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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Tragic Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Ends in $2 Million Plaintiff Award
Aug-11-10 Marysville, OH A medical malpractice lawsuit with horrific emotional consequences has been settled with a $2 million judgment against a doctor who performed tonsillectomies on twin boys at Memorial Hospital of Union County in Ohio, in 2006. Following a two-week trial that amounted to a painful ordeal for the family, the jury on August 6th returned a ve... - Feds Intervene in Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit
Aug-11-10 Waycross, GA A Qui Tam Whistleblower lawsuit has been elevated to a formal complaint by the US Government after the feds decided to intervene in an action originally brought by a qui tam government whistleblower. According to the federal whistleblower act a private citizen can bring a lawsuit on behalf of the federal government and share in the proceed... - Two Killed in Major Missouri Auto Accident Involving School Buses
Aug-11-10 Grays Summit, MO A Missouri auto accident involving a tractor trailer, a pickup truck and two school buses full of high school band members has left two people dead and dozens of others injured. The John F. Hodge High School band was on its annual summer trip to Six Flags when disaster struck, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Details of th... - Teen Recovering from Dirt Bike-Caused Brain Injury
Aug-11-10 Santa Cruz, CA A German teen living in California is recovering from the brain injury he suffered as the result of a crash on a motorized dirt bike a number of weeks ago. Konstantin Thiess wasn't wearing a helmet when he crashed his bike into a brick and concrete column, which caused him to suffer a traumatic brain injury, according to the Santa Cruz... - Tour Bus Crash Kills 3
Aug-10-10 Salt Lake City, UT Three Japanese tourists are dead after the driver of the tour bus they were riding in lost control of the vehicle. A further 11 others were injured. The bus accident happened on Monday evening just outside Cedar City, the Utah Highway Patrol report. There were 14 passengers in the tour group, half of which had to be flown to hos... - Three Car Accident Kills Six Students
Aug-10-10 Bishop, CA Six people have been killed and 12 others injured in a multi-car accident just south of the town of Bishop. California Highway Patrol reports that one of the victims was a member of California Baptist University's cross country team. Dennis Cleland, speaking for the Highway Patrol, told MSNBC.com that three vans carrying the members of th... - Massive Securities Fraud and Ponzi Scheme Are Alleged in Florida
Aug-10-10 Hialeah, FL A massive securities fraud that has been described in terms ranging from stock investment fraud to a mushrooming Ponzi scheme has been uncovered in the Sunshine State, according to the August 9th edition of the Miami Herald . Luis Felipe Perez was indicted last week on federal charges, accused of conspiring with two others in a scheme to f... - NASA Chief, Former Senator in Fatal Alaska Plane Crash
Aug-10-10 Dillingham, AK A small plane crash in Alaska has killed at least five people, and unofficial reports suggest that former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens maybe among the dead. The private plane, en route from GCI Lodge on Lake Nerka to the town of Dillingham, crashed Monday night in rugged terrain near Dillingham... - Fired Detention Officer Sues Under Texas Labor Law, Seeks Reinstatement
Aug-10-10 Greenville, TX A Hunt County woman who has filed a Texas Employment lawsuit against her former employer will have her case heard in federal court. In her Texas labor and employment lawsuit, Laurie Stafford claims that the Hunt County Sheriff's Office knew about her disability when she was hired in late 2009—only to be placed on administrative lea... - Industrial Accident in China Kills 12
Aug-10-10 Nanjing, China An industrial accident in eastern China has left 12 people dead and another 300 injured. A major explosion caused by a broken gas pipeline recently rocked a plastics factory in Nanjing, the capital of the Jiangsu province, according to the Los Angeles Times . Chinese state news reports indicate that the blast happened when factory wo... - Several Virginia Homes For Sale have Chinese Drywall
Aug-10-10 Williamsburg, VA A 2,700 square-foot, five bedroom home in Williamsburg, Virginia, is listed at just $206,000, just four years after it sold for $383,000 because it contains tainted Chinese drywall . The Virginian-Pilot reports that this seemingly too-good-to-be-true property is just one of a number of houses that are on the market that contain Chi... - Stabbing Victim Sues Cops for Negligence
Aug-10-10 New Milford, CT A woman who was stabbed by her estranged husband outside of her home is suing the town of New Milford, Connecticut, for negligence , claiming that police should have prevented the attack. The Danbury News Times reports that Catherine Fergus was in her car at her home when her husband, who she was planning to divorce, stabbed her a n... - Reports of Injury Prompt Entertainment Unit Recall
Washington, DC: About 24,000 entertainment centers imported by American Signature Inc are being recalled because the centers' shelves can detach and fall onto consumers when the entertainment centers are moved. American Signature Inc has received four reports of the shelf above the television collapsing, causing two injuries. Injuries include a c... - California Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Possible E. coli
Washington, DC: Montclair Meat Co Inc, a Montclair, CA, establishment is recalling approximately 53,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The products subject to recall include: Various pound packages of "MONTCLAIR MEAT CO. GROUND BEEF" Various pound packages of "MONTCLAIR MEAT CO. ALL BEEF... - Plane Hits House, Kills 2
Aug-9-10 Pittsburgh, PA Two people have died in a small plane crash in Westmoreland County. The crash happened on Monday, August 9, when a twin engine Beech Baron BE-58 crashed into a house in the countryside. According to a report in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Westmoreland County Deputy Coroner Gerald Fritz said the victims have been tentatively identifie... - Law Firm Tycko & Zavareei Investigating Banks for Improper Overdraft Fees
Aug-9-10 Boston, MA If you thought you were safe from excessive bank overdraft fees and fee-increasing tactics because you keep your money with a regional bank, you might be in for a surprise. According to at least one law firm, smaller banks are also being investigated for improperly charging excessive overdraft fees. Jeffrey Kaliel, of the law firm Tycko &... - Sales of Yasmin and Yaz Down, Generic Competition Heightens Risks
Aug-9-10 Pittsburgh, PA While the decline in fortunes of Yasmin birth control —together with concern over Yaz side effects and Yasmin gallbladder problems—was not enough to prevent manufacturer Bayer from enjoying a 6.4 percent year-over-year growth in sales for its second quarter (Q2) of 2010, concerns over safety nonetheless caused sales of the Bay... - MRI Health Risks: Beware the Magnetized Projectile
Aug-9-10 Rochester, NY While concerns over MRI kidney through the use of MRI contrast side effects are well-known, there is also a sense amongst many in the general population that MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) carries the same risks for radiation as CT scans and x-ray. This is not the case. MRI is considered safe with few MRI health risks , save for those wi... - Risk of Adverse Events Seen with Long Term use of Inferior Vena Cava Filters
Aug-9-10 Washington, DC The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reporting that since 2005 it has received 921 adverse event reports involving IVC filters, of which 328 involved device migration, 146 involved embolizations (detachment of device components), 70 involved perforation of the IVC, and 56 involved filter fracture. The FDA is concerned t... - Decline in Sales Results in Byetta Makeover?
Aug-9-10 San Diego,CA Byetta makers are set to re-invent the drug, even though the jury isn't out on Byetta. The first byetta lawsuit was filed in August 2008, just two days after the FDA announced that it received six reports of hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis in patients taking the diabetes drug, two of whom died. Since late 2007 more reports of pancr...