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6/8/2010
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What Shape Are Our Doctors In? | Clearwater Florida Personal Injury Lawyer

How well do the doctors who take care of us, take care of themselves? A WSJ reports found 30-50%of doctors surveyed did not have their own primary care doctor, 40% were overweight, 23% were obese and 2-4% smoked cigarettes.

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5/31/2010
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Injured Veterans Get Day on the Gulf | Florida Injury Lawyer

A group of injured veterans, one recovering from a brain injury, and another from a broken neck suffered in a car accident were part of a day boat trip on the Gulf of Mexico, sponsored by Bryan and Marilyn Custer as part of their non-profit group, Freedom Excursions.

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5/30/2010
Jim Dodson
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Modest Changes Reduces 49 year-old Man's Heart Attack Risk | Clearwater Personal Injury Lawyer

Risk of heart attack in a 49 year-old man was reduced, without medications, in 10 weeks with moferate changes in lifestyle, such as 30 minutes of exercise/day and healthier eating.

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5/25/2010
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Boat Wreck | Alcohol or Inexperience? | Florida Boat Wreck Lawyer

Florida boat wrecks are more often caused by a boater's lack of experience or not paying attention while driving the boat, rather than alcohol-related. More often boat collisions happen with older boat operators, rather than teen drivers, the Florida US Coast Guard Auxiallary reports.

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5/24/2010
Jim Dodson
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Top Ten List of Florida Counties for Boating Accidents and Injuries

65 people died in Florida boating accidents and 426 were injured in 2009. That's an increase from 54 fatalities and 386 injuries in 2008.Pinellas County and Hillsborough county were listed among the top ten counties with the highest number of boating accidents and injuries in a report by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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5/8/2010
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You May Not Need a Lawyer | Clearwater Florida Personal Injury Lawyer

Many injured people believe by representing themselves, they can save money in settling an injury claim. In some minor injury cases you may be able to handle it on your own, since not every case requires a lawyer. Read the language in a release carefully before signing a release of liability in exchange for the money offered by the insurance adjuster.

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4/9/2010
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Don't Let the Insurance Adjuster Talk You Into Signing a Release! | Florida Personal Injury Lawyer

Florida Personal Injury Lawyer Jim Dodson warns accident victims not to sign any insurance forms from an adjuster before speaking to an experienced Florida Accident and Injury attorney who is knowledgable about dealing with powerful insurance companies.

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4/7/2010

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Pinellas Trail Gap to Be Closed | Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail

The Pinellas Trail will be expanding from St. Petersburg to Boot Ranch along East Lake Road.

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4/6/2010

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I-275 Traffic Better then Before | I-275 Tampa Car Accident Lawyer

Traffic on I-275 in Tampa will be getting better for commuters with the construction being done in the next week.

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3/20/2010

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6500 Tickets for Seatbelts this Month | Florida Seat Belt Safety Lawyer

6500 tickets were giving out during the Click It or Ticket Campaign in Florida this March.

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3/12/2010

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Need a Criminal Defense Lawyer in Ottawa Canada?

Richard Auger is a Ottawa Canada Criminal Defense lawyer who has experience in working with criminal offences.

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3/10/2010

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New Opened Golf Cart Crossing in Sun City Center | Golf Cart Accident Lawyer

The newly opened Sun City Center golf cart path allows residents to cross US 301 in Sun City Center for shopping and other local activities.

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3/3/2010
Jim Dodson
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Nissan Recall: 540,000 Vehicles with Brake and Fuel Gauge Issues

Nissan has recalled more then 540,000 trucks, minivans, and suvs with brake pedal problems as well as faulty gas fuel gauges.

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2/28/2010
Jim Dodson
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Scientists | Link Between Nerve Related Disorders & Zinc in Denture Cream?

GlaxoSmithKline is taking voluntary precautionary measures to stop making and supplying denture creams that contains zinc. A group of scientists at the University of Texas Medical Ctr.stated their suspicion that zinc may have may been behind some nerve related disorders four patients were experiencing warranted further study.

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2/28/2010
Jim Dodson
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How Trial Lawyers Keep Consumers Safe | Florida Personal Injury Lawyer

Lawsuits involving defective products have become an important part of increasing consumer safety. These lawsuits have tremendously affected the safety of numerous products from automobiles to children's clothing to medications.

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2/26/2010
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New Florida Driver License Rules You Need to Know | Florida Consumer News

News laws in Florida about Florida Driver Licenses have confused people. Learn what you need to know when you want to renew your drivers license.

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2/8/2010
Jim Dodson
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Sinkhole Repairs in Hillsborough County | Tampa Car Accident Lawyer

In Tampa, two Hillsborough County roads previously closed for sinkhole repairs reopened over the weekend but several other roads owned by the county remain closed for repairs.

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2/5/2010
Jim Dodson
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13 Injured at Florida State Fair Children's Day

Children's day at the Florida State Fair was marred by injury today when 13 people were injured, 2 of them seriously, when strong gusty winds blew down a food tent.

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1/31/2010
Jim Dodson
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Drill Bit Stuck in Women’s Head for 11 Months | Florida Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Donna Delgado has filed a lawsuit against a Tampa dentist for unspecified damages, claiming in a procedure to remove two decaying teeth the dentist left a drill bit burr in her head causing dizziness, numbness and excruciating pain.

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1/25/2010
Jim Dodson
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Disney Sued in Fatal Monorail Accident

Christine Wuennenberg, the mother of 21 year-old Austin Wuennenberg, is suing Disney World for failing to follow monorail-safety procedures, which lead to the July crash that killed her son.

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1/24/2010
Jim Dodson
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Florida's New Mandatory Boating Education Course

Florida has a new boating requirement. If you were born on or before January 1, 1988 plan to complete an approved US Coast Guard boating-safety class, if you operate a boat with a motor of 10-hp or more. As of Jan 1, boaters in this category must also have in their possession a photographic ID card and a boating safety education card.

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1/22/2010
Jim Dodson
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Toyota Recalls More Cars Due to Gas Pedal Defect | Product Liability Lawyer

Toyota Recall Jan 2010- In a recent recall by auto manufacturer Toyota, 2.3 million of their cars have a faulty gas pedal. Read more about the Recall here and which models are involved.

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1/20/2010
Jim Dodson
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School Closed in Plant City Due to Sinkhole | Plant City Lawyer

In the recent development of a sinkhole, Trapnell Elementary School is now closed intill repairs can reopen the school. Students now have to attend Strawberry Crest Elementary School due to the sinkhole in Plant City.

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1/15/2010
Jim Dodson
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I-4 Road Work Day 4 Causes Traffic Again | Plant City Car Accident Lawyer

For the fourth day, eastbound Interstate 4 I 4 near Branch Forbes Road remains down to one lane where officials discovered a roadway depression.

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1/15/2010
Jim Dodson
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FDA Consumer Alert of Tylenol Recall 2010 | Product Liability Lawyer

In a recent recall of Tylenol in 2010, the FDA is warning consumers to not take Johnson and Johnson's product Tylenol in the recent recall.

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