Miscellaneous

• Patients at Risk of From Drugs With Similar Names

  Scott Kappes | January 30, 2008 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  A study suggests that confusion over drugs with similar looking and sounding names is more common than you might think. A report from the US Pharmacopeia that probed records from 2003-2006 found over 25,000 occurrences of "look alike/ sound alike" errors. Reporting of these errors is voluntary so the actual number of mistakes could be even higher. Nearly all of the errors did not cause any harm...

• Two Snowmobilers Found in Summit County, Third Found Dead

  Staff Writer | January 30, 2008 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  Two of the three snowmobilers who were lost in Summit County since Sunday, January 27th, were found on Tuesday night. The third snowmobiler, John McKibben, was found dead.The National Guard Black Hawk helicopter crew spotted the snowmobilers by a campfire. The two survivors were found on the west side of Elliott Ridge. McKibben was said to have died on Monday night.For more information on this...

• ACL Burn Victims File Personal Injury Suit

  Brooks Schuelke | January 30, 2008 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  In September, we reported about a fire at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Today, the Austin American Statesman reports that the fire victims have filed a personal injury suit for their damages. The article sets out the basis of the complaint:The fire was caused, the suit says, when the propane tank was overfilled by the leasing company; the valve that was supposed to stop overfilling...

• ELY LILLY - Good year?

  Lauren Ellerman | January 30, 2008 9:03 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  This morning the Wall Street Journal reports ("Eli Lilly Sales Exceed Forecast By PETER LOFTUS)"Eli Lilly & Co. reported that fourth-quarter profit soared, as increased sales of drugs for mental illness and cancer helped boost revenue above expectations.""For now, Lilly seems to be free of some of the problems that are plaguing other pharmaceutical companies, such as generic competition for top...

• Modine Manufacturing Settles Personal Injury Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | January 30, 2008 12:42 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Modine Manufacturing Co. settled a personal injury lawsuit, Friday that accused the company of environmental contamination at a manufacturing plant that the company operates in McCullom Lake Village, Illinois.The company has not admitted liability by agreeing to the settlement. Specific terms of the settlement were not disclosed.Modine Manufacturing said they would propose a class settlement to...

• Pool Drain Lawsuit Filed Because of Drowning

  Jenny Albano | January 29, 2008 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Parents of a boy who drowned filed a lawsuit Monday, January 28 against the town of Greenwich, Shoreline Pools, and others. The 6 year-old drowned when his arm became caught in a powerful swimming pool drain. The lawsuit, by Brian and Karen Cohn, alleges that the pool safety violates safety requirements that were instated after many similar tragedies.The lawsuit, which seeks damages of more...

• UC Regents Ordered to Pay Refunds to Professional Students for Improper Tuition Hikes

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | January 29, 2008 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  California's Supreme Court has denied the University of California's appeal in Kashmiri v. Regents of University of California, awarding thousands of professional students $40 million enrolled in UC programs whose tuition fees were increased during the 2002-2003 school year, despite the Regents' promise to hold fees steady.The class action lawsuit was filed in San Francisco July of 2003, when...

• Private Health Insurance Profits Soar

  Don Jacobs | January 29, 2008 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA

  Health insurance is expensive. Small business people are especially hurt by the rising costs to cover employees. And good luck finding affordable coverage if you are self employed. The rates for self employed even healthy people are sobering. So it must mean that health insurance companies are struggling right? They keep raising the rates and finding more and more conditions they don't...

• POOR CARE FOR OUR VETS

  Lauren Ellerman | January 29, 2008 11:05 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Anyone hear the news this morning - VA Hospital in Illinois my have caused 19 deaths and 36 injuries.. I wish I was surprised. I am not. Here in Southwest Virginia, there is a VA hospital - where we have learned a practicing surgeon is performing surgeries, after local hospital denied priviliges due to substance abuse. Don't our VETs deserve better? Shouldn't they return home to the best medical...

• Liability for Driver Who "Waves Through" Vehicle or Pedestrian

  Michael Myers | January 29, 2008 8:03 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  We see it all the time. A driver waves another car to "go ahead". Or signals to a pedestrian that it's okay to cross. But what happens if an accident happens? In the following story the injured pedestrian could have a claim against not only the driver who hit him but also the driver who signaled that it was safe for him to cross. A 40-year old pedestrian was hit on Route 99 in Federal Way on...