The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with state health departments in different states to monitor the outbreaks. A public health alert has been issued by the US Department of Agriculture‘s Food Safety (USDA) and Inspection Service (FSIS) in response to reports of illnesses that resulted from consumer exposure to Salmonella Heidelberg in…
When truckers are careless or negligent, innocent motorists sometimes end up getting hurt. A passenger vehicle is no match for an 80,000 pound tractor trailer. When truckers are careless or negligent, innocent motorists sometimes end up getting hurt. Each year in the U.S. there are an estimated 500,000 truck accidents. Nearly 5,000 of these result…
Every minute, 2 children will be treated to a sports related injury in an American emergency room. A parent should expect an occasional bump and bruise on an athletic child, but last year 1.35 million kids were treated for more serious injuries caused by sports. How can a parent determine if someone else should be…
Head on car accidents can do massive amounts of damage to both your vehicle and the passengers inside. Car Accident in Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania, a head on crash on a highway on Saturday killed six people. The accident happened in a national forest and the six who died included two children. In the Allegheny National…
In Virginia, a $1 million medical malpractice lawsuit has ended with a hung jury, rather than resolution. The medical malpractice case involved an orthopedic surgeon and was filed in civil court. In October 2011 the woman involved needed to undergo surgery on her clavicle to repair damage done years before. The surgery was performed at…
Rhett Ridolfi played high school football until 2008 when he suffered a traumatic spine injury during a drill. The injury left Ridolfi paralyzed on his left side. He filed a lawsuit against Riddell, a company that manufactures the helmet that the player was wearing. A Las Animas County jury in Colorado sided with Ridolfi in…
