Senator’s Wish to Change State Rock May be Granite

The Associated Press reported today that Democratic state Senator Gloria Romera has proposed a bill that would change the state rock of California. The Serpantine, which was chosen in 1965, contains the mineral asbestos which has since been found to cause such diseases as mesothelioma, lung cancer, throat cancer and asbestosis. As any California mesothelioma lawyer can attest asbestos related deaths in CA are high. Romera defends her bill by citing this prevalence of mesothelioma in the Golden State. The AP quotes Romera as saying:

“We know that California has the highest rates of mesothelioma deaths in the nation and we don’t think it’s appropriate to be celebrating as the state rock something which contains asbestos.”

Geologists are voicing objections to the bill, pointing to the Serpentine as a historical symbol of the Gold Rush that brought settlers to the state in 1849. There is an… Read the rest

Lawmaker brawl in Taiwan

The Taiwanese Parliament had a bit of a brawl on it’s hands recently when several lawmakers from the democratic party stormed the stage of speakers.  The brawl seemed to be a heated debate involving a minor change in legislation around Taiwan’s election commission.

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The Many Court Cases of Anna Nicole

All in all it seems that lawyers across the nation should be thankful to Anna Nicole Smith for keeping them in court cases for years to come, whether they happen to be New Jersey injury lawyers or Orlando wills attorneys.

“The Killing of Anna Nicole Smith“, released by Transit Publishing, hit bookstores last week. The provocatively titled book was written by Florida Judge Larry Seidlin who presided in the 2007 case featured here that decided where Smith’s remains would be buried. In the book Seidlin takes issue with celebrity prescription drug use and the culture of “enablers” that allow such abuse to occur. He feels that Smith, much like Michael Jackson and Heath Ledger, was”murdered” by hangers-on such as doctors who stood to profit from her addictions.

It is fitting that a book about Anna Nicole Smith would be written by a Judge as both her life and death… Read the rest