Miscellaneous

• Medicare’s Harsh Collection Practices Hurt Elderly Personal Injury Survivors?

  Claude Wyle | October 23, 2009 3:19 PM | 1 CommentSan Francisco, CA

  At a time when many are questioning the very future of Medicare—financial support for the program is under attack, coverage is shrinking, the number of beneficiaries is climbing...

• Radiation Overdose Prompts FDA to Issue Safety Warning

  Susy Owen | October 15, 2009 8:49 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  The FDA issued a safety warning after 206 patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles received eight times the necessary amount of radiation. The safety warning did not specifially name...

• Patients at Cedars-Sinai Receive Radiation Overdose; Hospital Fails to Inform All Affected

  Greg Owen | October 15, 2009 8:29 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Four patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center who received eight times the necessary amount of radiation were not informed of the hospital's error. Of the 206 patients who received radiation...

• Drunk Driving Deaths Down, Motorcycle Fatalities Rise

  Susy Owen | September 25, 2009 9:38 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Drunk driving deaths in California dropped for a third straight year in 2008, the state Office of Traffic Safety said Thursday, but motorcycle fatalities continued a decade-long rise that mirrors...

• 14 Freeway Reopens After Multi-vehicle Collision

  Susy Owen | September 25, 2009 7:51 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  According to California Highway Patrol, a multi-vehicle accident closed a portion of the northbound 14 Freeway north of Placerita Canyon Road. The number of vehicles has not yet been confirmed but...

• CHP Recommends Manslaughter Charges Against Officer Involved in Deadly Collision

  Greg Owen | September 24, 2009 7:58 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  The California Highway Patrol recommends that prosecutors bring manslaughter charges against La Habra police officer, Nancy Garcia, who was responding to an emergency in April when she sped...

• Salon: Why Loan Modification Scams are Booming

  Paul Kiesel | September 24, 2009 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  FYI: Here's a link to a blog I wrote a year ago that portends what's being described in the article below. From Salon.com: During the go-go years of the real estate bubble, shady mortgage brokers...

• Tylenol Voluntarily Recalls Children's and Infant's Tylenol

  Rick Patterson | September 24, 2009 8:10 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  McNeil Consumer Healthcare (the makers of TYLENOL®) is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Children's and Infants' TYLENOL® liquid products that were manufactured between April, 2008 and...

• Parents of College Student Sue Over Fraternity Hazing Related Death

  Greg Owen | September 22, 2009 10:48 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  The parents of the Cal Poly fraternity pledge who died last year after an alleged hazing incident have filed a lawsuit against the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and nine of its members. Carson...

• Big Rig Overturns, Jams 60 Freeway

  Rick Patterson | September 12, 2009 9:13 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  An overturned big rig was causing a tough commute this morning on the 60 Freeway in Monterey Park. The rig was blocking most lanes on the westbound 60 near Atlantic Boulevard. Traffic was...