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C-Section Rates and Medical Malpractice Insurance

Posted on September 08, 2008
I don't often get to say "I told you so," but here's a good opportunity. On another blog, I recently wrote about the correlation between rising c-section rates and rising medical malpractice insurance rates. Well, it turns out that a University of Connecticut researcher had been working on the same problem and came up with the same conclusion about the correlation between the two sets of data...

Lawsuit Results from C. difficile Infections that Killed 16

Posted on September 04, 2008
A recent outbreak of Clostridium difficile at a Quebec hospital, Honore-Mercier, that killed 16 is the source of a medical malpractice lawsuit that has been filed. The outbreak occurred in 2006, when the so-called superbug, a bacteria resistant to antibiotics, and festered for several months before being brought under control...

Medtronic Tries to Keep Balloon Catheter Gravy Train Running

Posted on September 03, 2008
You may remember the balloon catheter from the landmark Riegel v. Medtronic Supreme Court decision a few months back. You know, the one that burst during Charles Riegel's angioplasty procedure, causing him to become disabled and probably dramatically shortening his life...

Roadside Memorials Illegal

Posted on September 02, 2008
We have all seen them: a loving memorial--such as a cross, a bouquet (natural or artificial), wreaths, even teddy bears--dedicated to some unfortunate victim of an automobile accident. The memorials are put up by family members and friends left behind, and they can serve as a reminder for us all that careless or reckless driving can cost lives...

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GM Recalls Vehicles for Fire Risk

Posted on August 29, 2008
General Motors Corp. hasn't had a very good year. Rising gas prices and layoffs have hit the company hard, and now over 850,000 vehicles are being recalled due to a danger of fire. Vehicles equipped with heated windshield wiper fluid systems may short-circuit, which can lead to a fire...

Company Refuses to Recall Dangerous Bassinets

Posted on August 28, 2008
Simplicity Inc., a company from Reading, Pennsylvania, made the convertible bassinet known as the Close Sleeper and Bedside Sleeper. Last year, after becoming stuck in the metal bars of the bassinet, a four-month old girl died. Last spring, SFCA, Inc...

Class Action Suits Filed in Brain Tumor Case

Posted on August 27, 2008
The town of Cameron, Missouri, site of a cluster of brain tumors, has had lawsuits filed on its behalf by attorney Grant L. Davis. This was done after environmental testing performed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources showed the presence of arsenic and lead at the Rockwood Industries plant and at a nearby quarry...

Airline Industry's Bad Week

Posted on August 26, 2008
First, there was the Spanair crash in Madrid last Wednesday that killed 154 people; then, 65 passengers were killed in an Itek Air crash in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Monday saw an Air Dolmoti plane catch fire at Munich's airport, forcing some of the passengers to jump to safety, and later that night, a Ryanair flight made an emergency landing at Limoges airport in France after cabin pressure was lost...

National Hospital Death Rates Disclosed

Posted on August 21, 2008
While the death rates for each hospital have been known to board members and doctors of those hospitals, USA Today and the Department of Health and Human Services' Hospital Compare, run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has made the findings public...

Plane Crash in Spain Kills 149

Posted on August 20, 2008
Spanair Flight JK5022 crashed and burned while attempting to take off from Madrid's Barajas airport today, killing 149 of the 177 people aboard. The flight was heading to the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are a popular tourist spot for Europeans, and the crash comes at the height of the tourist season...

Nanotechnology and Future Litigation

Posted on August 18, 2008
For many years, we've heard about the wonders of nanotechnology and how it will change our lives for the better. As commercial technology gets smaller (computers, cell phones), so does the focus of science in the field of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology refers to the field of science that looks into the development of different things on a molecular and atomic level...

BMW Issues Recall for Airbag Failure

Posted on August 13, 2008
BMW has issued a recall on 200,000 cars and SUVs due to the possibility of the passenger side airbag failing. The recall affects 2004 and 2005 5-Series standard and sports models, 2004 to 2006 X3, and the 2006 3-Series with sport seats.The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that the passenger-side airbags may deactivate due to wear when a passenger enters and leaves the vehicle...

Louisiana Officials Sued Over Taser Death

Posted on August 12, 2008
The family of 21-year-old Baron Pikes has filed a wrongful death suit against the central Louisiana town of Winnfield. Pikes was allegedly shocked nine times by a 50,000 volt Taser while handcuffed by police officer Scott Nugent in January. The coroner ruled the death a homicide, and Nugent was fired...

Feds Order Bus Operations Shut Down

Posted on August 11, 2008
The bus crash that killed 17 Vietnamese Catholics on Friday resulted in more than tragedy. Authorities from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have ordered the bus companies linked to the bus that crashed to cease operations due to several violations...

Beef Suspected in E. coli Mass. Cases

Posted on August 05, 2008
Six people who have come down with symptoms of E. coli in Massachusetts may have become sickened through eating beef products. Investigators have said this is the same bacterial strain that has been found in other patients across the country, and in Quebec...

Eight Killed in Charter Jet Crash in Minnesota

Posted on August 01, 2008
A charter jet carrying six construction and gambling executives and two pilots crashed while approaching the regional airport at Owatonna, Minnesota airport Thursday morning. All eight people aboard were killed. The Raytheon Hawker 800 left Atlantic City International Airport and was due to arrive shortly before 9:30 am, but never made it...

Explosion at Paper Mill Kills Three Workers

Posted on July 30, 2008
Three employees at a paper mill in Tomahawk, Wisconsin were killed Tuesday night when a storage tank exploded. A fourth person was injured. The tank was used to store recycled fiber and exploded when the men were doing maintenance on top of it. The injured party was standing on a platform below the tank...

Congress Agrees to Ban Toxins in Toys

Posted on July 29, 2008
Congress has agreed to permanently ban three types of chemicals for children's toys, as well as outlaw three others from pending products. The chemicals, called phthalates, are added to plastic to make them softer and more durable. They are also added to items, such as lotions, perfumes and shampoos...

Two Emergency Landings for Qantas Airlines in a Week

Posted on July 28, 2008
Australia's national airline, Qantas, boasts of never having had a fatal accident in their history of flying commercial jets. However, two incidents in the last week had the potential for a major airline disaster.In the first one, on a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne, a ruptured oxygen container tore a nine foot section of the Boeing 747 from the jet's body on Friday, July 25th...

Feds Penalize Utah Mine for Violations

Posted on July 25, 2008
The US government's highest penalty for coal mine safety violations was imposed on mine operator, Genwal Resources, for a collapse that killed six miners in Utah last August. Three rescuers were killed ten days later in a second collapse. Federal investigators found that activity in areas that should not have been mined, as well as weakened pillars caused the Crandall Canyon collapse, and not an earthquake as the mine's owner, Bob Murray, has contended...

Oil Spill Closes Mississippi River Traffic

Posted on July 24, 2008
An early morning accident between an oil tanker and a barge on Wednesday has closed a nearly 50 mile stretch of the Mississippi River just south of the Port of New Orleans. According to port spokesman, Chirs Bonura, the closure is likely to continue for several days while teams are rushed in to clean up the heavy tar that is drifting south...

Accident Fatalities Dip Dramatically

Posted on July 23, 2008
According to the National Safety Council, the number of people killed in traffic accidents has fallen nine percent through May compared with the first months of 2007. This also includes an 18 percent drop in March and a 14 percent drop in April. According to the Associated Press, there are some states that have shown declines of 20 percent or more, and 31 states have seen declines of ten percent or more...

Flatbed Flips Its Load of Bees

Posted on July 22, 2008
With stories of semi trucks crashing and endangering drivers when their loads spill all over the roads, comes yet another tale of loss. In this case, the load was bees. Thousands and thousands of bees. A flatbed truck carrying a load of bees ran off the road and flipped near St...

Supreme Court Ruling May Foreshadow Big Pharma Protection

Posted on July 21, 2008
In February, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that a patient injured by a balloon catheter manufactured by Medtronic Inc. was not entitled to damages because Medtronic was shielded from liability. The Supreme Court ruled in Medtronic's favor because the device in question met the specifications of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Award Refused for Parents of Girl Blinded by Motrin

Posted on July 18, 2008
A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury voted 9-3 to deny the family of 11-year-old Sabrina Johnson an award, stating that Johnson & Johnson, as well as McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals were not liable for Sabrina's blindness.The parents of the girl sued Johnson & Johnson for $1 billion, claiming Children's Motrin nearly killed Sabrina and left her legally blind...

City of Lincoln, Nebraska Named in Wrongful Death Suit

Posted on July 17, 2008
Lincoln, Nebraska, Lancaster County, and six emergency medical technicians were named in a wrongful death suit filed last week. This stems from the asthma-related death of 28-year-old Emy C. Choquette, who died last August. According to Choquette's mother and attorney, David Domina, Choquette suffered an asthma attack the night of August 10th...

Fuel Tank Explosions Eyed in New FAA Rule

Posted on July 16, 2008
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered that a device to keep the fuel tanks on some passenger and cargo planes must be installed over the next nine years. This ruling comes almost 12 years to the day TWA Flight 800 exploded over the Atlantic Ocean while taking off from New York's Kennedy Airport...

Missouri Town Sees Dramatic Increase in Brain Tumors

Posted on July 15, 2008
The town of Cameron, Missouri, whose population was 8,312 during the last census, has seen a rash of brain tumor diagnoses. More than a dozen people have been diagnosed this year alone. However, there is concern that this number will only go up. This is because no one is sure what is causing the tumors, though there is suspicion...

Cargo Ship Company Charged with Illegal Ocean Dumping

Posted on July 11, 2008
Casilda Shipping of Malta, Genesis Seatrading, Inc. of Greece, and the chief engineer of a cargo ship have been charged with the illegal dumping of oil and other waste into the ocean. Pantelis Thomas is charged with falsifying log books, as well as other charges related to illegal dumping...

Overdose of Heparin Given to Newborns

Posted on July 09, 2008
Seventeen babies in a Corpus Christi, Texas hospital's neonatal intensive care unit were given overdoses of the blood thinner heparin over the weekend. Christus Spohn Hospital South discovered the mishap on Sunday, two days after most of the newborns were believed to have been given the drug...

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