September 12, 2013
The U.S. Justice Department has obtained a $1.1 million settlement against the Fluor Corp. of Washington state based on allegations filed by a former contracting official for the company. Whistleblower Loydene Rambo made the claim through the federal False Claims Act, which allows citizens who sue…
September 11, 2013
A well-known doctor has pleaded guilty to one of the largest medical fraud cases involving a sole practitioner. The physician, who owned and operated several cardiology centers in New York and New Jersey, provided the same diagnostic medical testing to thousands of patients whether they needed it…
September 01, 2013
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
154,000 ESL, Interlogix Hard-Wired Smoke Alarms Recalled Due to Failure to Alert Consumers of a Fire
CoScentrix Recalls 126,000 Candles in Metal Tins Due to Fire Hazard…
August 14, 2013
A Connecticut man was walking across the street when a car traveling at least 30 mph in excess of the speed limit clipped him, severing his leg. The vehicle was being driven by someone who was sworn to uphold the law and protect the citizenry – a state police officer. The cruiser was moving at 75 m…
August 07, 2013
In a strange case of a “vanishing” ovary, Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld a $2.4 million medical malpractice award for the family of a woman who died of ovarian cancer. The husband of Sharon Zawatski filed suit against a surgeon and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center claiming her…
July 31, 2013
An elderly Washington state woman was seriously injured when a shuttle driver pushed her wheelchair out a back door before the wheelchair lift had been opened and set in place. Labeeba Alim fell to the ground and an employee fell on top of her, according to a news report of the case. She suffered…
July 25, 2013
The use of robotics is the latest thing in operating rooms these days. A multi-armed robot named “da Vinci” was used in 367,000 surgeries nationwide last year, triple the number of four years earlier. But now, according to an Associated Press report out of Chicago, the high-tech – and heavily…
June 28, 2013
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
Gerber Recalls 80,000 Machetes with Stitched Sheaths Due to Laceration Hazard
IKEA Recalls 11,000 LYDA Jumbo Coffee/Tea Cups Due to Burn Hazard
Philips Recalls 8,100 Metal…
June 26, 2013
An elderly Washington state woman was seriously injured when a shuttle driver pushed her wheelchair out a back door before the wheelchair lift had been opened and set in place. Labeeba Alim fell to the ground and an employee fell on top of her, according to a news report of the case. She suffered…
June 23, 2013
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
96,000 Strollers Recalled by Kolcraft Due to Projectile Hazard
Kichler Lighting Recalls 48,900 Chandeliers Due to Injury Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Lowe’s Stores
20,700…
June 19, 2013
Improper roadway cleanup from an earlier storm and "ponding" that resulting from poor drainage made the Oakwood Beach intersection on Staten Island, N.Y, a hazardous place in the winter of 2004. On one particular afternoon, Christopher Litrell Jr., 10 years old at the time and attempting to walk…
June 12, 2013
In yet another terrible car crash involving a police vehicle, the City of Lansing recently agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man seriously injured in a 2009 accident. Christopher Morofsky, now 26, was a back-seat passenger in a car that was struck by a police cruiser that was…
June 05, 2013
Routine wisdom tooth surgery that ended in the death of a teenager in 2011 recently ended in a legal settlement of the case. The Baltimore Sun, reporting on the medical malpractice case recently, noted that 17-year-old Jennifer Michelle "Jenny" Olenick died after being deprived of oxygen during the…
June 01, 2013
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
Pottery Barn Kids Recalls 12,000 Sweet Lambie Crib Bumpers Due to Entanglement Hazard
KTM North America Recalls 7,000 KTM and Husaberg Motorcycles Due to Crash Hazard
6,…
May 29, 2013
A wrong diagnosis resulted in the amputation of a woman’s foot, a jury in Spokane found in awarding $813,000 to the woman in a medical malpractice case. Darlene Turner claimed in a civil suit that her doctor failed to perform an appropriate physical when he diagnosed her as having terminal cancer.…