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Casino is The Twin Cities’ only casino hotel and one of the largest Midwest casinos, and features the finest in Midwest gaming combined with all the amenities of a luxury resort. As the largest employer in the county, they employ more than 4,100 people and are a powerful economic force. Their annual payroll is over $143.7 million.

To the Shakopee Mdewakantonwan being a good neighbor is an extension of the cultural tradition of being a good relative. The Dakota people believe that all living beings are relatives and should be treated not only with dignity and respect, but also helped in their day-to-day lives. To honor their ancestors and continue their Dakota traditions, they believe that to “forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without root. Those who preserve their integrity remain unshaken by the storms of daily life. They do not stir like leaves on a tree or follow the herd where it runs.” In their mind remains the ideal attitude and conduct of living. This gift is not given to them by others; it is in their roots, a strength that exists deep within them.

Daniel Edwin Jones is a member of this proud tribe, but definitely does not live up to its high standard of integrity and tradition! In 2008, Fred Soucie, lawyer for Brittany Powell’s mom and sister, successfully settled a civil case against Jones, wherein he agreed to pay $2 million to the family of Brittany Powell, in installments of one $500,000 payment, plus $10,000 per month for 12 months, and $20,000/mo for 69 months.
Jones paid $10,000/month for 12 months and now has refused to pay anything else. As an adult member of the Shakopee Mdewakantonwan he earns $900,000 yearly. That’s $900,000 each and every year.  He just bought a big mansion and a Mercedes, but refuses to pay any more money per his legally signed agreement, and is now using the “sovereign Immunity” of his Indian tribe as a cover and a cop-out.

Jones’ outrageous conduct reopened the wounds of grief for Brittany’s family. Jones is rubbing salt in those wounds. He is arrogant, he’s flippant and he is dismissive; and he has never shown any remorse whatsoever .He flaunts his wealth by arranging for a big black limo to pick him up after court hearings.  He makes flippant remarks to Brittany’s lawyers outside of the courtroom after hearings. His attitude is “Ha ha, you can’t touch me.  I’m a Native American and I don’t have to worry about breaching my promises because you can’t touch me. I’m protected by Sovereign Nation Status.”
Today the Insider Exclusive goes behind the headlines to expose Daniel Edwin Jones and find out how Brittany’s family and their lawyer, Fred Soucie, plan to get justice for Brittany, her mom (Victoria Powell Smith), and her sister (Ariel Powell). And we are sure that the proud Shakopee Mdewakantonwan tribe does not condone nor approve of Daniel Edwin Jones’ conduct since he does not live up to the great traditions of being a good neighbor and holding that all living beings are relatives and should be treated not only with dignity and respect, but also helped in their day-to-day lives.

Fred Soucie has a national reputation in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death matters of all kinds. His clients are treated with the utmost care and respect. Fred consistently obtains some of the most significant settlements and jury verdicts in Minnesota. Fred has handled numerous catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. He is especially recognized for his cases against power companies for electrical injury and death as well as for his work against gas companies for gas explosion injury and death. After law school, Fred worked on a clam boat on the Atlantic Ocean out of Ocean City, Maryland. He learned there is a “right way”, a “wrong way”, and the “Captain Wayne Watson way” to do things—always do things to the best of your ability. Fred took “Captain Wayne’s way” to heart. Fred survived an airplane crash early on in his legal career and knows what it’s like to be injured and have your injuries doubted and disputed by insurance companies. Fred is proud to be an injury lawyer for justice. He takes an active role in supporting community organizations, especially those who support injured victims. The thing Fred is proudest of is what clients say about the firm's service to them during troubled times.

Soucie Law has helped thousands of clients recover millions of dollars for personal injury and wrongful death victims. Experienced in some of the most high profile cases in Minnesota against formidable insurance, municipal, and corporate opponents, the firm’s attorneys have prevailed for clients whose only mistake was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Car crashes, semi tractor trailer collisions, motorcycle injuries, ATV accidents, bicycle accidents, work injuries, power line and electrical injury, gas explosions, fire and burn injury, farm accidents, air place accidents, and wrongful death...these are just some of the cases the attorneys at Soucie Law have handled for clients.

You can contact Fred Soucie at 800-499-2394, or www.soucielaw.com

Popcorn Lung Disease, or Popcorn Workers Lung, appears mostly among factory workers in microwave popcorn plants. The illness is thought to be caused by the inhaled vapors of the butter flavoring (Diacetyl) used in microwave popcorn.The most likely victims of this illness are workers who mix the paste or powder forms of Diacetyl with oil to prepare it for use in the popcorn packets. Popcorn Lung Disease occurs most frequently in regions where the manufacture of microwave popcorn is a big industry. There are many such hotspots throughout the United States.

Because the law firm of Humphrey, Farrington, & McClain, P.C. represents people from every state, including Jerry Blaylock, they have probably represented someone from your city or county already. They are familiar with the principal manufacturers of microwave popcorn. They know about plants, the owners and managers, and the litigation history of each hotspot. And that’s why they have successfully tried the only jury trials in the country, with over $53 million dollars in jury verdicts and hundreds of settlements against the manufacturers, who protest that it was the employer's responsibility to follow safety instructions.

Today The Insider Exclusive presents “Popcorn Lung Disease – The Jerry Blaylock Story” – and shows how the flavoring Industry used workers like Jerry Blaylock as “Blue Collar Guinea Pigs” for years. Jerry played by the rules; he worked to support his family. And the unregulated microwave popcorn industry virtually destroyed his life.

Kenneth B. McClain began his firm’s asbestos practice in 1984, when he represented the Independence, Missouri school district. It was the first case in the country to return a verdict for a school district to recover the cost of removing asbestos from a building. Since then, Ken has represented asbestos personal injury victims and owners of buildings contaminated by asbestos across the United States. On October 6, 1997, he settled the first individual tobacco tort action in New York for Janet Sackman, the Lucky Strike poster model. A 1982 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Ken is a nationally recognized trial lawyer specializing in toxic tort cases throughout the country.

Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, P.C. is a 16-attorney firm located in Independence, Missouri. Our dedicated attorneys, paralegals and numerous support staff are experienced in handling asbestos bodily injury claims and building-contamination claim, as well as other tort and complex litigation matters involving toxic substances.

You can contact Ken McClain at 816-836-5050, or www.hfmlegal.com

The Wrongful Conviction Of Ted White Jr.

On April 10, 1998, Ted White, Jr. was charged with 13 felony criminal counts ranging from rape, child molestation, sodomy, and accused of “deviate sexual intercourse” with his12-year-old (step) daughter. In 1999, he was convicted in a Missouri courtroom by a prosecutor who withheld important exculpatory evidence, which would have proved Ted’s innocence! Ted then spent the next 5 years at the Missouri State Penitentiary, incarcerated at the infamous “Walls Prison” in Jefferson City, Missouri, which TIME Magazine called the “bloodiest 47 acres in America.” The prison was built in 1836, the same year that Andrew Jackson was President of the United States Davy Crockett died at the Alamo and Charles Darwin sailed his HMS Beagle around the world.

Because Ted White was absolutely 100% innocent he was now in the “fight of his life, to prove his innocence. He’d been set up by his ex-wife, Tina, and the investigating police detective. Tina and the detective became lovers during Ted’s trial and later married. The entire molestation allegations had been fabricated. Evidence was destroyed of the alleged child victim’s diary she had written at age 12, which mentioned nothing about any abuse, but rather, praised her dad, Ted, and derided the ex-wife, Tina, as an overbearing, insensitive mother who didn’t care about her. The former police detective later admitted to receiving $500,000 worth of stock that Ted was forced to forfeit as a convicted felon.

Imagine how Ted White endured those 5 long years in prison with some of America’s most dangerous criminals, while being classified as a rapist and a child sex offender. Imagine his anxiety through 3 criminal trials, not knowing if he would ever get justice. Imagine the horrific fear and pain Ted felt when he was violently attacked in prison, breaking bones in his face that required him to have reconstructive surgery. Imagine his humiliation, his indignity, his seething anger and the hopelessness in feeling there is no justice. Can you imagine being in his shoes, feeling accused, condemned and forgotten to the world!

Today, The Insider Exclusive is proud to present a story of injustice: “The Wrongful Conviction of Ted White Jr.,” along with Ted White himself, Dan Miller, the jury foreperson, and Cyndy Short and Matthew O’Connor – the two dedicated lawyers who fought incessantly for Ted’s release and acquittal.

Cyndy Short was toiling away in a small labor law firm when she was appointed to represent a young poor woman accused by the federal government of attempting to assassinate Jesse Jackson during his 1988 presidential campaign. This experience changed the course of her practice, and she dedicated most of the next 15 years of her career to the representation of poor people as a public defender in Kansas City( first in the trial division, then in the capital litigation division where she served as head of that office for nearly a decade). Her accomplishments have not gone unnoticed. She received the Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award in 1997, given annually by the Missouri Bar in recognition of outstanding trial work. She also received the Defender of Distinction Award in 1998 for her dedication to representing poor people charged with serious crimes. That is the highest honor given by the Missouri State Public Defender. The Western Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty recognized her work on the Dick Dexter case with their Courageous Litigator Award. She also graduated from Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers' College in 1994. Since 1997, she has been a TLC faculty member trains lawyers and judges around the country. Numerous people owe their freedom and their lives to Cyndy's dedication, compassion, personal sacrifice, and skill as a trial lawyer.

The McCallister Law Firm is comprised of a team of lawyers who provide each client with professional counsel and personal attention. The firm’s attorneys actually mean it when they say they care about each of their clients. These lawyers are strong advocates for people both in and out of the courtroom. Behind each case the firm agrees to take on is a story and a person. Since 1996, when the firm was established, these attorneys have put their clients first. By carefully selecting each case, the firm’s lawyers can represent clients that they truly believe in. An important part of a lawyer's job is not just representing clients in court, but also developing a personal connection with them. And the attorneys at the McCallister Law Firm develop relationships with clients that last well beyond of a case. The firm is available whenever a former client has a legal concern.

Matthew J. O’Connor brings to his clients a wealth of expertise and an unparalleled passion for justice. Serving as the District Defender for the Fifth Judicial Circuit and later founding a thriving private practice, Matt has experienced tremendous success on a variety of legal playing fields. A seasoned Missouri criminal defense attorney with extensive trial experience, Matt’s legal expertise and storied courtroom skills have resulted in numerous successful verdicts for his clients. The media throughout northwestern Missouri has noted his charisma in court. As a result, he has been called on many times to serve as a television legal commentator and expert for several high profile trials in the region. Though he is best known for his trial practice, Matt is proud of his many appellate victories. Due to his strength and style of appellate advocacy the Attorney General’s Office has three times been forced to uncharacteristically confess error and concede reversal of Matt’s clients’ convictions.

The O’Connor Law Firm has extensive experience and great success in the area of Federal Criminal Defense. The Federal court system requires an attorney with a high level of skill and experience in the particular area of law. Whether someone is facing Federal Drug Charges or has been charged with a White Collar Crime, such as money laundering, embezzlement, forgery, mail fraud, internet fraud, bank fraud or identity theft, The O’Connor Law Firm has the experience to help clients with the upmost level of discretion and confidentiality.

You can contact Cyndy Short at 816-931-2229, or www.mccallisterlawfirm.com.

You can contact Matthew O’Connor at 816-842-1111, or www.ockclaw.com

William James once said, “In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief there can be no successful outcome.” Dr. Jack Kevorkian believes... and believes... and believes in every terminal patient’s right to physician-assisted suicide. He famously said that “dying is not a crime.” Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally find it’s something you’re tremendously passionate about. And that is the simple reason why Geoffrey Fieger became the lawyer for “Dr. Death,” Dr Jack Kevorkian. Both Jack and Geoff forced us to pay attention to one of the biggest elephants in society’s living room: the fact that today vast numbers of people are alive who would rather be dead, people who have lives not worth living.

On the November 22, 1998, broadcast of 60 Minutes, Jack aired a videotape he had made on September 17, 1998, which showed the voluntary euthanasia of Thomas Youk, 52, an adult male of sound mind, who was in the final stages of ALS. After Youk provided his fully-informed consent on September 17, 1998, Jack himself administered a lethal injection to Youk. During the videotape, Jack dared the authorities to try to convict him or stop him from carrying out assisted suicides. This incited the prosecuting attorney to bring murder charges against Jack, claiming he had single-handedly caused the death of Youk. On March 26, 1999, Jack was charged with first-degree homicide and the delivery of a controlled substance. Jack was found guilty of second-degree homicide and the judge sentenced him to a 10-25 year prison sentence. Kevorkian was denied parole repeatedly. Terminally ill with Hepatitis C, which he contracted while doing research on blood transfusions in Vietnam, Jack was expected to die within a year in May 2006. He was paroled on June 1, 2007. He spent 8 years and 2 1/2 months behind bars rather than the predicted 10–25 years. Jack said he would abstain from assisting any more terminal patients with death, and his role in the matter would strictly be to persuade states to change their laws on assisted suicide. He is also forbidden by the rules of his parole from commenting about assisted suicide. Today, The Insider Exclusive will go “Behind the Headlines” as we visit with Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s lawyes, including his former trial lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger, and his current lawyer, Mayer Morganroth, as well as journalist Jack Lessonberry, who has written extensively about Jack.

Mayer Morganroth is a high distinguished attorney who represented, among others, former Detroit Michigan mayor Coleman Young, and John DeLorean. In one of the most important "David-versus-Goliath" legal battles of recent years, it was Mayer Morganroth whose consummate legal skills won a $19 million dollar judgment for Murray Hill Publications against media giant 20th Century Fox in 2001. The best proof of the talent and skill of an attorney is that he is selected by another high-profile lawyer who is looking for legal help. Such was the case when Geoffrey Feiger, himself a nationally renowned attorney (with whom Mayer has worked in defense of Jack Kevorkian), asked Mayer to represent him in a recent case. But even in the sometimes electric atmosphere of a courtroom, Mayer is ingenious in displaying another of his many skills: the ability to assess a situation and handle it with just the right amount of seriousness-- or, if need be, just the right amount of levity.

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Alaska Airlines & The FAA Whistleblower

Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a MD-83 aircraft, experienced a fatal accident on January 31, 2000, in the Pacific Ocean, about 2.7 miles north of Anacapa Island, California. Two hours into the flight, the pilots realized that the horizontal stabilizer was jammed. The two pilots, three cabin crewmembers, and 83 passengers on board were killed—the highest death toll of any aviation accident involving a MD-83 ever, and the aircraft was destroyed. This accident and other unsafe airline situations could have been easily avoided, if the FAA and Alaska Airlines had listened to Mary Diefenderfer, a former FAA Principal Operations Inspector, who from 1993 to 1997 oversaw the team of inspectors who regulated Alaska Airlines' operations/functions. In August 1993, Mary discovered that the Vice President of Flight Operations at Alaska Airlines had falsified his own pilot training records. Despite the accuracy of her reports, soon after her team exposed the violation by Alaska Airlines, FAA management reassigned her to another office and removed her from oversight of Alaska Airlines operations. The agency denied her grievances, revoked her pilot's license, revoked the Leave Without Pay that she had requested due to severe emotional distress, declared her AWOL, and issued a proposed suspension – all in the space of several weeks. These actions forced her involuntary resignation in November 1999. Today, The Insider Exclusive will go “Behind The Headlines” and meet former airline pilot and FAA Safety Inspector Mary Rose Diefenderfer and her lawyers, Judith Lonnquist and Mary Dryovage, to relate Mary's personal battle with the FAA, her pending lawsuit and how FAA managers actively retaliated against inspectors who tried to make a difference and save lives.

Judith Lonnquist specializes in plaintiffs' employment and civil rights law, with an occasional foray into traditional labor law and campaign finance law. She is a founder of the Northwest Women's Law Center and served as National Legal Vice President to the National Organization for Women, and as a member of Washington State's Gender & Justice Taskforce. Judith is a member of various Bar and legal associations and She served as President of the Washington Employment Lawyers Association, on the WSTLA Board of Governors and on the Executive Committee for the WSBA Litigation Section. She is a graduate of the Trial Lawyers College founded by Gerry Spence. She is a frequent speaker on plaintiff's employment law and trial and appellate procedure and strategies, and is listed in America's Best Lawyers, Seattle's Best Lawyers, and as a “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law and Politics. Judith is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and the University of Chicago Law School.

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On a cold freezing night in Milwaukee, December 10, 2003, Curtis Harris was arrested in his home on a routine “disorderly conduct” charge, handcuffed and then punched in the face and shoved in the mud by former Milwaukee Police Officer Kevin Clark. Dragged to the Milwaukee Police Jail, Curtis walked into the Milwaukee booking room, where his life changed forever when Clark deliberately and maliciously used excessive force, throwing Curtis headfirst into a concrete wall for no reason whatsoever, rendering him a quadriplegic for the rest of his life. The Insider Exclusive will show how the actual Milwaukee Police surveillance camera video, in the booking room, completely contradicted the lies of Clark and his fellow officers; how Clark and his fellow officers taunted, ridiculed and laughed at Curtis as he lay paralyzed on the cold cement jailhouse floor and drifted in and out of consciousness; how the wheels of justice turn in police brutality cases like Curtis’s; how Jason Alexander and Todd Korb of the law firm of Hupy & Abraham, S.C. got some justice for Curtis; and how all Americans are protected against police brutality by the nation’s civil rights laws.

Jason Abraham began his career with Hupy and Abraham, S.C., in 1993 and progressed to the position of shareholder at the firm in 1999. He received his undergraduate degree in psychology in 1989 from the University of Wisconsin, followed by his juris doctor from Marquette University Law School in 1992. He is admitted to practice in the State of Wisconsin, along with the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. He is also licensed to practice in Missouri. He is a Certified Civil Trial Specialists by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. As a result of his expertise regarding personal injury matters, along with a significant record of achievement in that venue, Jason has lectured in numerous states regarding personal injury issues. His proficiency in that area has created a clientele consisting of individuals from across the nation. Jason has settled or tried over 110 million dollars in personal injury cases and has had multiple cases resolved for over a million dollars.

Todd Korb has been practicing law since he graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1996. He also attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison for his undergraduate studies where he graduated with honors while earning a varsity letter for rowing. Todd is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Bar Association. He is licensed to practice in all Wisconsin courts including both United States District Courts in Wisconsin as well as the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He has successfully handled thousands of personal injury cases including auto accidents, dog bites, and product liability cases. Todd has obtained millions in recoveries for his clients in his over 12 years of practice. He has lectured numerous times on legal and insurance coverage issues in Wisconsin. He currently is involved in his community by being a member of his town's government and volunteering and coaching at his children's school.

Huppy & Abraham, S.C. seeks to give their clients the best possible representation from the beginning of their case to its conclusion. The firm goes above and beyond the call of duty, pledging to keep clients informed and to give each client personal attention. Huppy & Abraham’s mission is to do well by doing back, and to give back to the community. To promote and sponsor scholarship, educational and safety programs.

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Chrysler Death - Featuring: George W. Fryhofer III and Leigh Martin May

On November 11, 2004, a Nashville, Tennessee, jury returned a verdict of $105.5 million against the DaimlerChrysler Corporation, finding the seatbacks in Chrysler minivans were unsafe, defective and unreasonably dangerous. The case involved injuries to and the death of an 8-month-old child, Joshua Flax, in the rear-end collision which occurred in Davidson County, Tennessee, on June 30, 2001. Joshua was fatally injured when his grandfather’s 1998 Dodge Caravan minivan was hit in the rear. The front passenger’s seatback collapsed backward, and the passenger’s head hit Joshua’s forehead, fracturing his skull. Joshua died the next day. The Insider Exclusive will show how George W. Fryhofer III and Leigh Martin May of the law firm of Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer won this historic $105 million verdict by proving that:

1. Chrysler had known for over 20 years that these seats were deadly and never warned anybody. Instead, they continue to claim there’s nothing wrong and try to mislead the press, public and juries.

2. Chrysler had been marketing minivans as “safe family vehicles” despite evidence to the contrary from their own engineers and executives.

3. In 1992, when Chrysler appointed a “Minivan Safety Leadership Team” to investigate safety problems with its minivans, the team concluded that the seatback problem needed to be fixed immediately.

4. Chrysler then ordered Paul Sheridan, the safety leadership team’s chairman, to destroy the team’s meeting minutes and later fired Sheridan. Chrysler sued Sheridan for $82 million in an attempt to muzzle him. Chrysler collected zero from Sheridan.

5. To date, 7 million Dodge, Plymouth and Chrysler minivans are still riding America’s highways with these defective seats. Chrysler still refuses to recall or warn of this danger.ollapsed last year when he couldn't make payments to investors.

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