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• Ford Recalls 16 Million Vehicles

  Brett Emison | October 14, 2009 12:27 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Ford Motor Company has recalled 16 million vehicles because of the risk of car fires from a faulty switch. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said this was the eighth recall,...

• National Plan for Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury/Pediatric Closed Head or Traumatic Brain Injury

  Timothy Smith | August 04, 2009 9:53 AM | 5 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  As some of my readers know, I recently accepted a position on the legal advisory board to the Sara Jane Brain Foundation. It's is an amazing group, founded by an amazing father who wanted a better...

• Burlington Coat Factory Recalls Boy’s Hooded Sweatshirts

  Chrissie Cole | July 30, 2009 11:34 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  KOMAN Sportswear, in cooperation with the CPSC announced a voluntary recall of Boys Hooded Sweatshirts and Warm Up Sets sold nationwide at Burlington Coat Factory. The sweatshirts and jackets...

• Church bus crash in Mississippi kills 1; injures 23

  Gerry McGill | July 13, 2009 4:04 PM | 6 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Church Bus Flips in Mississippi; Killing 1, Injuring 23 A church bus carrying a church youth group from Louisiana to Georgia flipped Sunday July 12 at around 10:20 a.m., killing one and injuring...

• Michael Jackson's Doctors- Potential Liability For Prescribing Controlled Substances/Drugs-Analysis of California State Board of Medicine Regulations

  Rick Shapiro | July 02, 2009 10:05 PM | 8 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Michael Jackson's name is all over the headlines as the public is not only mourning the great, late singer/performer, but is virtually obsessed with the cause of his sudden death. One of the things...

• Surgical Sponges/Towels Left Inside The Patient's Body: RFID Technology To Prevent Medical Malpractice, Improve Patient Safety

  Rick Shapiro | June 13, 2009 7:48 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Surgical Sponges/Towels Left Inside The Patient Body: RFID Technology To Prevent Medical Malpractice, Improve Patient Safety [Editor’s Note: For earlier related injury...

• Kinky Sex Gone Horribly Wrong? - What Carradine's death can teach parents

  Joe Crumley | June 05, 2009 3:07 PM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  David Carradine's death now appears to be accidental, a result of autoerotic asphyxiation, according to the Washington Post and other news sources. Police in Bangkok, where the death occurred report...

• Wagner Paint Sprayers Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | May 05, 2009 2:07 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Wagner Paint Sprayers has voluntarily recalled its Paint Sprayers because the on-off switch can be dislodged from the casing resulting in exposure to electrical connections which poses a shock...

• What Would Cause Someone to Blackout While Driving? Maybe It's the Chantix.

  Jean Martin | April 08, 2009 8:14 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  My InjuryBoad Colleague Randy Appleton recently reported about an accident that occurred when a woman blacked out while driving. Too often accidents happen and the driver doesn't remember a thing....

• The Fake Clinical Trials of Dr. Scott Reuben

  Mike Ferrara | March 17, 2009 8:59 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  By now, we’ve all heard something or other about Dr. Scott Reuben, the well respected and highly influential clinical researcher who, as it turns out, fabricated the data used in a full...