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January 04, 2013
Stryker Hip Implant Recall
Stryker has begun a voluntary recall of its Rejuvenate Modular and ABG II modular-neck hip stems. "This voluntary recall was initiated due to potential risks associated with modular-neck stems. These risks include the potential for fretting and/or corrosion at or about the modular-neck junction, which may result in adverse local tissue reaction, as well as possible pain and/or swelling, in or around your hip." Click here for more information. Those looking for representation regarding their Stryker hip implant can contact Alan Mortensen of Dewsnup, King & Olsen for Assistance. (801) 533-0400 or (800) 404-8520
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December 27, 2012
Alan Mortensen Prevails Against Chevron in Upholding Arbitration Award in Wyoming Federal District Court
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December 11, 2012
The News-Messenger Reports: Clyde Working on Dump Issues
Whirlpool Corp. and the current owners of the closed Whirlpool Park near Green Springs, Ohio, have reached a verbal agreement that will allow Whirlpool to have further testing done on the land. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found toxic sludge near the basketball courts of the former park, where many families affected by the local cancer cluster frequented. The Eastern Sandusky County Cancer Cluster has affected at least 35 children from Clyde, Green Creek Township and Fremont. Although Whirlpool Park has been the focus in recent weeks pertaining to the Cancer Cluster, attorneys for the families, Alan Mortensen and Dustin Lance of Dewsnup, King & Olsen, are also concerned about other sites investigated by the EPA. Alan Mortensen, who is a Gibsonburg native, said the former Clyde City Dump and the vacant Clyde Paint and Supply sites are also places of concern. He also thinks the EPA should investigate a…
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November 29, 2012
Edward B. Havas Gives Presentation on Mediation at Snow, Christensen & Martineau's 2012 Tort & Insurance Seminar
On Friday, October 26, 2012, Snow, Christensen & Martineau held their 2012 Tort and Insurance Seminar at the Utah Law and Justice Center where Edward B. Havas had the opportunity of presenting on the topic of mediation. Edward Havas was honored to be asked to speak at this event. Snow, Christensen & Marineau has been educating the legal community on Utah Tort and Insurance Law for nearly twenty years. Their annual seminars address a range of issues aimed at aiding with the resolution of Utah tort and insurance claims. The organization and registration for the 2013 Utah Tort & Insurance Law Seminar is already underway. Addtional information can be found here.
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November 19, 2012
Fox 8 Reports: One Step Closer to Solving Cancer Cluster Mystery
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November 19, 2012
wkyc 3 Reports: Clyde: Playground Built Over Deadly Chemicals
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Alan Mortensen and Dustin Lance of Dewsnup, King & Olsen in Salt Lake City along with the Clyde families of children who have suffered from cancer react to the EPA report indicating high PCB levels were recently tested at a former Whirlpool playground. The report indicates that the former playground is a virtual "toxic dump" states Alan Mortensen. He said the area where the PCB levels were found "slopes down into the pond, and the pond is what they used to fill the [swimming] pool every year so they would pump the warer out of the pond into the pool. That's big concern to the family members". click here to read the entire article.
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November 15, 2012
Toledo Blade Reports: 'Toxic' Sludge discovered at Park in Clyde Area
Attorney Alan W. Mortensen at a Clyde Cancer Cluster press conference on November 14, 2012 Alan W. Mortsen, one of the attorney's retained by the families of Clyde-area children who have suffered from cancer, states that though previous testing indicated the presences of cancer-causing PCBs at a former children's park previously owned by Whirlpool Corp., the recent EPA findings were a shock to the families that Mr. Mortensen and Mr. Lance represent.
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November 15, 2012
13 ABC Reports: US EPA: Evidence of Toxic Sludge at Whirlpool Park
There are new details in the Clyde Cancer Cluster. A new report by the US Environmental Protection Agency found high levels of PCB's and toxic metals in the soil at Whirlpool Park. Families of kids who have died from cancer are upset saying a playground was a toxic dumping area. They've hired attorneys to independently investigate that and 14 other sites. "I want you to focus in on that," says Warren Brown during a news conference holding up a picture of his daughter Alexa who died when she was 11 years old. "This community has to be made safer," says Steve Keller, holding a picture of his grandson Kole who died at the age of six. These families have been frustrated for years. The state health department started the cancer cluster investigation in 2006 and that report found no known cause for the high cancer rates. However the families have…
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WNWO reports: "Families of residents living in the Clyde area who have been sickened by cancer say they are "devastated" by the findings of a new EPA report. According to attorneys for the family members that are part of the so-called "Clyde Cancer Cluster," the report found that Whirlpool Park was a dumping ground for PCBs and a sludge filled with toxic metals. In a statement released Tuesday, on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's findings, the victims' attorneys allege that Whirlpool did not disclose the information found in the EPA report."
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November 14, 2012
Sandusky Register Reports: Several Families affected by the Clyde-area Childhood Cancer Cluster Retained Victim's Rights Attorneys
The Sandusky Register Reports: "The families, including Wendy and Warren Brown, the parents of 11-year-old Alexa Brown who died of brain cancer in 2009, said in a statement late Tuesday night they're devastated a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigation found high levels of PCBs and toxic metals in the soil at Whirlpool Park.
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Alan W. Mortensen and Dustin Lance of Dewsnup, King & Olsen have been hired by the families of children who have been sickened or died in a cancer cluster surrounding Clyde, Ohio. A press conference was held earlier today wherein the attorneys and the families they represent discussed the recent EPA report which indicates that a former children's park in Green Springs served as a dumping ground for cancer-causing chemicals. For more info click here.
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November 14, 2012
Sundusky Register: Watch the Full Cancer Cluster Press Conference
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November 14, 2012
Clyde Cancer Cluster Families Very Concerned by EPA's Recent Findings
Whirlpool Children?۪s Park used as a PCB filled Dumping Ground Several members of the families of children who have died or been stricken with cancer in what has become known as the ???Clyde Children?۪s Cancer Cluster? are devastated to learn the results of a United States Environmental Protection Agency report that was recently released. The report discloses that Whirlpool Park, built for children in the Clyde area to play, is also a dumping ground full of PCBs and Toxic Metals filled sludge. The sludge is described in the EPA Report to be over nine feet in depth in places. The families are equally outraged to learn that the fact that the Whirlpool Park was used as a dumping site was not disclosed by Whirlpool itself, but rather was discovered once the US EPA set up a confidential hotline where people could call and inform the EPA of toxic dumping sites…
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October 11, 2012
Ralph L. Dewsnup Named by Best Lawyers as Salt Lake City's "Best Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs Lawyer" for 2013
Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Ralph L. Dewsnup as the 'Salt Lake City Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year' for 2013. After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating "Lawyers of the Year" in high-profile legal specialities in large legal communities. Only one lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year". The lawyers who are honored as "Lawyer of the Year" have received high ratings from their peers due to their exceptional abilities, professionalism, and integrity. We would like to congratulate Ralph L. Dewsnup on being selected as the 'Salt Lake City Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year' for 2013.
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