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UNBREAKABLE - The Peggy Myers Story
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2011/09/02 00:34
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http://www.insiderexclusive.com/show-content/302-unbreakable-the-peggy-myers-story.html nbsp;
Imagine your life coming to a sudden Standstill by getting slammed in the face by a 100 pound, 6 foot wide...6 foot high gate, hitting you at 60 miles per hour.
That is exactly what happened to a beautiful young elementary school teacher named, Peggy Myers, one cold November Ohio morning.nbsp; Peggy suffered unimaginable injuries and 22 surgical operations later she joins the INSIDER EXCLUSIVE, in her first Television appearance in her remarkable story UNBREAKABLE - The Peggy Myers Story joined bynbsp; her lawyer, Bob Palmer @ the law firm ofnbsp; ROBERT GRAY PALMER Co. LPAnbsp; who discovered the truth about that horrible accident on November 13, 2003...And got Justice for Peggy Myers
Peggy is an inspiration to everyone that no matter what catastrophes may befall us in life with willpower with determination with the help of one's friends and with God, we can all make a comeback slowly but surely
And That is truly... Peggy Myers unbreakable spirit. And that is the same spirit that inspired Bob Palmer to get justice for Peggy, and has earned the highest respect from citizens and lawyers alike.... as one of the best Trial lawyers in Columbus In Ohio and in America.
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We hope you'll tune in to UNBREAKABLE - The Peggy Myers Story this Novembernbsp; and join us on our TV website to watch it again. |
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Colombia court reinstates conviction in Galan hit
State Law Issues |
2011/09/01 09:48
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the murder conviction of a former justice minister for masterminding the 1989 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan, a courageous foe of drug cartels.
The court also reinstated the 24-year prison sentence a lower court imposed in 2007 on Alberto Santofimio, who was widely considered the political godfather of the late cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar.
Hitmen employed by Escobar killed Galan, and a key witness in Santofimio's trial said he saw the defendant urge Escobar to order the murder.
Kill him, Pablo, testified John Jairo Velasquez, or Popeye, who was Escobar's chief henchman at the time and has confessed to organizing the assassination.
Santofimio, a senator who had been justice minister in the 1970s, was at the time a rival of Galan for the Liberal Party's presidential nomination.
The Aug. 18, 1989, assassination badly traumatized a nation already reeling from a terror campaign by Escobar's henchmen, who killed hundreds of judges, journalists and police. Escobar also targeted civilians with car bombs, even blowing up an airplane in midflight.
The drug kingpin was trying to pressure Colombia's leaders not to extradite drug lords to the United States. Nonetheless, Galan, the presidential frontrunner when he was killed, promised to battle the narcos with extradition. |
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Group seeks appellate action on gays in military
Law Firm News |
2011/09/01 09:48
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The military's ban on openly gay troops will be lifted within weeks, but the policy can still be re-enacted in the future.
That's why a Republican gay rights organization that sued the Obama administration to stop enforcement of the policy says it will ask the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to declare the nearly 18-year-old law unconstitutional, affirming a lower court's ruling last year.
With several Republican presidential candidates, including Rep. Michele Bachmann, indicating they would favor reinstating the ban if elected, such a ruling is needed, said Dan Woods, the attorney for the Log Cabin Republicans. Declaring the law unconstitutional would also provide a legal path for thousands discharged under the policy to seek reinstatement, back pay or other compensation for having their careers cut short, Woods said.
The repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' doesn't say anything about the future, Woods said. It doesn't (explicitly) say homosexuals can serve. A new Congress or new president could come back and reinstitute it. We need our case to survive so there is a constraint on the government to prevent it from doing this again.
During her campaign stop in Iowa in August, Bachmann told interviewer Candy Crowley on CNN's State of The Union when asked whether she would reinstitute the law: It worked very well and I would be in consultation with our commanders, but I think, yes, I probably would.
Justice Department attorneys have filed a motion asking the appeals court to dismiss the case, arguing that the repeal process that will lift the ban Sept. 20 makes the lawsuit irrelevant.
The Log Cabin Republicans successfully won an injunction by U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips last year that halted enforcement of don't ask, don't tell briefly, before the 9th Circuit reinstated it. |
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A Court Cannot Exclude Evidence Because It Is Self-Serving
Law Firm News |
2011/08/31 08:47
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In Reed v. City of Evansville, _ N.E.2d _ (Ind. Ct. App. 2011), Cause No. 82A05-1012-PL-768, Evansville sought to have some of the evidence the Reeds submitted in opposition to the City's motion for summary judgment because it was self-serving. Today, the Court of Appeals clearly stated that parties should not make this same objection in the future.
The Reeds filed a claim against Evansville and Evansville moved for summary judgment, arguing that the notice was not timely under the Tort Claims Act. The trial court granted that motion and the Reeds appealed.
On appeal, the Court held that the trial court erred when granting summary judgment to the City, because there were genuine issues of material fact. The court then addressed the City's cross-appeal, which challenged the trial court's denial of the City's motion to strike some of the Reeds' evidence. The City moved to strike some of that evidence because it was self-serving. The Court had none of it.
http://www.indianalawupdate.com/entry/A-Court-Cannot-Exclude-Evidence-Because-It-Is-Self-Serving |
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