- Chrissie Cole | December 31, 2010 12:35 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
Slushy sidewalks are hard to avoid this time of the year, and for some it can be life-threatening. In fact, emergency rooms have seen a spike in elderly slip and fall patients.
The most common...
- Paul Napoli | December 30, 2010 11:52 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDecember 30, 2010
Chrysler Group LLC has issued three separate recalls totaling more than 144,000 vehicles for safety defects that could result in a crash or injury in a crash.
The first recall...
- Paul Napoli | December 29, 2010 10:16 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeDecember 29. 2010
In a commentary published today in a medical journal, physicians urge surgeons to disclose a lack of sleep to patients before elective surgical procedures because it may increase...
- Paul Napoli | December 29, 2010 1:39 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesDecember 28, 2010
Forty-five employees of La Mar Plastics in Freeport, NY on Long Island required medical attention due to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning after a leak of the deadly gas at the plant...
- Paul Napoli | December 28, 2010 1:09 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)December 27, 2010
An accident in an elevator at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY has left one woman in critical condition from severe injuries to her leg.
According to myfoxny.com,...
- Chrissie Cole | December 27, 2010 11:57 AM |
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Workplace Injuries
No one was injured when the roof on a Brooklyn warehouse collapsed, according to authorities.
The accident, at the one-story building located at Fifth Avenue and Second Street happened at 12:45...
- Paul Napoli | December 26, 2010 9:34 PM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsDecember 26, 2010
Abbott Diabetes Care, a division of Abbott Laboratories, is voluntarily recalling 359 million test strips used by diabetics to monitor blood glucose levels.
According to the U.S...
- Chrissie Cole | December 23, 2010 8:44 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsQVC, working in cooperation with the CPSC, has issued a voluntary recall of metallic spinning candle holders due to a potential fire hazard to consumers.
To this date, there have been 19...
- Paul Napoli | December 21, 2010 11:46 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDecember 21, 2010
Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to pay $32 million dollars in penalties, in addition to $16 million the company paid already earlier this year, for failing to report sudden...
- Paul Napoli | December 21, 2010 12:42 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsDecember 20, 2010
A new study shows that people taking acid suppression medications such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and histamine-2 receptor antagonists, called H2 blockers, may encounter an...
- Paul Napoli | December 20, 2010 12:06 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesDecember 19, 2010
Across the United States, millions of Americans are drinking tap water contaminated with chromium-6, a pollutant known to cause cancer.
A report scheduled for release on Monday...
- Chrissie Cole | December 19, 2010 6:19 PM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Select packages of dog and cat food have been recalled by The Kroger Co. in 19 states because the products pose a health risk to pets.
According to the company, the recall involves some bags of...
- Paul Napoli | December 18, 2010 12:40 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsDecember 17, 2010
The Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, the world’s largest manufacturer of healthcare products, has had a bad week, with another recall of millions of products,...
- Chrissie Cole | December 17, 2010 5:55 PM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Sally Jackson Cheese has issued a voluntary recall of its cheeses due to a possible E. coli contamination. The FDA, in cooperation with other state and local public health agencies, urges...
- Paul Napoli | December 16, 2010 7:45 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsDecember 16, 2010
As cold weather sets in and consumers use alternate sources of heating such as portable heaters, they should be aware of a recall affecting 2.2 million heaters sold at Wal-Mart...
- Paul Napoli | December 15, 2010 11:47 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsDecember 15, 2010
In a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) public meeting today, the agency voted unanimously to approve new regulations that set mandatory requirements for strength and...
- Paul Napoli | December 15, 2010 12:01 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsDecember 14, 2010
McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. and part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, has announced a recall of Rolaids products due to reports of...
- Paul Napoli | December 13, 2010 11:00 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDecember 13, 2010
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. announced that the company is recalling 94,000 model year 2011 Sienna Minivans due to a defect that could affect the vehicle’s brakes.
This...
- Chrissie Cole | December 12, 2010 12:18 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
Starting July 1, New Yorker’s can expect to be charged a “crash tax” if they require the Fire Department to come to the rescue.
In these tough economic times, N.Y. will join...
- Chrissie Cole | December 11, 2010 12:24 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidents
Miracles do happen. Six people suffered non-life threatening injuries when a minivan was crushed between a city bus and a tractor-trailer during a chain-reaction crash in Queens.
The accident...
- Chrissie Cole | December 09, 2010 10:59 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
Onondaga County will pay a Cicero woman $75,000 to settle a lawsuit that stems from a slip and fall accident that happened on the county-owned plaza outside the Everson Museum of Art.
The woman,...
- Chrissie Cole | December 03, 2010 6:41 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
American Tack & Hardware Co., working in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), issued a voluntary recall of Forever-Glo Nite Lites because they may have an electrical...
- Chrissie Cole | December 02, 2010 6:22 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall over more than 6 million Roman shades and 5 million roll-up blinds due to a strangulation hazard to small children..
To this date,...