InjuryBoard Santa Clarita Archives

• Southwest Misses Required Plane Inspections!!!

  Susy Owen | March 29, 2008 6:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Hopefully Southwest will receive a penalty of $10.2 million from The Federal Aviation Administration due to flying close to 50 aircrafts subsequent to admitting to regulators that they had missed required safety inspections for cracks in their older planes. In case that is not bad enough, it has come to light that The Federal Aviation Administration, did not ground the Southwest planes last year...

• FDA's Inspection of Heparin Plant in China Completed

  Susy Owen | March 19, 2008 3:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Since it has been determined that an active ingredient in heparin, which was put on the market by Baxter, came from China, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed an inspection of the plant. The plant is owned by the supplier of an active ingredient in heparin. The FDA were hoping to gain insight into the cause of the adverse effects that consumers are experiencing while using the...

• 8 Killed While Watching Illegal Street Cace

  Susy Owen | March 11, 2008 5:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Most everyone knows to stay away from the dangers of illegal street racing. Yet, sometimes danger comes from a place that is least suspected. That was the case on Saturday on an isolated stretch of highway, about 20 miles south of Washington. As a group of street racing fans gathered to watch an illegal car race, a car plowed into the group killing 8 people and scattering bodies in every...

• Health Clinic Exposes Patients to Hepatitis & HIV

  Susy Owen | March 08, 2008 5:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Southern Nevada Health District is in the process of notifying approximately 40,000 patients of a local medical clinic about potential exposure to hepatitis C. This notification comes after an investigation of several cases of the illness. The clinic in question is located at 700 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas. Apparently, patients who received anesthesia between March 2004 and January 11, 2008 at...

• Dreyer's Recalls Due to Undeclared Nuts

  Susy Owen | March 04, 2008 6:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream has voluntarily recalled Dreyer's Slow Churned® Light Caramel Delight ice cream and Slow Churned Light Butter Pecan ice cream due to undeclared pecans. This could cause an allergic reaction that could be potentially life-threatening to an unsuspecting consumer. Ninety cartons in all are being recalled. The problem is that the sides of the Slow Churned Light cartons...

• Kurita's Bill Would Toughen Pet Laws

  Susy Owen | March 01, 2008 6:08 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  Tennessee's State Senator Rosalind Kurita of Clarksville is looking for accountability. And now she will introduce a bill that will provide that accountability for pet owners. The bill is known as "permissive legislation." In the event of a dog attack the case would go to General Sessions Court. Currently a dog attack case would go before a Circuit Court judge, which would assure a fine of $50...