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• Wal-Mart Settles Lawsuit for Giving Customer Wrong Medication Resulting in Customer's Death

  Amy Rothschild | August 13, 2007 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  In December of 2005, Keith Scofield ordered an over-the counter drug from a Wal-Mart pharmacy in Frederick, Maryland. Mr. Schofield ordered Humulin R (u-100). Instead, Mr. Schofield was puportedly given Humulin R (u-500). Humulin R (u-500) is a prescription drug that has five times more the insulin of the medication that Mr. Schofield requested from the pharmacy. According to his family who...

• Mattel Recalls Almost One Million Toys, Including Some Dora the Explorer, Elmo and Big Bird Toys Due to High Lead Levels

  Amy Rothschild | August 07, 2007 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Toy-maker Mattel which is the parent company of Fisher Price, is recalling almost one million toys because they contain high levels of lead. Some of the products being recalled are among children's favorites including Dora the Explorer, Elmo, Big Bird and others. The toys were all manufactured for Mattel by a Chinese Vendor. Mattel announced that it will work with authorities in China to...

• May Have Been Recall On Truck Involved in Accident on July 13, 2007, That Resulted in the Deaths of Five and Injury of Others

  Amy Rothschild | July 31, 2007 2:07 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The truck that was involved in the horrific crash on I-526 on July 13, 2007, in Charleston, South Carolina resulting in the deaths of five individuals, is the subject of a recall expected to begin as soon as July 27th. The rig involved in the accident was a 2007 Freightliner Columbia series model that was put into service in December 2006. It had about 48,000 miles on it when it was last...

• U.A. Veteran's Affairs Secretary Faces Wrongful Death Suit by Family of Iraq War Veteran

  Amy Rothschild | July 31, 2007 9:34 AM | 1 CommentCharleston, SC

  The family of an Iraq war veteran recently filed a lawsuit in Springfield, Massachusetts, on July 30, 2007, alleging negligence against Jim Nicholson, the secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary, in the suicide death of their son. The action states that the Veterans Affairs (VA)is at fault for the death of Jeffrey Lucey, a 23 year old Marine who committed suicide in June 2004, after he was...

• Diabetes Drugs Linked to Heart Failure

  Amy Rothschild | July 27, 2007 1:54 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  It was just reported that two of the most widely used drugs to treat diabetes and which were taken by thousands of overweight people in the United Kingdom last year, are causing widespread heart failure. The use of the drugs including Avandia and Actos has increased two fold in the last three years as a result of the increasing problem of obesity. The United Kingdom recently reported that in...

• Expanded Meat Recall Gives Rise to Additional Concerns Regarding Botulism

  Amy Rothschild | July 23, 2007 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Last week, we reported that Castleburty Food Co. of August, Georgia had recalled canned chili due to some of the cans containing the botulism, a life-threatening bacteria. Just hours ago, a Georgia meat processor expanded its recall of canned meat items that may be connected to the outbreak of botulism. Over the weekend, Castleberry's Food Co. of Augusta, recalled not only additional brands of...

• Hot Dog Chili Recall Due to Botulism

  Amy Rothschild | July 19, 2007 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety recall on certain cans of hot dog chili due to botulism. This was the first incident of botulism being discovered in commerically canned products in decades. Botulism is a bacteria that can cause muscle paralysis. Eventually, paralysis can cause a person to stop breathing and die, unless supported by a ventilator. Most victims eventually...

• SC Restaurant has no Worker's Comp Insurance on Burned Employee

  Pat Jennings | July 17, 2007 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Just over a month ago, Smokehouse Restaurant employee Kevin Lane suffered second degree burns over nearly twenty percent of his body following an accident at work. The employer failed to hold Worker's Compensation Insurance on Lane, and may end up paying dearly for being in direct violation of South Carolina laws relating to this situation. An employer that has four or more employees must have...

• Five Killed and Others Injured in Violent Multi-Vehicle Car Accident in Charleston, SC

  Amy Rothschild | July 16, 2007 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On Friday, July 13, 2007, around rush hour traffic, there was a terrible car accident on the northbound lanes of Interstate 526 or the Mark Clark Expressway at the North Rhett on-ramp. A total of eight vehicles were involved. All the lanes on that portion of Interstate 526 were closed for nearly 10 hours after the accident. While the exact cause of the accident may not be known for weeks, it...

• Exploding Cell Phone Batteries

  Amy Rothschild | July 12, 2007 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On July 6, 2007, the New York Times reported that regulators in China have found that certain mobile cell phone batteries manufactured in the southern Guangdong Province, one of the world's largest electronics manufacturing areas in China, were prone to exploding. It was found that the batteries were subject to exploding under certain conditions. The batteries that were affected were those...