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Norcold Refrigerators Pose Potential Fire Hazard Monaco Coach Corporation is recalling motor homes equipped with Norcold refrigerators. The manufacturer has noted a fatigue failure in the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant, which could allow the liquid to slowly leak. They note that extended operation of a leaking cooling unit could lea... - Carriage Issues Recall of Recreational Vehicles
Four Models Recalled Due to Fire Hazard Carriage is recalling 187 recreational vehicles, manufactured between 1999 and 2002, that are equipped with Norcold refrigerators. The manufacturer has noted a fatigue failure in the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant, which could allow the liquid to slowly leak. They note that extended operatio... - Estate of Seth Tobias: $25 million estate to be split as part of settlement.
Palm Beach, FL: (June-16-08) A settlement has been reached between Filomena Tobias, widow of frequent CNBC commentator Seth Tobias, and the hedge fund mogul's brothers, Samuel and Spence Tobias. The settlement, which still needs approval from a Palm Beach County court, will divide the $25 million estate between the brothers and the widow. While the Flori... - Westin Hotel reaches undisclosed settlement in valet driver negligence lawsuit.
St. Louis, MO: (Jun-04-08) An settlement has been reached in which a St. Louis Westin Hotel has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to a man allegedly injured in a car accident involving a Westin Hotel valet driver. The accident occurred at Spruce Street in downtown Saint Louis when the Westin driver was exiting the hotel driveway and crashed into the vehic... - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority agrees to pay $2.3 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
Washington, DC: (Jun-14-08) A $2.3 million settlement has been reached in a wrongful death matter in Washington, DC. Martha Stringer Schoenborn, 59, and her friend Sally Dean McGhee, 54, were struck by a Metro bus while in a downtown crosswalk. The lawsuit was filed by Gregory Schoenborn, husband of one of the victims. Metro driver Victor Kolako, pleaded... - State of Virginia to pay $11 million settlement in Virginia Tech massacre.
Richmond, VA: (Jun-17-08) A Virginia Circuit Court has approved an $11 million settlement for families of most of the victims in last year's Virginia Tech massacre. Families of 24 victims are set to receive $100,000 each, the maximum allowed by Virginia's liability limit, while 18 people injured during the rampage will receive up to the $100,000 maximum,... - Dietary Supplements Containing 6-OXO and 1-AD Pose Risk of Seizures and Blood Clots
Health Canada Warns Consumers About Supplments Used for Body Building Health Canada is warning consumers not to use the dietary supplements 6-OXO (4-androstene-3,6,17-trione) and 1-AD (1-androstenediol), or any other supplements containing the ingredients 4-androstene-3,6,17-trione or 1-androstenediol, due to potentially serious health risks such as sei... - Off-Road Motorcycle Clamp Kits Recalled by Tucker Rocky
Handlebars Can Separate if the Bolts Break Under Pressure About 12,000 Pro Taper clamp kits used with off-road motorcycles are being recalled by the distributor, Tucker Rocky Distributing, of Fort Worth, TX. There have been seven reports of bolts that hold the handlebars in place breaking. Some of the bolts included in the clamp kits (or sold sepa... - Greka Ordered to Clean-up Toxic PCBs
Bradley 3 Island Site Must Develop Clean-Up Plan Greka Oil and Gas has been ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to thoroughly evaluate their Bradley 3 Island facility and develop a plan to clean up polychlorinated biphenyls at the site. The order mandates investigation and cleanup remedies necessary to protect public health a... - Red Hat Inc. announces undisclosed settlement in patent infringement lawsuits.
Raleigh, NC: (Jun-11-08) A settlement agreement has been announced in two of three patent infringement lawsuits against Raleigh, NC-based Red Hat. Linux distributor, Red Hat, announced the deal, but did not disclose the financial terms of the settlement, although they did add the settlement protects not only Red Hat but also protects customers who rely o... - Safeway, Inc. agrees to pay nearly $2.8 million settlement in grocery store lawsuit.
Fairfield, CA: (Jun-12-08) A consumer protection lawsuit, filed against Safeway, Inc., has been settled according to the Solano County District Attorney's office. DA David Paulson announced Wednesday that his office, in conjunction with the DA's offices of Napa, Marin, Fresno, Santa Cruz and Sacramento counties, reached an agreement with Safeway, Inc. fo... - Lake Country and Land O Lakes Lamb Feed Recall
Elevated Copper Levels Found In Feed The Land O'Lakes Purina Feed plant in Fremont, Neb., has initiated a limited voluntary recall of four lamb feed products, packaged in 50-pound bags, due to the potential for higher than acceptable levels of copper. The first two products included in this recall (Honor Lamb Show Grower DX Pellet and Honor Lamb... - Personal Care Home owner agrees to pay $700,000 settlement in fraud lawsuit.
Philadelphia, PA: (June-11-08) Rosalind S. Lavin, former owner of four area Personal Home Care Centers, has agreed to pay $700,000 as part of a settlement in a fraud lawsuit. The suit accused the owners of diverting various Social Security benefits from use for the care of residents to the owners' own benefit, while it described the homes as unsafe, unsa... - Cablevision Systems Corp. agrees to pay $34.4 million settlement in options back-dating lawsuit.
New York, NY: (June-5-08) Cablevision Systems Corp. has reached a settlement agreement over its stock options award practices lawsuit. The New York State Supreme Court case was over Cablevision engaging in improper stock options backdating practices in awards given to executives and directors from 1997 to 2002. As part of the settlement, worth $34.4 mil... - Champaign County, IL agrees to pay $19,000 settlement in troubled nursing home suit.
Champaign County, IL agrees to pay $19,000 settlement in troubled nursing home suit. Urbana, IL: (May-24-08) The state of Illinois brought a lawsuit against Champaign County, over a troubled nursing home, which has run deficits of $100,000 a month and suffered $4 million in cost overruns. The suit also stated that the county failed to file proper paper... - Plane Crash: Lawsuits Hold Government Accountable
Aug-12-08 Lexington, KY It may seem impossible: holding the government responsible for a plane crash. After all, what does the government have to do with the day-to-day operations of a plane or an airline? However, recently filed lawsuits blame the government for plane crashes, arguing that the crashes were the result of either negligence on the part of an air tra... - Lawsuit Alleges MRI Dye Caused NSF
Aug-6-08 St. Louis, MI Lawsuits are now being filed against the makers of MRI gadolinium-based contrast dye alleging that the dye has caused Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) in patients who had kidney problems prior to undergoing their MRI. The suits allege that patients were not properly warned about the risk of NSF and the dye's makers did not adequately tes... - Milford Power Co.agrees to $38 million settlement in energy lawsuit.
Hartford, CT: (June-11-08) Milford Power Co. has agreed to a settlement which will reduce some of the extra charges consumers faced paying in upcoming years. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal indicates he has reached a settlement in which ratepayers will be refunded $4 million for charges already paid and will no longer have to pay $34 million in subsi... - Defective TruTech Televisions
Trutech TVs From Target Should Be Recalled Complaints are flooding the internet - complaints from people who bought TruTech TVs from the US retailer Target. The TVs are made by Dae Woo, China, for Target, as their house brand. The problem is they break down just months after purhase, and in some cases pose serious fire hazards. Furthermore, there is... - Liquimax Multivitamin Recalled
Food and Supplement Recalls Leiner Health Products Inc. announced that it is recalling its 32 ounce plastic bottles of Liquimax Complete Nutrition Multivitamin Formula, labeled with UPC Code 7497052290, 7497023607, or 7497023696 because the product may contain undeclared fish (not shellfish), tree nuts (almonds, pecans and/or walnuts), and wheat. The re...