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By Edward ("Ted") Bills

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Last Entry: January 08, 2020 at 18:47:54

FDA Cracking Down On Radiation Equipment Approval

Posted on April 13, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that it was bulking up its approval process for new radiotherapy equipment in an effort to cut back on radiation overdoses. The former process of allowing equipment to be approved by outside, third-party reviewers will be eliminated, and the agency will start more aggressively reviewing the [...

Family Files Lawsuit Over Construction Site Death

Posted on April 13, 2010
An Illinois water processing plant and a Pennsylvania-based heavy equipment manufacturer were negligent in the death of a man killed during a construction project, a lawsuit filed by family members claims. According to the lawsuit Jose Meza was crushed to death after a safety harness became entangled in the skid steer loader he was operating [...

Hospital Fails to Get Consent, Lawsuit Claims

Posted on April 13, 2010
A California man has filed a $19 million lawsuit against the Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, claiming he never consented to surgery on his six-month-old son that left the boy with permanent brain damage. When doctors called Eduardo Rivas to tell him his son needed surgery, he declined to consent, but the surgery performed despite [...

Documents Show Delay in Toyota?s Issuing of U.S. Recall

Posted on April 12, 2010
Documents released to the public last week show that Toyota delayed issuing a recall in the U.S. over sticking gas pedals despite having already issued recalls in Europe and Canada. According to the New York Times, federal regulators struggled with Toyota officials when trying to get the recall issued and a resolution provided to consumers...

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Jury Selection Begins in First Hepatitis C Outbreak Trial

Posted on April 12, 2010
Jury selection has started in a case involving one of the individuals infected with hepatitis C at a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic. The suit, filed against the drug manufacturer and distributer, claims that the manufacturer stopped producing single-procedure vials because it was less expensive to produce larger vials, despite being aware of potential risks of [...

Lawsuit: Improper Vitamin Mixture Killed Horses

Posted on April 12, 2010
A group of Florida polo players filed a $4 million lawsuit last week over the death of 21 of their horses. The lawsuit claims that Franck’s Pharmacy gave the horses a vitamin mixture with high levels of selenium, which directly lead to their deaths...

Parking Enforcement VEhicle vs Bike

Posted on April 11, 2010
An on-duty Parking Enforcement Unit officer was attempting to turn when she struck a bicyclist who had just entered the crosswalk. The bicyclist was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.

Allegedly Intoxicated Officer Starts Fight, Suit Claims

Posted on April 09, 2010
Two Philadelphia men have filed a lawsuit against the city and the police department, alleging that an intoxicated off-duty police officer beat them up and unjustly arrested them. Richard Checchia and Stanley Dawejko claim in their lawsuit that an “apparently” intoxicated Officer Thomas Schaffling started a fight with them...

Fatal Shooting At Hospital Prompts Police Lawsuit

Posted on April 09, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed against two Contra Costa, Calif., sheriff’s deputies after they fatally shot a man in a California hospital who was suffering from severe alcohol withdrawal. Paul Hammond had checked himself into the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center for symptoms of alcohol withdrawal on June 7 of last year...

Drug Maker Settles Lawsuit Over Suicide

Posted on April 06, 2010
The wife of a Massachusetts man who committed suicide after taking the epilepsy drug Neurontin will receive about $400,000 under a settlement with Pfizer, the Boston Herald reports. According to the lawsuit, Pfizer?s Warner-Lambert unit failed to warn doctors and patients that the drug could increase the risk of suicidal behavior...

Settlement Approved in NY Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on April 06, 2010
The New York Supreme Court has approved a $5.2 million settlement in a malpractice lawsuit over the death of a woman in child birth from internal bleeding after a poorly performed Caesarean procedure. In September 2007, Diane McCable went to Albany Medical Center Hospital in labor...

Appeals Court Upholds Record Asbestos Verdict

Posted on April 06, 2010
A group of defendants must pay more than $30 million to the family of 50-year-old advertising executive who died of mesothelioma-related illness, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled in upholding the trial judgment. At trial, attorneys argued that Mark Buttitta was exposed to asbestos while working at a GM warehouse during college and as [...

Lawsuit Filed Against Minnesota Diocese

Posted on April 06, 2010
An attorney has filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota diocese and a former Minnesota priest who allegedly sexually abused a teenage girl. The lawsuit accuses Father Joseph Jeyapaul of telling the girl it “was a sin not to touch him” and was threatened by the priest if she denied him...

Fine Coming to Toyota for Concealing Problems

Posted on April 06, 2010
Toyota Motors Inc. will face a $16.4 million fine for failing to report problems with their vehicles’ accelerators, federal officials reported Monday. Toyota is accused of knowing about the problem as early as last September, but failing to move on a recall until this January...

Jury: Ambulance Service Negligent in Transport

Posted on April 06, 2010
An Edgewater, Fla., woman has been awarded $10 million by a Volusia County (Florida) jury in a lawsuit she filed against EVAC Ambulance service over injuries to her son during his birth. The jury found the ambulance company negligent in transporting Margarita Chess, who gave premature birth to her son in the ambulance...

Fatal Shooting Prompts Lawsuit

Posted on April 06, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed against the Fresno Police Department after one of the officers fatally shot a man who was unarmed last fall. The lawsuit also accuses the department of attempting to cover up a pattern of unjustified shootings. Witnesses flagged down police after Steven Anthony Vargas drove his SUV up a curb and [...

Supreme Court Allows Suit Against San Carlos PD

Posted on April 06, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that will allow a former California resident to file a lawsuit against the city of San Carlos and two police officers. According to the lawsuit, the officers wrongly broke into the home of Bruce Hopkins and arrested him after [...

Car versus bike accident in Colorado Springs

Posted on April 05, 2010
On 04-04-10 at 8:51PM, a 39 year-old male was riding his bicycle in the crosswalk, crossing Brookside St, along the east side of Nevada Ave. A silver Dodge pickup truck was travelling south on Nevada and made a left turn to eastbound Brookside St. As he did so, he struck the bicyclist causing a broken [...

2-dead, 14-hurt in Denver bus crash

Posted on April 04, 2010
A Denver city bus struck two vehicles after running a red light at a downtown intersection Saturday, killing two individuals and injuring 14 others, police said. Tthe Regional Transportation District bus was northbound on Lincoln Street, a major route in the city, when it collided with a car and a pickup at about 5 p...

1-car roll-over in Colorado Springs

Posted on April 03, 2010
Colorado Springs police were notified at 10:40pm on 4/2/2010 of a one vehicle roll-over crash in the drainage ditch at Flintridge Dr. and Academy Blvd. Upon arrival officers located a Jeep on it’s right side in the drainage ditch located at the SW corner of Flintridge Dr...

Colorado Springs Auto-Pedestrian Traffic Crash

Posted on April 02, 2010
Officers from the Gold Hill division responded to the intersection of Colorado Ave and Cascade Ave to investigate an Auto-Pedestrian Traffic Crash on 4/1/2010. A witness reported a black SUV hit a pedestrian who was crossing Colorado Ave. The SUV then left the scene and was followed by a witness, who called police...

ATV is Inherently Dangerous, Lawsuit Claims

Posted on April 01, 2010
The company that manufactured an all-terrain-vehicle linked to the deaths of two Tennessee children in 2008 was negligent for failing to warn consumers of design flaws, a lawsuit filed by family members claims. According to the lawsuit, the Yamaha Rhino ATV is inherently unstable and prone to rollovers that could lead to fatal injuries...

Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash

Posted on April 01, 2010
A Southern California woman has filed a $25 million wrongful-death lawsuit against the woman suspected of killing her daughter in a hit-and-run accident in November 2007. The lawsuit claims that Tiffany St. Ives may have been drunk or on drugs when she hit and killed Marlene Resendiz with her car...

Promoters Liable for Injury at Concert, Suit Says

Posted on April 01, 2010
A Chicago woman has filed a lawsuit against the promoters and host of last summer’s B96 Summer Bash concert after she was alleged injured when an R&B singer jumped into the crowd. Holly Duncan claims that when singer Akon jumped into the crowd, it caused one of the concertgoers to fall back onto her...

Lawsuit Filed Over Fall in Pet Store

Posted on April 01, 2010
A Virginia man has filed a $1 million lawsuit against a local PetSmart, claiming he slipped and fell on a pile of feces in the store. Robert Holloway accuses the manager and store employees of failing to create a safe environment for customers in the store...

Employer Can?t Access E-Mails to Attorney, Court Rules

Posted on April 01, 2010
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a home healthcare company had no right to access e-mails sent from former employer to her attorney. In a unanimous ruling, the high court upheld an appellate decision that the Loving Care Agency had no need to read communications sent on company laptop from a password-protected Yahoo [...

Whistle-Blower Suits Take Hit From Supreme Court

Posted on March 31, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 7-2 to further restrict the grounds on which whistle-blower lawsuits can be brought on behalf of the U.S. government. The ruling revolved around a portion of the False Claims Act, which allows ordinary citizens to help the government uncover and fight fraudulent contracts...

Menthol a Hot Topic for the F.D.A.

Posted on March 31, 2010
The F.D.A.?s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee will take a close look at the issue of menthol flavorings in cigarettes this week. Congress has instructed the F.D.A to issue a report on menthol in cigarettes and take action by 2012. Anti-smoking experts say that menthol masks the harsh taste of cigarettes and thus is a [...

Motorcycle rider to be charged

Posted on March 30, 2010
Colorado Springs Motorcycle officer C. Cherry was conducting traffic enforcement on the South Powers corridor and noticed a motorcycle speeding southbound. When the suspect motorcycle saw the officer, he increased speed and made evasive maneuvers as Officer Cherry attempted to catch up to him...

Regulators Voice Official ?Concern? Over BPA

Posted on March 30, 2010
A widely used chemical compound has officially added as a ?chemical of concern,? federal regulators said Monday. The chemical, Bisphenol A or BPA, has drawn increased scrutiny in recent years after being linked to health problems ranging from heart disease to abnormal development in animals...

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