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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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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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September 10, 2012
Poor Road Conditions Caused Fatal Cyclist Crash in LOTOJA Race
Robert Verhaaren, a Mesa Arizona resident, was a bicyclist competing as a cyclist in the LOTOJA bike race (the longest one-day bicycle race in the country, beginning in Logan, Utah and ending in Jackson Hole, Wyoming) on Saturday, September 8, 2012. He was approximately 8 miles south of Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Highway 89 when he crossed a bridge over the Snake River and encountered a hazard in the road, believed to have been a pothole, causing him to crash and fall 35 feet into the foot deep river below. Sheriff Jim Whalen with Teton County said, "Verhaaren swerved to miss the hazard, over-corrected, lost control of the bicycle and crashed into the guardrail." Verhaaren was later pronounced dead and leaves behind his wife and three children. Local residents have complained about the poor roads in that particular stretch of the LOTOJA race. For More Information visit ksl.com…
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August 14, 2012
Logan Resident Not Happy About Canal Cover-up Plan
A Canal break in Logan Three years ago cost three people their lives and devastated the city of Logan. Attorney Colin King of Dewsnup, King & Olsen, represents the families of those killed in the incident. Three years later state engineers are ready to make some changes to Logan City canals. They plan to re-build the irrigation system, making the area safer. But not all Logan residents are in support of this project. Many residents see the canals as landmarks in the community, people who live near the canals have incorporated the canals into their landscaping. However, these pioneer-era canals proved to be unsafe in July of 2009 when the barrier of a canal in South Logan broke. The uncontrolled water wiped out a home, killing a mother and her two children. The rubble was left covered in a mudslide and crews worked for days clearing the debris. After three years of study,…
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August 14, 2012
Jetliner Air Safety Debate Sparked by Boeing Suit Settlement
A former flight attendant may be the first person in the U.S. to settle a lawsuit against Boeing Co. for a faulty aircraft design which allowed toxic fumes into the cabin cauing tremors, memory loss and headaches. Though the amount and specific details of the settlement were not made public as a condition of the settlement agreement, 250,000 pages of company documents turned over by Boeing to the plaintiff's legal team will likely heat up the long time battle over cabin air safety in commerical jetliners. For more on the settlement and the debate, go here.
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August 14, 2012
Malpractice Payments Continue Downward Slide
The total value and number of malpractice payments made on behalf of physicians declined in 2011 for the eighth consecutive year.
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August 13, 2012
Alan Mortensen files suit against Delta Airlines
Attorney Alan Mortensen filed a lawsuit under the Montreal Convention Treaty against Delta Airlines and Serviseg, a Mexican company, out of an accident that occurred in Cancun, Mexico as Mr. Mortensen's client was disembarking from a Delta plane. The case was filed in the United States Federal District Court in the State of Utah. The Montreal Convention, formally the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, is a treaty adopted by a Diplomatic meeting of ICAO member states in 1999. Both the United States and Mexico are members of the ICAO. The Convention also allows the victim or their families to sue airlines where the victim maintains their principal residence.
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August 13, 2012
Central Utah Plane Crash, 2 Likely Dead
Debris found in Sevier County is likely the remains of a small plane that was carrying two people from California to Colorado.
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California Bank of Commerce Director Peter Branagh, 59, and wife, Mona, 56, were flying from California to Colorado on Saturday but didn't make it to their destination.
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August 13, 2012
Obstructed Vision may have Caused Salina Plane Crash
Peter and Ramona Branagh, of Lafayette California, died in a plane crash near Salina, Utah. The investigation of crash suggests that obstructed vision may have caused the crash. The California couple died when the Cirrus SR22 crashed on July 14th in Saleratus Canyon, 30 miles southeast of Salina.
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August 13, 2012
Police Videos Show Logan Man's Sever Impairment
After pinning and nearly killing Maverik employee, Joseph White, Daniel Kropf subsequently received three DUIs in less then Three days, receiving the first DUI just hours after severely injuring Mr. White. Law enforcement video of Mr. Kropf's subsequent arrests illustrating his obvious impairment can be seen here.
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