InjuryBoard Santa Clarita Archives

• $25.8 Million Awarded In Wrongful Death Suit

  Susy Owen | August 28, 2007 3:52 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In 2002 a Florida woman, Beth Hippely, was prescribed the blood thinner Warfarin as part of her cancer treatment. However, when she received her filled prescription from the Deerfield, Illinois based Walgreens, it was ten times the strength that her doctor has prescribed and subsequently caused her to have a stroke and eventually die. As a result, The company was sued for negligent breach of...

• Microsoft Recalls Defective Product

  Susy Owen | August 25, 2007 8:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Microsoft has decided to voluntary recall of a defective product. Customers will be provided with a replacement part to its Xbox 360. It will give its customers a Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel, which were manufactured between 2006 and 2007. There is a concern that the defective product, wheel chassis, may overheat. To date there have been no reports of personal injury or property damage. If...

• Sex Scandle for Bradenton Police

  Susy Owen | August 19, 2007 7:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Bradenton police officials have a police misconduct scandal of sorts on their hands. It is believed that on-duty officers were having sex with a prostitute. Bradenton City Council, as well as others, are calling for an independent investigation into the matter.It seems that the prostitute talked. Her name is Dawn Marie Gibson. Ms. Gibson freely admits that not only is she a prostitute but she is...

• More bodies found after bridge collapses

  Susy Owen | August 17, 2007 7:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Tragically, two more bodies have been found since the fall of the I-35W bridge. The remains of Vera Peck, 50, and Christina Sacorafas-Mosher, 45, have been identified. They are the 10th and 11th victims. Ms. Mosher had recently moved from San Diego. Vera Peck was a mother of three. Vera died from drowning and Christina died from blunt-force injuries. The remains of Vera's 20-year-old son,...

• Child is Backed Over by a Vehicle

  Susy Owen | August 12, 2007 6:38 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Herlinda Luna was on her way to the grocery store. The last thing she expected was a traffic accident. She was a passenger in a vehicle that was traveling at two miles per hour while backing out of her home. Her one year old grandson was somehow unsupervised and was behind the vehicle and could not be seen. "We just heard a thump," said a sobbing Luna as friends and family members hugged her.The...

• Criminal Charges Filed in Big Dig Auto Accident

  Susy Owen | August 11, 2007 6:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On July 10, 2006 a man driving a Buick with his wife in the passenger seat through the Interstate 90 connector tunnel in Boston experienced a nightmare when 26 tons of concrete panels fell from the ceiling of the tunnel and crushed his wife, the passenger in the vehicle. The panels simply became detached and fell on the vehicle. The passenger died while the driver had only minor injuries.It...

• Beans May be Contaminated with Botulism

  Susy Owen | August 10, 2007 6:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Another warning from the FDA - don't eat the beans- not the French Cut Green Beans in 14.5 ounce cans manufactured by Lakeside Foods Inc, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin brand anyway. It appears that there is concern that there may be botulism present. As many are aware, botulism is extremely potent and is defiantly life-threatening. "The symptoms may include double vision, blurred vision, drooping...

• Dog Bites Can Happen Anywhere at Anytime.

  Susy Owen | August 04, 2007 12:37 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  Michael Stuart, 52, of Aberdeen, Scotland, was helping a hospitalized friend out by watching his dog, an Alsatian a.k.a. German Shepard. He took the friend's dog out for a walk when a passer-by a man walked by Stuart and the dog at a brisk pace. What happened next was most unfortunate; the dog took flight as the victim walked by and bit him in the groin, of all places. As a result of the...

• Infant Ejected from Vehicle Dies Due to Defective Product

  Susy Owen | August 03, 2007 12:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  There is nothing more tragic than an avoidable death of an infant. Tragically, four-month-old Tyler Malcomb died after his mother swerved to avoid a driver who was passing her Suburban illegally. Tyler's Evenflo-manufactured child-safety seat broke in a rollover. When the incident occurred, the "On My Way" seat broke off, and Tyler was ejected about 60 feet from the site of the incident. It is...

• Bridge Collapses at Least Six People Dead

  Susy Owen | August 02, 2007 12:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  To the shock and dismay of Minnesotans, Interstate 35W bridge, which stretches between Minneapolis and St. Paul, was in the midst of being repaired when it collapsed yesterday during rush hour traffic. According to Mayor R.T. Ryback announcement, four hours after the disaster, there are at least six people known to be dead and another 20 are missing. Given the severity of the collapse and the...