Philly Apartment Fire Injures Twenty-One
Investigators are attempting to determine the cause of an apartment fire that injured twenty-one people last weekend, including two firefighters. Lloyd Ayers, the Philadelphia Fire Commissioner, says that the five-alarm fire was at the Austin Manor Apartments on Sunday morning. Three of the injured residents are in critical condition, authorities say. Several residents jumped from [...]
Seven Firefighters Injured at Dallas Construction Site
A fire at an under-construction apartment complex in Dallas has injured seven firefighters, authorities say. A spokesperson for Dallas Fire Rescue told media sources that several firefighters were stuck in debris, and that none of them suffered life-threatening injuries. The fire was reported just before six in the evening on Monday. Evans said that the [...]
Driver Hits Biker, Was Texting About Drug Deal
Police say a New Jersey man who hit a bicyclist with his car was distracted by sending text messages for a drug deal. Forty-two-year-old Lisa Granert of Cherry Hill was riding her bicycle while wearing a reflective vest after six in the evening in Medford this Monday, authorities say. Twenty-eight-year-old Robert Sharrer of Pemberton was [...]
Driver Killed after Release of Ammonia in CF Terminal
The release of anhydrous ammonia at CF Holdings Inc., in Pine Bend Minn., resulted in the fatality of a company truck driver. Another truck worker was also injured during loading operations after the agent was mysteriously introduced into the environment. Authorities and CF Holdings. Inc. officials are investigating the incident for the catalyst. CF Holdings [...]
Fatal Texas A&M Bonfire Collapse Remembered
Texas A&M University is planning an event to commemorate an incident that resulted in a flurry of lawsuits, namely, the bonfire collapse of 1999. Students and administrators in the College Station Texas area are expected to attend a candlelight vigil at the site where 12 people were killed and 27 people injured. The infamous incident occurred when a 59-foot-tower [...]
Ex-Worker Revives Lawsuit Against Union Pacific Railroad
A worker who claims that Union Pacific Railroad could have done more to protect her from the West Nile virus has been granted the opportunity to continue to pursue the matter in court. The original lawsuit, which had been dismissed by a Douglas County district judge, was revived by the Nebraska Court of Appeals who [...]
Million Dollar Verdict Upheld For McDonald Employee who was Strip Searched
A Louisville Kentucky appellate court upheld a ruling that awarded a fast food employee $6 million dollars after she was wrongfully strip searched and sexually assaulted. Victim Louise Ogborn, then 18, was forced to strip naked when someoen called the McDonald’s she was working at pretending to be a police officer. Ogborn received the call [...]
Bus Accident in Los Angeles; 10 injured, 1 critical
A bus accident in Los Angeles left 10 passengers injured while one was left in critical condition. The MTA bus was a Los Angeles Metropolitan vehicle was travelling on Glendale Boulevard near the 2 freeway, when the driver lost control, struck a center median divider and then collided into another vehicle. One of the [...]
Oregan Van Rollover Results in 2 Dead and 14 Injured
A van carrying 16 Colorado church members rolled over on an icy Oregon highway causing death and injury. Many of the passengers were thrown from the van and two of them were killed. The 14 survivors, who were all college aged, were seriously injured, a few of them critically, after the van tumbled off Interstate [...]
Important Claim Against Fosomax Dismissed
Posted by Alicia Norman on November 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Releasing a statement on Tuesday, Merck & Co. revealed that a U.S. district court dismissed claims against the company in a second “bellwether” or “key” regarding the drug Fosomax. As of Sept. 30, the company has been fighting 953 lawsuits which allege that their osteoporosis drug Fosamax causes a painful ailment called [...]
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