NATIONAL – According to The Washington Post (5/11, Whoriskey) reports NHTSA is “opening a second investigation into whether Toyota delayed notifying government authorities of a dangerous defect, this one affecting the steering systems of nearly 1 million sport-utility vehicles and pickup trucks. The probe…comes a little more than a month after the agency fined the…
A Florida resident who was left partially paralyzed after a botched steroid injection was recently awarded a $36 million malpractice verdict. The jury awarded her this verdict because her former pain management doctor used steroids that destroyed tissue in her spinal cord. She was being treated by the doctor for personal injuries suffered in a…
According to The National Law Journal, “The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is cracking down on employers that discriminate against returning injured soldiers, who are having a hard time getting their old jobs back, either being demoted, or denied work altogether. DOJ is suing employers nationwide – almost on a weekly basis – for failing…
According to the CBS Evening News – “We’re learning more tonight about last weekend’s recall of children’s medicine” manufactured by a unit of Johnson & Johnson, McNeil Consumer Healthcare. The company voluntarily “recalled 43 over the counter medications, including Tylenol [acetaminophen] and Motrin [ibuprofen] for children and infants.” Now, according to a recently released federal report,…
NATIONAL – Nissan said yesterday that the company “will recall nearly 135,000 Infiniti G35 sedans and coupes to address a problem that could lead to the air bag not deploying in a crash.” Nissan “said the recall involves G35 Coupes from the 2005 to 2007 model years and G35 Sedans from the 2005 to 2006 model year.”…
The Food and Drug Administration continues to investigate. Further action by the FDA is pending. The FDA is still gathering information. The recall is the fourth product recall McNeil has issued in the past year and the second major recall issued in 2010. In January, the company recalled several hundred lots of a number of…
MADEIRA BEACH – A Tampa woman suffered serious injuries when she was struck by a van on Gulf Boulevard in Madeira Beach. The woman was not in a crosswalk and was in the median when she was struck by a northbound van. She was transported by Sun Star ambulance to Bayfront Medical Center where she…
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY – A Jet Ski accident near the Bahama Breeze restaurant claimed the live of one. The accident happened on the north side of the Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa. Tampa Police said that an out of state resident was operating a jet ski on the north side of the Courtney Campbell Causeway when…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is increasing penalties for serious safety violations, contending current fines are too low to have a deterrent effect. OSHA’s average penalty for a serious violation has been around $1,000. Under the agency’s new policy, the average fine for a serious violation – one that could cause death or…
This week the government has recalled thousands of Simplicity and Graco cribs issuing a warning that babies could suffocate or strangle in them. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPCS) said the Simplicity recall was linked to at least one death and involved thousands of cribs, possibly hundreds of thousands, though many had previously been recalled…