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Feb-27-12 Locust Grove, OK Bob says he was fit and healthy his entire life, but after just two months in Iraq he still suffers a litany of health problems. The only explanation Bob can come up with is that he was exposed to toxic fumes from military open burn pits —he was stationed at Balad Air Force base, notoriously known for the worst burn pit operations... - Railroad Injuries Take Steam out of Man's Life
Jun-18-08 Rocky Mount, NC Over his 32 year career as a brakeman with CSX Transportation, Bud has developed a litany of injuries. Now retired, his railroad-related injuries cause him constant pain and he is seeking compensation for his broken health. "My first accident happened in 1970," says Bud. "I was rolled between a train car and a fence. To free me they ha... - Contaminated Heparin Cost Maureen a New Kidney and Stopped Her Heart Four Times
Jun-6-08 Pleasanton CA Ron's wife Maureen has end stage renal disease. She needs a new kidney in order to live. She was scheduled to receive that kidney in February, 2008. But two weeks before her surgery Maureen used a vile of contaminated heparin while doing her haemodialysis, and it very nearly killed her. Today, she is lucky to be alive. "My wife was due... - "Chantix Overwhelmed Me"
Jun-6-08 Rogersville, TN "It's funny that everything started at the same time—nausea, pressure on my chest and all my mental problems; these symptoms happened almost immediately after I started to take Chantix ," says Angie. "About a few days after I started taking Chantix I was getting ready for work and had an 'episode'," says Angie. "I was drying my hair a... - Overdosing on Digitek
May-31-08 Kissimmee, FA Paul's wife had a heart attack in '95 but made a remarkable recovery and started taking Digitek . But she experienced other problems: coincidentally, she suffered the same complications listed on Digitek's website, namely nausea, fatigue and irregular heartbeats. And death. "My wife passed away on February 24th; we were high-school sweet... - Yamaha Rhino Rollovers: Two Die in Two Separate Rollovers on the Same Day
May-30-08 Marshall, TX An all-terrain vehicle that may be more familiar to people lying on its side than on all four wheels is the subject of yet another lawsuit alleging a dangerous design, as users of the popular Yamaha Rhino ATV continue to suffer serious injuries, or even death. Ryan Rogers, of Bossier City, Texas claims that he was injured in a car acci... - Digitek Defect: Twice the Size, Twice the Dose
May-20-08 Sacramento, CA The Digitek recall has gone to the dogs—literally. That's what happened when Georgia Vonk got the call from her pharmacist that Bailey P. Vonk's Digitek heart medication had been recalled for adverse reactions including nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, cardiac instability, and even death. In a dog, it can also cause gagging... - Eight-Car Accident in Boston Rush Hour
May-14-08 Boston, MA A 38 Year-old man with a long history of traffic violations put two people in hospital this month, when he lost control of his vehicle, in what would become a bizarre truck accident. At about 7:30 in the morning Timothy Newton was driving a New England Delivery box truck carrying highly flammable medical supplies bound for Franciscan Children... - Icy Hot Heat Therapy Patch: "It's Like the Patch Ate My Skin"
Apr-30-08 Clinton Township, MI When Adela first put on the Icy Hot Heat Therapy Patch before her vacation, she thought she was making her trip more comfortable. Instead, she suffered serious burns, which wrecked her vacation and caused permanent scarring. Now, Adela is left wondering how a product designed to ease her discomfort could have wound up causing her so... - DirecTV: Consumers Angry About Cancellation Fees
Apr-21-08 Seattle, WA Cell phone customers are not the only ones complaining that they are being charged too much for cancellation fees : customers of DirecTV are also upset that they are being unfairly charged for terminating their service. Much like the cell phone companies, DirecTV is apparently using changes to customer contracts as a reason to extend those c... - Chantix Not for Everyone
Apr-15-08 New York, NY Angela was prescribed a six-month supply of Chantix in January of this year. By her second pack, "I would look at a knife and the thought was there—I just wanted to get my life over with," she says. Angela isn't too impressed with her doctor. Or her therapist or her pharmacist. She was already diagnosed with clinical depression after... - Is Fracking Causing Earthquakes?
Jan-4-12 Cleveland, OH A recent earthquake in Ohio has experts debating whether activities related to hydraulic fracking for natural gas, which involves high-pressure liquid injection, may be the cause. On New Year's Eve a 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of approximately 2 miles. As a result, Ohio's Department of Natural Resources suspended opera... - No Signal Protection for Railroad Workers Cause for Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Accident
Mar-22-08 Washington, D.C. A conclusion has been reached by the National Transportation Safety Board in relation to the train accident that included a Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) train with a maintenance vehicle. The train accident involving the injury to railroad workers occurred in Woburn, MA on January 9, 2007. The MBTA team that investigated... - Best Buy Price Match: An Insider's View
Mar-18-08 Beverly Hills, CA Customers of Best Buy stores have been having difficulty with the chain's Price Match policy, which appears to promise a practically universal price match in Best Buy promotion and marketing, but contains so many exclusions in the fine print that the effective usefulness of the policy is gutted. What's more, an employee of Best Buy... - Motorcycle Student Pays for Instructor's Mistake
Mar-16-08 Broad Brook, CT: A motorcycle accident was the last thing James expected during a motorcycle training course, especially since the instructor was at fault. Yet he found himself with a hefty repair bill and the possible rise in his insurance rates. "Our class had just finished taking a test for the motorcycle safety course," James recalls, "when the... - Duragesic Fentanyl Patches: One Mother's Story
Mar-3-08 Stafford, VA: For those who think it is impossible to die from using a Duragesic fentanyl patch, Helen's story should make you think again. Helen's son died from fentanyl poisoning on July 22, 2006. Helen (not her real name) says her son met an older woman approximately two months before he died. A month after meeting her, he decided to move in with... - Rochester Meat Recall: Interview with E. Coli Wars Veteran
Feb-19-08 Seattle, WA Bill Marler is the managing partner of Marler Clark LLP, a Seattle law firm specializing in food safety law. He has been in the thick of food safety litigation since the 1993 Jack in the Box incident--when E. coli contaminated hamburgers sold by the restaurant chain sickened hundreds and cost the lives of four children. More recently, Marler an... - Burn Injury: Hospital Fires a Hot Topic
Jan-29-08 Coon Rapids, MN: Little wonder we fear fire, so—not only can it do so much damage to property, but fire can lead to burns , which can be the most painful injury to have, and can be the most expensive to treat. Imagine the horror when a burn injury happens to a 12-hour-old child. Tragically, that's exactly what happened to a newborn in Coon R... - Whistleblower: "They dug themselves a deep hole"
Dec-19-07 Eugene, OR When Ray Boutilier was evacuated from New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he hoped to build a new life in Eugene, Oregon. Little did he know that he would become a whistleblower swept up in a hurricane of labor law violations, illegal gambling, and employer blacklisting. In November 2005, Boutilier (not his real name due to ongo... - Totino's and Jeno's Pizza Recall: Food Poisoning Lawyer Bill Marler Weighs In
Dec-14-07 Seattle, WA "General Mills Totino's and Jeno's pizza E.coli outbreak is a relatively small outbreak in relationship to others," says food poisoning lawyer Bill Marler. " Therefore, wage loss and medical bills would be a small amount of money to pay for goodwill in this case." Although small by outbreak standards, the [ frozen pizza recall ] sent many...