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By Edward ("Ted") Bills

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Suit Filed Over Unmarked Road Conditions in California

Posted on October 14, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed against the California highway agency Caltrans over hazardous road conditions on the Pacific Coast Highway that caused four bicyclists to crash and suffer serious injuries. The suit claimed the construction area was not marked and the riders were given no warning of the changing road conditions...

Dog Foods Making Dogs Sick, Recall Issued

Posted on October 13, 2010
Dog food maker Blue Buffalo has issued a recall of one of its products after a study found a link between the product and illness in dogs. The study found the food was causing dogs to experience increased thirst and urination, weight loss, loss of appetite and signs of kidney damage...

Aston Martin Issues Car Recall

Posted on October 13, 2010
English automobile maker Aston Martin has issued a recall of more than 4,000 cars world-wide, with just over 1,000 in the U.S., due to a potential steering flaw. The company said bolts in the front suspension could crack or break, possibly leading to an accident...

Suit Filed Over Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary?s Recalled Hip Devices

Posted on October 13, 2010
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson over a recall of faulty hip replacement devices that affected around 93,000 people. The suit claims the company, DePuy Orthopaedics, misled patients to believe they were going to be reimbursed for the costs of their ?revision surgeries...

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Suit Filed Over Chicago Bus Crash

Posted on October 13, 2010
A Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus crash has resulted in a lawsuit from one of the passengers who claims the driver was speeding and that the “vehicle’s steering mechanism failed to operate properly.” The accident occurred over the weekend when a CTA bus jumped a curb and slammed into a tree, injuring 30 people...

Jury Awards $4 Million In Ohio Malpractice Suit

Posted on October 13, 2010
An Ohio couple has been awarded nearly $4 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the Toledo Clinic and one of its doctors. The suit claimed one of the doctors negligently preformed a lumbar puncture on the plaintiff, causing “permanent injury, including paralysis...

Diet Pill Recalled Due To Link To Heart Problems

Posted on October 12, 2010
The F.D.A. has announced a recall of the diet drug Meridia due to its link to increased risk of heart attacks and strokes. A recent study showed that people who take Meridia experience a a 16 percent increase in the risk of serious heart problems, including non-fatal heart attacks, non-fatal strokes...

Trampolines Recalled Over Structural Problems

Posted on October 12, 2010
A California sporting goods company has announced a recall 160,000 sporting trampolines over the risk of the structures breaking. Bravo Sports announced the recall in conjunction with the Consumer Product Safety Commission last week, saying “the trampolines, if improperly assembled, can result in weak support, posing the risk of the top rails or legs bending [...

Suit Filed Over Side Effects Of Vaccine

Posted on October 12, 2010
A Pennsylvania family has filed a lawsuit against Wyeth Inc. over a vaccine that left their young daughter completely unable to care for herself. The girl received her diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine in 1992 and began suffering severe seizures almost immediately...

Malpractice Suit Filed Against Ohio Gynecologist

Posted on October 12, 2010
An Ohio resident has filed a lawsuit against a gynecologist at Bethesda Hospital over injuries and damages she suffered during what should have been a “routine gynecological procedure.” The woman suffered severe burns in her vagina and rectum when a scalding hot saline solution was not removed fast enough during an endometrial ablation procedure.

Woman Files Suit Against Texas Hospital Over Rape Kit

Posted on October 12, 2010
An Austin, Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against St. David?s Hospital, alleging the hospital refused to give her a sexual assault exam, which violates state law. According to the suit, the woman went to the hospital after being raped, but was told she would not be examined unless she pressed charges...

Mercedes Issues Recall Over Steering Failure

Posted on October 12, 2010
Automaker Mercedes-Benz has issued a recall of 85,078 of its 2010 and 2011 vehicles due to the potential loss of power steering. The company has said the steering may fail due to “a loss of power steering fluid.” The models affected by the recall are the C-Class and E-Class sedans and 2010-11 E-Class coupe and [...

Drug Linked To Date Rape Not Approved By FDA

Posted on October 12, 2010
The F.D.A. has denied approval of a drug used to treat sleep disorders such as narcolepsy. The agency denied approval of JZP-6, saying some of its active ingredients have been used in clubs as date rape drugs. The company that manufactured the drug has sold it under the name Xyrem since 2002 and was seeking [...

Jury To Decide Caltrans Settlement In Mudslide

Posted on October 12, 2010
A California jury found Caltrans 31 percent responsible for a 2003 mudslide that killed 14 in a local church. The jury will decide this week how much the agency must pay to settle the suit. The suit, filed by the church, claimed Caltrans “created an unnatural diversion of floodwater, which created substantial debris flows onto [...

Lipitor Bottles Recalled Over Strange Smell

Posted on October 08, 2010
Drugmaker Pfizer announced today a recall of 191,000 bottles of Lipitor, a drug used to reduce the risk of heart attacks. The company issued the recall after receiving complaints of a “musty odor” coming from the bottles. Pfizer has said the strange smell “is unlikely to be harmful...

McDonald?s Glasses Contain High Levels Of Cadmium

Posted on October 08, 2010
Contrary to what the company said, a recently released report reveals that McDonald’s recalled almost 12 million “Shrek” glasses earlier this year after a scientist found that children could be exposed to a hazardous level of cadmium from the glass...

Jury: Apple To Pay $625 Mil. For Patent Infringement

Posted on October 08, 2010
A Texas jury has awarded a small tech company $625 million in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Apple Inc. The lawsuit claimed the computer giant’s technologies Cover Flow, Spotlight and Time Machine violated patents held by Mirror Worlds LLC and awarded the company $208...

Woman Burned By Flash Grenade Receives Settlement

Posted on October 08, 2010
A California woman who suffered severe burns when a police flash grenade exploded near her will receive $1.2 million from the city of Oakland to settle the lawsuit she filed. The woman was burned during an October 2008 SWAT raid in East Oakland. Her lawsuit claims police used an “extreme level of force” during the [...

Suit: Hazardous Chemicals In Air Caused Death

Posted on October 08, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed in West Virginia over the death of a 19-year-old college student due to exposure to hazardous chemicals released during an explosion at a local plant. The suit claims the August 2008 explosion at the Bayer CropScience’s Institute plant released hazardous chemicals into the air and that the alarms that were [...

Fire Alarm Panels Recalled Over Failures

Posted on October 07, 2010
A Connecticut fire alarm company has announced a recall of more than 500 fire alarm control panels that may not sound an alarm during a fire. Fire-Lite Alarms announced the recall this week, and has urged customers to contact them immediately for a free software update...

Frying Pan Burns Consumer, Recall Issued

Posted on October 07, 2010
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall 1,500 frying pans that pose serious burn risks to consumers. The Castalon frying pans were recalled after it was announced that the enamel coating on the pan could flake off and possibly burn the user...

Jogging Strollers Recalled Over Strangulation Risk

Posted on October 07, 2010
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of a series of strollers over a risk of strangulation for the child. Abut 800 Tike Tech Single City X3 and X3 Sport Jogging Strollers were recalled after it was discovered that a child that was not strapped in could slip down between the seat of [...

FDA To Up Spending To Insure Public Health

Posted on October 07, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced they will invest millions of dollars to better protect the public against health threats. The agency’s new plan should strengthen “creative approaches to product development and safety for both food and medical products...

Hunting Co. Recalls Treestands

Posted on October 06, 2010
A hunting gear company has issued a recall of a treestand safety product that is not up to company standards. Hunter Safety System announced the recall Tuesday of their HSS 300 Ultra Lite Harness after it was discovered that the carabineers on the harness could come unhinged, causing the user or the treestand to fall...

Light Bulbs Recalled Over Fire Risk

Posted on October 06, 2010
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of Trisonic Compact Fluorescent light bulbs due to a risk the bulbs may overheat and catch fire. The company has reported four incidents of the bulbs overheating, including two incidents where flames caused minor property damage...

Family of Woman Injured on Movie Set Files Lawsuit

Posted on October 06, 2010
The family of a woman who suffered permanent brain damage while on the set of the movie “Transformers 3″ has filed a lawsuit against the movie’s makers. The suit claims that during a stunt on the freeway, one of the cars flipped into oncoming traffic where many extras, including the plaintiff, were driving their cars [...

Claims Filed Against Md. Cardiologist

Posted on October 06, 2010
Claims on behalf of 101 patients have been filed in Maryland against the former cardiologist at St. Joseph Medical Center over the performance of “unnecessary cardiac stent procedures.” The claims accuse the doctor of “falsifying medical records to make it appear that patients have clogged arteries, then inserting mesh stents into their healthy veins as [...

Verizon to Pay Back Millions In Internet Fees

Posted on October 06, 2010
Verizon Wireless has announced they will be paying 15 million customers back the money they charged when the customers accidentally accessed the internet on their cell phones. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting the cost to the phone company could total over $90 million...

FDA Warns Drug Maker Over Faulty Process

Posted on October 05, 2010
The F.D.A. has sent a warning letter to one of the world’s largest AIDS drug makers for “inadequacies” in their manufacturing process for a fungal drug. The letter sent to Gilead Sciences Inc. demanded they fix procedures in their AmBisome process in order to “prevent possible contamination...

Home Fix-It Books Recalled Over Faulty Instructions

Posted on October 05, 2010
More than 540,000 Oxmoor House Home Improvement Books have been recalled due to wiring directions that can lead to injury. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that following the faulty directions “could result in shocks and fire hazards...

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