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Washington State’s Bellingham Herald reports Whatcom County and the state must pay $5.5 million because their negligence allowed a drunk driver to injure a Washington woman in January 2007.

The jury found the county and the State Patrol were negligent in not preventing the other woman from driving drunk before the crash.

The driver was found passed out behind the wheel of her car hours before she caused the car crash. She was cited for a DUI, driven home, given her keys, and told not to drive before she sobered up. She called a cab to go back to her car, started driving, and collided with the plaintiff.

The woman was being supervised by the county because of a previous DUI and was supposed to have an ignition interlock device installed in her car. The device was never installed and the jury found the county negligent for failing to check to make sure the device had been installed.

The plaintiff spent 45 days in the hospital and has undergone numerous surgeries because of her injuries.

If you or someone you care about was hit by a drunk or careless driver in South Carolina, it’s important to make sure you understand your legal rights. Contact the experienced car accident attorneys at the Louthian Law Firm today at 1-866-410-5656 or online for a free evaluation of your case.

$5.5 Million Car Crash Verdict

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Following reports of 46 deaths and hundreds of injuries -- many from rollover accidents -- sales of three Rhino off-highway recreational vehicles have been halted until free safety repairs can be made by Yamaha Motor Corp., the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced in late March.

The Rhino vehicles are prone to rollover at low speeds and on level ground, the CPSC stated. The agency cautioned consumers not to use these off-road vehicles until new safety features are installed.

More than two-thirds of the fatalities involved rollovers.

"Of the rollover-related deaths and hundreds of reported injuries, some of which were serious, many appear to involve turns at relatively low speeds and on level terrain," the CPSC said in a news release.

The repairs affect the 450, 660 and 700 Model Rhino Vehicles. As many as 150,000 of these models have been sold since 2003.

At the Louthian Law Firm, we believe the manufacturers of products with dangerous flaws should be held accountable when someone is injured. If you or a loved one has been injured in a South Carolina Rhino rollover accident, call the Louthian Law Firm at 866-410-5656 or contact us through our confidential online case evaluation form.

CPSC Yamaha Rhino ATV / UTV Press Release

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The Genentech unit of drug maker Roche Holding AG, makers of the psoriasis drug Raptiva, is removing the drug from the market after learning it can cause a rare fatal disease of the central nervous system.

Raptiva was approved in 2003 for the treatment of chronic moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, a condition of the skin characterized by red, scaly, inflamed patches of skin. The official date this drug will be removed from circulation is June 8, 2009, reports Fox 5 in Atlanta.

The company stated no new prescriptions should be written. Of the approximately 2,000 patients now using the drug, three have shown symptoms of the rare nervous system disorder and one died. The FDA confirmed these cases in February, the same day regulators in the European Union recommended banning the drug.

If you or someone you care about has been injured or killed by an unsafe prescription drug, contact the Louthian Law Firm today at 1-866-410-5656 for a free evaluation of your case.

Raptiva Taken Off Market

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