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• Camarillo WW2 Plane Crash Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | July 24, 2007 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  A plane crash in Camarillo killed a 42-year-old man from Thousand Oaks. The man was flying a P-51D Mustang, a vintage World War 2 era plane. He did not contact the flight tower to report a problem before the plane crashed. The victim who had been practicing with a flight instructor, was performing his first solo landing in the aircraft when the crash occurred, Taillon said. The instructor...

• Lowenthal Goes After Loophole: New Bill May Prevent Some Insurance Companies From Breaking Promises

  James Cool | February 25, 2009 1:34 AM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal is a state assembly member who introduced a bill on Monday that would make it more difficult for insurance companies to retroactively deny worker’s...

• California Workers Face a Furlough

  James Cool | January 30, 2009 1:30 AM | 1 CommentVentura, CA

  The Silicon Valley Mercury News reports that a Sacramento judge has given California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the go-ahead to furlough hundreds of thousands of California government...

• Insurance Commissioner Rolls Back Regulations that were Enacted to Protect Disabled Workers as Democrats and Disability Lawyers Voice Fears

  James Cool | January 23, 2009 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  Disability insurance policies are sometimes provided as part of an employment package, but individual disability insurance policies are also sold to people who do not have group disability...

• Massive Pet Food Recall is Overwhelming

  Shannon Weidemann | March 21, 2007 7:53 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  The pet food recall that includes over 90 brands of dog and cat food is becoming a bit overwhelming to pet owners as they try to figure out if they have purchased the recalled food. Menu Foods, the producer of the recalled pet food, has set up a hotline for concerned owners to call but it is usually busy. Five days after the pet food recall, pet owners are still worried about giving their...

• Managing Workman’s Compensation Claims in a Recession: A Growing Challenge

  James Cool | February 24, 2009 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  With economic woes taking the forefront in most news reports and conversations at the dinner table, it is no surprise that workman’s compensation claims have risen in correlation with...

• Avoiding Investor Fraud

  William Grewe | October 09, 2008 5:44 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  A Los Angeles County jury might not have recovered the cash for victim-investors but it put the wrongdoer, a member of their church, in line for up to 15 year behind bars. The defendant rubbed...

• Infusion Drug Pump Recall Expanded

  Shannon Weidemann | August 09, 2007 6:08 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  In April Baxter announced it was recalling infusion drug pumps that were not working properly. The defective drug pumps could possibly shut down and stop delivering medication to a patient. All of the recalled pumps were reported to be fixed. Baxter announced this week that some of the pumps may not have been properly serviced. The company last month recalled 534 of the pumps after it...

• College Students, Alcohol & Staying Alive and Unhurt

  William Grewe | December 03, 2008 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  A university freshman died Tuesday morning after attending a fraternity party the night before. It is suspected that the death is alcohol-related. A coroner's report is pending. The Central...

• Plane Crashes in Chattanooga

  Shannon Weidemann | September 21, 2007 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  Four men were injured when a small plane crash landed in Chattanooga. The plane was trying to make an emergency landing at a Chattanooga airport and fell short of its goal. It landed in a shopping center parking lot, hit two cars and a lightpole. Investigators were looking into whether the plane ran out of fuel as it approached Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, police Sgt. Jerri Weary...