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• FDA Warns of Salmonella Risk in Cantaloupes

  Jenny Albano | March 22, 2008 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  The FDA has put an import alert on cantaloupes from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a Honduran grower and packer, because the fruit may be associated with a Salmonella Litchfield outbreak in the United States and Canada. Cantaloupes shipped to the United States from this company are to be detained. Also, grocers and food providers are to remove the cantaloupes from this company from their...

• Legislature Looking At Safer Streets

  Eddie Farah | March 22, 2008 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  More legislative action is proposed out of Tallahassee this session that might help keeps roads safer.One of the more innovative involves placing red-light cameras that would take a driver's image when they are caught running a red light. A violation could result in a fine. A seat belt violation proposal is back. It would allow law enforcement to pull over someone for not wearing their seat...

• Hospitals Reusing Medical Devices

  Dan Frith | March 22, 2008 6:02 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  How about this story line? A growing number of America's hospitals are reusing medical devices labeled as single-use. The items include everything from scissors to sharp saw blades used by surgeons to cut through bones. Does this bother you? It should!Even the manufacturers of single-use medical devices are against reusing the devices. Why? Because the devices are not designed for multiple...

• Legislature Trying To Curtail Teen Auto Accidents

  Eddie Farah | March 21, 2008 11:33 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Tallahassee lawmakers are trying to make driving safer for all of us by cracking down on left lane hogs. You've seen them going slow in the left passing lane while talking on their cell phone oblivious to lights. Often they aren't even wearing their seat belt. Proposed Senate Bill 1266 and House Bill 357 would make it illegal to talk on the phone while driving in Florida. That's already the...

• Nurse Infects Patients and Keeps Practicing

  Jeremy Thurman | March 21, 2008 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  The following reported by Yahoo is just another scary incident where the medical profession has failed to police itself. With all the talk of tort reform et al, this gives me the biggest evidence against such. Doctors and medical professionals routinely fail to police themselves leaving on us medical malpractice lawyers to do such. I have seen simliar circumstances of coverup, lies and...

• Woman Scalded in Shower Files Lawsuit

  Jenny Albano | March 21, 2008 8:44 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A woman who was scalded from a hotel shower has filed a $100 million negligence lawsuit against the hotel.Ethel Tropez, a Hurricane Katrina refugee from New Orleans who lives in Live Oak, Texas, says in court papers she was badly burned and suffered scarring and disfigurement in the mishap on March 29, 2007, in the Hotel Chandler. The hotel, where deluxe rooms go for up to $510 a night, is on...

• Fentanyl Pain Patch Recall Part Two

  Linda Snyder | March 21, 2008 6:29 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Actavis Group, just announced they have expanded their recall to include all of its fentanyl pain patches sold in the United States. In mid-February, PriCara, and Actavis Group, both announced that Fentanyl Duragesic Patches were being voluntarily recalled as a precaution from wholesalers and pharmacies.Fentanyl pain patches are used to treat patients suffering from moderate to severe chronic...

• $5.2 million settlement awarded to plaintiff, cell phone use involved in car accident

  Anneke Kurt | March 21, 2008 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsSandusky, OH

  According to a complaint filed in 2006, an employee of International Paper Co. rear-ended Debra Ford, while talking on her cell phone. Her cruise control had been set at 77 mph in a 70 mph speed limit zone. The impact of the car accident caused Ms. Ford's car to overturn, which pinned her arm between the vehicle and the pavement. The plaintiff's arm had to be amputated just below the shoulder. ...

• Car accident involving cell phone use reaches $5.2 settlement

  Anneke Kurt | March 21, 2008 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  A $5.2 million verdict was recently reached in Fulton County, GA, in a personal injury case involving a car accident caused by cell phone use behind the wheel. The case was set for trial on March 17, 2008, but settled out of court. According to the complaint filed in 2006, an employee of International Paper Co. rear-ended Debra Ford, while talking on her cell phone. Her cruise control had been...

• Tractor Trailer Wreck Birmingham Alabama

  Emily Hawk | March 21, 2008 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  On March 21, 2008 a major wreck involving a large Fed-Ex truck and a convertible occurred on I-459 near Overton Road. The accident, which happened just after 11am, involved a large Fed-Ex truck and a convertible. Four people were killed. According to reports, the driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.