8 Injured after Car Crashes into Conn. Nail Salon
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Honda Civic smashed into a Milford Connecticut nail salon ending up halfway in the shop inuring 8 patrons. The car careened through the front windows of the shop when the female driver mistakenly hit the accelerator instead of the brake this past Thursday afternoon. Sun Nails, a Milford based business, [...]
Rescued Dog Mauls Retired Officer
The retired Minnesota police officer who rescued a bulldog from a shelter was sent to the hospital after the dog attacked him, severing an ear and tearing away skin from his face. Jim Stewart, fifty-three, had not had any issues with the dog, Igor, since he got him five months ago. Amy Klinefelter, Stewart’s housemate, [...]
Giving Babies Tylenol Can Blunt Vaccine Effectiveness
New research suggests that giving babies Tylenol to prevent fevers when they get childhood vaccinations can actually backfire and make the vaccine less effective. The first major study to tie a reduction in immunity to the use of fever-lowering medication found that the effect was relatively small, and an overwhelming majority of children still got [...]
Chimp Owner Seeks to Limit Mauled Woman’s Claim
An attorney for the owner of a chimpanzee that attacked and mauled a woman in Connecticut in February has argued that the attack should be treated like a worker’s compensation claim. Attorney Robert Golger says the victim of the attack was working as an employee of the chimpanzee owner’s tow truck company at the time [...]
Victims of Derailment Settle for $30M
A Southern California rail authority will pay roughly thirty million dollars to settle the majority of the lawsuits filed after a commuter train derailment four years ago. Jerome Ringler, the lead attorney representing the victims of the crash, said on Wednesday that Metrolink had agreed to settle almost ninety percent of the injury and wrongful [...]
Man Discovered Dead in Montana Garbage Truck
Montana police said that a man who was likely using a garbage bin as a shelter from the cold was found dead amongst the trash of a garbage truck. Police guessed that he was crushed by the garbage when the truck loaded the contents of the dumpster. The man’s body was discovered in the truck [...]
Targets Pays Civil Penalty for Lead Paint based Toys
Government officials recently penalized Target stores for the unusually high amount of lead found within and on in some of their toys. Target in turn agreed to pay a $600,000 dollars in civil penalties for selling toys that contained these dangerous lead levels. Authorities reveal that the lead content in some of the Target [...]
Popular Weed Killer May Pose Health Risks
A popular weed killer may be leching into our nations water supplies according to the Environmental Protection Agency. New research by the EPA had uncovered amounts of atrazine, an herbicide commonly used on corn and other crops, in many national reservoirs. It is speculated that atrazine got into the water supply because of f run [...]
Ghost Walk Tour Ends in Floor Collapse
Germantown Ohio fire officials reported a surreal accident involving a 164-year-old log cabin whose floor collapsed, trapping a number of people on the second floor and injuring others. The cabin, called the Toll House, gave way under the weight of tourists who regularly come to visit the the landmark. At least 25 people were in [...]
Biker Says LA Doctor Deliberately Caused Crash
Posted by John Fiore on November 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A Los Angeles doctor has been accused of purposefully injuring two bicyclists by slamming on his car brakes – he is being sued by the rider that crashed through his rear window. Dr. Christopher Thompson was sued in a federal court on Thursday for negligence and battery. Ron Peterson claims in the suit that he [...]
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