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• Pet Food Recall Now Extends to Dry Food

  Greg Owen | March 30, 2007 5:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  You are probably well aware that there have been widespread feelings of panic among pet owners all across this country as a result of the huge pet food recall. Just when you might think things are under control to some small degree, the pet food recall has widened. The Hills Pet Nutrition recalled Prescription Diet m/d Feline Dry food. DRY FOOD! Were we not just told that was safe to use. No...

• Tainted Pet Food Recall Expands

  Greg Owen | March 26, 2007 11:49 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Last week there were 95 brand names of pet food recalled - 53 dog food brands and 42 cat food brands. This week, the pet food manufacturer, Menu Foods, has requested that stores carrying pet food remove all of the wet pet food items, regardless of the date code, as a precautionary measure. Animals are experiencing kidney failure and death after ingesting the tainted pet food. It is believed...

• Wrongful Death of a Young Man Due to Negligence

  Greg Owen | March 24, 2007 3:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  A Dallas jury awarded $18.9 million to the widow of a man who was killed in an explosion at a TXI facility in Midlothian, Texas. Gordon Rutherford, 34, was killed in January 2003 while employed by a contractor to TXI. He was working in an area that was close to a scrubber that contained materials that were extremely hazardous and flammable.While working, more than 5 tons of combustible plastics...

• Rat Poisoin Found in Tainted Pet Food

  Greg Owen | March 23, 2007 11:52 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  It was announced today that rat poison was found in the recalled pet food that unsuspecting pet owners have been feeding their faithful friends. Although, it is still unknown to scientists and state officials just how the rat poison got there. According to Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker " the toxin was identified as Aminopterin, which is used to kill rats in some countries."...

• Tainted Pet Food Recalled

  Greg Owen | March 21, 2007 3:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Menu Foods, the Canada-based manufacturer of wet pet food products sold by supermarkets, mass retailers and pet stores, have ordered a pet food recall. They did so after they received notice that some pet foods are responsible for causing kidney failure and deaths in both dogs and cats. At last count, 14 animals have died as a result of eating the recalled pet food. It appears that the recall...

• 101-Year Old Woman Is Beaten & Injured

  Greg Owen | March 15, 2007 10:42 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Just when you think you have heard everything.... A 101-year-old woman in New York, was beaten by a young man. The take was 33 dollars and the keys to her home. Rose Morat was in the process of leaving her apartment building with her walker . Yes, she was beaten while holding onto her walker. The elderly lady was just trying to get to church. Based on the recollection of Rose in addition to the...

• Boy's Lip Is Ripped from His Face in a Dog Attack

  Greg Owen | March 14, 2007 2:46 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In North Tyneside, England a nine-year-old boy, John Henderson, was rushed to a nearby hospital where he underwent a two-hour surgery after being attacked by the family dog, a Staffordshire bull terrier mix. His lip was ripped from his face when he took a bite of a cookie that clearly the dog wanted. John's mother said the incident was just horrible, "their worst nightmare." Apparently, the...

• Vioxx Verdict for Vietnam Vetern

  Greg Owen | March 13, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  In yet another defeat for the drug manufacturer Merck & Company, a jury awarded a total of 47.5 million dollars in damages yesterday. Frederick "Mike" Humeston had been granted a second trial in light of new evidence.Humeston, a Vietnam vetern and postal worker from Idaho, took Vioxx intermittently for pain in his knee due to a shrapnel wound. Subsequently he suffered a heart attack in...

• More than One Fatal Helicopter Crash in Hawaii

  Greg Owen | March 12, 2007 10:06 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Many people have either taken a helicopter tour in Hawaii or have it on their list of things to do "someday." If that describes you and/or your loved ones, you may want to do a little research before embarking on that tour. There have been a couple of fatal helicopter crashes on the Hawaiian helicopter tours in the last few days. On Sunday, a helicopter crashed on Kauai, killing at least one...

• Investigation into Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect

  Greg Owen | March 08, 2007 4:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  After a blind and mentally disabled man suffered second degree burns to his torso, legs and genitals in a scalding shower, the Attorney General's Office and the state Department of Health are investigating the Green Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Attorney General Drew Edmondson's office is also investigating. No charges have been filed. Apparently this is not the first problem Green...

• Auto Safty Measures

  Greg Owen | March 07, 2007 4:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  What would you say if I told you that if a driver perceives the lane that he is driving on to be wide that driver, in all likelyhood, will drive much faster. It's true, and in Aliso Viejo they proved it.According to John Whitman, city engineer " Since the city incorporated in 2001, the city has re-striped several streets to narrow down the lanes. By doing so, drivers tend to slow down because...

• The Truth About those "Crazy Lawsuits" Reports

  Greg Owen | March 05, 2007 2:04 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Many of you have seen the type of reports that are published regarding all of the "crazy lawsuits" out there? No doubt, some of the reports are humorous, some unbelievable and many are untrue. Recently AOL posted a piece titled " Most Outrageous Lawsuits." It seems they are taking advantage of members of the public who think that whatever is posted is news as opposed to propaganda. It is not at...

• Too Many of Our Youth die in Auto Accidents

  Greg Owen | March 02, 2007 7:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Too many avoidable, tragic accidents occur each year involving the youngest of our drivers. Due to that fact, La Porte County Sheriff Mike Mollenhauer has launched a program called STOPPED, which is nationwide. The parents who participate in the program are given a sticker to put on the vehicle driven by their child - up to the age of 21. If that vehicle is pulled over by the police, their...