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• iPod User Sues Apple for Hearing Loss

  Staff Writer | February 02, 2006 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  According to the Associated Press, a Louisiana man has filed a Products Liability suit against Apple, seeking Class Certification for all iPod users who may have suffered noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) from the device. The complaint alleges that iPod's are "inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss". The...

• Gas Stations May Be Negligent for Selling Gas to Obviously Intoxicated Driver

  Staff Writer | February 01, 2006 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled UNANIMOUSLY that gas stations owe a duty or reasonable care to other motorists when they sell gas to obviously intoxicated drivers or assist them in pumping gas into their vehicles. Recently, a clerk refused to sell a drunk driver alcohol, but helped him put gas in his car when he was too drunk to operate the pump. This poor decision resulted in a drunk...

• Tennessee Verdict for Emergency Room Nonchalance

  Staff Writer | January 31, 2006 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  The largest Medical Malpractice Verdict ever in Warren County, Tennessee has been awared to the widow of a patient who died 30 minutes after being discharged without treatment by a nurse practitioner. The jury found against River Park Hospital after hearing evidence that the patient had complained of intense left arm pain but was told to go home. I suggest that patient's and their families...

• Truck Accident Kills Seven in Florida Family

  Staff Writer | January 27, 2006 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Sadly, it is not suprising to me to read in the news that seven members of the same Florida family were killed when their car was crushed between a truck and a school bus. Truck accidents by their nature usually cause multiple fatalies. In this case, preliminary reports suggest that the truck did not brake in time, but it is still unclear whether this was due to driver error or brake failure.

• Supreme Court Justice Jokers

  Staff Writer | January 16, 2006 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  According to Jay D. Wexler, a law professor at Boston University, our Supreme Court Justices are funnier than you might expect. By reviewing transcript notations featuring "laughter", Professor Wexler's study found Justice Scalia to be the Court Jester whereas Justice Thomas prompted no laughter at all. (I guess the laughs still on us ever since the Thomas Confirmation Hearings.) The New York...

• Two Devices Recalled by Boston Scientific

  Staff Writer | January 05, 2006 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Cardiac patients should be aware that Boston Scientific, a medical device manufacturer, has recalled two separate products. 40,000 Flextone cutting balloons and 18,000 vena kava blood filters have been recalled from hospitals based on reports of unintentional separation during withdrawal in angioplasty procedures, and implantations to dissolve blood clots, respectively. These defects may...

• Medical Malpractice Endangers Doctor's License

  Staff Writer | December 28, 2005 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  The Illinois State Medical Board has recommended that Dr. Joshua Salvador's license to practice be suspended immediately due to a long list of medical malpractice cases against the Chicago physician.The board cited Salvador for three instances of gross negligence, including sending a woman home with a perforated bladder after performing surgery to remove a uterine fibroid tumor and failing to...

• Men File Defective Defribillator Lawsuits

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2005 8:10 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Two men from the Chicago area have filed lawsuits against Medtronics, the Minnesota-based manufacturer of defribillator implants.Randie Green and Anton Muller claim their defribillators had defective batteries, and they had them removed in 2005.According to the complaints, the models' defective batteries cause the defibrillator to short, resulting in an unpredictable loss of power without...

• DUI Car Accident Kills Two, Injures Another

  Staff Writer | December 26, 2005 8:28 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A woman and her best friend were killed just a couple of days before Christmas when the pickup they were riding in veered off the road and hit a tree. The driver of the pickup was treated for injuries, and it was discovered she was impaired at the time of the crash. The three were out Christmas shopping at the time.According to authorities, it was the second DUI for Yolanda Rivera, the driver...

• Son's Brain Injury Doesn't Stop Christmas

  Staff Writer | December 24, 2005 8:54 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Jeremy Legrand is one of our nation's dedicated servicemen, having done tours in Cuba and Iraq. He suffered a traumatic brain injury in a June car accident while on leave in Texas. He spent six weeks in a coma and was transferred to the Minneapolis VA in September. The Beacon News Online offers a touching story of Jeremy's family (from Aurora, now residing in Shabbona) and their plans to...