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• Apple Announces Recall of Batteries Used in Previous iBook and PowerBook Computers Due To Fire Hazard

  Ricky Bagolie | August 31, 2006 12:24 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Rechargeable, lithium-ion batteries with cells manufactured by Sony for certain previous iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 notebook computers only.Units: About...

• South Carolina Sues Drug Companies for Price Scheme

  Ricky Bagolie | August 30, 2006 11:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The State of South Carolina has filed a lawsuit to recover over $40 million in taxpayer funds as the State believes several pharmaceutical companies fraudulently manipulated the prices of Medicaid and State Health Plan prescription drug claims. Attorney General Henry McMaster alleges that the pharmaceutical companies intentionally misreported the average wholesale price (AWP) of selected drugs...

• Jury awards $160 million in nursing home suit

  Ricky Bagolie | August 29, 2006 12:32 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A San Antonio jury awarded one of the larged civil judgements ever recorded when it found that a nursing home knowingly paired a frail 81 year old man with a violent, mentally ill roommate who visciously beat him to death.During the 2 week trial, attorneys for the plaintiffs offered evidence that Mendoza's roommate was involved in 30 assaults before he was paired with the decedant.From San...

• Nursing Home Neglect Still Rampant in America

  Ricky Bagolie | August 28, 2006 2:04 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Consumer Reports says nursing homes around the U.S. are still giving inadequate care for our loved ones and seniors. According to the report, not-for-profit homes generally provide better care than those operated for profit, although most, regardless of whether for profit or non-profit, fell well below the group's standards for a quality nursing home.

• 4 Dead, 4 Injured in NJ Turnpike Auto Accident

  Ricky Bagolie | August 27, 2006 1:56 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In anothe example of out of control killer trucks on our roads, four people were killed and four others were hospitalized last Monday in a six-vehicle crash that closed a portion of the New Jersey Turnpike.According to the AP, the accident on the roadway's northbound express lanes was caused when a truck hauling bricks was unable to stop as it approached slowed traffic, state police said. The...

• 10 Hurt As Out of Control SUV Plows Into N.Y. Market

  Ricky Bagolie | August 26, 2006 1:41 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A SUV driven by an 89-year-old man plowed into pedestrians and vendors at an open-air public market, injuring 10 people.According to the Associated Press:Police said Bernard Newmark was looking for a specific vendor at the Rochester Public Market when his foot slipped off the brake pedal and hit the accelerator, sending the vehicle through at least eight food stalls and into a shed.A total of...

• Testing urged for ex-Texas Vermiculite workers

  Ricky Bagolie | August 21, 2006 10:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  In another example of employers poisoning their workers and nearly a year after federal authorities revealed that hundreds of employees at the former Texas Vermiculite plant in West Dallas could have asbestos-related lung diseases, the state is getting ready to begin health screenings on the former workers.Workers exposed should be tested and those with disease may be eligible for treatment and...

• Merck Gets Hit For $50 million in Federal Vioxx Trial

  Ricky Bagolie | August 17, 2006 11:21 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A retired FBI agent who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller Vioxx is entitled to $50 million in compensatory damages from drug manufacturer Merck & Co., a federal jury found Thursday.The jury said Merck was negligent for failing to adequately warn doctors about the risks associated with the drug. The jury also found that Merck "knowingly misrepresented or failed to disclose"...

• Toxic Dust Found at WTC Site

  Ricky Bagolie | August 05, 2006 10:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  According to 1010 Wins, Demolition work at the Deutsche Bank building was suspended for one day this week after high levels of toxic dust were detected on the skyscraper's roof. Demolition was suspended Thursday and restarted yesterday after testing on July 28th revealed unacceptable levels of silica, which causes lung diseases."Any worker who contracts silicosis, asbestosis or any type of lung...

• Merck Fools Another Jury on Vioxx

  Ricky Bagolie | August 04, 2006 6:21 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A California jury has found in favor of Merck in Vioxx. The case was filed on behalf of an elderly man who suffered a heart attack as a result of taking Vioxx. Despite all of the evidence to the contrary, the jury determined that Merck did not conceal information nor did Vioxx cause his health problems. This is one of over 2000 lawsuits filed in California. Thousands of cases are also...

• Accident on New Jersey Turnpike Takes Fashion Model's Life

  Ricky Bagolie | August 01, 2006 8:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Whenever your car breaks down on the road you need to be extra careful. A promising young fashion model was killed last weekend on the New Jersey Turnpike. According to Herald Tribune:She was en route to the airport in a car-service sedan Saturday morning when the vehicle broke down in the center lane of the turnpike, and was rear-ended by another vehicle. The New Jersey State Police confirmed...