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Three Die on Motorcycles in Three Counties

Posted on June 01, 2008
In three different counties in Oklahoma, on three consecutive days, there were three fatal motorcycle accidents involving riders sans crash helmets. “OHP trooper Mark Basinger stated, despite working a number of accidents, three deadly motorcycle accidents are out of the ordinary...

FDA Announces Product Recall

Posted on May 30, 2008
International Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. has announced that they are conducting a voluntary product recall of their dietary supplement product known as Viril-Ity-Power (VIP) Tabs. The recall was announced as a result of the company being notified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a potentially harmful undeclared ingredient known as hydroxyhomosildenafil...

Pit Bull Bites 10-Year-Old in Face

Posted on May 29, 2008
A previously harassed Pit Bull bit ten-year-old Tyquavious Clark on Tuesday evening in Macon, Georgia. When asked what had happened, the victim stated “We were walking through, going to the park and then the girl was playing baseball and then she hit the ball over the fence and then the dog came out when she [...

FDA Proposes New Rule

Posted on May 28, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed major revisions relative to perscription drug labeling. The goal is to provide consumers with better information about the effects of drugs during pregnancy and while breast feeding. It is believed that the revisions would have a significant impact on public health...

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D.U.M.B. driving simulator comes to N.B.

Posted on May 23, 2008
It is alarming how complacent many drivers become while driving, whether seasoned or newly licenced. Perhaps the seasoned drivers falsely believe with all the “hands on” experience they have, they have it in the bag, so to speak. Whereas, the newly-licenced drivers seem to underestimate the need for focusing, and the speed at which things can go [...

Medtronic Announces Recall

Posted on May 23, 2008
Medtronic, Inc. recently announced that they are initiating a recall. The recall is a voluntary one that is being taken as a precautionary measure relative to selected products that have the Carmeda BioActive surface. These particular devices are used for heart surgeries...

Defective Drugs and Lawsuits

Posted on May 09, 2008
Medications such as Celebrex, Bextra, and Vioxx have been linked to an increased risk of blood clots, heart attacks and strokes. It is estimated that between 7,000 and 9,000 Celebrex and Bextra cases have been filed by people who claim the defective painkillers caused heart attacks and strokes...

Explosion on Cruise Ship

Posted on May 09, 2008
Due to a deadly broiler explosion on one of its ships, Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty to gross negligence. Eight crewmembers were killed and 10 others injured in the explosion in May 2003. The cruise line is liable for at least $500,000 in criminal penalties and has agreed to carry out [...

Negligence Inside Prison

Posted on May 09, 2008
The family of Carl Moyle has filed a negligence lawsuit against Sherburne County jail after Moyle was beaten to death by another inmate. The case drew widespread attention because Bruce Christenson, who had been transferred from Oak Park Heights maximum security prison, was placed in the general jail population with Moyle, jailed for repeatedly having [...

Medical Malpractice Due to Denial of Liver Transplant

Posted on May 08, 2008
Timothy Garon?s death came a week after his doctor told him a University of Washington Medical Center committee has again denied him a spot on the liver transplant list because of his use of marijuana. Garon?s used marijuana with medical approval to ease the symptoms of hepatitis C...

Dangers of All Terrain Vehicles

Posted on May 08, 2008
Warnings for the danger of ATVs are being advertised as summer approaches and welcomes outdoor enthusiasts of all ages. In Seneca County ATV injury accidents already have been a problem. Sheriff?s Deputy Denny Wilkinson said many drivers are misusing the all-terrain vehicles by riding them on highways, on other people?s property or by riding them [...

Tragic Auto Accident

Posted on May 08, 2008
When a car veered into oncoming traffic the driver and passenger instantly died. The Toyota was heading south when the driver lost control and the car began to spin into the northbound lanes. An oncoming Ford Explorer struck the passenger side of the Toyota, the driver of the Explorer was taken by Life Flight helicopter [...

Dog Shot by Police after Attack

Posted on April 30, 2008
A large pit bull broke out of it?s home and mauled a man and then attacked its owner. Shortly after officers and firefighters arrived, the dog charged Patrolman Paul Strabavy as he attempted to calm the animal down, forcing the officer to Taser the dog...

7-year-old Attacked by Dog

Posted on April 30, 2008
A white Labrador mix and a pit bull mix broke out of a backyard and attacked a 7-year-old boy who was out riding his bike. The dog?s owner tried to pull the Labarador off the boy while a neighbor, Mary Borman, took the child into her home and called paramedics...

Personal Injury Suits Seeks $2.5 Million

Posted on April 29, 2008
Accusations of negligence and disregard for safety may force a company to compensate an injured ex-worker. According to the suit, seaman Oscar Reyes was performing his regular duties aboard one of Laquay’s vessels in High Island on or around the night of April 7 when he reportedly tripped over a cable and fell onto the [...

Fatal Ambulance Suit

Posted on April 29, 2008
Two negligent lawsuits against Rampart Emergency Services and a Rampart employee involved in a fatal ambulance crash last year have been set for a mediation. On March 5, 2007, Lisa Hanson, 32, Cornell, a registered nurse, and Carrie Roberts, 38, Escanaba, a patient, were both killed when a Rampart ambulance crashed into a semi truck [...

Sheriffs Department Files Wrongful Termination

Posted on April 28, 2008
Three former DeSoto County Sheriff?s Department employees say they were fired after reporting the beating of an inmate by another employee. The former sheriff?s department workers will get a chance in court over what they call a wrongful termination. The lawsuit was filed in 2005, but dismissed in 2007 based on a U...

A Mother and a Child Die in Auto Accident

Posted on April 22, 2008
Brittany Carlson had four kids in her car, two of her own and two of Nicole?s kids, her friend. They were driving on the highway when another car heading the opposite direction suddenly crossed the median and hit them. Carlson, who was pinned in the car, according to the State Patrol, died at the scene...

Malpractice Trial Set in Case of Toddler

Posted on April 22, 2008
Mackayla Jespersen was 20 months old when she fell into a swimming pool at her family?s home on Nov. 7, 2003. After doctors allegedly declared her dead and disconnected her breathing tube she was revived back to life. A medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the family is scheduled to go to trial on Monday...

Legal Victory in Woman’s Estate

Posted on April 22, 2008
A major legal victory has been given to the estate of Tywanda Luckett who is deceased suing for medical malpractice damages. Court of Appeals says the estate can argue that she was able to feel pain for part of the five years she was in a long-term care facility before her death in 2005...

Grandparents Sued for Wrongful Death of Grandson

Posted on April 18, 2008
Graham Lulich and Angela Lindgren, the parents of a young boy who died in a fire at his grandparents? home, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Lulich?s parents. The grandparents were caring for 5-year-old Maxwell when fire broke out at their home last April...

Deputy Convicted of Careless Driving

Posted on April 18, 2008
Deputy Joshua J. Williams has been convicted of careless driving for cutting across traffic lanes in from of a motorcyclist, who hit the squad car and died later that night. The crash occurred when Williams was driving with his training officer south on Hwy...

Patient Claims $50,000 in Personal Injury Case

Posted on April 16, 2008
Marvin Turner has filed a personal injury suit against St. Louis Cardiology Consultants claiming they failed to assist him when he fell off a doctor?s exam table. Turner claims after receiving an examination he fell getting down from the patient examining table in result sustaining injuries to his left elbow, right knee, back and legs...

School Ordered to Pay $1.8 Million in Dog Bite Case

Posted on April 16, 2008
$1.8 million has been awarded to the parents of a boy badly mauled by a dog at Ridgewood Elementary School in 2003. The Orange County School Board was ordered by the Florida Senate to pay this amount to Desnar and Mignone Decembre after their 8-year-old son, Daniel, was severely injured while awaiting an afternoon tutoring [...

Parents File Wrongful Death Against TU

Posted on April 15, 2008
David and Lin Adair have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the University of Tulsa and a Tulsa orthopedic center in behalf of their son, Devin Adair, who died April 23, 2006. Adair, a former University of Tulsa football player, died after a week-long illness from complications from what is known as ?flesh-eating? bacteria...

Toy Company Sued for Recalled Aqua Dots

Posted on April 10, 2008
Eddie and Summer Gerrald have filed a lawsuit against toy distributors Target Corporation and Spin Master Inc. This came about after their 1-year-old son became ill from swallowing a recalled toy that produces the ?date rape? drug when ingested. Aqua Dots is a craft toy kit that contains small, colored liquid-filled beads that when sprayed [...

Recall of Fire Alarm Panels

Posted on April 10, 2008
Due to safety hazards the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of about 3,000 Gamewell-brand fire alarm control panels. ?The CPSC said the U.S.-manufactured FCI-7100 series control panels manufactured by Gamewell-FCI of Northford, Conn...

Man Injured in ATV Accident

Posted on April 01, 2008
A man?s life was saved by wearing his helmet when he was injured in an ATV accident. The 36-year-old man was seriously injured after his four-wheeler rolled on top of him as he was headed downhill. ?I?ve never seen a helmet get crushed like that. It was cracked in three different places,? official sources said...

Wrongful Death for Auto Passenger

Posted on April 01, 2008
A wrongful death lawsuit was brought against Paul Roan, by Vicki Worthen after her husband died in an auto accident. The suit accused Roan of negligence, stating that his careless operation of his vehicle caused it to overturn. Worthen?s husband was Roan?s passenger, and the crash resulted in his being fatally injured, leaving his wife [...

Loss of Life in Motorcycle Accident

Posted on March 31, 2008
Janet Mauriello sadly lost her life when she was killed in an accident while riding on the back of her husbands motorcycle. Robert Mauriello was driving east in the median lane behind a Honda driven by David Monroe. Police say Monroe stopped for an ambulance running with emergency lights on going through the intersection, Mauriello [...

Possible Link Between Singulair and Suicide

Posted on March 31, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration said it is investigating a possible connection between the use of Merck & Co.?s asthma drug Singulair and moods of depression and suicidal behavior. Conclusions and recommendations to the public will be told as soon as a review is complete, but the FDA estimates it may take up to nine [...

Negligence Lawsuit Against County

Posted on March 27, 2008
Negligence lawsuits were filed earlier this month against Harris County, Cloverleaf Volunteer Fire Department and its former members Jason Southard and Marvin Romero, Department Chief Michael Battise and the county?s Emergency Service District 12. It claims they were negligent when officials hired, trained and supervised two volunteer firefighters later accused of starting blazes at homes [...

Nursing Home Will Fight $22,500 Fine

Posted on March 27, 2008
Asta Care nursing home is appealing a $22,500 fine levied by the Illinois Department of Public Health for allegedly failing to protect residents from a sex offender who was a patient at the facility. Asta Care was charged with failure to screen a male resident who made inappropriate sexual advances to staff and two mentally [...

Drug Recall of Heparin

Posted on March 24, 2008
The product recall of Heparin was initiated due to a notification received from the supplier, Scientific Protein Laboratories, disclosing that one lot of Heparin Sodium acquired by B. Braun Medical Inc. has a heparin-like contaminant. The Food and Drug Administration has received reports of serious injuries and/or deaths in patients who have been administered Heparin [...

Thousands of Personal Injury Lawsuits Against Vioxx

Posted on March 24, 2008
There are over 44,000 personal injury lawsuits being exacted against Pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck & Co. The drug Vioxx has caused several incidences of heart ailments, strokes, and death from its side effects. In anticipation of the upcoming personal injury cases, Merck & Co...

Reebok Fined for Dangerous Product

Posted on March 20, 2008
Failing to abide by the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, the Government hit Reebok with a $1 million fine. The fine stems from a silver charm attached to a bracelet Reebok included with some shoes. The charm was filled with lead. Two years ago, Jarnell Brown from Minneapolis died after he accidentally swallowed the charm...

Contamination in Heparin Drug

Posted on March 20, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration believe they have discovered what?s contaminating the blood-thinning medication heparin and are trying to determine whether it was put in the drug intentionally. FDA officials said the man-made chemical compound known as over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate is cheap and abundant...

Blood Thinner Drug, Heparin, Recalled

Posted on March 19, 2008
On February 28th the Food and Drug Administration recalled the drug heparin. U.S. health officials identified a contaminant in batches of the blood thinner heparin associated with 19 deaths. ?Dr. Janet Woodcock, head of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said the contaminant is oversulfated condroitin sulfate, a chemical that does [...

Auto Runs Red Light Causing Fatal Accident

Posted on March 11, 2008
Austin Police responded to a collision that left one driver dead. According to witnesses, a Honda Accord and a Toyota Camry collided at an intersection. The driver of the Honda Accord was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries...

Woman Sent to Hospital After Dog Attack

Posted on March 11, 2008
As Sabrina Campbell was trying to save her 1 year-old Labrador Retriever, Paulie, from a dog attack the Pit Bull and Chow/Lab Mix turned on her. “He bit me on my leg,” she said, pulling up her pant leg to reveal multiple, deep bite marks on her thigh...

Plastic Surgeons Negligence Results in Patients Death

Posted on March 06, 2008
The state of New York has yanked the medical license of plastic surgeon, Dr. Michael Sachs, after being accused of negligence in the death of Kay Creagan, who died after a face-lift in 2005. Dr. Sachs is one of the state?s most-sued doctors and has been charged with four counts of negligence by the state [...

Wrongful Termination of Employee at Wal-Mart

Posted on March 06, 2008
James W. Lynn is seeking to have his wrongful termination lawsuit against Bentonville-based Wal-Mart reinstated after a Benton County circuit judge threw it out. Lynn, a former mid-level manager for Wal-Mart, says he was fired for reporting poor working conditions in Central American factories...

Chain of Collisions on Freeway

Posted on March 03, 2008
A chain of collisions occurred Sunday morning when a man was run over while trying to cross the freeway on foot and ended with another car in flames. The series of accidents started when the driver of a Honda Accord lost control of his car and crashed into the center median...

Nursing Home Fined $12,000 by State

Posted on February 28, 2008
St. Anthony?s Nursing and Rehabilitation was fined $12,000 for failure to monitor a resident who sexually abused one woman and was found an hour later fondling another. He also made sexually inappropriate comments to staff members, state officials said, and was combative when staff attempted to redirect him, including hitting, pushing, scratching, spitting, throwing water [...

Plaintiff Seeks Negligence

Posted on February 28, 2008
Sherry Castro has filed a negligence lawsuit against Sparks Regional Medical Center accusing them of employing a food service worker who sexually assaulted her 6-year-old son while he was a patient in May 2005, a year after the employee was accused of molesting an elderly woman patient...

Man Sues Cancer Center for Wife’s Death

Posted on February 27, 2008
Ron Weidenfeller has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Schaumburg-based Cancer Treatment Centers of America and its Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion on behalf of his wife Maria who his says died from an undiagnosed colon obstruction. Maria Weidenfeller died at the Zion facility at the end of her third weeklong visit for treatments [...

Court Upholds $65 Million in Wrongful Death

Posted on February 27, 2008
Army Pvt. Van Ryan Marcum was accidentally electrocuted in 2004 during a basic training exercise at Fort Benning, Ga. An investigation later found the latrine, which was insufficiently grounded, had a faulty circuit breaker and a short in the wiring to a fan...

Driver of Auto Accident Charged with DUI

Posted on February 26, 2008
George Alan Elmore, 23, has been charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol. Elmore was driving his vehicle went it went left of center and struck a Pontiac driven by 40-year-old Linda Spears head-on. Elmore?s vehicle overturned but he was not injured...

Suspect Identified in Auto Accident that Killed Four

Posted on February 26, 2008
Olga Marina Franco, 24, from Guatemala has been charged with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide, driving without a license and running a stop sign. Franco was driving a van that allegedly barreled through a stop sign and hit a school bus, killing four Minnesota school children...

Jury Awards $24 Million in Medical Malpractice

Posted on February 20, 2008
Adam Porter, 34, was awarded by a jury almost $24 million for brain damage he suffered after going to the hospital to have a kidney stone removed. In 2001 Porter went to St. Mary?s Hospital and while having his kidney stone removed he suffered cardiac arrest, which interrupted the flow of oxygen to his brain...

How To Know If You Are A Victim Of Medical Malpractice

Posted on February 20, 2008
It is important for you and your family to know if you have been a victim of medical malpractice since you may be entitled to financial compensation. ?The Center for Disease Control estimates that medical mistakes kill or injure 100,000 people each year...

8 Killed While Watching Street Race

Posted on February 18, 2008
An illegal street race left 8 people dead and 5 injured. After the two cars sped off down the highway, some spectators moved onto the road to watch when a white sedan came from behind crashing into the crowd. It?s believed smoke from the spinning tires of the two cars had made it difficult for [...

Teenager Dies in Weekend Car Accident

Posted on February 18, 2008
A tragic car accident took the life of 16-year-old Garret Russell. Troopers said about 5 p.m. Sunday, a 1991 white BMW driven by an unnamed 16-year-old smashed into a 2006 Chevy pickup. There were four teenagers inside the BMW and Russell was in the passenger seat at the time of the accident...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed by Family

Posted on February 14, 2008
The mother and brother of Cassie Jo Stoddart filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Torey Adamcik, Brian Draper, their parents, and School District 25. The lawsuit also includes the owners of the Chubbuck home as a plaintiff where Stoddart was house sitting when she was stabbed to death on September 22, 2006...

Employee Sues After Wrongful Termination

Posted on February 14, 2008
Heidi Borjesson, a former accountant at the University of Utah physics department, filed a lawsuit against the U claiming she was wrongfully terminated. Borjesson claims she was fired for “arbitrary and personal reasons” rather than for her work performance because of her sexual orientation and appearance, and because she cared for animals instead of children [...

Major Lawsuit after Medical Device Destroys Mans Heart

Posted on February 11, 2008
Paramjit Singh went into Providence Everett Medical Center for bypass surgery after he had suffered a small heart attack. It wasn?t until six weeks later that Singh opened his eyes from the surgery. Doctors determined Singh needed a new heart. When the operation on Oct...

Wrongful Death Suit Settles for $1.6 Million

Posted on February 04, 2008
Edward Kasza, 37, was killed Sept. 15, 2005, when he came in contact with exposed live wires at The Andrews House, a hotel that was under construction. Mrs. Kasza has settled her wrongful death suit for $1.6 million. Kasza, an employee of Advanced Plumbing Enterprises Inc...

Mother Receives Surprising Wrongful Death Settlement

Posted on February 04, 2008
Carissa Tucker sued her mother and stepfather, after her 23-month-old son Sean Taylor Mink-Chisholm drowned in the pool at their home. According to the wrongful death and negligence suit, the child was in the care of his grandmother while Tucker was at work...

Hit-and-Run Driver Needs to be Found

Posted on January 31, 2008
A father is offering a substantial reward for any information leading to the identification of the individual responsible for striking his daughter with their car while she was on her bike and then fleeing the scene. Evidence indicates that this was not accidental but rather an intentional and deliberate act on the part of the [...

Motorcycle Deaths Rise as People Try to Save

Posted on January 31, 2008
If you are thinking about purchasing a motorcycle to save on gas or travel time, you may want to think again. In Florida, people who have motorcycle accidents are six times more likely to die than automobile drivers. In 2002, 274 people died in motorcycle crashes; by 2006, the number was 521, according to the [...

Ohio University Named in Malpractice Suit

Posted on January 28, 2008
Ohio University has been named as a defendant in a medical malpractice/wrongful death lawsuit. The two doctors named in the lawsuit, Dr. Rick Gemma and Dr. Roger Classen, may be immune from personal liability, because the doctors were teaching medical residents from OU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine at the time of the alleged malpractice, said [...

Man Killed in Auto Accident

Posted on January 28, 2008
Walter Bryant, 63, suffered multiple injuries that took his life after he was involved in a rear-end car collision. The driver of the other vehicle was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, aggravated vehicular homicide and failure to maintain assured clear distance...

Negligence Lawsuit Filed in Daughter’s Death

Posted on January 24, 2008
Patricia Sotelo has filed a negligence lawsuit alleging that various state and private agencies didn?t do their jobs when they placed her daughter, Sirita Sotelo, in the home of the father. Sirita had been in and out of foster homes before her father, John Ewell, was awarded custody of Sirita in 2003...

Family Sues Hospital After Baby is Misplaced

Posted on January 24, 2008
A lawsuit has been filed against Huguley Memorial Medical Center of Fort Worth alleging negligence and gross negligence. The lawsuit was filed after an incident in which a couple?s newborn corpse was sent to the cleaners with the dirty laundry. According to the lawsuit, it took the hospital staff 19 hours to locate the body...

Negligence at Child Care

Posted on January 23, 2008
On January 17 former owners of Miss Donya?s Daycare, Scott and Donya Hall, were sued by J.D. and R.D. Gilbo for negligence. The lawsuit alleges on Jan. 24, 2006, Scott intentionally sexually assaulted and battered the child who was left in his care while acting as an employee of the daycare...

6-Year-Old Injured in ATV Accident

Posted on January 23, 2008
We are just reminded how dangerous ATV?s can be for children. Cassandra King witnessed an accident involving a 19-year-old man and a six-year-old girl. 19-year-old, Jeremy Mincey, took the six-year-old for a ride when he crashed. The child was not wearing a helmet, and now Jeremy Mincey is looking at child neglect charges...

Man Attacked by Dog

Posted on January 17, 2008
Johnny Nunn of Holly Springs was treated for bite wounds after a dog grabbed him by the left leg, tearing his pants and causing multiple lacerations to the shin area. Nunn had first taken his injured Chihuahua to a veterinarian, who was attacked by four dogs, and when he returned he was attacked by a [...

Wildfire Victims May Sue for Negligence

Posted on November 14, 2007
Thousands of homes were destroyed last month in a massive wildfire in Southern California. Two families whose homes were destroyed are suing a utility for failing to clear vegetation around its power lines. The plaintiffs are accusing San Diego Gas & Electric of negligence...

Ruling in the Amount of $3.3 million for Wrongful Termination

Posted on November 14, 2007
Wright Medical Group Inc. received a ruling today from the American Arbitration Association that they will pay $3.3 million to a former consultant after his contract was terminated in 2005. Wright will also pay 10 percent interest on the claim from Dec...

Merck to Pay $4.85 billion in Vioxx Settlement

Posted on November 12, 2007
Friday, Merck & Co. settled to pay $4.85 billion to end thousands of lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx. “Without this settlement, the litigation might very well stretch on for years,” Merck executive vice president Kenneth Frazier said during a conference call...