Miscellaneous

• Accuracy of 9/11 Health Reports Is Questioned

  Susy Owen | September 08, 2007 9:16 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  After the 9/11 attack, the center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, which is based at Mount Saini Medical Center, has examined in excess of 15,000 people who were both workers and volunteers at the tragic site. At the same time, they have overseen an additional 5,000 who were examined at various clinics. Those programs received more than $100 million federal dollars to aid in this...

• Amtrak Train Collided with Woman's Body.

  Susy Owen | September 07, 2007 9:13 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Police in North Carolina are looking into what could be a wrongful death. At approximately five a.m. on Friday, a train collided with the body of a woman. Initally, it was believed that the woman's death was caused by the train. Now, authorities are not so certain. The engineer of the train has been interviewed. He did see a woman on the tracks, but it was too late to stop by the time he saw...

• $25.8 Million Awarded In Wrongful Death Suit

  Susy Owen | August 28, 2007 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  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 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  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 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  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 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  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,...

• Criminal Charges Filed in Big Dig Auto Accident

  Susy Owen | August 11, 2007 6:36 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  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...

• Infant Ejected from Vehicle Dies Due to Defective Product

  Susy Owen | August 03, 2007 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  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 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  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...

• New Procedures in Hospitals Can Reduce MRSA Infections

  Jenny Albano | July 27, 2007 1:16 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  New procedures in hospitals could drastically reduce the number of infections patients receive during their stay at hospitals. Some hospitals have started having nurses swab the nasal passage of every incoming patient to test for drug-resistant bacteria. Those who are found positive are put in isolation rooms so other patients and medical personnel won't contract an infection. Also, hospitals...