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• Many Injured In Train Collision

  James Sabatini | November 30, 2007 2:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  At least five Amtrak crew members were critically or seriously injured Friday when their train collided with a freight train traveling on the same track. About 100 or 150 passengers have been injured in this train collision in Chicago. The cause of the collision is under investigation.

• Nursing Home CEO Funds Record Label, But What About The Nursing Homes

  James Sabatini | November 20, 2007 11:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In late 2005, Haven Healthcare CEO Raymond Termini decided to pursue a longtime dream: He launched a record label in Nashville to produce both little-known and established country musicians. Within in a few months, the company gets the cash to sign major artists such as Travis Tritt. Back in Connecticut, residents of his nursing home in Jewett City spent a cold December night. After months of...

• Plainfield Teen Beaten In Racial Attack

  James Sabatini | November 14, 2007 9:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In Plainfield, Connecticut, a sixteen year old teen was beaten and subjected to racial slurs. The victim, sixteen-year old Dashawn Williams has not been to school in three weeks. He says he was beat up at the bus stop by kids calling him the n-word. The attack took place early in the morning at a school bus stop. The beating landed the teen in the hospital with cuts and a concussion. The local...

• Gillette Wal-Mart Sued for Slip and Fall

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  A Campbell County man fell in a local Wal-Mart store in 2005 and injured his knee. He filed a premises liability lawsuit against the company in court last week. His lawyer argues that he reinjured a knee that has been operated on previously. Dick Baker was shopping at the store Feb. 20, 2005, when the accident happened. He walked around the end of an aisle, stepped into a pool of water caused...

• New Haven Police Officer in Single Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 4:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A New Haven police officer was in a single car accident and failed to report the accident to the department. After the crash he reported that he had a flat tire and needed to be towed. Later information showed that he was involved in a car accident. It is against department policy to not report a car accident. He was off duty at the time of the accident and it involved his personal...

• Salem Man Awarded $210K for Medical Malpractice

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A Salem man had surgery on his gall bladder in August 1999. He was in pain following the surgery and visited with two doctors. Both of the doctors failed to diagnose a bile leak and he needed to have emergency surgery to fix the problem. He sued for medical malpractice and the jury awarded him and his wife $210,000. Kevin Cummings said he first went to Dr. Lakshmanan about pain following the...

• Aqua Dots Toys Recalled Due to GHB

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 3:43 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A children's toy expected to be on many wish lists this Christmas has been recalled because of a harmful side effect. The recalled Aqua Dots were made with the incorrect chemical and can metabolize into the "date rape" drug GHB if swallowed. There had been reports of children falling ill after ingesting the small beads that make up the toy. Millions of units of the popular toys, which are...

• Heart Device by Thoratec Recalled

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 3:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A heart assistance device manufactured by Thoratec has been recalled because the device may function incorrectly. The defective medical device has been used at 87 hospitals in the United States and around the world since 2004. The device is surgically implanted in patients and it may become bent. Thoratec notified the hospitals of potential problem in an Oct. 19 recall notification letter,...

• Vioxx Lawsuit Settled for $4.8 Billion

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 3:11 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The pain reliever Vioxx has been linked to a greater risk of heart attack and stroke in patients that have taken the drug. A number of lawsuits were filed against the drug manufacturer Merck. The company this week agreed to settle the cases with $4.8 Billion to be split by those affected. The company reached an agreement with lawyers representing many of the 47,000 plaintiffs with claims...