By Allison Ross, Palm Beach Post A Miami judge has certified the nation’s first class-action suit against manufacturers and distributors of defective Chinese drywall. County Circuit Judge Joseph Farina gave the go-ahead for the class certification, which is limited to affected homeowners living in the Keys Gate community in Homestead. The [...]
May 19, 2010 By JDJournal.com Residents have filed a class action lawsuit in New Jersey State Court, Hudson County against Honeywell International of New Jersey and PPG Industries of Pennsylvania for dumping and failing to clean up cancer-causing hexavalent chromium waste in their neighborhoods. According to today’s press release at PR Newswire, the [...]
By Bill Hendrick WebMD Health News May 17, 2010 — Nearly 2 million toy dart gun sets that have been linked to two asphyxiation deaths in the Midwest are being recalled by Charlotte, N.C.-based Family Dollar Stores, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said today. The China-made toys, sold exclusively at Family [...]
By Chavon Sutton, CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Conair Corp. is recalling 291,000 BabylissPro model hair dryers because they pose a laceration risk, a government agency said Friday. Conair (CNGA) disclosed 16 reports of the fan breaking, causing the plastic shell to shatter, as well as reports of hair dryers sparking [...]
By Nick Divito, Courthouse News Service LAS VEGAS (CN) – Clark County’s child welfare system shows “deliberate indifference to the health and safety of the children it is obligated to protect,” 13 foster kids say in a federal class action. The National Center for Youth Law’s 80-page complaint demands sweeping changes in the county’s [...]
A Waltham, Mass. man is facing 9 felony charges after being involved in a fatal golf cart accident on September 9, 2009. According to prosecutors, Andrew Morrissey was drunk when he drove his golf cart into a minvan on an Albany highway. The cart driven by Morrissey had 3 passengers; Robin Clohecy, Jared Frontiero [...]
Posted March 30, 2010 By Indystar.com An indoor amusement park where a 5-year-old Indianapolis boy was critically injured has been closed for not having the correct permit. Xscape, 3919 Lafayette Road, did not have an amusement and entertainment permit, according to John Erickson, spokesman for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. That department includes [...]
Published August 21, 2009: 09:22 AM ET by CNNMoney Drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a lawsuit in which West Virginia’s attorney general accused Lilly of improperly promoting the antipyschotic Zyprexa. It’s the latest Lilly payout for Zyprexa. In recent years, the company has [...]
I think it is a fair assumption to say that most people who smoke wish they had never started. Unfortunately, it is a very rare occasion to quit smoking on the first attempt. I personally know of a woman who used cigarettes as a weight loss tool. She died of emphysema at the age of [...]
