Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer
"Insightful and at times provocative analysis of Iowa personal injury law. You may not agree, but you can hardly argue the content is thoughtful and focused on the rights of the common working man and woman. A commonsense approach to law issues."
Author: Steve Lombardi is a solo practitioner in West Des Moines, Iowa.
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Recent Posts from Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer
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Fall Protection: What is Legally Required of Employers?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 1,266 construction workers died on the job and 35% of those fatalities were the result of falls. In response to falls that result in death, the Occupational Safety…
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Fall-Safety Regulations Rising
It's a beautiful summer day and you're contemplating emptying the roof gutters. But before you climb that ladder, stop and think: should you be wearing a harness? Odds are, you won't even consider it;…
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What is Fall Protection?
This blog is the first of a multipart series directed towards construction workers who have been injured or killed from a fall, their families, and their attorneys. A number of men and women, in…
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OSHA: Setting Standards and Implementing Regulations
You see them everywhere: camped out on the highway, scaling the sides of buildings, hanging from scaffolding at the house next door. Their work takes place in dangerous locations and often involves the use…
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Construction site and construction trades safety month - Protecting your life.
Let's make July the month the trade union workers work safe by working smart. Starting in July we are going to cover accidents, safety equipment, the law, OSHA rules and regulations and some aspects of…
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Post Disaster Planning - Iowa Lawyers Under Water Seek Assistance
Linn County , Iowa is two and one half hours away from West Des Moines , Iowa where I live. As far as the lawyers who work in downtown Cedar Rapids are concerned it…
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Flooding in and Around Iowa Has Taken Down Two Major Bridges
The flooding has caused havoc in the Midwest and with the water receding additional problems are not just being uncovered but discovered. A railroad bridge collapsed late in the day Tuesday. Injured was the engineer…
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Should children hanging around at the mall be more closely watched.
An 11-year old girl fell from the escalator area at Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines , Iowa . Details are pretty sketchy at this point but West Des Moines EMS, fire…
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Bicyclist is injured after van rear ends another in Des Moines.
The Des Moines Register reports that a 47-year old woman was struck as she rode her bicycle on Merle Hay Road in Des Moines . A van owned by the French Way Cleaners ran…
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Victoria's Secret lawsuit is not so bad. If you doubt it just ask its CEO.
If you haven't yet read the Complaint from the Victoria Secret "thong" lawsuit, you should.. I think this young lawyer means well, but his judgment is not yet ready for the practice of law.…