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• Minnesota Workplace Injuries on the Decline

  Michael Johnson | January 20, 2006 1:38 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A survey released in November show that workplace injuries in Minnesota decreased by 3.6 percent in 2004 - this after an 8.3 percent decrease in 2003. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) examined the records of nearly 5,000 private and public-sector employers for the 2004 data.According to the DOLI website:A total of 105,500 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses were...

• Indiana Joins Minnesota In Medical Error Reporting

  Staff Writer | January 12, 2006 6:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Indiana has become only the second state to require hospitals to report medical errors. I am proud to say that Minnesota was the first. IN passed a law that requires hospitals and surgery centers to report errors within 15 days of discovering them. The reporting began Jan 1. The first list of errors will be available in early 2007 and will be public record.Some startling mistakes include...

• Drunk Driver Causes Car Accident Havoc on I-94

  Staff Writer | January 03, 2006 4:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A driver who apparently had to much "holiday spirits" caused minor accidents in both the west-bound lanes of 1-94. He was going the wrong way (east in the west-bound lane) when he hit a woman's car, but he somehow managed to get going in the right direction. Unfortunately he then had a minor accident with a tractor-trailer before he was finally stopped.According to the Star Tribune:There are...

• Hospital Sued For Doctor's Bad Touch

  Staff Writer | January 03, 2006 4:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic is named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by three former employees who charge they were touched inappropriately by a doctor to whom they were referred when they suffered job--related injuries.The lawsuits allege that SMDC breached its duty of care to the plaintiffs by failing to remove from employment or take actions against individuals such as Downs that they knew or...