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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- FAA Warned About Concerns Before Mid-Air Plane Crash
Aug-13-09 Washington, DC Literally a month before the New York City plane crash that involved a mid-air collision with a tourist helicopter in the congested air corridor above the Hudson River, the US Department of Transportation slammed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for lax oversight of the 'on-demand' flight industry. The August 8th airplane crash... - MRI Health Risks and NSF/NFD: Interview with Attorney Debra DeCarli
Aug-13-09 San Francisco, CA Attorney Debra DeCarli represents clients who have been stricken with Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) or Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NFD), an incurable disease associated with MRI Health Risks . DeCarli is mainly focused on warning people at risk of developing NSF/NFD via gadolinium-based contrast agent used during an MRI or... - Amazon Faces Kindle Lawsuits
Aug-13-09 San Francisco, CA With the onset of new technologies comes the possibility that new a new breed of telecommunications lawsuit will emerge. These new media lawsuits have come about after consumer complaints regarding new media and telecommunications platforms, including the electronic book reader known as Kindle. Amazon, the maker of Kindle, now fac... - Everhart Trucking LLC and R&T Trucking Wrongful Death Settlement
On June 23, 2004 Emily Van Dyke was a passenger in a car pulled over for speeding. Just then, truck driver David Gale lost consciousness due to his degenerative multiple sclerosis and hit the Allegan County sheriff's deputy's cruiser, starting a chain reaction crash. The car Van Dyke was in was pushed into a ravine by the sheriff's cruiser and burst i... - Retiro por E. Coli por la Empresa de Carne Rochester
Todavia otra compañía ha anunciado una retirada de los productos de vaca. Esta vez, trata de recordar la Carne Co Rochester y se publicó después de que la compañía recibió informes de que seis personas cayeron enfermos después de comer sus hamburguesas de carne. Alrededor de 188000 libras de carne de r... - Lawyer Raises Objection to Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash
Aug-12-09 Troy, MI A young lawyer from Troy, Michigan was puzzled by the brownish stains that suddenly began to appear on this teeth, then he gradually started to make the connection between his new mouthwash and the dramatic changes he saw in the mirror. "I never had stains like this on my teeth until after I started using Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash," says Mark Ros... - Heparin Doesn't have to be Contaminated to be Dangerous
Aug-12-09 Boston, MA While the world has been focused over the last couple of years on Heparin contamination , there are other risks associated with Heparin injection. According to a recently published article by a noted expert on blood coagulation, Heparin reaction is a factor in some patients and it has nothing to do with tainted Heparin. Donna Castellone... - Health Canada Removes Bowel Cleansing Indication for OTC OSPs
Aug-12-09 Ottawa, ON: Concerns over oral sodium phosphate (OSP) continue, with the latest salvo in the OSP debate coming from Health Canada. Earlier this month the Canadian health agency declared that oral phosphate soda is no longer indicated for purgative use (bowel cleansing) due to a risk for OSP kidney damage, while stressing oral sodium phosphate product... - Attorney says Clock's Ticking on Filing Avandia Lawsuits
Aug-12-09 Minneapolis, MN If you believe you may have been harmed by the use of Avandia, it is important to note that your time to file a lawsuit against the maker of the drug could be running out. According to Stuart Goldenberg, senior partner at Goldenberg & Johnson, the statute of limitations in many states is coming up soon, and there still may be people w... - Defective Auto Lawsuit Launched One Year After Women Dies in Rollover
Aug-12-09 Texarkana, AR An auto defect involving a 2000 Ford Explorer that was allegedly responsible for the death of an Arkansas woman is the subject of a defective automobile lawsuit in Texarkana. An auto defect lawyer is representing the family of the late Mona Troutman. It was on August 11th of last year when Troutman lost control of her Ford Explorer an... - Salmonella Beef Outbreak Illness Rises While Cargill Refuses to Identify Where the Beef Was Sold
Aug-11-09 Fresno, CA As salmonella illness totals continue to rise, officials at Cargill, Inc. refuse to identify the grocery chains to which their contaminated beef was sold. Last Thursday, Beef Packers, Inc. (owned by Cargill, Inc.) recalled over 400 tons of ground beef shipped this summer because of a foodborne illness outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of S... - New York Car Accident Takes Eight Lives
Aug-11-09 Garden City, NY It was the car accident that grabbed headlines across the US. A woman drove the wrong way on a highway, causing a car crash that took eight lives. Now, while the victims' families contemplate filing a lawsuit, there are differing versions about what exactly caused the tragedy. What is known is this: Diane Schuler was returning home... - Spinal Pain Pumps Could Develop Tip Granuloma
Aug-11-09 Indianapolis, IN Much has been written about the shoulder pain pump and its role in shoulder injury occurring after shoulder surgery. However there are other kinds of pain pumps—including the kind that feed pain medication directly to the spinal cord for back pain. Unlike the shoulder pain pump, which was approved by the US Food and Drug Admi... - Asbestos Mesothelioma, A Plumber's Story
Aug-11-09 Dahlonega, GA After returning home from World War II, Margi's father began a career as a plumber, a career that would last many years, and in the end be responsible for his death. Mr. Hall was lethally exposed to asbestos during his work. He died of asbestos mesothelioma in 2004. "My father was diagnosed by accident," Margi said. "He had a routin... - This Barbecue Season, make your Burgers or Wieners Well Done
Aug-11-09 Guelph, ON Maple Leaf products may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes bacteria again, another foodborne illness , about one year after the company's listeriosis crisis that prompted Canada's nationwide recall and linked to the deaths of 22 Canadians. These latest affected products—9 varieties of wieners—were recalled after the comp... - Chinese Drywall: Literally Up Against the Wall
Aug-10-09 Port St. Lucy, FL Kim bought a new house in 2007 and leased it to a tenant who complained of Chinese drywall . "I had a home inspection done that indeed confirmed Chinese drywall problems and my tenant moved out, afraid of the effects it would have on their health," says Kim. Not only does Kim now have to deal with a reno, he has also lost rental revenu... - Zicam User Talks About Loss of Smell
Aug-10-09 Arlington Heights, IL For some people who took Zicam to treat symptoms of a cold, the cure might just be worse than the disease. The reason is that one of the more serious Zicam side effects is the loss of the sense of smell. This Zicam smell loss might be permanent and could, depending on a person's situation, be life-threatening. "In my experienc... - Yasmin Birth Control Containing Drospirenone Gives Birth to More Lawsuits
Aug-10-09 Washington, DC The newest form of birth control, Yasmin/Yaz , has given birth to a mass tort against Bayer Corp., the manufacturer. Several lawsuits filed in federal court claim that a new ingredient-- the progestin component called drospirenone—presents dangerous risk that the company failed to warn about. The lawsuits also claim fraudulent conce... - Reported Levaquin Side Effects "Life-Changing"
Aug-10-09 Southern Pines, NC When Melissa was first given the Levaquin antibiotic she very likely did not know about Levaquin side effects and how serious they could be. Since Melissa was given Levaquin, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a black box warning for the antibiotic, alerting patients to the risk of tendonitis (or tendinitis), ten... - Salmonella Beef Foodborne Illness Outbreak Spreads to 11 States
Aug-10-09 Fresno, CA Health officials have now reported that at least 27 people have fallen ill from a Salmonella Newport foodborne illness outbreak that prompted the recall of more than 412 tons of ground beef. The beef was manufactured by Beef Packers Inc. in Fresno, California, a unit of Minneapolis-based agribusiness giant Cargill, Inc. So far 21 cases...