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Feb-27-08 Washington, DC Yet another pair of planes have clipped each other's wings on the runway. The latest incident of an on-ground plane crash occurred February 24th at Washington's Dulles Airport. The right wing of a Shuttle America Embraer 170 jet hit the left wingtip of a United Airlines Airbus 319. No injuries were reported among the 66 people aboa... - Daniel Troy - Bush Administration's Preemption Gang - Part II
Feb-26-08 Washington, DC: In the fall of 2004, Daniel Troy left the FDA armed with the preemption policy he put in place. Now a partner at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Mr Troy works for a firm that he told Lily Henning of the Legal Times on September 20, 2005, "represents pretty much almost every company" in the brand-name drug industry. In fact, Sidley Austin i... - Governor of New York Adamant About Family Leave
Feb-24-08 Albany, NY: Governor Spitzer of New York is adamant about his state providing its own family leave provision. Recently, in a State of the State address he warned lawmakers that New Yorkers need protection when they need to take time off to care for loved ones. Governor Spitzer deemed it not fair to expect New Yorkers who work hard for a living to have to... - Defective Products vs. The Supreme Court. They Fight, You Lose
Feb-23-08 Peachtree City, GA On February 21st the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in concert with Rinnai America Corp, announced a voluntary product safety recall involving the defective product Rinnai EnergySaver Direct-Vent Wall Furnace, due to a potential carbon monoxide hazard. According to the alert a gasket in the furnace, fuelled by either natural... - One New York City Employer not Taking Time with Paying Overtime
Feb-20-08 New York, NY: There has been widespread controversy throughout America over unpaid overtime . Many employers have dodged the overtime bullet for several years labeling employees as salaried. Companies with salaried employees feel the title of "salaried" is a safe haven to skirt paying overtime. They believe salary indicates a certain amount of pay no matt... - Asbestos Exposure could have Asthma Symptoms
Feb-20-08 Cincinnati, OH In the last year, Bob J. developed asthma. His doctor can't explain why or how. "I don't smoke, nothing has changed in my life and nobody in my family has asthma," says Bob. But he was exposed to asbestos in the workplace for many years. "We were young and stupid and didn't know any better." "I talked to my doctor about my exposure to asb... - Chantix Controvery Carries On Over Cigarette and Smoking Cessation
Feb-20-08 Dallas, TX: The Chantix controversy wages onward as opposing camps have sprouted over the drug's potentially suicidal effects . Some people that have taken Chantix for the express purpose of quitting smoking have allegedly ended up with a problem just as big. Many of those ingesting Chantix to be free of cigarette smoking allegedly find themselves fette... - Botox Delivers Bad Results for Some Users
Feb-20-08 Los Angeles, CA: Botox injections used for the aesthetic purpose of eliminating lines and wrinkles are becoming tied to some sober results from reactions. Some reactions have been serious enough to cause death in users. The announcement was allegedly made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The reactions have born a striking resemblance to thos... - House Holds Back Immunity for Telecom Industry as FISA Expires
Feb-17-08 Washington, DC A three-week long battle has been raging within the U.S. House of Representatives. The battle has been an attempt at implementing amendments for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This would allow the federal government the ability to continue utilizing the telecom companies as a means for allegedly tapping into Americans' ph... - Dangerous ATV's Death Toll Keeps Rising
Feb-16-08 Vancouver, WA It is alleged that more than five hundred people perished on ATV's in 2006. Twenty percent of the people that perished in these unfortunate accidents were children. Amid the ATV deaths, 146,600 people visited hospital emergency rooms due to injuries from the well-known Yamaha Rhino ATV within the same year. The information of the alleged inci... - Asbestos: Remove? Or Leave Well Enough Alone?
Feb-15-08 Washington, DC: There is a myth out there about asbestos. Oh, it's a health hazard all right, and as a known carcinogen it can cause asbestos mesothelioma . However, the popular belief that if you have asbestos in your building you've got to get it out of there, could be flawed. In fact, many experts agree that it is best, provided asbestos is properly... - Mexican President to Visit United States
Feb-11-08 Mexico City Felipe Calderon, the president of Mexico, was scheduled to arrive for a Sunday visit to the United States amid the debate amongst presidential candidates regarding the illegal immigrant situation within the U.S. This will be Calderon's first visit to the United States since his presidency began in 2006, but he will not be meeting with George... - Employee Discrimination against a High Achiever
Feb-9-08 Brooklyn, NY Gehan was one of only three Christians employed by a leading American pharmaceutical company in the Middle East. His superior made it clear, however, that he wanted no Christians on his team and over three years Gehan was subjected to systematic employee discrimination , ending in the loss of his job. "Originally I was a physician but I'd... - Trasylol Fiasco - FDA Fails To Protect Americans Again - Part II
Feb-4-08 Washington, DC: In reading the report issued by the Zuckerman Spaeder law firm, one thing is perfectly clear. Bayer was willing to pay $700,000 to get a Trasylol study done in time for the September 21, 2006 advisory committee meeting, if it could refute the findings of the New England Journal of Medicine study. However, unbeknownst to the contract re... - Soldier Custody Laws
Feb-1-08 Washington, DC: America's brave men and women have been battling more than terrorists these days. Their bravery is having to be displayed in the face of another enemy. The possibility of losing custody while on active duty for the United States military has been a tragic side effect of the Middle East unrest. However, this situation is going to do an a... - Man Looks for Job but finds Discrimination Instead
Jan-31-08 Wilkes-Barre, PA: When Ivan left his job in New York to take a position with General Physics, he found that racial discrimination stood in his way. He said his positive attitude turned to suspicion when the two black people in his group failed to qualify for jobs but the people who were white were all hired. Ivan's story is troubling, to say the least... - Medtronic Sprint Fidelis: Medtronic Tries to Get Off the Legal Hook
Jan-30-08 Seattle, WA: If you're a big medical hardware manufacturer and one of your products is found to be seriously—in fact, potentially fatally—defective, what's the right thing to do? That's the challenge that Medtronic Inc. faced when its Sprint Fidelis implantable defibrillator leads were found to be prone to fracturing and malfunctioning, eith... - New Study: Putting the Positive Spin on Anti-Depressants
Jan-17-08 Boston, MA: In a confirmation of suspicions that critics have been harboring for years, a new study reveals that anti-depressant drug manufacturers routinely sweep less-than-stellar drug trial results under the rug, while trumpeting positive findings for the masses. The result distorts reality, critics claim. Perception—which is everything, as t... - Preemption - Bush Administration Backs Medtronic in Supreme Court - Part I
Jan-1-08 Washington, DC: Under the arguments made before the US Supreme Court on December 4, 2007, by Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler, on behalf of the Bush Administration, in support of the medical device maker Medtronic, American citizens injured by a defective device would not be allowed to sue the manufacturer of a product, ever. In a nutshell, the g... - Nurse's Family Files Avandia Wrongful Death Lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline
Dec-18-07 San Diego, CA Rogelio Larosa and his adult son, Eric, of National City, San Diego County, California, filed a lawsuit on Monday, December 17, 2007, against Philadelphia-based GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"), the maker of Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate), in U.S. District Court, Southern District of California (San Diego) accusing GSK of causing the wrongful death o...