December 05, 2012
A motorcycle rider who was seriously injured in an accident at a dangerous intersection has been awarded more than $31.5 million by a jury which found the California Department of Transportation partly responsible. The accident occurred in 2009 on Highway 138 in Pinon Hills and resulted in David…
December 01, 2012
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
JELD-WEN Recalls Interior Bifold Doors Due to Impact Hazard - 170,800
Dorel Juvenile Group Recalls Eddie Bauer Rocking Wood Bassinets Due to Infant Suffocation Hazard - 97,…
November 28, 2012
In 2004, 12-year-old Jonathan Reynolds fell on a nail. The Tennessee boy was taken to Dyersburg Regional Medical Center but hospital personnel reportedly failed to take adequate procedures to avoid an infection and did not administer the proper antibiotics. The result was catastrophic. Jonathan…
November 24, 2012
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
Taphandles Recalls Ceramic Beer Tap Handles Due to Laceration Hazard - 24,000
Trend Lab Recalls Children's Upholstered Chairs Due to Laceration and Choking Hazards - 16,850…
November 21, 2012
After a rash of spine operations went bad, it was discovered that one of the doctors performing the procedure at a New Mexico hospital had allegedly faked his credentials -- he wasn’t even a surgeon at all. That revelation and other problems resulted in the Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center…
November 17, 2012
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
Sharper Image USB Wall Chargers Recalled by Atomi Due to Fire and Burn Hazards - 80,000
Graco Recalls Classic Wood Highchairs Due to Fall Hazard - 86,000
GE Recalls Front…
November 14, 2012
New York City has paid out more than a half billion dollars over the last four fiscal years to pay for medical mistakes at its 11 public hospitals, according to a report in the New York Daily News citing city records. The tab – paid ultimately by taxpayers -- came to $134 million in the last…
November 07, 2012
A jury handed down a $100 million verdict against a hospital for a Staten Island teenager who suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of a premature birth. The case took years to litigate. The baby is now 17-year-old Stephanie Debes, who, along with a twin sister, was born three months early after…
October 31, 2012
Cases of colon cancer among younger people is on the rise even as the rate for those older than 50 decreases, a phenomenon that is leading to more missed diagnoses. Such was the case for a 44-year-old Maryland woman who seven years ago went to doctors with all the symptoms of colorectal cancer,…
October 24, 2012
Bradley Birkenfeld has gone from prison inmate to multi-millionaire in fairly short order. The former banker served 31 months behind bars for helping a former client at UBS AG hide his wealth from the Internal Revenue Service. But he also blew the whistle on a wide tax-evasion scheme by the giant…
October 17, 2012
A new report out of Johns Hopkins estimates that diagnostic errors may cause as many as 40,500 patient deaths in hospital intensive care units. The university’s patient safety experts say the number of deaths of critically ill hospital patients die with unknown medical conditions may exceed the…
October 11, 2012
A dozen people have died and more than 100 have been sickened by an outbreak of meningitis caused by a steroid spinal injection contaminated with a fungus. The unsafe drug, used to treat back pain, was made by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy and was sold to 75 clinics throughout 23 states.…
October 03, 2012
A doctor at a Cincinnati-area hospital had ordered and charged Medicare for as many as 8,000 vascular tests of patients. Just one problem – he wasn’t bothering to properly read them, if they were read at all. A former employee at the hospital blew the whistle and filed a lawsuit in the case, which…
September 29, 2012
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
Death of Child Prompts Recall of Window Blinds by Blind Xpress 139,000 custom-made vertical and 315,000 horizontal blinds
Legrand Wiremold Recalls Power Strips Due to…
September 26, 2012
Seven years after a deadly explosion at an oil refinery in Texas City, BP Plc has agreed to pay another $13 million to settle fines over safety violations revealed in the aftermath of the tragedy. The explosion left 15 workers dead and 170 others injured. It occurred when a cloud of volatile…