- David Mittleman | April 28, 2012 12:01 PM | Lansing, MI
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Defective & Dangerous Products
KFC will be forced to pay an Australian girl $8.3 million after she got a nasy surprise in her Twister wrap that led to her permanent brain damage. Monika Saaman ate a Twister wrap in October...
- David Mittleman | September 11, 2011 10:07 AM | Lansing, MI
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Medical Malpractice
Christian Arroyo is a happy second grader who loves music and his family. However, Christian's life would've been much different if he had received the proper care at his birth. His family now...
- David Mittleman | November 17, 2010 10:00 AM | Lansing, MI
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Head & Brain Injuries
According to recent reports, scientists successfully used the umbilical cord blood of a young girl to treat her own cerebral palsy. That three-year-old girl, Sasha Browne, was injected with the stem...
- Mark Bello | August 24, 2010 6:32 PM | Farmington Hills, MI
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Automobile Accidents
Three years ago, a teenager was seriously injured when a tractor-trailer ran a stoplight. Before the crash, she was working and attending college; a promising career was in her future. Now, she...
- David Mittleman | April 17, 2010 10:00 AM | Lansing, MI
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Medical Malpractice
When doctors at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles told Eduardo Rivas that his 6-month-old son needed emergency surgery to repair a double hernia, he wasn’t sure what he should do....
- David Mittleman | January 13, 2010 10:00 AM | Lansing, MI
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Before the problem was lead, but now Chinese manufacturers have turned to using cadmium in children's jewelry--an even more dangerous heavy metal. By testing 103 pieces of children's jewelry bought...
- David Mittleman | December 31, 2009 10:00 AM | Lansing, MI
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Medical Devices & Implants
Some doctors have described a Penumbra in terms of a pipe snake unclogging a bathroom drain. In fact, that's a relatively correct description if one were to look at how the medical device works: the...
- David Mittleman | December 22, 2009 10:00 AM | Lansing, MI
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Medical Malpractice
3-year-old Jason Fox was born in July 2001 with a congenital heart defect known as Tetralogy of Fallot, a condition that affects the blood flow to the heart. In Jason's case, his condition was...