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Navy Veterans and Mesothelioma

Posted on January 29, 2009
From the 1930's to the 1970's, the U.S. Navy used a large quantity of products containing asbestos in their ships. Virtually every ship constructed prior to 1970 was riddled with asbestos. No matter where you went on a ship, you were almost guaranteed to be exposed to the toxic chemical...

6-Year-Old Boy Dies at Monster Truck Show

Posted on January 28, 2009
A 6-year-old boy died at a monster truck show in Washington after pieces of one of the trucks hit the boy. One other person was injured in the truck accident.During the freestyle competition at the show, parts began flying off of a truck that was doing doughnuts...

Uninsured Drivers on the Rise

Posted on January 27, 2009
With our country in the midst of an economic recession, many people are trying to cut corners wherever possible in order to stay financially afloat. Unfortunately, not all people make wise decisions about what to eliminate from their budget in these tough times...

Massachusetts Doctor Pays $2 Million in Wrongful Death Suit

Posted on January 26, 2009
A Massachusetts jury has awarded the family of Priscilla Jardine $2 million in their wrongful death lawsuit against Dr. Debra Gail Knee, the doctor who delivered her baby in February 2004.Jardine was given labetalol, a blood pressure medication, during her Caesarean section birth back in 2004...

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Botched Deliveries Alleged in Two Erb's Palsy Cases

Posted on January 23, 2009
The mother of two children born a year apart alleges that Queens Hospital Center in New York City is responsible for each of them having a paralyzed arm. According to mother Annemarie Dhana, the doctors "yanked" both infants out of the womb in 2006 and in 2007 resulting in both children being diagnosed with Erb's palsy...

Young Girl Killed by Dog

Posted on January 22, 2009
Brianna Nicole Shanor, an 8-year-old girl from Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, died Monday after being attacked by a dog.Shanor had been staying with William Renda, a friend of her mother, for the past month. Renda has several large dogs on the property...

Ohio Court Deals Crushing Blow to Asbestos Cases

Posted on January 21, 2009
A recent Ohio Supreme Court decision has made it much more difficult for people to receive compensation on asbestos and mesothelioma claims. They ruled that a 2004 law enforcing more stringent regulations regarding asbestos claims can now be applied retroactively to cases filed before the law went into effect in 2004...

Salmonella Outbreak Leads to Peanut Butter Recall

Posted on January 20, 2009
A sudden salmonella outbreak has killed six people and left more than 470 others very sick across country. Salmonella is a dangerous bacteria that commonly causes food poisoning. People suffering from salmonella generally experience diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and a fever...

Computer Glitch Jeopardizes the Health of Many Veterans

Posted on January 19, 2009
The U.S. government is currently trying to promote the use of electronic medical records in hospitals across the country. This is a bipartisan effort, supported by both President Bush and President-elect Obama.In theory, electronic medical records seem like a great way to eliminate medical mistakes resulting from the use of paper records, such as unreadable prescriptions...

Plane Crashes into Hudson River

Posted on January 16, 2009
Yesterday afternoon, C.B. Sullenberger made the most harrowing flight of his career and narrowly averted disaster as he landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River. Despite landing in the frigid New York waters, there were no fatalities in the airplane accident, and very few passengers were injured...

Eli Lilly & Co. Settles Zyprexa Lawsuits

Posted on January 15, 2009
Eli Lilly & Co., the pharmaceutical company that manufactures Zyprexa, will pay $1.42 billion to settle federal and state civil and criminal lawsuits related to the drug. They have been charged with illegally marketing Zyprexa for an unapproved use...

High School Girl Suffers Brain Injury in Car Accident

Posted on January 14, 2009
Kristian Sales, a DeKalb County, Georgia high school student, suffered a brain injury and several broken bones after being hit by a car. The incident was a hit and run.Sales was walking across the street to get on a bus when she was hit in the auto accident...

Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Brain Shrinkage

Posted on January 13, 2009
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has come under fire recently due to studies linking it to an increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, blood clots, and breast cancer. Now two new studies have demonstrated that HRT also shrinks the brains of women over age 65...

Jardine Expands Crib Recall

Posted on January 12, 2009
Last week, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission declared that Jardine has announced an expansion of the voluntary recall for their cribs. The original recall took place in June and involved 320,000 cribs. This expanded recall will cover an additional 56,000 cribs...

Hospital Leaves Knife in Woman's Head

Posted on January 09, 2009
A Jacksonville, Florida woman is suing the doctors at Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center for medical malpractice after they left a piece of a knife in her head.In August 2005, Edith McQueen was attacked in an incident of random violence. The attacker knifed her in the face...

Ex-Marine Stabs Attacking Pit Bull to Save his Wife

Posted on January 08, 2009
Douglas Perry, an ex-marine, was forced to stab and kill a pit bull that attacked his wife and two dogs. Perry and his wife were walking their two dogs when they were approached by a pit bull. The pit bull attacked one of their dogs, a Siberian husky...

Fosamax Linked to Esophageal Cancer

Posted on January 07, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently released a statement detailing a link between the drug Fosamax and the development of esophageal cancer. Fosamax is used to treat osteoporosis in women and is manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Merk...

Man Charged with Elder Abuse and Neglect

Posted on January 06, 2009
A Port St. Lucie man was arrested on charges of abuse and neglect of an elderly person. Sadly, the person he has been charged with abusing is his 90-year-old mother.His mother, Anna Chuboff, fell at the home she shares with her son and was taken to the hospital for treatment...

Contractor Indicted in Crane Accident Deaths

Posted on January 05, 2009
William Rapetti, the contractor running the rigging company involved in a March construction accident in New York City, was indicted on homicide charges related to the incident. Seven people died last spring after a crane collapsed from a midtown Manhattan apartment tower...

Hospital Fined for Poor Patient Care

Posted on January 02, 2009
Bristol Hospital in Connecticut has been fined $4,000 for several instances of grossly poor and inappropriate patient care.One patient was given a dosage of medication ten times as strong as what was prescribed by the doctor. Another patient suffered severe burns during an MRI...

Wal-Mart Settles Class Action Lawsuits

Posted on December 30, 2008
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has recently settled 63 wage- and hour-abuse class action lawsuits across the country. This settlement ends a long legal battle that has extended for several years.Each settlement will still need to be approved by the courts. The total amount to be paid in each settlement will be determined by the number of claims filed by class members...

Pilot Has Breakdown During Flight

Posted on December 29, 2008
A co-pilot aboard an Air Canada flight was removed from the cockpit, restrained, and sedated after suffering a mental breakdown mid-flight. There were no injuries to the 146 passengers or nine crew members on the plane. Fortunately, an airplane accident was avoided despite the co-pilot's actions...

Plane Veers off Runway at Denver Airport

Posted on December 23, 2008
Catastrophe was narrowly averted in an airplane accident at Denver Airport this past Saturday. An aborted take-off of a Continental Airlines Boeing 737 jet injured 38 people, but fortunately all passengers survived the crash. Two people are still in critical condition...

Defective Transvaginal Mesh Products

Posted on December 22, 2008
span xmlns=''pIt is quite common for women to suffer from two vaginal conditions called pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). These conditions result from a weakening of the muscles in the pelvic region, generally following childbirth or surgery...

Bridge Collapses, One Person Dies

Posted on December 19, 2008
A pedestrian bridge collapsed this morning at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. One person died and 18 others were injured in the accident. There were at least 30 people on the bridge when it collapsed at 9 a.m. this morning. All of the people injured in the accident were construction workers who were building a new 600 foot, 45-foot long canopy walk...

EvenFlo Recalls Defective High Chairs

Posted on December 18, 2008
span xmlns=''pEvenFlo has recalled 95,000 Majestic High Chairs today due to a defect that has caused children to fall out. The company has received over 1,000 reports of parts falling off, leading to many injuries in young children.br //ppPlastic caps and metal screws on the side of the high chair have been coming loose, causing several parts, including the seat back, to fall off...

Macaulay Culkin's Sister Dies in Car Accident

Posted on December 17, 2008
span xmlns=""pMacaulay Culkin's older sister, Dakota, was hit by a car last week in Los Angeles. She stepped in front of a moving vehicle in West L.A. The driver followed all expected protocol for a href="http://www.burgsimpson.com/auto.html"auto accidents/a: he stopped the vehicle, tried to offer assistance to the injured victim, and provided police with all of his identification and insurance information...

Medtronic Recalls Sprint Fidelis Leads

Posted on December 16, 2008
Many pharmaceutical injury lawsuits are currently underway against Medtronic for their defective Sprint Fidelis leads. In 2007, the company voluntarily recalled their Sprint Fidelis lead after it was discovered that the product was prone to lead fractures...

Acanthamoeba Keratitis Lawsuits on the Rise

Posted on December 15, 2008
Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK) is a rare eye infection resulting in permanent vision loss or in extreme cases, blindness. The disease typically affects healthy people who wear contact lenses.Symptoms of AK include eye pain and redness, blurred vision, light sensitivity, sensation of something in the eye, and excessive tearing...

Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant Lawsuits on the Rise

Posted on December 12, 2008
Many personal injury lawyers across the country are receiving calls to evaluate potential defective product lawsuits over the Zimmer Durom Cup hip implant. Clinics have been reporting failure rates as high as 5.7% in association with the product.The Zimmer Durom Cup hip implant has been used with over 12,000 patients since being approved for use in 2006...

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