InjuryBoard Santa Clarita Archives

• Auto Crashes and Safety Belts

  Susy Owen | May 26, 2007 10:56 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  "Click It or Ticket" is a campaign slogan you may have seen and/or heard. If you have, then you know the message is spreading. The campaign runs from May 21 through June 3. It is a zero-tolerance initiative that really is for the good of all. I know personally that not only will you get a ticket for not wearing a seat belt, but if your car is not a vintage model and therefor has a shoulder strap...

• Pet Food Contamination - Investigation Continues

  Susy Owen | May 25, 2007 10:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Due to pet food contamination, in April, China banned melamine, the ingredient that contaminated pet food. China has also announced that it would cooperate with U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA). Perhaps because they knew an announcement from the FDA was coming, ChemNutra announced publicly that their facility had been searched by the FDA. The FDA are in the process of determining whether...

• Defective Drugs and the Purdue Frederick Co., Inc

  Susy Owen | May 17, 2007 4:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  It was announced today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI), that the Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. will pay more than $600 million in order to resolve criminal charges in addition to civil liabilities stemming from their scheme to promote and sell the pain reliever OxyContin.Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. actually trained its sales...

• When Perscription Drugs Become Defective Drugs

  Susy Owen | May 16, 2007 5:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Drug manufacturers of antidepressant medications have been given one month to revise the current labeling of their products to include warnings of the increased risks of suicidal thinking and behavior in young adults ages 18 to 24- years-old during the first one to two months of treatment. Scientific data did not show that there is an increase in the risks of suicidal thinking and/or behavior in...

• Defective Products Not Good for ED

  Susy Owen | May 16, 2007 4:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Sometimes it is what you don't know that can hurt you. The Federal Drug Administration is warning consumers to be aware of the dangers associated with the use of True Man or Energy Max products. These products are promoted as a dietary supplement and as sexual enhancement products. Apparently, there are ingredients in these products that are simply not listed and therefore unknown to...

• Tainted Pet Food Recall Reaches Costco

  Susy Owen | May 15, 2007 3:51 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Costco has now joined a voluntary pet food recall in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration. The products involved in the recall contain rice protein and could potentially contain the chemical 'malamine," which is used as a fertilizer and in plastics. The pet food in question is 'Kirkland Signature Lamb and Rice canned dog food.' The focus is on 2-Flavor Variety Pack. The item number...

• Nursing Home Neglect Results in Death

  Susy Owen | May 13, 2007 6:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  It is a frightening thought that one day you may end up in a nursing home with care takers that do any but tend to your needs. I am not suggesting that there are not some excellent nursing homes out there. In fact there are many, but then there are the others. The kind that you hope you don't find yourself or a loved one in some day - such was the case in a Pierce County nursing home. It is...

• Tainted Pet Food - Getting to the Bottom of it

  Susy Owen | May 11, 2007 5:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  At this point and time the details are sketchy. However, it appears that two of the Chinese companies that produce the tainted products that made their way to the mouths of our beloved pets, have had their managers detained by the Chinese government. This comes on the heels of an investigation here in the U.S. by the Food and Drug Administration Unbelievably, the pet food recall involves almost...

• Judge Involved in Sexually Harassment Scandal

  Susy Owen | May 03, 2007 4:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Liz Overstreet filed a wrongful termination complaint to the Texas Work Force Commission in February of this year. Additionally, she filed a complaint with the Texas Judicial Commission. Overstreet claims that she was sexually harassed by the Lubbock County Sheriff's Court Bailiff Leroy Morrison. More specifically, her claim centers around inappropriate hugging by Morrison. Overstreet further...

• China Deliberately Adds Poison to Pet Food

  Susy Owen | May 01, 2007 12:02 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Since the pet food recall began in mid-March, pet owners have lived a nightmare. They have been forced to watch their animal friends die. The helpless animals that have not already died are seriously injured and/or near death and are fighting to stay alive.The chemical melamine, which is one of the chemicals that has been found in pet food, has apparently been used for years by the Chinese in...