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A motorcycle rider who was seriously injured in an accident at a dangerous intersection has been awarded more than $31.5 million by a jury which found the California Department of Transportation partly responsible. The accident occurred in 2009 on Highway 138 in Pinon Hills and resulted in David Evans, 66, suffering severe brain and spinal […]
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Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: JELD-WEN Recalls Interior Bifold Doors Due to Impact Hazard – 170,800 Dorel Juvenile Group Recalls Eddie Bauer Rocking Wood Bassinets Due to Infant Suffocation Hazard – 97,000 Tricam Industries Recalls Easy Reach Step Stools Due to Fall
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In 2004, 12-year-old Jonathan Reynolds fell on a nail. The Tennessee boy was taken to Dyersburg Regional Medical Center but hospital personnel reportedly failed to take adequate procedures to avoid an infection and did not administer the proper antibiotics. The result was catastrophic. Jonathan contracted a flesh-eating bacterium that required numerous skin grafts and he
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Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Taphandles Recalls Ceramic Beer Tap Handles Due to Laceration Hazard – 24,000 Trend Lab Recalls Children’s Upholstered Chairs Due to Laceration and Choking Hazards – 16,850 units Children’s Apparel Network Recalls Fleece Hoodie and T-Shirt Sets Due
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After a rash of spine operations went bad, it was discovered that one of the doctors performing the procedure at a New Mexico hospital had allegedly faked his credentials — he wasn’t even a surgeon at all. That revelation and other problems resulted in the Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center agreeing to settle 80 malpractice
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Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Sharper Image USB Wall Chargers Recalled by Atomi Due to Fire and Burn Hazards – 80,000 Graco Recalls Classic Wood Highchairs Due to Fall Hazard – 86,000 GE Recalls Front Load Washers Due to Injury Hazard –
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New York City has paid out more than a half billion dollars over the last four fiscal years to pay for medical mistakes at its 11 public hospitals, according to a report in the New York Daily News citing city records. The tab – paid ultimately by taxpayers — came to $134 million in the last fiscal
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A jury handed down a $100 million verdict against a hospital for a Staten Island teenager who suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of a premature birth. The case took years to litigate. The baby is now 17-year-old Stephanie Debes, who, along with a twin sister, was born three months early after staff at St.
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Cases of colon cancer among younger people is on the rise even as the rate for those older than 50 decreases, a phenomenon that is leading to more missed diagnoses. Such was the case for a 44-year-old Maryland woman who seven years ago went to doctors with all the symptoms of colorectal cancer, including diarrhea,
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A new report out of Johns Hopkins estimates that diagnostic errors may cause as many as 40,500 patient deaths in hospital intensive care units. The university’s patient safety experts say the number of deaths of critically ill hospital patients die with unknown medical conditions may exceed the annual number of deaths due to breast cancer
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A dozen people have died and more than 100 have been sickened by an outbreak of meningitis caused by a steroid spinal injection contaminated with a fungus. The unsafe drug, used to treat back pain, was made by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy and was sold to 75 clinics throughout 23 states. The form of meningitis
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A doctor at a Cincinnati-area hospital had ordered and charged Medicare for as many as 8,000 vascular tests of patients. Just one problem – he wasn’t bothering to properly read them, if they were read at all. A former employee at the hospital blew the whistle and filed a lawsuit in the case, which recently
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Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Death of Child Prompts Recall of Window Blinds by Blind Xpress 139,000 custom-made vertical and 315,000 horizontal blinds Legrand Wiremold Recalls Power Strips Due to Electric Shock Hazard 14,200 Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall
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Seven years after a deadly explosion at an oil refinery in Texas City, BP Plc has agreed to pay another $13 million to settle fines over safety violations revealed in the aftermath of the tragedy. The explosion left 15 workers dead and 170 others injured. It occurred when a cloud of volatile hydrocarbon vapor ignited
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