Posted October 29, 2009 BySusan Kimball, wcsh6.com FALMOUTH (NEWS CENTER) — There are an estimated fourteen thousand cases of elder abuse in Maine every year. And most of them go unreported. At a seminar in Falmouth on Wednesday, experts talked about the problem. Former Maine Attorney General Steve Rowe says that in most [...]
Published on October 30, 2009 by EU News Network WASHINGTON, DC The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Arctic Cat snowmobiles due to a fire hazard. About 3,000 Model Year 2009 Arctic Cat Z1 Turbo, Z1 Turbo Sno Pro and TZ1 Turbo snowmobiles have the potential to leak oil, [...]
Posted October 29, 2009 By Dave Altimari, The Hartford Courant Atwilda Brown died trying to pour herself a cup of hot chocolate. As the 80-year-old woman reached across the electric stove to grab a teapot full of hot water in her East Windsor kitchen on a Saturday night in February 2005, the sleeve of [...]
Posted October 28, 2009 By Mark Millican, the Daily Citizen An alleged “history” of gas leaks and problems associated with galvanized piping at the Dalton Housing Authority complex on Underwood Street may form the basis of a wrongful death lawsuit following two deaths in an explosion and fire there, an attorney said Tuesday. [...]
Posted October 24, 2009 By ANDREW STRICKLER, newsday.com A dozen New York City firefighters were hurt – including a seriously injured driver who was trapped in an overturned vehicle – when two trucks rushing to a gas leak collided in a Brooklyn intersection Saturday morning, officials said. Witnesses described a deafening collision between [...]
Posted October 25, 2009\ By Gary Taylor, Orlando Sentinel One teenager was killed and six others injured early Saturday in a single-vehicle accident on E. Michigan Street at Center Avenue in Orlando. Brandon Wesley Wise, 17, of Orlando, is the 22nd person to die in a traffic crash in Orlando this year, Orlando [...]
Posted on October 23, 2009 By Ben Schmidt, freep.com A former Michigan soldier who lost his hand after an explosion while trying to disarm a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2004 won a $4.3 million verdict today against the U.S. Army in a disability discrimination civil case. “He proved that the Army created [...]
By Brian Skoloff Associated Press Posted August 21, 2009 A pregnant woman was mistakenly given a drug that quickens labor. She and the father are now suing because their baby is brain-damaged as they struggle to pay medical bills that have topped $3.5 million. WEST PALM BEACH — A hospital mistakenly gave a [...]
Posted October 22, 2009 by courierpost.com MOUNT VERNON, Ind. — A 9-year-old boy was killed and two people with him were hurt Wednesday night in an ATV accident in Posey County. Authorities say the boy and a 12-year-old girl were passengers on an ATV driven by Phillip E. Gross on Maier Road south [...]
Published October 21, 2009 by newsinferno.com A patient who received a radiation overdose from a CT brain scan at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has filed a class action lawsuit against the hospital. The lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, also names GE Healthcare as a defendant. Last week, we reported that [...]
