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Fighter Jet Crashes into Home, Killing 3

Posted on December 11, 2008
A military fighter jet crashed into a San Diego home on Monday, starting a huge fire and destroying the house. Three people, a grandmother, mother, and child, were all killed in the crash. The father was at work at the time of the crash and is the only surviving family member...

Police Officers Criticize Use of Taser

Posted on December 10, 2008
Many police officers are starting to openly criticize the use of Tasers against suspects. While Taser International adamantly insists that their devices are completely safe, many police officers now have first-hand knowledge to the contrary.Nick Dial is a police officer who volunteered to be Tasered during his precinct's Taser Training class...

Soldiers Face Health Risks from Brain Injuries

Posted on December 09, 2008
Thousands of American troops have returned from Iraq after suffering a major injury; many of them from brain injuries. The Institute of Medicine estimates that approximately 22% of wounded soldiers suffer from traumatic brain injury. A serious brain injury will put soldiers at risk for long-term health problems, including depression and Alzheimer's disease...

Teenage Girls Charged with Nursing Home Abuse

Posted on December 08, 2008
Two teenage girls, 19-year-old Brianna Broitzman and 18-year-old Ashton Larson, have been charged with nursing home abuse. The girls have been accused of taunting, spitting on, and groping the breasts and genitals of residents suffering from Alzheimer's disease...

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Child's Near Strangulation Leads to Recall of Window Blinds

Posted on December 05, 2008
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall on window blinds manufactured by Green Mountain Vista, Inc. after receiving a report of a two-year-old girl who almost died from a near strangulation.The girl slipped off of a radiator with a loose bead cord loop around her neck and began gasping for air...

Arizona Hospital Sued after Man Dies During 8-Hour ER Wait

Posted on December 04, 2008
An Arizona hospital is being sued for medical malpractice by a local woman after her husband died while waiting eight hours to receive treatment in the emergency room.The woman, Rachel Sweitzer, claims the hospital staff is guilty of negligence and reckless disregard in the treatment of her husband, which ultimately led to his wrongful death...

Bus Crash Kills 3 in Arkansas

Posted on December 03, 2008
A bus crossed the median on Interstate 40 in eastern Arkansas, colliding with a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck. Three people were killed in the bus accident.The accident occurred about 35 miles west of Memphis, Tennessee. The bus hit the pickup first before crashing into the tractor-trailer...

Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death by Shopping Mob

Posted on December 02, 2008
Shoppers at a Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, NY gave new meaning to the term "Black Friday" last week when an out-of-control mob started a stampede resulting in the death of an employee.The Long Island branch was set to open for business at 5:00 AM the day after Thanksgiving...

Morphine Overdose Leads to Recall

Posted on November 25, 2008
ETHEX Corp. is recalling a lot of morphine sulfate pills due to a potential defect. Some of their morphine pills were found to be twice the proper thickness. It is very possible that these tablets contain a double dosage of morphine sulfate as a result of the increased thickness...

Victoria's Secret Sued Over Defective Bras

Posted on November 24, 2008
Victoria's Secret has already been sued by one woman over a claim that their bras are defective. They now potentially face a class action suit for the same claim.The class action suit alleges that Victoria's Secret's Angels Secret Embrace and Very Sexy Extreme Push-Up bras are causing rashes, hives, and permanent scarring in consumers...

Fertility Procedures May Increase Risk of Birth Defects

Posted on November 21, 2008
A recent study found that babies conceived using fertility techniques are two to four times more likely to be born with birth defects than babies naturally conceived. The increase in risk of birth defects is mainly associated with heart problems, cleft lip, cleft palate, and abnormalities in the esophagus or rectum...

Martha Stewart Sued in Product Liability Case

Posted on November 20, 2008
Patrick Albanese, a hand model, actor, musician, and magician, has filed a defective product lawsuit against Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Kmart Corp. over injuries he suffered from using a lounge chair manufactured by Stewart's company and sold by Kmart...

Gardasil Linked to Genital Warts

Posted on November 19, 2008
Gardasil, a vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer in women, has recently been linked to outbreaks of genital warts.Gardasil is generally given to 11 and 12 year-old girls to prevent cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Women who have not yet received the vaccine are still eligible for it through age 26...

Malpractice Claim Filed for Diseased Organ Transplants

Posted on November 18, 2008
The Indiana Organ Procurement Organization faces two medical malpractice claims after two people died from cancerous organ transplants.Both men received organs from the same donor in October 2006. Anthony Taylor received a liver and a kidney, and James Fell received the other kidney...

Merck Faces Lawsuits Over Fosamax

Posted on November 17, 2008
Over the next year, Merck will face the first wave in a large set of defective drug lawsuits over their osteoporosis drug, Fosamax.When the pharmaceutical company released the drug in 1995, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested that they place a warning on the drug about its potential risk to cause osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ)...

Recall Issued for Insul Recall Issued for Insulin Syringesin Syringes

Posted on November 14, 2008
Covidien has issued a recall on 500,000 syringes used by diabetics. The recall is for single-use ReliOn syringes sold at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club.According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there has been a mislabeling on these syringes that can cause patients to overdose by 2...

Yamaha Off-Road Vehicle Under Investigation

Posted on November 13, 2008
Federal safety regulators are investigating the Yamaha Rhino, a new off-road vehicle that has been gaining popularity in our country. There have been over 30 deaths involving the Rhino to date.At this moment, over 200 defective product lawsuits have been filed against Yamaha, claiming that their off-road vehicle is unsafe...

Burn Pit Making Troops Sick

Posted on November 12, 2008
An open-air burn pit at a U.S. military base in Iraq is putting our troops in danger. As a result of the pit, thousands of troops have been exposed to carcinogenic toxins and medical waste. The fumes from the burn pit create a cloud that continually covers the base headquarters, military hospital, and living quarters for the troops...

ETHEX Recalls Pills for Danger of Overdose

Posted on November 11, 2008
The ETHEX Corporation has recently pulled many of its pharmaceutical products off the market after it was discovered that they may lead to overdoses in patients as a result of oversized pills.The drugs recalled by ETHEX include:Morphine Sulfate Extended Release Tablets, 15 mgMorphine Sulfate Immediate Release Tablets, 15 mg, 30 mgDextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets, 10 mgPropafenone HCl Tablets, 150 mg, 225 mg, 300 mgIsosorbide Mononitrate Extended Release Tablets, 30 mg, 60 mgThe Morphine Sulfate Extended Release pills have led to respiratory depression (in severe cases, breathing has stopped completely) and extremely low blood pressure in patients who received an overdose...

Brain Injuries Common for High School Athletes

Posted on November 10, 2008
It is becoming increasingly common for high school athletes, especially football players, to suffer from brain injuries. Most of the brain injuries sustained by high school athletes are on the milder side and consist of concussions.Many students who suffer concussions on the playing field may not even realize it until much later on, and the failure to properly diagnose the injury can have serious consequences...

Florida Court Gives Go-Ahead for Anthrax Lawsuit

Posted on November 07, 2008
The Florida Supreme Court ruled this week that a Palm Beach County woman can move forward with her lawsuit against the government and a private research lab responsible for making anthrax.The woman's husband, Bob Stevens, died after being exposed to anthrax in 2001...

Asbestos Reform Law Upheld by Ohio Supreme Court

Posted on November 06, 2008
The Ohio Supreme Court recently upheld a 2004 asbestos litigation reform law designed to enable people who have been seriously harmed by asbestos to receive fair compensation for their injuries in a timely manner.The reform law defines the process by which asbestos claims will be prioritized in the court system...

Addicted Doctors Allowed to Treat Patients

Posted on November 05, 2008
Dr. Brian West, a plastic surgeon in California, is just one of many doctors who have been treating patients while battling drug and alcohol addictions. Unfortunately, due to the confidentiality of the treatment programs, the patients treated by these doctors are never informed of their doctor's substance abuse problems...

Blue Cross Denies Cancer Claim, Gets Sued for Bad Faith

Posted on November 04, 2008
A Texas couple is suing Blue Cross Blue Shield and their claims adjuster for bad faith insurance practices. They claim the insurance company wrongfully denied coverage after the woman, Gloria Landry, was diagnosed with colon cancer.Gloria and her husband, Rodney, were issued a policy with Blue Cross on June 1, 2007...

Blue Cross Denies Cancer Claim, Gets Sued for Bad Faith

Family Sues Hospital after Man Dies in Bathroom

Posted on November 03, 2008
The Takoma Park hospital in Maryland has been sued for wrongful death in a case involving a man who died under their care in 2006. The staff couldn't find the key to his locked bathroom, leading to his death.Jose R. Valladares was admitted to the hospital for chest pain in the spring of 2006...

Four High School Girls Die in Car Crash

Posted on October 31, 2008
Five people died in an auto accident in Tennessee last Friday night. Four out of the five were cheerleaders at a local high school. The SUV carrying the girls crashed into an oncoming vehicle shortly after the girls left their school's football game.The fatal accident was caused by wet and foggy road conditions...

$4 Million Awarded in Medical Malpractice Case

Posted on October 30, 2008
The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld a $4 million verdict in a medical malpractice case against Hospice Ministries and Dr. William Causey, but they reversed the $500,000 award for punitive damages.The lawsuit was related to an incident in 2001 when Ersel Alllen was misdiagnosed with pancreatic cancer and then given a lethal dose of painkillers...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Bar

Posted on October 29, 2008
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a River Falls Bar for an incident occurring in February 2007. Joseph Roscoe was escorted out of The Library bar by bouncers for being "obviously intoxicated." He was eventually found unconscious in the alley behind the bar and died 10 days later...

7-Year-Old Attacked by Dog

Posted on October 28, 2008
Jesse Schaffer, a 7-year-old boy from Ft. Lupton, CO, was rushed to the hospital by helicopter last weekend after being attacked by a local dog.Schaffer was playing football with his friends at the time of the incident. He ran behind a shed to retrieve the football and was bitten in the face by the dog...

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