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• Duragesic Fentanyl Pain Patch or Death Patch

  Sach Oliver | March 25, 2008 8:09 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  The Duragesic patch is designed to relieve pain by allowing Fentanyl to absorb through the skin into the bloodstream. The scary factor of this patch is that Fentanyl is a very potent opiate that is anywhere from 50 to 100 times more powerful than Morphine. These patches have a manufacturing and design defect that can cause too much Fentanyl to release into the bloodstream causing death. Money is...

• Residents Lose When Corporate America Buys Nursing Homes

  Dan Frith | March 25, 2008 6:23 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  There is a disturbing trend sweeping the American landscape for nursing homes. The era of small facilities run by a single family and operating out love and concern for the frail and elderly is long gone. Today, your mother's nursing home is probably part of a 20 or 30 facility chain. The corporate owners live in another state and there primary concern is making money...not taking care of...

• Tire Manufacturer Fights Wide Access To Records In Defective Tire Suit

  Brent Adams | March 25, 2008 2:45 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Cooper Tire Company has appealed to the 10th U. S. Circuit Court Of Appeals to fight an order of the lower federal court to produce records relating to the manufacture of tires.The families of several students of Utah State who died or received personal injuries from a van crash in 2005 have taken their lawsuit, which claims that the crash was caused by defective tires, to a federal court in...

• Oprah Winfrey Sued By Audience Member

  Brent Adams | March 25, 2008 2:27 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  A woman has filed a lawsuit claiming that while she was in Chicago, Illinois, she received personal injuries in a rush for seating at the set of the Oprah Winfrey talk show.According to the claims of Orit Greenberg, Harpo Studios exhibited negligence through their failure to control the audience during the December 5, 2006 incident. She filed the suit seeking damages in excess of...

• Fraud Possible for 4.2 Million Credit Card Numbers Stolen From Hannaford

  Shannon Weidemann | March 24, 2008 10:21 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Hannaford Brothers Company is an east coast grocery store chain serving millions of customers. Customers are being urged to check with their credit card and debit card companies this week after learning 4.2 Million numbers were stolen in a security breach. The data was not taken from a company database. The supermarket chain, the Hannaford Brothers Company, said the data were exposed when...

• Cantaloupes Recalled Due to Salmonella

  Shannon Weidemann | March 24, 2008 10:04 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Cantaloupes from Honduras have been recalled after concerns that they were contaminated with salmonella surfaced. There have been 50 reports in the United States of people falling ill after eating the cantaloupes. The recalled cantaloupes were distributed by Agropecuaria Montelibano. So far, 50 people have become sickened in 16 states and nine have become ill in Canada after eating the...

• Credit Card Numbers Stolen From Sweetbay

  Shannon Weidemann | March 24, 2008 9:40 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The Sweetbay Supermarket, a Florida chain of grocery stores, and Hannaford Bros. announced last week that 4.2 Million credit card and debit card numbers were obtained during store transactions. Over 1800 cases of credit card fraud have been reported. The credit & debit card numbers were illegally obtained during the card authorization process.Hannaford was notified of unusual credit card...

• Tejano Star Injured In Bus Wreck

  Brooks Schuelke | March 24, 2008 8:52 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  They say you've made it when people know you by one name. And in the world of Texas Tejano music, there are few, if any, bigger stars than Emilio. Unfortunately, the Grammy winner suffered serious injuries after a bus wreck this weekend. Emilio apparently sustained severe head injuries in the wreck, and he is taking part in a study using hypothermia to treat his brain injury. While this...

• Family of Everett Walker Wants Officer Charged in Wrongful Death Car Wreck in Murray Kentucky

  Daryl Dixon | March 24, 2008 7:11 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  The family of Everett Walker want the Police Officer who collided with Walker charged and relieved of his duties. The family is asking that the Officer be dismissed until charges are filed and prosecuted. http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/355028.htmlGrant was killed last week in the Kentucky Car Wreck Collision in Murray Kentucky. The officer was responding to a call when the crash occurred. ...

• Fentanyl Pain Patch Recall

  Michael Roberts | March 24, 2008 5:59 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  Additional recall developments have occurred involving fentanyl pain patches. On February 18, Actavis, Inc. announced a recall of 14 lots of its patches, due to a fold-over defect that may cause leaks that expose patients directly to the fentanyl gel. Previously, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary recalled certain lots of its fentanyl patches, marketed under the name of Duragesic.The FDA stated...