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Sort by date 1,864 pages found matching %3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27What_Security?%27%29%3C/script%3E- Plane Crashes: FAA Releases Bird Strike Data
Apr-27-09 Phoenix, AZ Following the media frenzy surrounding what could have been a tragic plane crash in New York in January, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made its bird strike database available to the public. According to the database, some airports have reported hundreds of such collisions a year—and although the number of incidents that resu... - Beaten Down: Nursing Home Abuse Citations on the Rise
Jan-9-08 Washington, DC: As an aging population puts a greater importance and strain on nursing homes, seniors residences and assisted living, concern is mounting over nursing home safety, and the apparent rise in nursing home abuse. Just prior to Christmas, it was revealed that serious reprimands for dangerous conditions at nursing homes had increased 22 per... - License Suspension for New Jersey Oncologist Possible Malpractice
Apr-20-09 Trenton, NJ While it might be too early for a case of medical malpractice , suspicion continues to swirl around a doctor in New Jersey after his license to practice medicine was revoked earlier this month. Medical malpractice law governs any case involving medical malpractice negligence. So far, any allegation against Dr. Parvez Dara of Ocean County,... - Man Receives Fentanyl Patch Recall Letter Days After Wife's Death
Apr-20-09 Sanford, FL Imagine getting a letter from your pharmacy, duly informing you about the Duragesic fentanyl patch recall . Now just imagine receiving that letter just days after your wife had died from a fentanyl patch… That's exactly what happened to the husband of Janice DiCosolo, a woman who died after using a Duragesic fentanyl patch to ease her co... - Asbestos Disease--36 Years after Being Exposed
Mar-3-09 Syracuse, UT Jack went into the Navy in 1967 and worked as a boiler technician until he left in 1971. During that entire period he worked on a ship removing and installing lagging and asbestos containing-insulation for pumps and pipes in the boiler room. He was never once issued with any warning or information about asbestos, asbestosis or asbestos mesoth... - Mothers Act Fuels Multibillion Dollar Industry - Part 2 of 3
Apr-10-09 More Democrats than Republicans are supporting the Mother's Act. The increased campaign funding to Democrats may well explain this turn of events. For the last eight election cycles the pharmaceutical industry has contributed far more to Republicans than Democrats. In the 2006 cycle the percentage was 28% to Democrats and 70% to Republicans, according to the... - SSRI Birth Defects: "My Child is the Victim"
Apr-7-09 Paris, AK Catrenia is upset and angry. Her son was born with a heart condition that could have killed him, and will certainly affect him for the rest of his life. He has a hole in his heart that is very likely an SSRI birth defect that could have been prevented. Aside from the obvious reasons, Catrenia is angry because she was never given any inform... - Concern Over Avandia Continues
Mar-31-09 Washington, DC (Public Citizen.org) wants Avandia off the market, and many doctors are continuing to switch their Type 2 Diabetes patients to an alternate form of medication. But Avandia is still out there, and still a concern with regard to heart attack . There has never been an Avandia recall, even though Avandia and heart attacks continue to be a con... - Are California Software Engineers Getting a Fair Shake
Mar-30-09 Silicon Valley, CA Remember that $65 million IBM award a few years ago that had Big Blue crying the blues? That happened because somewhere, at some time somebody spoke up. How many California software developers are speaking up now? Especially since changes to California IT overtime exemption rates have the California computer professional making a lot l... - Veteran Medical Malpractice: "Putting a Band-Aid on Broken Bones"
Dec-8-07 Lolo, MT Medical malpractice is a serious issue for any patient, but when the patient who suffers is a veteran, one who has been treated by Veterans Affairs , the issue seems even more outrageous. Especially when that patient was a prisoner of war and one who has repeatedly suffered from misdiagnosis, ignored complaints and botched surgeries. Allan D... - A Big Case of Bad Faith Insurance
Mar-27-09 Cedar Rapids, IA With the flooding season now upon us (Fargo), and the summer hurricane season approaching, the insurance industry is bracing for its own season of payouts. But for every challenge faced by the insurance industry, homeowners face two: dealing with disaster, followed by the potential for bad faith insurance when it is time to collect what... - Flight 3407 Reported Significant Ice Build-up Moments Before it Crashed
Feb-13-09 Clarence, NY: The latest news from the scene of the fatal plane crash of Continental Express Flight 3407 is that ice may have been a factor. According to data from the flight recorders, the cockpit crew were discussing "significant ice build up" on the plane's windshield, and leading edges of the wings, moments before the plane hurtled into the Weilinski's... - California QA Engineers Misclassified as Exempt Entitled to Overtime
Feb-12-09 Sacramento, CA For many Quality Assurance (QA) engineers, long hours and low pay are standard. However, they may be entitled to California QA Engineer Overtime , mainly because an employer has misclassified employees as exempt from the wage and hour laws, and has improperly failed to pay overtime. And In some cases, QA engineers have been classified as in... - Who Shoulders the Blame Over Shoulder Pain Pumps?
Feb-10-09 Phoenix, AZ Matthew Goldstein might have been playing professional football today, earning a lucrative salary. Instead the Arizona man is earning a living as a manager at Walgreens, and serves as a sports broadcaster for his alma mater, the University of Massachusetts. And it's all because a shoulder pain pump was used following shoulder surgery. Thus hi... - Financial Advisor Loses Millions in Employee Stock Plan
Feb-10-09 San Diego, CA Many investors have lost money lately, but among those who have been forgotten are financial advisors who invested in their firm's employee stock options plans. With their companies filing for bankruptcy or being bought out by other companies, these employees are finding that the employee savings plans they paid into faithfully for many yea... - Asbestos Mesothelioma and the US Postal Service
Feb-9-09 Scarborough, ME Philip was a vehicle service technician with the U S Postal Service, so he worked around asbestos. He can remember his hands filling with asbestos dust when he removed worn out brakes. But he didn't know about asbestos mesothelioma . Clouds of Black Dust "I started working in the vehicle maintenance facility around 1980," Philip sai... - Pizza Recall: Lawyer Demands General Mills Pay Medical Expenses
Nov-30-07 St. Louis, MO General Mills produced and distributed 120 million pizzas throughout the US during an E. coli outbreak that was linked to the company's Totino's and Jeno's pizzas. However, although the company did announce a recall, it only involved 5 million of those 120 pizzas produced. Considering that General Mills, the sixth largest food company in t... - Asbestos Mesothelioma – The Ultimate Price
Feb-3-09 Fort Monroe, VA In December, 2008 the family of James King was awarded a million dollar settlement in a wrongful death suit. James had died from asbestos mesothelioma on December 24, 2004 just a year after being diagnosed. He had contracted the fateful disease as a result of his work as a boiler operator. James had worked almost 30 years at the milit... - Lawmakers Warn Drug Makers To Knock It Off After Avandia Debacle - Part II
Nov-22-07 Washington, DC: On November 14, 2007, the FDA added a new black box warning to GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia , about a potential increased risk of heart attacks, in addition to the black box warning that was added in August 2007, about the increased risk of heart failure. The FDA said the new warning would also apply to Glaxo's diabetes drugs... - IT Overtime Lawsuits: A California Labor Law Attorney Weighs In
Jan-26-09 Irvine, CA Most California IT overtime lawsuits involve salaried employees who have been misclassified as exempt from overtime pay by their employers. Attorney Roger Carter of The Carter Law Firm explains why IT employees may be owed a great deal of money in unpaid overtime. His firm handles cases throughout California on a contingency fee basis, advan...