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Falling Tree
City of Anaheim pays $700,000 wrongful death settlement after tree crushes a man to death while in his van.

Pork Plant Explosion
IHP Industrial, Triumph Foods, Epstein and Sons, and Missouri Gas Energy pay over $12.3 million in wrongful death and personal injury settlements.

Dollar Tree Stores Hourly Employees Bring Class Action
Dollar Tree Stores Hourly Employees Bring Class Action

Tree Stands
Ardisam Inc. pays $420,000 settlement for failing to report defective product to government officials.

Injured Immigrant Worker
Owner of Billy G’s Tree Care pays former employee $30,000 settlement after sustaining a severe chainsaw facial laceration.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...