen, the law school's dean. "He largely transformed the practice of personal injury law. ... He's been a teacher and mentor to a couple of generations of leading lawyers in the country."
Even though Corboy graduated first in his 1949 class, major firms were not interested in hiring "an Irish Catholic graduate of a local school," Yellen said. So Corboy went to work for the City of Chicago's corporation counsel for a year before joining a firm that specialized in personal injury law. In a few years, he established his own firm, now known as Corboy & Demetrio.
Corboy was among the first personal injury lawyers in the country to win a million-dollar jury verdict.
Without the GI Bill of Rights, he never would have been able to attend Loyola, Dempsey said, so he consistently invested in the school and its students. In 1995, he created the Philip H. Corboy Fellowship in Trial Advocacy at Loyola to support and train students who wanted to become plaintiffs' lawyers.
"My continued involvement with Loyola is the result of my tremendous admiration for its commitment to teaching lawyers how to seek justice and how to help others," Corboy said.
It's fair to say the law school solicited his generous gift, Yellen said. There were no conditions on the donation. The school chose to use it to enhance its academic reputation, by expanding its faculty, Yellen said. In addition to scholarships, the contribution will help renovate the 15-story law school building at 25 E. Pearson St., which will bear Corboy's name.
Corboy, 85, and his wife, Mary A. Dempsey, would not disclose the amount of their donation. But it trumps the $5 million given by Bernard J. Beazley in 2006, the previous biggest contribution. Their donation will be disbursed over 15 years to support student scholarships, faculty hiring and ongoing renovations of the law school building.
"There are very few living lawyers who have had the kind of impact Phil Corboy has," said David Yellen, the law school's dean. "He largely transformed the practice of personal injury law. ... He's been a teacher and mentor to a couple of generations of leading lawyers in the country."
Even though Corboy graduated first in his 1949 class, major firms were not interested in hiring "an Irish Catholic graduate of a local school," Yellen said. So Corboy went to work for the City of Chicago's corporation counsel for a year before joining a firm that specialized in personal injury law. In a few years, he established his own firm, now known as Corboy & Demetrio.
Corboy was among the first personal injury lawyers in the country to win a million-dollar jury verdict.
Without the GI Bill of Rights, he never would have been able to attend Loyola, Dempsey said, so he consistently invested in the school and its students. In 1995, he created the Philip H. Corboy Fellowship in Trial Advocacy at Loyola to support and train students who wanted to become plaintiffs' lawyers.
"My continued involvement with Loyola is the result of my tremendous admiration for its commitment to teaching lawyers how to seek justice and how to help others," Corboy said.
It's fair to say the law school solicited his generous gift, Yellen said. There were no conditions on the donation. The school chose to use it to enhance its academic reputation, by expanding its faculty, Yellen said. In addition to scholarships, the contribution will help renovate the 15-story law school building at 25 E. Pearson St., which will bear Corboy's name.
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