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Posted on Dec 31, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Salmon Recalled http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/products-recalled-because-of-possible-listeria-monocytogenes-risk-185274902.html Delifish S.A. has announced a voluntary recall of cold smoked ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Boy Dies Sledding, Family Sues http://www.freep.com/article/20121230/NEWS06/121230008/sledding-death-grand-haven Chance Nash died in 2011 at Grand Haven Park while sledding. The accident was caused by ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Suit Initiated over Amusement Park Rides http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/12/amusement-park-injuries-liability.html The California Supreme Court will decide a case involving an amusement ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
When we seek medical treatment, we do not expect physicians to make mistakes called "never events;" these events occur when physicians operate on the wrong limb, the incorrect patient, or ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
Nine Killed in Tour Bus Crash http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/killed-in-tour-bus-crash-along-oregon-highway/article_6aeb1647-f8d2-55fb-8131-29d999c0dd92.html A tour bus crashed along an Oregon ...
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Posted on Dec 30, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
The New England Compounding Center which distributed steroid shots contaminated with fungal meningitis is the focus of a new strain of lawsuits filed by those who have developed the disease as a ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
Similar to a recent Los Angeles case where patients contracted a staph infection from their surgeon while undergoing heart surgery, two patients in an unnamed hospital underwent joint replacement ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
Two-vehicle Accident in Cape Girardeau http://www.mshp.dps.mo.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=A166918E Brett Schermerhorn, 22, was seriously injured when he ran into a tractor trailer ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
Vet's Wife Sues Train Company http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Second-lawsuit-filed-in-Texas-rail-crossing-crash-4150314.php Catherine Stouffer, 37, filed suit against Union Pacific for ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Kerosene Recall http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/philadelphia-energy-solutions-voluntarily-recalls-kerosene-sold-to-distributors-in-pennsylvania-and-new-jersey-184337891.html Philadelphia ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Children's Jeans Recalled http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/product-recall-childrens-denim-jeans/2012/12/27/0b4b17cc-5073-11e2-835b-02f92c0daa43_story.html A recall has been initiated for ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
Teachers Claim Layoffs Were Racially Motivated http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-chicago-teachers-lawsuit-20121227,0,546265.story Three Chicago teachers have filed a lawsuit against ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
Connected with two deaths by overdose, authorities have indicted a New York City physician for manslaughter after a man for whom he wrote prescriptions killed four while robbing a pharmacy. ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Toyota Proposes Settlement over Accelerations ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Five Deaths Spark Recall of Nap Nanny Recliners ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
The Missouri U.S. Renal Care facility which injected its patients with cleaning solution during dialysis in early December may be responsible for other instances of patient harm. A nurse who ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Rural Hospitals Do Better than Urban Medical Centers http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/smaller-hospitals-fare-well-cms-quality-measures/2012-12-25 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
Twenty-one Vehicle Pileup http://newsok.com/ice-causes-21-vehicle-crash-in-oklahoma-city/article/3740615 A powerful storm swept through Oklahoma City on Christmas, and this storm brought plenty of ice ...
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Posted on Dec 25, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
The obstetrician knew of the mother's medical history of failure to progress during labor which required her to undergo a C-section, yet still pursued a vaginal delivery. In spite of hours of ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Counterfeit Botox http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/2012/12/24/fda-warns-doctors-counterfeit-botox/ The FDA is warning more than 350 doctors about possible counterfeit Botox shipped from Canada. ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
FDA Approves Juxtapid with Caution http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/24/us-aegerion-fda-lipiddrug-idUSBRE8BN0GQ20121224 Aegerion has received approval of Juxtapid, which is a high cholesterol ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
During an eight-hour labor, physicians knew of repeated drops in a baby's heart rate, but did not alter the mother's course of treatment. Upon delivery and another heart rate decline, a ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Hyundai Recalls 2012 Veloster http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/19/hyundai-recall-idUSL1E8NJ3PR20121219 Hyundai has announced a recall of its 2012 Veloster citing concerns about the sunroof ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2012 By Geoff Meyerkord
Charlie Rose Show Settles Employment Suit http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/charlie-rose-show-agrees-to-pay-up-to-250000-to-settle-interns-lawsuit/ Charlie Rose and his production ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2012 By St. Louis Personal Injury Attorney
Pyrex Cookware Causes Holiday Hospital Visits http://todayhealth.today.com/_news/2012/12/21/16049242-kitchen-calamity-reports-of-shattering-cookware-on-the-rise?lite Consumers around the country are ...
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