InjuryBoard Boise Archives

• Group Home Operator Gets 30 Years for Slavery

  Staff Writer | January 24, 2006 4:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The operator of a group home for the mentally ill in Witchita, KA, was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison. Arlan Kaufman, 69, was convicted this past November of more than 30 criminal counts for his actions, including enslaving his residents, forcing them to work in the nude, and perform sex acts. His wife Linda was sentenced to 7 years for her role in the crimes.From...

• Wise Sentenced In Car Accident That Killed Two

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 3:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Cheryl Wise received two fifteen-year sentences for two counts of vehicular manslaughter in a Hailey courtroom last Friday. Last July, after drinking six beers, Wise swerved into oncoming traffic where she crashed into a Suburban carrying seven passengers. Two were killed in the accident while the other five suffered minor injuries.According to MagicValley.com:It was later reported that Wise...

• Malpractice Lawsuit Settlement Upheld

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 12:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The Idaho Supreme Court recently upheld a lower-court ruling that awarded $500,000 to a man who lost his eyesight after being treated for an injury by an eye doctor. Frank Newberry was workingon his car when something hit him in his right eye. After being taken to the emergency room, Newberry was treated by Dr., Laurence Martens who didn't find anything in the eye and sent Martens home with...

• Judge Releases Guidant Documents

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 12:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A judge yesterday granted the New York times and two Texas-based plaintiffs access to papers they say will prove that Guidant continued to sell their defective defibrillators after they already knew the devices could malfunction. 88,000 defective defibrillators and 200,000 defective pacemakers ahve been recalled by Guidant since June 2005 due to the possibility of malfunction.The petition to...

• Idaho Accident Sparks Wrongful Death Suit

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 11:44 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Two Kootenai County residents have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a man who was pulling two flatbed trailers behind his truck. The two mem were passengers in a car that collided with one of the trailers when it crossed the center line and drifted into oncoming trafic. The driver, the brother of one of the passengers, was killed in the accident.KGW.com has more on the wrongful death suit

• Jeff White, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 11:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Family Law; Construction Law; Criminal Defense; Personal Injury.Admitted: 2004, Missouri; 2005, IdahoLaw School: Tulane University, J.D., 2003College: University of Missouri, B.A., 2000Member: Idaho State Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Idaho Trial Lawyers Association.Born: Dexter, Missouri, September 13, 1977

• Jeff White Attorney at Law, PLLC

  Staff Writer | January 19, 2006 11:41 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Our firm handles legal matters in the following practice areas: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice, Car, truck and SUV accidents, defective and dangerous products, premises liability (slip and fall).