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• Toddler Awarded $856K Due to Dog Attack

  Susy Owen | October 20, 2007 6:32 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Can you imagine taking your toddler to the beach on Mother's day only to have your baby attacked by a Rottweiler. It really makes you wonder what an adult is thinking to allow a Rottweiler to run free in public.The incident took place in Hawaii on Mother's day of 2005. The little boy, Keeton Manguso, was just 30 months old o weighed only 24 pounds at the time of the incident. He was bitten on...

• Lawsuits Against Vioxx Continue

  Susy Owen | October 14, 2007 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Due to safety concerns, a defective product known as Vioxx was pulled from the market 2004. The manufacturer of Vioxx, Merck, is still facing thousands of lawsuits filed by injured people. In fact, a study done by the Food and Drug Administration in 2004, estimated that Vioxx could have played a part in as many as 27,785 heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths between 1999 and 2003. Subsequent...

• Kraft Recalls White Choclate

  Susy Owen | October 13, 2007 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Kraft Foods has recalled Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares (6 oz.) with a UPC Code 0043000252200. The recall is specific to the following four best-when-used-by dates:31 MAR 2008 XCZ 01 APR 2008 XCZ 02 APR 2008 XCZ 03 APR 2008 XCZ It is feared that the product may contain Salmonella. Salmonella is dangerous. It can invade the bloodstream and cause life-threatening infections. The...

• Pit Bull Attacks 2-year-old

  Susy Owen | October 12, 2007 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  The mother of a 2-year-old little boy was sleeping on the couch in her home while her toddler was left on the floor with a pit bull dog!!! According to a witness, the child tripped over a shirt, which must have startled the dog. The dog attacked, biting the child's face.The wound started in the middle of the child's forehead and went between his eyes and down his face, according to the police. ...

• Sixty-Year-Old Dies in Motorcycle Crash

  Susy Owen | October 07, 2007 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  It isn't very often you see a 60-year-old woman riding a motorcycle. Sally Jean Mata was an exception. Sadly, on Sunday while she was riding her motorcycle she collided with a three-axle tanker truck. When the collision occured, Mata was traveling southbound, while the truck was making a U-Turn. The truck driver was not hurt. It was only last year that Mata survived an accident that took the...

• Pit Bull Bites Unsuspecting Woman's Face

  Susy Owen | October 05, 2007 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  You just can't be too safe. A few days ago our website had a story about a previously non-aggressive labrador that bit a toddler in the face. A labrador! Who knew that would happen. This scienaro, however, is unfortunately all too common: On Saturday night a woman was visiting a friend in Austin, Texas. She was in the backyard of her friends home when a normally non-aggressive 3 year-old pit...

• Same Girl, Same Incident - Two Hit and Runs

  Susy Owen | October 03, 2007 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Sasha Kemp, 19, of Toledo., was standing on a road at approximately 1:50 a.m., on Saturday morning trying to flag down a car when she was struck by a vehicle. Kemp was then thrown into the path of an oncoming vehicle. That vehicle tried of avoid her, but was unable to. The second driver crashed while trying to avoid kemp. Unbelievably, both the first and second driver left the scene of the...

• Cell Phone Use Leads to Auto Crashes

  Susy Owen | September 30, 2007 6:44 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  It will come as no surprise to most that the use of cellular phones while operating an automobile increases the risks of a car accidents. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Administration studies show that close to 80% of automobile crashes and 65% of near crashes occurred within three seconds of some type of distraction. And the main cause of driver distraction is -you guessed it - cellular...

• Nursing Home Abuse/Neglect & Little known facts

  Susy Owen | September 29, 2007 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Would it surprise you to know that nursing home abuse and neglect is more prevalent in facilities that are owned by private investment firms. With many of our elderly in need of nursing homes in terms of business there is big money to be made. And that fact has not gone unnoticed by investment firms. However, business are looking at their bottom line and are often employ aggressive cost cutting...

• For Some Dogs - One Bite & You're Out

  Susy Owen | September 28, 2007 6:33 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Valdovinos got her 7 year old Australian shepherd named Breeze when she was just a puppy. This past August, she said, Breeze broke free of her chain (personally, I am wondering why she has her dog chained to begin with. Not much of a life for the poor animal). When Breeze broke free of her chain she ran toward a man walking his dog. Not surprisingly, the man felt he and his dog were about to be...