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• Lawyers Sinking Their Teeth Into Denture Cream Lawsuits

  Greg Webb | June 25, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Attorneys representing injured consumers are filing product liability suits alleging that denture cream use causes zinc buildup and neurological problems. A dozen cases in federal courts in...

• Starbucks Sued for Scalding Coffee Spill

  Greg Webb | November 04, 2008 8:45 AM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A woman in Knoxville, Tennessee is suing Starbucks for $250,000 for burns caused by scalding coffee served with an unattached lid. Jordan Triplett, 23, ordered Starbucks coffee at the store’s...

• New Report Shows Toxic Formaldehyde In Children’s Furniture

  Greg Webb | May 25, 2008 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A new environmental report, published by Environment California, claims cribs and changing tables may be exposing babies to unhealthy levels of formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is a chemical typically...

• Lawsuit Filed By Family of Boy Killed by Unsecured Soccer Goal

  Greg Webb | March 24, 2008 4:07 PM | 3 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Charlottesville, Va. (March 17, 2008) A lawsuit was filed today in the Circuit Court of Prince William County, Virginia on behalf of the Estate of Hayden Ellias, the 10 year-old boy who died when an unsecured soccer goal fell over and killed him. The estate is represented by attorneys Shawn S. Kasserman with the Chicago, IL law firm of Corboy & Demetrio and J. Gregory Webb and Paul R. Thomson,...

• Toyota & NHTSA Ignore Runaway Vehicles

  Paul Thomson | November 10, 2009 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Both Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have been ignoring customer reports for years! More than 1000 reports of sudden acceleration have been made since 2001,...

• Guardian Insurance Cancels Policies in Certain States

  Greg Webb | October 25, 2009 6:19 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Guardian Life Insurance, a New York-based insurance company, has begun canceling lines of coverage and specific policies in entire states in order to avoid paying high-cost claims; they are...

• Professional Football Careers May Lead to Memory-Loss

  Greg Webb | October 05, 2009 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A recent telephone study done by the University of Michigan at the request of the NFL has found that retired NFL players may be more prone to cases of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease than...

• British Leaders Considering Goalpost Safety Bill

  Brenda Smith | May 26, 2009 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Recently I travelled to London, I live in England, to listen to my local Member of Parliament deliver a speech called The Ten Minute Rule Bill. It was very emotioanl to listen to and I wanted to...

• GM Recalls 15,393 Chevrolet Traverse Vehicles

  Greg Webb | May 14, 2009 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  According to NHTSA, General Motors has recalled 15,393 Chevrolet Traverse vehicles for model year 2009. The recall has been issued because of a defective parking brake that does not comply with...

• Tattoos, Nicotine Patches And Other Medical Devices May Pose Problem During M.R.I.s

  Greg Webb | March 31, 2009 5:44 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Federal health officials warn that patients who wear nicotine or other drug patches during M.R.I. scans may get burned due to the machine’s huge magnet that can heat tiny metal elements found...