June 26, 2013
An elderly Washington state woman was seriously injured when a shuttle driver pushed her wheelchair out a back door before the wheelchair lift had been opened and set in place. Labeeba Alim fell to the ground and an employee fell on top of her, according to a news report of the case. She suffered…
June 23, 2013
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
96,000 Strollers Recalled by Kolcraft Due to Projectile Hazard
Kichler Lighting Recalls 48,900 Chandeliers Due to Injury Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Lowe’s Stores
20,700…
June 19, 2013
Improper roadway cleanup from an earlier storm and "ponding" that resulting from poor drainage made the Oakwood Beach intersection on Staten Island, N.Y, a hazardous place in the winter of 2004. On one particular afternoon, Christopher Litrell Jr., 10 years old at the time and attempting to walk…
June 12, 2013
In yet another terrible car crash involving a police vehicle, the City of Lansing recently agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man seriously injured in a 2009 accident. Christopher Morofsky, now 26, was a back-seat passenger in a car that was struck by a police cruiser that was…
June 05, 2013
Routine wisdom tooth surgery that ended in the death of a teenager in 2011 recently ended in a legal settlement of the case. The Baltimore Sun, reporting on the medical malpractice case recently, noted that 17-year-old Jennifer Michelle "Jenny" Olenick died after being deprived of oxygen during the…
June 01, 2013
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
Pottery Barn Kids Recalls 12,000 Sweet Lambie Crib Bumpers Due to Entanglement Hazard
KTM North America Recalls 7,000 KTM and Husaberg Motorcycles Due to Crash Hazard
6,…
May 29, 2013
A wrong diagnosis resulted in the amputation of a woman’s foot, a jury in Spokane found in awarding $813,000 to the woman in a medical malpractice case. Darlene Turner claimed in a civil suit that her doctor failed to perform an appropriate physical when he diagnosed her as having terminal cancer.…
May 22, 2013
Man hit by police car awarded $16.25M
A Connecticut man was walking across the street when a car traveling at least 30 mph in excess of the speed limit hit him, severing his leg. The vehicle was being driven by someone who was sworn to uphold the law and protect the citizenry – a state police…
May 08, 2013
Awareness has been growing in recent years over the danger of concussions suffered by football players, with lawsuits filed at every level of the game including the highly publicized case being pressed by thousands of former NFL players. In Colorado, a jury recently awarded an $11.5 million verdict…
May 01, 2013
A case of breaking the rules resulted in a huge verdict in a Maryland courtroom recently. It involved the death of a teenager who was struck by a car as she crossed the street to get to her school bus in the early days of the school year in September 2009. In a wrongful death lawsuit, her family…
April 28, 2013
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
PT Domusindo Perdana Recalls 73,000> Drop-Side Cribs Due to Entrapment and Suffocation Hazards
Bell Sports Recalls 2,500 BMX Bike Helmets Due to Risk of Head Injury …
April 25, 2013
Between 80,000 and 160,000 patients suffer preventable injury or death because of a medical misdiagnoses each year in the United States. That was the conclusion of an extensive study by researchers from Johns Hopkins Medical Center which found that mistakes made in diagnoses – including missed,…
April 17, 2013
A review recently found that the Wisconsin Medical Board failed to severely discipline doctors who committed egregious errors, many in which patients suffered serious injuries or even death. The report by the State Journal reviewed 218 cases that led to board discipline from 2010 to 2012 and found…
April 13, 2013
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:
Haier America Expands Recall of Chest Freezers Due to Fire Hazard (41,000)
Baby Socks Recalled by Trumpette Due to Choking Hazard (33,000 pairs)
Battenfeld Technologies…
April 10, 2013
A woman who lost her leg and suffered other injuries when her car was struck by a drunk driver has won a $2.7 million jury verdict – against a bar at which the drunk driver was a customer. The accident occurred in 2011 in Medina County, Texas, when the intoxicated patron drove the wrong way down…