InjuryBoard Glendale Archives

• Push for Ban on Dogs Likely to Bite

  Greg Owen | June 29, 2007 10:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On Friday last, Rep. John Lesch, DFL-St. Paul, stated that he plans to push for a state ban on 5 particular breeds of dogs that are deemed a threat to the safety of the public. Included in the list of dogs that have a likelihood of attacking are: Wolfhybrids, pit bulls, akitas, chow chows, rottweilers or any mixed-breed dog with the above traits. "You never hear stories about roving packs of...

• Girl Loses Feet in an Amusement Park Ride

  Greg Owen | June 27, 2007 10:18 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  In one of the most horrific accidents imaginable, a 13-year-old girl's feet were cut off at the ankle while on an amusement park ride last Thursday in Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky. The ride in question lifts passengers 177 feet in the air, before dropping them back down at a high rate of speed only to stop 20 feet from the ground below. One witness said she...

• Congress Addressing Teen Driver Deaths

  Greg Owen | June 24, 2007 3:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  On June 6 a bipartisan resolution was introduced in Congress that would establish the third week in October as National Teen Driver Safety Week. The numbers related to this issue are staggering. In 2005 alone 7,500 drivers between 15 and 20 were involved in fatal car crashes in the United States. The majority of these accidents can be attributed to inexperienced drivers who have a tendency to...

• Husband & Wife Die Bizarre in Car Crash

  Greg Owen | June 19, 2007 12:21 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In a bizarre chain of events a couple died in a car crash in Montana last Thursday. The husband and wife were driving in 2 separate cars with the wife following the husband. Initally, the man crashed his vehicle on Montana Highway 2 and rolled it to the opening of the Rockin' the Rivers concert venue. His wife, who had been driving behind him, then pulled her vehicle onto the shoulder of the...

• Vaccines Linked to Autism

  Greg Owen | June 18, 2007 11:42 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Many parents have long thought that there is a direct link between vaccines given to their children and the onset of autism. The case of Michelle Cedillo, of Arizona, is the first to be heard on the subject in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Not suprisingly, the case is being closely watched. Most claims contend that thimerosal, which is a mercury-rich preservative, is to blame for the...

• Michelin Recalls Defective Motorcycle Tires

  Greg Owen | June 15, 2007 12:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  It is believed that there may be defective tires on the wheels of some motorcycles on the road. Michelin, the tire maker, has launched what they are describing as a precautionary recall. A spokesperson for Michelin stated that there have been no accidents reported to date as a result of the defective tires. Apparently, the recall is due to manufacturing problem.What is not helpful is the fact...

• Multiple Motorcycle Accidents at Rally

  Greg Owen | June 13, 2007 10:40 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  This year marked the eight annual Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally in Baker City, Idaho. There were as many as 3,000 people in attendance, many of whom had taken a day trip to Idaho for the event. No less than eight riders who attended the rally were injured, two of which are in critical condition. "I was not prepared for what happened here this year," said Lt. Will Johnson of the Adams County...

• Pet Food Recall - Judge Tells Menu Food "Back Off."

  Greg Owen | June 12, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman has ordered Menu Foods and/or their agents to have no further contact with consumers of the pet food recall products without the involvement of the consumers' attorneys. Judge Hillman called the endless telephone calls to consumers " abusive and harassing." As if pet owners had not already been put through enough with this pet food recall nightmare. Most...

• Avandia-FDA Seeks Black Box Warning

  Greg Owen | June 07, 2007 10:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Lawmakers are hearing testimony from GlaxoSmithKline, doctors and regulators. The drugs Avandia, Avandaryl and Avandament, all GSK diabetes drugs, will be discussed at length. The discussion will be centered around whether enough was done by the drug maker GlaxoSmithKline to warn the public of the dangers involved with taking these medications, which are considered to be defective drugs by many....

• Avandia - Doctor Reports Drug Company Threats

  Greg Owen | June 06, 2007 2:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Avandia is a diabetes medicine and is GlaxoSmithKline's second-bestselling drug. We know that worldwide more than 6 million people have taken Avandia or Avandamet, since 1999. Additionally, there was $2.2 billion in U.S. Avandia sales reported by Glaxo, and that is for the year 2006 alone. After 42 clinical trials were conducted, The New England Journal of Medicine published doctor Steven...

• Hit and Run Driver Injures Motorcyclist

  Greg Owen | June 06, 2007 12:42 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  At approximately 2:00 p.m. on Friday, two miles east of the Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve, an unknown driver is accused of causing a motorcyclist to run off the road. According to witnesses, the hit and run vehicle was dark in color. It appears, the driver of the hit and run vehicle attempted to illegally overtake two motorcycles while they were on a curve. Suddenly, oncoming traffic appeared,...

• Plane Crash Kills Six

  Greg Owen | June 05, 2007 4:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Transplant patients wait patiently to hear the news " we have secured a donor." However, for this particular patient, life had something else in store. As the Ann Arbor, Michigan patient was prepped for what would have been life saving surgery, the plane that was carrying the team, including surgeons and the donor organ, went down, taking the lives of everyone on board. According to the...

• Defective Product in the Form of Chinese Toothpaste

  Greg Owen | June 05, 2007 9:50 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  This is not some bad joke folks. While it is indeed bad, it is not joke. The poisonous chemical diethylene glycol (DEG), which is used in antifreeze and as a solvent, has been found in toothpaste imported from China. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert and is trying to prevent the toothpaste from entering the United States. A really good rule of thumb is, if the...

• Defective Drugs - Where Does Avandia Fit In?

  Greg Owen | June 01, 2007 6:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The New York Post reported that in 2000 the FDA was warned in a letter from John B. Buse, M.D., chief of endocrinology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, that there was a "a worrisome trend in cardiovascular deaths and severe adverse events" among patients using the drug. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acknowledges that they were indeed alerted about the doctors...

• Defective Product Could Cause Death

  Greg Owen | June 01, 2007 5:46 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A California company, Hong Chang Corporation of Santa Fe Springs, has recalled a product labeled as monkfish. They fear it may contain tetrodotoxin, a potent toxin. Apparently, this particular toxin cannot be destroyed by cooking or freezing, and can result in death. Within approximately one half hour to several hours of ingesting food that contains tetrodotoxin symptoms occur. The symptoms...