May 27, 2014 by Adam Levin
(Source: CPSC website, Recall number: 14-185 dated May 20, 2014). The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Bed Handles Inc., of Blue Springs, Mo., are announcing the voluntary recall of about 113,000 adult portable bed handles. When attached to an adult’s bed without the use of safety retention straps, the handle can shift out […]
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May 19, 2014 by admin
Weather often figures into a personal injury case. A driver, for example, fails to adjust to conditions and drives too fast in fog, rain or snow, causing an accident. The driver is responsible for the injury he causes despite the bad weather. Sometimes the weather is raised as a defense. The accident wasn’t anyone’s fault, […]
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May 15, 2014 by Adam Levin
(CNNMoney: Published 05/15/2014, Isidore, Chris) General Motors has recalled another 3 million autos, bringing the troubled automaker’s total for the year to about 10 million. GM has been under fire this year for its botched recall of 2.6 million vehicles with an ignition switch problem that the automaker had known about for 10 years. The […]
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May 5, 2014 by admin
Patients admitted to the hospital generally expect that the medical care they receive will improve their health, not worsen it. Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case. In some instances, patients are harmed as a result of their medical treatment. For example, a patient may contract an infection associated with the use of a catheter or […]
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