November 23rd, 2011 joshua
An Illinois man claims a truck driver texting on his cell phone behind the wheel is responsible for his wife’s death in a traffic accident less than two months ago. According to a report at CourthouseNews.com, Kevin McNamara has filed a lawsuits against Alexander Lumber Co. and its driver Kenneth Englert seeking $50,000 in damages [...]
November 23rd, 2011 joshua
Liebherr has expanded a recall on its Freestanding 30-inch wide bottom freezer refrigerator because a defective door could detach and result in injuries to consumers. According to a release from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the recall includes 8,000 refrigerators. In March, the company recalled about 5,700 refrigerators with a similar problems. The recall statement [...]
November 23rd, 2011 joshua
A new report indicates so-called energy drinks have resulted in a dramatic rise in emergency room visits among people who drink them. WebMD.com cites an analysis of data collected by Drug Abuse Warning Network which shows as many as 16,000 people visited an emergency room in 2008 for treatment and blamed an energy drink as [...]
November 22nd, 2011 Julie
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Family Dollar Services Inc., have announced the recall of Kidgets Animal Sock Top Slippers. Approximately 160,000 of the slippers are being recalled because the eyes on the animals attached to the slippers can detach from the slippers, causing a choking hazard. No injuries have been reported.
November 22nd, 2011 joshua
The European Union has banned the use of X-ray body scanners fearing they pose a radiation and cancer risk to airline passengers. Rather than use these scanners, EU nations will use millimeter-wave scanners which emit radio waves instead of radiation. EU officials believe prolonged exposure to radiation waves emitted by X-ray scanners could be responsible [...]
November 22nd, 2011 joshua
The Delaware River Basin Commission has indefinitely postponed a vote which would have created regulations on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) along the river. The Pocono (Pa.) Record reports the DRBC announced last week it was delaying its vote on regulations on fracking drilling within the Delaware River Basin. DRBC is compromised of the U.S. Army Corps [...]
November 21st, 2011 Julie
A lawsuit accusing an engineering firm of mishandling asbestos, which eventually led to the death of a longtime employee, has been settled in Buchanan County, Mo. The suit was originally filed by Nancy Lopez, a 27-year employee at the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City. Lopez’s mother, Ruth Lopez, testified that her daughter lost her [...]
November 18th, 2011 Julie
Lawyers for the alleged victims of former Penn State University defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky say even more victims have been coming forward in recent days and telling their stories, raising the likelihood that that criminal charges pending against Sandusky are likely to be followed by civil lawsuits. The university itself might be facing civil charges. [...]
November 18th, 2011 joshua
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to remove harmful and potentially cancer-causing chemicals from one of its hallmark products, Johnson’s Baby Shampoo. The decision to remove the chemicals from its famous “No More Tears” baby shampoo has come amid a media and public relations firestorm over the safety of not only this product, but many associated [...]
November 16th, 2011 Julie
The Environmental Protection Agency is currently in settlement talks with the oil and gas industry in an effort to resolve a lawsuit filed over a requirement that oil and gas companies obtain drinking water permits if they use diesel oil in the process of hydraulic fracturing. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of [...]
