A 13-year-old Georgia boy and his family have filed apersonal injury lawsuit after the child had to have his right leg amputated after a September school incident. According to the lawsuit, a contractor at Edgewood Student Services Center restrained the boy in such a way that he seriously injured the boy’s leg and then…
The CDC and FDA have issued an advisory to hospitals, asking them to notify patients who underwent open-chest surgery involving a Stöckert 3T heater-cooler due to a possible contamination of a deadlyinfection. Last year, a Pennsylvania hospital identified a cluster of invasive NTM infections among patients who had undergone open-heart surgery. Cases in Iowa…
A fatal vehicleaccident occurred in Corte Madera, California recently killing three people. The accident occurred when a Toyota Corolla was divided in half after colliding with a tree. The accident is still being investigated, but it is known that the three men that passed away as a result of the accident were wearing their…
A U.S. Navy Service Member has been accused of allegedly driving drunk and speeding causing the fatal Coronado Bridgecrash last Saturday. The 24-year-old active duty service member stationed in Coronado pleaded not guilty to multiple charges related to the fatal crash. Some of those charges include driving under the influence causing injury or death,…
Adefective medical device may be causing patients who have undergone open heart surgeries since 2012 a risk of a life-threatening infection. Health officials have released a warning to patients who have valve implants or prosthetic product implants. The CDC says there is now a link between theses devices and a serious risk of infection…
A Missouri mother is outraged with University City schools after her 5-year-old son withspecial needs was dropped off at a bus stop without a guardian present. The mother claims her young son with autism was allowed to get off a bus on Friday afternoon without a parent present, and the bus driver drove away….
The safety of theCoronado Bridge has come into question after the tragic death of four people, killed when a truck drove off the bridge and crashing on top of a group of bikers. City leaders and transportation officials are responding to residents’ concerns after a suspected DUI driver lost control, drove off the bridge…
A senior woman died this week after she was run over by her friend in a tragicpedestrian accident at a San Marcos apartment complex parking space. Police say the woman was run over at approximately 5:50 a.m. at Chateau Lake San Marcos Retirement Community on Circa del Lago. The 83-year-old victim was approaching a…
An Illinois man was killed in amotorcycle accident in Jersey County on Monday. According to police, the accident happened on Lockhaven Road and Illinois Route 100. Authorities say a northbound Ford truck crossed into the path of a motorcycle. The motorcycle hit the truck and eject both driver and passenger. The driver of the…
The Massachusetts family of a high school teacher who was brutally murdered by her 14-year-old student filed awrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday. The lawsuit is against the town, the school system, and a cleaning company whose workers cleaned away evidence. The 24-year-old teacher was killed in October of 2013 inside Danvers High School. The…