- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 31, 2007 8:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsNovartis, the manufacturer of Zelnorm, a popular prescription medication used to treat women with irritable bowel syndrome is being pulled from the market. Novartis has announced that it will stop selling Zelnorm after studies linked it to an increase in heart attack, stroke and worsening chest pain that may lead to a heart attack. The withdrawal from the market is being made after studies...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 30, 2007 4:18 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe FDA first reported a recall of various types of Menu Foods pet food on March 17, 2007. Since then an investigation into the cause of the contaminated pet food has been ongoing. The latest report is that the 60 million containers of dog and cat food were recalled due to a chemical that is used in fertilizer that was causing kidney failure and death in many animals that ingested the food.To...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 30, 2007 4:08 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseVirginia Cole died September 10, 2006, while she was a resident at the Woodstock Residence nursing home in Woodstock, Illinois. The family of Virginia Cole believes that she died under suspicious circumstances and is having Cole's death investigated. Part of that investigation called for the body being exhumed on March 16. Prior to Cole's death she was reported as suffering from Alzheimer's...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 29, 2007 10:20 AM |
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Wrongful DeathHal Pulfer was killed in a boating accident in Hawaii on Sunday. Pulfer was a business owner and lived with his family and three children in Highland Park. His business Security Locknut was based out of Mundelein, Illinois and manufactured nuts, bolts and washers. Pulfer was also the president of the company.Pulfer's sister remembers him as living the perfect life. He was a great father with...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 29, 2007 8:15 AM |
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Wrongful DeathA car crash in Gary, Indiana on Sunday had taken the life of one child and has now taken the life of a second child. Odis Taylor, who was only six years old, died at the scene of the accident. Joseph Tyler, age 12, died Monday morning at the University of Chicago Hospital. Reports have stated that the children were sitting in the front seat one on the others lap when the SUV they were in ran...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 28, 2007 5:02 PM |
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Wrongful DeathKarl Reed, a construction worker, was working on Monday afternoon when he was killed. Reed who was 49 years old, was killed by falling concrete. It appears that a piece of concrete became disconnected from the crane cable causing the concrete to fall and hit Reed.Plainfield police are currently investigating the accident to determine what caused the concrete to fall and kill Reed. If it was a...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 28, 2007 2:14 PM |
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Wrongful DeathAs posted yesterday, Hal Pulfer of Highland Park, Illinois, died while on vacation with his family in Maui, Hawaii. Pulfer was enjoying a whale watching trip aboard a catamaran owned by the Hyatt Regency, when the mast of the boat broke and the boat sank. The investigation is ongoing into the death of Pulfer but it is now being reported that Pulfer suffered from a blunt trauma to the head,...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 28, 2007 2:08 PM |
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Wrongful DeathTuesday evening a man traveling in Des Plaines, Illinois was killed when his Jeep collided with a semi-truck. The man, 26 year old Arsen Harutyunyan was driving his Jeep on River Road when the crash occurred. The Des Plaines police are currently investigating the accident.At this time there is no report as to who was at fault or who was driving the truck. If the truck driver is at fault for...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 27, 2007 5:15 PM |
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Wrongful DeathHal Pulfer was only 48 when he died during a sailing trip he was enjoying in Maui, Hawaii on Sunday. Pulfer was aboard a 55 foot catamaran with over 50 other tourists. The catamaran signaled for help and eventually sank. Other boats in the area helped rescue other passengers aboard. Pulfer, who lived in Highland Park, Illinois, was on vacation with his family, including his three children who...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 27, 2007 3:45 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA car accident in the West Loop in Chicago caused seven people to be taken to Chicago area hospitals Sunday evening. The accident involved two cars and took place at Jefferson Street and Polk Street. Two of the victims were reported in serious condition. At this time there is no report of the cause of the crash or who was at fault. As the story develops further the seven people in the...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 27, 2007 2:55 PM |
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Wrongful DeathFriends and family of William Grant gathered on Monday to remember the firefighter. William Grant was killed this past week in a collision between the fire truck he was riding on and a school bus. Grant leaves behind a wife and three small children.At least three other firefighters were injured in the accident and two of them remain hospitalized. The bus driver, who had a green light, was...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 27, 2007 10:46 AM |
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Wrongful DeathA previous post indicated that two children were killed in an Indiana car accident on Sunday, when in fact only one child, the six year old, was killed. The other child, a twelve year old, is alive but was seriously injured. The accident took place between two cars and it is believed that the SUV that the children were riding in ran through a stop sign causing a car to run into the SUV's...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 27, 2007 10:28 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeComplaints continue to flow from doctors about out of control insurance premiums for medical malpractice insurance. The doctors continue to blame the cost of their premiums on frivolous lawsuits and outrageous awards. The facts though tell a different story. In Illinois most medical malpractice lawsuits never go to trial, which means they are settling for a reasonable, agreed upon amount...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 26, 2007 1:33 PM |
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Wrongful DeathTwo boys that were traveling in a sports utility vehicle on Sunday were the victims of a car crash in Gary, Indiana. The two were riding in the front seat of the SUV when it crashed Sunday evening. The boys, ages twelve and six were brought to a local Gary, Indiana hospital where they were pronounced dead.There were another four people riding in the SUV at the time of the crash. No serious...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 23, 2007 3:34 PM |
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Wrongful DeathAs reported earlier today, a fire truck collided this morning with a school bus while it was in route to a call. The crash took place in Chicago at the intersection of 59th Street and Princeton Avenue. It has now been reported that 44 year old William Grant, a Chicago firefighter, was killed in the crash. There were other reported injuries including the bus driver who had dropped off the...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 23, 2007 11:06 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAs the investigation continues into the recall of over 60 million cans and pouches of Menu Foods dog and cat food, answers to the cause of the contamination are beginning to surface. The latest news released is that the pet food may have been contaminated with rat poison, though there is no current information on how the rat poison would have gotten into the pet food.Lawsuits are currently...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 23, 2007 10:18 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA salmonella outbreak in Kane County has been linked to cheese that was possibly illegally produced. The outbreak has made at least 20 people ill. The cheese that appears to be contaminated is Mexican-style white cheese that was being sold in Kane County. The cheese that seems to be effected is cheese being sold in unlabeled packages or from street vendors.After an investigation into the...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 23, 2007 10:11 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA fire truck was found turned over on its side this morning and looked to have possibly collided with a school bus. The accident occurred on Chicago's South Side near 59th Street and Princeton Avenue. There were injuries to some of the firefighters on the fire truck and to the bus driver, but luckily there were no children on the bus at the time of the accident.The injured were taken to local...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 21, 2007 10:14 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA recall on dog and cat food is affecting pet's throughout the nation. As posted yesterday, there are 40 brands of cat food and 51 brands of dog food that may have possible contamination. The food, if ingested, can cause kidney failure in the animals and lead to death. A Chicago woman, watched her 9 year old cat die from kidney failure last week and is one of the first lawsuits filed against...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 21, 2007 9:56 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe former controller for Citadel hedge funds is no longer able to do his job. He suffered from a stroke in 2005, and because he was misdiagnosed in the emergency room at Evanston Northwestern Hospital, he was not given the medication that could have saved him from the debilitating affects of the stroke...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 20, 2007 12:30 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe number of reported illness and deaths of cats and dogs from contaminated Menu Foods, Inc. pet food are increasing as the days pass. A recall was originally issued on March 17, 2007 by the FDA about the contaminated food. There are approximately 51 brands of dog food and 40 brands of cat food that are affected by the recall. The contaminated food causes kidney failure in the animals and...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 20, 2007 10:17 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe FDA has recalled certain types of Menu Food cat and dog food. The recall was released on March 17, 2007. The products that are affected by the recall are numerous and can be found on the Menu Foods, Inc. website. The contaminated food causes kidney failure in the animals and there have been ten deaths reported thus far. It is likely that the contaminated food has affected many more cats...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 19, 2007 4:42 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeA Michigan man underwent gastric bypass surgery and died as a result of medical error. The doctor that performed the surgery on the man connected the wrong organs together, which resulted in the man's death shortly after the surgery was complete. The man's widow was awarded over $1 million as a result of his death.Many may first hear a $1 million verdict and cringe because of the large number....
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 19, 2007 4:30 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn 2005 medical malpractice caps were passed in Illinois, but in the two years since the passage the fight still continues to have them removed and against tort reform. Doctors and their advocates argue that tort reform is needed to decrease the high cost of medical malpractice insurance premiums. They have worked so hard in this campaign to push tort reform that the public is jumping on the...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 16, 2007 12:00 PM |
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Wrongful DeathAs previously reported, a five year old girl from the Maine Township area was removed from her home Tuesday evening after police found her suffering from serious head trauma. The girl has since died from her injuries, but the investigation is ongoing as to what caused her head trauma.The child was with her parents and six other children when she was removed from her home Tuesday evening. The...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 16, 2007 10:25 AM |
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Wrongful DeathThree college students were killed in a car accident early Wednesday morning after their car hit a cement pillar on Lower Wacker Drive. Witnesses said that the car was traveling at a high rate of speed but there have been no reports yet determining the cause of the accident. It could be possible that the City failed to properly renovate the road. Parts of Lower Wacker were renovated in 2002,...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 16, 2007 7:15 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA rollover car accident occurred Thursday morning on the Edens Expressway and caused some injuries but at this time it is reported that none of the injuries were serious. It took approximated half an hour to clear the accident at Touhy Avenue.There was no information on how the accident occurred or how many vehicles were involved. No information was given on how the vehicle rolled over, but...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 15, 2007 3:15 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsTwo semis, three pick-ups and three cars were involved in a crash on 130th Street Monday afternoon. The pile up was caused by a woman driving a van that had a flat tire. The van was not traveling at the posted speed due to the flat tire and was causing problems with the flow of track. A semi truck attempted to maneuver around the van but was unsuccessful and wound up jumping the median and...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 15, 2007 12:06 PM |
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Wrongful DeathTwo NIU students and one Purdue student were enjoying their spring break and were returning from dinner early Wednesday morning when they were killed. The three were driving on Lower Wacker Drive in Chicago when the car went out of control and crashed into a support pillar. The car burst into flames moments later and the three were unable to be rescued.Autopsies were planned on the victims and...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 15, 2007 7:35 AM |
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Wrongful DeathA Riverside woman was killed while she was working at the Berwyn Metra station last year. A Range Rover drove up the embankment outside the station and crashed into the wall of the station where Kathleen Talmage was working at the time. The lawsuit claims that the city had plenty of notice that the street, Windsor Avenue leading up to the train station was dangerous and needed to be better...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 14, 2007 3:45 PM |
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Wrongful DeathA New York family lost their son to a train accident in June of 2005. The man was driving his car early in the morning on a sunny June day when his car collided with a train. He never saw or heard the train coming. The sun glare blinded him and made the oncoming train invisible.The family filed a wrongful death suit against the train company saying that they were careless and negligent and...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 14, 2007 10:59 AM |
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MiscellaneousA five year old girl was found with serious head trauma at her home in unincorporated Maine Township last evening. The girl was taken to Lutheran General Hospital. She was found by police at her house, but there is no information on why the police came to the home in the first place or how the little girl was injured.There is an investigation currently pending regarding the girls head injury. ...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 14, 2007 9:44 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA Chicago area couple went to one of their favorite restaurants recently and were served anything but their favorite food. The couple, Debbye and Peter Sotilles, went to the Portillo's restaurant in Streamwood, Illinois and placed their order but what they received was not what they expected.The Sotilles placed their order and shortly thereafter another customer came back with his food saying...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 13, 2007 7:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Chicago traffic aide was struck while he was working last Wednesday. He later died from the injuries he received. Julian Alamillo was only 44 at the time of his death and he is the first traffic aide from the City of Chicago to ever die as a result of injuries received while directing traffic.Alamillo's death is an important reminder to motorists the need to be attentive and careful while...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 12, 2007 5:15 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAn SUV and a car collided on the South Side of Chicago Monday morning. The collision with the SUV was so hard that the SUV rolled over and the people in the SUV were thrown from the truck. Eight people were injured in the accident and were taken to three different hospitals. The victims were all in serious condition but the injuries were reported to be non-life-threatening.The driver of the...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 12, 2007 3:30 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseA woman that was being cared for in a nursing home in Boston was forced to have her foot amputated after the nursing home failed to properly care for her. The woman had an infection in her foot that was caused by the nursing home's failure to attend to a large gaping wound. The wound was so big that the woman's ankle bone and ligaments were exposed.The cause of the wound is believed to be from...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 12, 2007 11:41 AM |
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Wrongful DeathThe Atlanta bus accident that occurred two weeks ago killing seven, including five Ohio baseball players, is not the first accident on this Atlanta interstate. Catherine Hartman also was a victim of this road nearly five years ago in 2002. The accident occurred back in 2002 when Hartman believed the exit ramp was a commuter lane. She still suffers from her injuries today.It is believed that...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 12, 2007 11:26 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe FDA has issued a new update on the salmonella recall. The latest update was issued on March 9, 2007 and extended the time frame of possible affected Peter Pan peanut butter. The new update says that consumers should not eat any peanut butter beginning with the code 2111 that was bought as far back as October 2004. The previous warning only extended to peanut butter bought as far back as...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 11, 2007 5:15 PM |
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Wrongful DeathFour people were killed Thursday afternoon while on a helicopter tour in Hawaii. The helicopter reported problems only two miles after it had taken off. The helicopter crash is one of many that have occurred in Hawaii and in Alaska and are the reason for a recent push on new helicopter safety regulations.The National Transportation Safety Board issued a request for tougher regulations on tour...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 11, 2007 3:45 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA CTA bus in Lincoln Park was the latest CTA bus involved in an accident in Chicago. Just days ago another CTA bus was involved in a collision on the South Side of Chicago. The Lincoln Park crash occurred Friday afternoon with a van at Fullerton Parkway where the van collided with the rear of a 22 Clark bus.Two people were injured and brought to Illinois Masonic Hospital. Preliminary...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 11, 2007 11:15 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA car crash Tuesday morning involving two cars on Chicago's Eisenhower Express way left one man dead. The accident happened at on the expressway just before the Damen Avenue exit. One car rear-ended another car and the rear-ended car went up in flames. The car burned so fast that the victim was unable to be rescued. The body was burned so badly that it was unrecognizable and had not been...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 11, 2007 10:30 AM |
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Wrongful DeathA South Carolina man died in November 2002 after he was given the wrong drug before he underwent surgery. The man died from cardiac arrest but the family did not know this until after the man's body was exhumed and autopsied. Originally they believed he died of natural causes but when the truth leaked out the autopsy confirmed the real cause of death. The man was given Lidocaine instead of...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 11, 2007 9:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsTwo men were injured in 2002 after they were in a car accident with a stolen squad car. They filed a lawsuit in part against the City of Chicago for failure to monitor a man who was left in the squad car. The man then stole the car and crashed it into the other car. The stolen car was involved in a high speed chase that went through a residential neighborhood. The chase reached up to 60 mph...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 10, 2007 12:30 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn New York a new tactic to try and push for tort reform is advertising in the waiting room at the doctor's office. The Medical Society of New York State is running a campaign targeting patients with information on high medical malpractice premiums and trying to push them to contact their state to pass bills that support tort reform. This campaign does not sound like its targeting the right...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 10, 2007 8:00 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeAt one time Oregon had caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases, but the caps have not been in effect since 1999. There was a push to reinstate the caps in 2004 but the bill failed. So what has been the result of the removal of the caps since 1999? Many may be surprised...Oregon has lower medical malpractice payouts than all but seven of the fifty states, and this is without...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 10, 2007 8:00 AM |
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Wrongful DeathA Chicago woman made the biggest mistake of her life, which turned out to be deadly, when she did something we all do at various times in our life. She allowed the Comcast cable installer to enter her home. She and another woman were found murdered that same day. A lawsuit has been filed against Comcast for the murders.The man accused of murdering the women, Anthony Triplett, has a history of...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 09, 2007 4:00 PM |
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Wrongful DeathDaimlerChrysler was found liable for the death of a 38 year old man who died in 2004 after being run over by his own truck. Richard Mraz, a loving father and husband, had put his truck in park but because of a defect in the transmission of his Dodge Dakota truck, the truck was not in park and caused Mraz to be run over. He suffered from severe head injuries that turned fatal seventeen days...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 09, 2007 3:40 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA CTA bus collided with a semi truck on March 5, 2007. The accident happened on the South Side of Chicago in the afternoon hours. The bus that was involved in the accident was the number 51 bus and it was traveling northbound when if was involved in the collision at 47th and LaSalle streets. As a result of the collision between the CTA bus and the truck, ten people were transported to local...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 09, 2007 10:25 AM |
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Wrongful DeathA bus accident that had killed six people now claims a seventh life. A fifth baseball player died from injuries he suffered in the accident that happened in Atlanta, Georgia on March 2, 2007. Zach Arend had been in critical condition since the accident suffering from collapsed lungs, a fractured pelvis and abdominal and chest injuries.Currently there are still three players that are...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 09, 2007 10:00 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA Boston woman who discovered she was pregnant in 2004 decided that she was unable to care for the child and opted for an abortion. She was first seen at a Planned Parenthood facility, where she requested the abortion to be performed. It was done, however, it was not done properly and unbeknownst to her, she remained pregnant. The woman then saw a doctor at the Boston Medical Center when she...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 09, 2007 8:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousEarly Thursday morning a Union Pacfic Freight train was involved in an accident with a Metra train. The two trains were near the downtown Chicago train station when the Union Pacific train backed into the Metra train. The Metra train was not moving at the time of the accident.As a result of the accident the first passenger car on the Metra train derailed but it did not fall over. The train...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 08, 2007 3:30 PM |
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Wrongful DeathA man from San Antonio, Texas died last year after his 1994 Ford Mercury Marquis caught fire in his garage. The fire spread to his house and killed him. The fire started in the engine compartment of the car, and it is believed that it was caused by a faulty switch in the engine. Ford had previously recalled defective switches but there was no recall for the 1994 Mercury Marquis.The Ford...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 08, 2007 12:30 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn Tennessee lawmakers are trying to reduce the number of frivolous lawsuits in the state through a bill that would force lawyers to have their cases certified by a doctor as having merit before the case could be filed. Tennessee is pushing for this because it appears as of now that caps will not pass. While other states, including Illinois, have a certification process, the process has shown...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 08, 2007 9:11 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe latest new tactic in tort reform is coming out of Maryland with the help of Robert Wood Johnson. Johnson is funding the tort reform group Common Good with $1 million to allow them to try and establish "Health" courts. These courts would be used to only hear medical malpractice cases and instead of a jury the case would be heard by an expert judge. Again, let's try and look at the real...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 07, 2007 4:53 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn Florida, doctors are unhappy with the high malpractice premiums they are paying. Florida legislature passed caps on damages four years ago, but not surprisingly, the premiums are still high. Again, doctors are looking to the wrong answers on how to decrease their premiums. But it appears now that they may have a new idea, probably not a good one, but still a new one.Some doctors in Florida...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 07, 2007 7:30 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsPublic health officials and pediatricians are among those who are pushing the government to add stricter warnings to child cold medicine. Currently many products have warnings, but the warnings are not sufficient and often the advertising that accompanies the packaging is misleading to consumers. The number of children overdosing on cold medication is astounding. In Maryland alone,...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 06, 2007 3:00 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA salmonella outbreak has affected several Kane County residents over the past year. A source has not been revealed at this time, but it is known that at least 35 cases have been reported in the past 14 months. Of these 35 cases, 22 have been reported in the Hispanic community. An additional 6 cases have also been reported but are currently unconfirmed.There are other cases of the same...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 06, 2007 11:30 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeMetropolitan Medical Associates of Englewood, in New Jersey, was shut down after two women filed suit against the clinic for its failure to properly care for them. One woman was rushed to the hospital after an abortion went terribly wrong. She was forced to have a hysterectomy. Various other complications followed, including the woman being placed on a ventilator and being unconscious for...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 06, 2007 8:00 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn Illinois and across the country, doctors are repeatedly blaming lawsuits as the cause for rising medical malpractice premiums. Many doctors use this as a reason to push for tort reform and caps on awards, but these doctors may be putting the blame in the wrong place.The truth is that in the last several years medical malpractice payments have declined. The cause of these payments is a small...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 05, 2007 5:45 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeAs a follow up to a previous post about possible caps on medical malpractice lawsuits in Hawaii, on Thursday March 1, 2007, the House bill in Hawaii, happily died. So for now, Hawaii has been spared from caps on awards in medical malpractice cases. Other states, including Illinois, have not been so lucky.In Illinois, there are currently caps on non-economic damages. These caps were passed...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 05, 2007 4:41 PM |
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Wrongful DeathBad weather in Alabama turned worse when excessive winds turned into a tornado that ripped through the Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Alabama. Students were brought into interior hallways of the school to wait out the storm, but as the tornado passed the school, it claimed 8 students' lives.Many are now saying that the deaths of the 8 could have been avoided. Sirens warning of the bad...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 05, 2007 3:16 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsFour members of the Bluffton University baseball team were killed just days ago after the bus they were traveling on hit an overpass and fell, causing the bus to land on its side. The driver and his wife were also killed. The Ohio team was driving through Atlanta, Georgia on its way to Florida when the tragic accident occurred. Most of the players were asleep at the time.Several of the team...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 05, 2007 2:30 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAn Illinois State Trooper who was arresting a drunk driver on the Eisenhower expressway on Sunday was hit by another drunk driver. Reinda Dade, was driving on the expressway when his car rear ended the State Trooper's car. The State Trooper had a suspected drunk driver in the back of his vehicle at the time, and he was in the front seat. Both were injured and transported to local...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 05, 2007 10:16 AM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseA Wyoming man died in December 2004 at the Casper nursing home from a mucus plug within his tracheostomy tube. Prior to Leslie Simpson's admission to the nursing home, he was seen at the Wyoming Medical Center to have a mucus plug removed. He was then transferred to Casper nursing home and specific instructions were given to the nurse to make certain his tracheostomy tube was clear.The nurses,...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 01, 2007 8:45 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAnother round of recalled laptop batteries has just begun. Sanyo batteries that are used in ThinkPad computers are being recalled. Previously, 500,000 Sony batteries were recalled due to the chance that they could cause fire.The Sanyo batteries that are currently being recalled are nine cell batteries that were installed in eight different computers. These batteries are dangerous because they...
- Jamie G. Goldstein | March 01, 2007 3:32 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe FDA initially issued a warning about Salmonella linked to Peter Pan Peanut Butter on February 14, 2007. Since that time there have been numerous cases of salmonella reported all over the country, including in Illinois. The first Illinois case related to the outbreak was recently filed and others are expected, including one on behalf of a man who may have died as a result of ingesting the...