Miscellaneous

• FEMA to Let Katrina Victims Move From Trailers Into Hotels

  Gerry McGill | September 05, 2007 4:44 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  FEMA announced yesterday that it will allow 60,000 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina and now living in FEMA-provided trailers on the Gulf Coast to move into hotel or motel rooms if they are concerned about formaldehyde gas in their trailers.The policy shift, made two weeks ago but not widely publicized until now, follows a House committee finding in July that FEMA leaders had suppressed...

• Toys "R" Us Recalls Coloring Sets Because of Lead Paint

  Courtney Mills | August 30, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Toys "R" Us have issued a voluntary recall of some 27,000 wooden coloring cases because of a violation on the federal lead paint standard. According to federal authorities, the cases are painted on the outside with a lead-based paint. The black watercolor paint also contains unacceptable levels of lead.The name of the cases are Imaginarium...

• Massive Toy Recall

  Gerry McGill | August 10, 2007 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Mattel, Inc., the world's largest toymaker and distributor, announced on August 9, 2007, a toy recall of nearly a million items from its Fisher-Price division, because the plastic pre-school toys were made in China with paint found to have excessive amounts of lead. The toys were made by a Chinese vender and included the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Oscar, Sponge Bob, Dora and Deigo characters.The...

• One Storm Forecaster Lowers 2007 Estimate Slightly

  Gerry McGill | August 08, 2007 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Hurricane researcher William Gray lowered his 2007 forecast slightly last week, calling for 15 named storms with 8 becoming hurricanes and 4 becoming intense hurricanes.At the outset of the hurricane season on May 31, Gray had predicted 17 named storms and 9 hurricanes, 5 of them intense. The new forecast by month called for 3 named storms, 2 hurricanes and one intense hurricane in August; 5...

• Castleberry Expands Food Recall To Over 90 Brands

  Gerry McGill | July 25, 2007 12:12 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Castleberry's Food Company, a Georgia plant owned by BumbleBee Foods, LLC, is expanding its recall to over 90 types of canned meat products. The recall began with the Castleberry's labeled hotdog chili sauce, but has been expanded to cover multiple meat products and brand names such as Kroger, Food Lion, and Piggy Wiggly. . Persons having questions can call the Castleberry's hotline at...

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  Gerry McGill | July 20, 2007 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

• NOAA Predicts Above-Normal 2007 Hurricane Season

  Kay Whitson | June 19, 2007 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  The 2007 Hurricane Season officially began June 1 and will run through November 30, 2007. The National Hurricane Center forecasts that there will be 13 to 17 named storms, with 7 to 10 of those becoming hurricanes, and 3 to 5 of those are forecasted to be major hurricanes. An average Atlantic hurricane season brings 11 named storms, with six becoming hurricanes, including two major hurricanes....

• Lake Michigan Boating Accident Kills One Man

  Shannon Weidemann | May 09, 2007 8:35 AM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Rough waters on Lake Michigan caused a fishing boat to capsize and threw three men into the 45 degree water. A five foot wave was the cause of the maritime accident. Another boat with two men who had been fishing saw that something did not look right and went over to investigate. They found that the boat had capsized and there were three men in the water.The two rescuers were battling 25...

• Jury Awards $2.8 Million to Hurricane Katrina Victim

  Shannon Weidemann | May 08, 2007 6:57 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  A federal jury in New Orleans has ordered Allstate to pay a man $2.8 million for a Hurricane Katrina Insurance Claim they felt should have been paid. Allstate would not pay the Slidell homeowners claim saying that a storm surge was responsible for the damage and not covered by the policy. The jury decided that wind damaged the home and that was covered under the policy. The verdict -- the...

• Gerald A. McGill & The McGill Law Firm

  Staff Writer | February 08, 2007 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Since 1982 The McGill Law Firm has limited its practice to the representation of injured persons and their loved ones. We do not represent corporations, employers, insurance companies or hospitals. We only represent people who are victims of someone else's negligence. We accept serious injury and death cases from maritime injuries, motor vehicle accidents and injuries from any type of defective...