Subject: Injuries and Traumas

• The Blogging World Comes to the Rescue of a Mesa Couple Badly Burned in a Plane Crash

  September 19, 2008

• OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD

  MAN INJURED WHILE PLAYING HACKY SACK WINS WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS

  March 2, 1995

• A Case to Be Made

  May 29, 1997

• Nursery Crimes

  The case of the battered Avondale quadruplets includes horrific injuries, a misdiagnosis, a mystery witness, a mentally ill mother, a crude police report, missions of mercy rebuffed. Expect it all to get sorted out in a criminal court.

  September 24, 1998

• Hot Air, Cold Facts

  April 1, 1999

• Crazy Like a Chef

  August 16, 2001

• Best TV Ad Campaign

  Goldberg & Osborne, Attorneys at Law

  September 20, 2001

• Best Professional Athlete

  Craig Counsell
  Infielder, Arizona Diamondbacks

  September 26, 2002

• Extreme of Consciousness

  Failure is not an option at X Games-style affair

  August 30, 2007

• Suck Up

  Devils try to salvage the season against the pretty boys in baby blue

  November 27, 2008

• Wishbone Formation

  Flag footballers go for the gravy

  November 8, 2007

• Nowhere Fast

  Tim Allen and company Zoom straight to the bottom of the superhero barrel

  August 17, 2006

• Reignited

  How the Walnuts survived a raging house fire, two comas, and a near fatal rollover — and documented it

  July 20, 2006

• Metal Devastation Fest 2005

  Rest up for weekend barrage

  April 7, 2005

• Double Hit

  A local public advocacy attorney vows to change hospital billing laws, after one hits close to home

  January 15, 2004

• Slammed Again

  Abuse lingers in Juvenile Corrections

  April 17, 2003

• Murderball

  The Phoenix Heat quadriplegic rugby team has hot wheels, championship dreams, and a thirst for blood

  February 28, 2002

• 'Til Death Do Us Part

  The murder case against Brian Eftenoff crumbles under scrutiny. Part two of a New Times investigation

  November 30, 2000

• Self-Guided Tour de Force

  "Artists Without Bounds"

  July 27, 2000

• Lies and Videotape

  In an apparent repeat of its behavior in the Norberg case, the sheriff's office withheld key evidence from litigant

  April 15, 1999

• Jailers Show a Paraplegic Who's Boss

  Richard Post was taken to jail in his wheelchair for mouthing off in a bar. Joe Arpaio's detention officers saw him as such a threat, they strapped him into a medieval restraint chair--and broke his neck.

  January 23, 1997

• Taken Baby Syndrome

  Raul and Karla Larranaga's baby Desiree died under mysterious circumstances a year ago. Now Child Protective Services has taken their newborn daughter, Sophia, away from them. But witnesses who neither the police nor CPS interviewed tell New Times they su

  October 31, 1996

• THAT MUST HAVE BEEN ONE TOUGH PARAPLEGIC

  November 4, 1992

• Rear-Ended: Woman Stuck Out Butt to Let Car Hit Her, Chandler Cops Say

  This is a report we would have run through snopes.com but for the source: A woman allowed a car to hit her in a parking lot by sticking out her butt as it backed up, then claimed she was injured, Chandler cops say. The entire incident was captured on a surveillance camera. The June 20 "accident" was investigated, but cops determined that they had a case of fraud on their hands, not a careless driver. They've submitted the case for prosecution. Cops say the public should watch out for such sc

  June 25, 2009

• Sheriff's Posse Member Hurt While Assisting Anti-Smuggling Operation

  A 71-year-old posse member with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office had to be airlifted to a hospital after he was struck by a minivan while helping with an anti-smuggling operation.A news release by the sheriff's office states that James Van Allen was treated for broken ribs and a concussion after the collision, which occurred on Monday afternoon while he was parked off Interstate 17 near Daisy Mountain Road.The release also says that 19 illegal aliens were picked up by the operation. Interes

  July 15, 2009

• Trading Frenzy Breaks Out in Last Night's Game Between the D-Backs and Dodgers

  msn.foxsports.comJon Garland, now a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers.​ Last night during the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Fox Sports Arizona confirmed that five-time All-Star Jim Thome had been dealt from the Chicago White Sox to the Dodgers for a player to be named later. (The ChiSox also got rid of pitcher Jose Contreras, sending him to the Colorado Rockies.) Weird, especially considering that Thome - who has only played one game in the field since

  September 1, 2009

• Chandler Man Accused of Dropping 3-Week-Old Baby and Poking Her in the Eye

  Brian Mark Hopf​A Chandler man is in custody after, police say, he dropped his three-week-old daughter on the ground, and poked her in the eyes. The newborn was left with serious injuries.Brian Mark Hopf, 25, was arrested after his daughter was admitted to the hospital with "life-threatening injuries" including multiple skull fractures, fractured ribs, and trauma to her body.Police say the baby was unresponsive when she was admitted.Hopf was arrested and was being held on $500,

  September 8, 2009

• Three-Week-Old Girl Not Expected to Survive Injuries Police Say Were Caused by Her Father

  Brian Mark Hopf​The 3-week-old girl, who police say suffered some gruesome injuries at the hands of her father, 25-year-old Brian Mark Hopf, is not expected to survive. Hopf poked the girl in the eyes,police say, and dropped her on the floor, leaving her with several skull fractures, broken ribs, and other serious injuries. According to authorities, there is evidence that the girl was sexually abused. Hopf, an admitted meth addict, says he accidentally dropped the girl and poked h

  September 9, 2009

• Arizona Cardinals Receiver Donates Brain to Medical Study; Yes, Football Players Have Brains

  Cardinals wide receiver Sean Morey​A pro football player donating his brain to science? Well, we never...  Arizona Cardinals receiver Sean Morey announced yesterday that he has agreed to donate his brain, plus some spinal-cord tissue, to a medical study being conducted at Boston University. The donation, after death of course, is part of the "Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy -- a collaborative venture between BU Medical School and Sports Legacy Institute --  to bet

  September 15, 2009

• Accidental Victim Versus Accidental Felon: A Victim in a DUI Crash says She Can’t Abide Author’s Literary Whining

  September 24, 2009

• Play With Fire You're Gonna Get Burned; Phoenix Man Arrested for Letting Kids Throw Aerosol Cans Into Fire

  www.fugly.com​A Phoenix man was arrested Monday night after two children under his care got burned while playing with a fire in the man's backyard.The Phoenix Fire Department was called to a house near 83rd Avenue and west Buckeye Road, where there were reports of a burn victim.When fire units got to the house, they found a the 32-year-old homeowner's son with first-degree burns and a 12-year-old neighbor with first and second-degree burns.

  November 3, 2009

• Cardinals Crusader For Concussion Awareness Admits to Playing With Concussion Last Week Against "Da Bears"

  Cards Receiver Sean Morey​Arizona Cardinals receiver Sean Morey, who has already committed to donate what's left of his concussion-rattled brain to science, admitted Thursday that he played in last week's game against "Da Chicago Bears" with another concussion.

  November 13, 2009