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• Nursing Home Visited by Jurors During Death Trial

  Shannon Weidemann | January 24, 2007 10:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Jurors in the Mabel Taylor neglect of a care dependent person, involuntary manslaughter, and reckless endangerment trial will visit the scene of the nursing home on Monday. The former Ronald Reagan Atrium I Nursing, Research, and Rehabilitation Center was closed in 2004 and replaced with a diabetes treatment facility. Mrs. Taylor, age 88, died after being left in an outdoor, fenced courtyard...

• Arkansas Woman Sues Wyeth Over Prempro

  Shannon Weidemann | January 22, 2007 10:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Helen Rush of Little Rock, AR is suing drug manufacturer Wyeth on the allegation that the drug Prempro caused her to develop breast cancer. She sued the company in 2005 and the jury is now being selected. Prempro is a combination of estrogen and progestin, used for hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women. Rush took the drug for nine years and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999. ...

• Rear facing infant car seats fail consumer reports front and side crash tests

  Pete Strom | January 18, 2007 9:38 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  While federal standards mandate that both cars and car seats withstand a 30-mph frontal crash, new cars usually undergo more rigorous testing. Most new cars are tested in both a 35-mph frontal impact collision and a 38-mph side impact collision; yet, infant car seats are only tested in the required 30-mph frontal impact collision. Consumer Reports recently tested 12 infant seats and discovered...

• Freight Train Crash in Bullitt County Kentucky Causes Chemical Fire Requiring Evacuation and Shelter in Place

  Pete Strom | January 16, 2007 4:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Today, January 16, 2007, a CSX train derailed in Bullitt County, Kentucky, causing a chemical fire. As a result of the chemical fire, authorities have ordered some residents to evacuate and has instructed almost an entire county to remain indoors with their doors and windows shut until further notice. This was the second train accident in two days in Kentucky and reminiscent of the January 6,...

• Lead Paint Still a Risk to Children

  Pete Strom | January 05, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Over 300,000 children in the United States are poisoned by lead from lead based paint annually. 83-86 percent of homes built before 1978 (over 64 million homes nationally) contain lead-based paint. Since 1991, the Centers for Disease Control has emphasized the need to make primary prevention of lead poisoning a high priority for health, housing and environmental agencies at the state, local...