Posts tagged General Personal Injury

• Defective Toys Recalled - Kids in Coma

  Susy Owen | November 10, 2007 6:41 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It is no secret that there has been recall upon recall of products being exported from China. The latest recall, however, has to be one of the worst. It involves beads used in childrens' toys that motabolize into the "date rape drug" (gamma hydroxy butyrate) when ingested, and ingested it was.The toy is known as "Agua Dots," and is distributed by a Toronto-based company. The beads were also...

• New Procedures in Hospitals Can Reduce MRSA Infections

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

  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...

• Sexual Misconduct by Driver on School Bus

  Susy Owen | February 06, 2008 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  When parents put their children on a school bus, the worst thing they probably fear is a school bully harassing their child or, at worst, a traffic accident. However, on this particular Durham, Connecticut bus the unthinkable happened to some of the children onboard. Anthony Mathre, school bus driver for the Durham/Middlefield school district, has been charged with one count of sexual assault in...

• Amtrak Train Collided with Woman's Body.

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

  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...

• The Dangers of Polypharmacy

  Susy Owen | September 20, 2007 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Most people realize the problems that can arise from drug interaction. The elderly are particularly vulnerable. As a rule, many people need medications as they age, and as a result, there are many opportunities to have a dangerous combination of pills in one's system. Take this story, for example: A 78-year-old woman was found unconscious on the floor of her apartment by a neighbor. She could...

• Auto Accident Becomes a Hit-and-Run

  Susy Owen | June 01, 2007 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Early this morning in San Francisco, a 70-year-old male pedestrian was struck by a hit-run-driver. After the auto accident, San Francisco police Sargent Neville Gittens said "He ended up on the hood of the vehicle and the vehicle continued for about 25 feet with the victim on the hood. "The suspect stopped the vehicle, and the victim rolled off the hood onto the street." Imagine, the driver only...

• L'Oréal Recalls Hair Color

  Susy Owen | January 28, 2008 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  L'Oréal has announced a voluntary recall of L'Oréal Paris Dream Blonde Bleach and Lightening Care Kit due to misprinted directions. At this time, the recall involves U.S. retail stores only. Retailers carring the product have been notified. It has been estimated that several hundred consumers have purchased the product. The company received a customer complaint of irritation to the scalp...

• Lawsuits Against Vioxx Continue

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

  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...

• Accuracy of 9/11 Health Reports Is Questioned

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

  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...

• $25.8 Million Awarded In Wrongful Death Suit

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