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• Nursing Home Oversight Lacking

  Greg Webb | April 25, 2007 8:42 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A report to be issued in late April 2007 by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) states that the Department of Health and Human Services does not hold nursing homes with a long history of bad care of residents accountable. Nursing homes that have a history of harming residents often do not face sanctions, and when they are sanctioned the Bush Administration gives them a grace period in...

• $1.2 Million Paid to Parents in Police Auto Accident Death Case

  Greg Webb | April 23, 2007 2:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The District of Columbia has agreed to pay the parents of 2 minor children, Octavia Suydan, 8, and her brother, Christopher Suydan, 7, killed by a driver fleeing the police, $1.2 million for a 2004 automobile accident that resulted in a wrongful death claim by the surviving parents. The Washington Post reported that the accident occurred after a drug sting gone bad, when Eric Palmer, who was in...

• Engine Fires Cause Ford to Recall More than 500,000 Escapes

  Greg Webb | April 15, 2007 4:04 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Ford Motor Company recalled more than 500,000 Escape small SUV's after reports of 50 Escape engine fires. The Fires were reportedly caused by corroded brake parts in the Escapes' antilock brake systems. The recall covered 2001 through 2004 model years, and it came after an investigation by the Natioinal Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last year (2006). Owners will not be charged...

• Nailguns Cause Thousands of Injuries Yearly

  Greg Webb | April 15, 2007 3:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  CNN recently reported that the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that about 37,000 people are injured by nailguns every year. The CDC further stated that, since the early 1990's, nailgun injuries have increased by about 200 percent. When the CDC examined who was getting injured, it found that work-related nailgun injuries had remained stable since 1998, but...