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Massachusetts Dog Deemed Dangerous And Euthanized, Providing Lessons In Dog Owners' Responsibility

Posted on March 07, 2013
With over 78 million dogs owned in the country, it's no surprise that events like those in Mansfield, Massachusetts, this past week stir strong emotions. According to numerous press reports, last week the Mansfield Board of Selectmen voted that the dog, Milo, a pointer hound mix, be euthanized after it bit a six-year-old boy, resulting in severe injuries to the boy's face and requiring 400 stitches...

Ceramic Banks Recalled by Oriental Trading Company

Posted on December 22, 2010
The Oriental Trading Company has issued a voluntary recall of ceramic banks, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), due to excessive levels of lead in the paint, which is prohibited under federal law. Lead can be toxic to young children and cause adverse health effects...

Ceramic Banks Recalled by Oriental Trading Company

Pull Toys Recalled For Choking Hazard

Posted on February 12, 2010
Manhattan Group, in cooperation with the CPSC and Health Canada, issued a voluntary recall of Pull-A-Long Friend Toys because they can break or come loose, posing a choking hazard. The company has not received any reports of injury in connection with the recalled toys...

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Pull Toys Recalled For Choking Hazard

Maclaren Stroller Recall: What A Parent Should Do

Posted on November 16, 2009
On November 9, 2009, Maclaren USA, the American subsidiary of the British manufacturer of umbrella strollers and other children's products, 'voluntarily' recalled about 1 million strollers because of fingertip lacerations and amputations. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 'The stroller's hinge mechanism poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is unfolding [or] opening the stroller...

Maclaren Stroller Recall: What A Parent Should Do

Maclaren Stroller Recall: Free Repair Kit Costs More Than Its Worth

Posted on November 15, 2009
On November 9, 2009, Maclaren USA, the American subsidiary of the British manufacturer of umbrella strollers and other children's products, 'voluntarily' recalled about 1 million strollers because of fingertip lacerations and amputations. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 'The stroller's hinge mechanism poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is unfolding [or] opening the stroller...

Maclaren's "Voluntary" Recall of Strollers May Not Be So Voluntary

Maclaren Stroller Recall: Free Repair Kit Costs More Than Its Worth

Maclaren's "Voluntary" Recall of Strollers May Not Be So Voluntary

Truck Accident Leaves Beef Spilled On Mass. Pike

Posted on October 26, 2009
Three tractor trailers and one car were involved in a collision on the Massachusetts Turnpike early this morning. The crash occurred at 2:30 a.m. near the eastbound Weston tolls when a tractor-trailer struck another truck from behind, causing a third truck and a Toyota Corolla to smash into the second truck...

Truck Accident Leaves Beef Spilled On Mass. Pike

Trucking Accident Statistics in Massachusetts

Posted on May 28, 2009
It is estimated that an average of 5,000 Americans are killed each year in tractor-trailer related accidents. In Massachusetts, there were twenty-two fatal accidents involving tractor-trailers in 2008. The number of large trucks involved in accidents has almost doubled from 2004 to 2007 in Massachusetts, according to data from Road Safe America...

Trucking Accident Statistics in Massachusetts

Agreement to waive jury trial against nursing home may not be a good deal for you

Posted on February 25, 2009
Admitting a member of your family to a nursing home can be stressful. Your grandparent, parent or spouse often needs immediate health care and attention and they can no longer live on their own, or you can no longer care for them in your home. It’s a trying period of transition marking a loss of independence for the patient and sadness for the family...

Bedrails can kill patients

Posted on February 25, 2009
Despite federal safety regulations and an increased awareness of the dangers of using bedrails at long-term care facilities and hospitals, patients continue to die from suffocation, strangulation or asphyxiation. How do these tragedies occur? One way is when patients slip through a gap between the mattress and the bottom of the raised bedrail, their heads get stuck, and they strangle to death...

Freight Train and Commuter Train Collide, Over 200 Injured

Posted on March 25, 2008
On Tuesday afternoon a freight train rolled from a side track onto the main line and collided with a commuter train that was stationary injuring over 200 people. Around 150 people were treated on scene and another 80 were taken to local hospitals. None of the injuries were life-threatening and the majority were minor...

Freight Train and Commuter Train Collide, Over 200 Injured

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Hannaford for Data Breach

Posted on March 19, 2008
A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Hannaford Bros. on behalf of the consumers whose credit card and debit card numbers were stolen when the company's computers were hacked. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday, in the U.S. District Court in Portland and claims the supermarket chain was negligent in providing adequate computer data security.

Pool Drain Lawsuit Filed Because of Drowning

Posted on January 29, 2008
Parents of a boy who drowned filed a lawsuit Monday, January 28 against the town of Greenwich, Shoreline Pools, and others. The 6 year-old drowned when his arm became caught in a powerful swimming pool drain. The lawsuit, by Brian and Karen Cohn, alleges that the pool safety violates safety requirements that were instated after many similar tragedies...

Contaminated Dairy May Have Caused 3 Deaths

Posted on January 10, 2008
Health officials claim that the milk from Whittier Farms dairy in Shrewsbury has caused the death of 3 elderly men and caused one women to miscarriage since last June because the milk was contaminated with listeria. Whittier Farms is popular because they still deliver milk to your door in glass bottles and the milk does not contain added hormones...

The Bon-Ton Department Stores Inc. is Recalling Hooded Jackets Due to Strangulation Hazard from Drawstrings

Posted on November 28, 2007
The Bon-Ton Department Stores Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 3,240 Children's fleece hooded zip-up jackets with neck drawstrings because the drawstring could pose a strangulation hazard to children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on the neck and waist by drawstrings in upper garments, such as jackets and sweatshirts.

Vintage Chocolates Inc. Recalls Soy Milk Chocolate Bars

Posted on October 11, 2007
Vintage Chocolates Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling 4,455 soy milk chocolate bars because they may contain undeclared traces of milk. Anyone that is allergic or sensitive to milk and consumes this product could run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions...

Vintage Chocolates Inc. Recalls Soy Milk Chocolate Bars

FDA Announces Safety Review of FosaMax, Boniva Class of Drugs

Posted on October 02, 2007
The FDA released an 'early communication' to the public of an ongoing safety review regarding the drug class bisphosphonates due to potential atrial fibrillation with the use of this class of drug. The agency has requested that further data be obtained in order to assay the merits of the tendency...

FDA Announces Safety Review of FosaMax, Boniva Class of Drugs

E. Coli Hamburgers Make 21 Sick in 8 States

Posted on September 28, 2007
The CDC has announced that at least twenty-one people in eight states are on record as having fallen ill in the latest E. coli scare after having consumed hamburger meat tainted with E. coli bacteria.According to reports, CDC spokeswoman Lola Russell said three cases - two in New York and one in Florida - are confirmed as being linked to the ground beef, with the other 18 cases possibly linked to the recall...

Charitable Immunity is Unjust

Posted on September 19, 2007
Protecting charitable organizations from liability for the negligence of the organization or its employees, may sound noble, but is in fact, unfair. The immunity doesn't really accomplish its goals, and insures that employees of an organization involved in a personal injury lawsuit, will be sued instead of the organization...

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