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• Untreated Man In Emergency Room Dies Waiting for Treatment

  Amy Rothschild | October 31, 2007 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A 33-year-old man complaining of chest pains and pains going down his left arm, died outside Olive View-UCLA Medical Center Sunday. After waiting for medical treatment for more than three hours, the man walked out of the emergency room, collapsed on the pavement and died minutes later. Health official have cited the hospital for medical problems five times this year.While the man's pulse,...

• Bausch & Lomb Continues To Be Served With Lawsuits As A Result of Eye Infections Caused by Renu MoisturLoc Contact Lense Solution, Some Of Which Was Manufactured In Greenville, SC Plant

  Amy Rothschild | October 30, 2007 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  573 product liability law suits have been brought against Bausch & Lomb Inc, the maker of defective Renu with MoisturLoc Contact Lens Solution, as a result of eye infections caused by the recalled product. Those lawsuits include 550 individual lawsuits and a consolidated federal class action suit. The lawsuits have been filed in both state and federal courts in the United States as well as in...

• Maine Jury Awards $8 Million Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital and Midwife

  Amy Rothschild | October 29, 2007 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A severely brain damaged boy and his mother received almost $8 million in damages on Thursday, October 26, 2007, in a lawsuit against a Maine hospital and one of its midwives. The verdict was rendered in Auburn, Maine. The verdict in favor of Sasha Emond of Lewiston and her son, Odysseus, was described as the largest malpractice award ever handed down in Androscoggin County Superior Court. It...

• Florida Jury Awards $4 Million To Boy Who Injured Arm During Game At School

  Amy Rothschild | October 24, 2007 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On October 22, 2007, a Florida jury awarded $4 million to a boy from Tampa who suffered permanent damage to his arm during a pick-up football game at a private school. According to the lawsuit, school staff members were not supervising the game when another student jumped on the plaintiff's arm. The boy, who was 12 years old at the time of the accident, broke his left arm in a schoolyard...

• Gymboree, Corp. Recalls Children's Toy Swords Due to Propensity for Breakage and Laceration

  Amy Rothschild | October 24, 2007 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On October 18, 2007, the Gymboree Corporation of San Francisco, California, in conjunction with the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, issued a voluntary recall of Toy Pirate Swords, which were manufactured in China. The swords can break, creating a sharp point, which can result in a child cutting him/herself or others. Of the 6000 Toy Pirate Swords that were manufactured,...

• Drunk Driver and County to Pay Combined $8.5 Million to Family of Girl Who was Killed While Crossing Street

  Amy Rothschild | October 23, 2007 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A jury in Arizona issued a verdict on Friday, October 19, 2007, which will require Pima County and a drunken driver to pay a combined total of $8.5 million to the family of a girl who was killed in August 2004, while crossing the street. Of this amount, the County will have to be $520,000. The balance of the verdict must be paid by the drunk driver who is serving almost 11 years in jail for...

• Two Teens Sue Isuzu Claiming Trooper Defectively Designed

  Amy Rothschild | October 23, 2007 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Tyler Carron and Nikko Landeros, 18 year old high school students in Colorado who were both on the wrestling team, lost their legs when a classmate crashed into them as they were changing a flat tire on on the Isuzu in which they were riding. The students who lost their legs are suing Isuzu for negligence and product liability. They also want Isuzu to notify other Isuzu owners of the alleged...

• Illinois Jury Awards South Carolina Woman $15 Million in Personal Injury Case Involving Motorcycle Tires

  Amy Rothschild | October 18, 2007 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A federal jury in Peoria, Illinois awarded a South Carolina woman $15 million after finding that a tire on the motorcycle she was riding had a defect which resulted in a fall and severe brain damage. The jury deliberated over two days before deciding that defendant Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America Ltd. was liable for the May, 2002, incident on Interstate 55 in Livingston County, Illinois.In...

• Chrysler Recalls 125,000 Vehicles Including 2007-2008 Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger Because of Faulty Cooling Fan that Could Lead to Engine Fire

  Amy Rothschild | October 17, 2007 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Chrysler is recalling 125,000 cars, because a problem with a cooling fan could lead to engine fires. The recall includes the 2007-2008 Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger. So far, Chrysler has received 17 reports of fires since July 2007. The company plans to notify car owners. For more information, call Chrysler at 1-800-853-1403.

• Defective Medtronic Defribillators Result in Five Deaths

  Amy Rothschild | October 16, 2007 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Medtronic is the largest manufacturer of implantable heart debrillators. Medtronic producess 55% of the market share in the United States of these devices. Last year, its sales reached $12.3 biillion dollars, with the bulk of the sales being for the sale of the potentially defective device. On Monday, October 15, 2007, Medtronic announced that it was putting a stop to the sales of the Spring...