- Brett Emison | June 29, 2010 11:10 PM |
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MiscellaneousA roundup of blog coverage of the second day of the Elena Kagan's Supreme Court confirmation hearings:
Top 5 Elena Kagan Quotes from Day 2 of Her Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings by Kashmir Hill...
- Brett Emison | June 29, 2010 11:14 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Two new studies have confirmed that diabetes drug Avandia raises the odds of having a heart attack and bolster claims that the risks of the drug outweigh its benefits to people with Type 2...
- Brett Emison | June 29, 2010 10:43 AM |
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MiscellaneousA friend, Spencer Farris, wrote a while ago on his own blog about four things that jurors never hear. I won't repeat Spencer's full analysis here (click on the link above for more information at the...
- Brett Emison | June 28, 2010 10:17 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsUSA Today has reported that Toyota has been forced to halt the sale of and recall 17,000 2010 Lexus HS 250h hybrid vehicles because of a potentially deadly fuel leakage problem after a crash. This...
- Brett Emison | June 22, 2010 5:08 PM |
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Wrongful DeathThat heartbreaking question was asked by Jeffery Zaslow of The Wall Street Journal:
For adults who were children when their parents died, the question is hypothetical but heartbreaking: Would you...
- Brett Emison | June 17, 2010 6:42 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDid you know that 3 out of 4 (75% of) child safety seats are not used correctly? Safety experts at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are helping parents to keep their child...
- Brett Emison | June 17, 2010 11:41 AM |
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MiscellaneousA convicted murderer in Utah was denied his final appeal and has chosen to face execution by firing squad rather than lethal injection.
As the Kansas City Star has reported:
Ronnie Lee...
- Brett Emison | June 16, 2010 2:25 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDid you know that 3 out of 4 (75% of) child safety seats are not used correctly? Safety experts at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are helping parents to keep their child...
- Brett Emison | June 15, 2010 12:25 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)WESH and WOKV have reported that a mother and two children were killed in a tragic railroad crossing crash near Lake Como, Florida.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv1lpTfkqr8
From WESH:
A local...
- Brett Emison | June 15, 2010 12:10 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsToyota has already paid a record $16.4 million fine for its delay in issuing a sudden acceleration recall. Now, USA Today has reported that Toyota hid another problem -- its defective steering rods...
- Brett Emison | June 14, 2010 3:46 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt goes without saying that drinking and driving is always a bad idea. But in case you needed convincing, this report being featured across the country demonstrates that even if there is no crash, a...
- Brett Emison | June 13, 2010 10:21 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeDo you realize that somewhere in the world there exists a person who qualifies as the worst doctor? If you took the time, by process of elimination you could actually determine the worst doctor in...
- Brett Emison | June 12, 2010 11:14 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe web site foodconsumer.org reported on a new study by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that suggested prenatal obesity may lead to a higher risk of congenital heart defects.
The...
- Brett Emison | June 11, 2010 10:41 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesBloomberg Businessweek reported this week on a report that suggested the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was not equipped to handle problems with the food supply and is need of a major...
- Brett Emison | June 10, 2010 11:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Daily Beast web site wanted to know the deadliest highways in America, so its writers crunched the numbers using five years worth of data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
- Brett Emison | June 09, 2010 6:06 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesIt's not often that you'll see me link back to People Magazine as the source for a blog topic, but here it is: People Magazine has reported that Kevin Costner testified to Congress about an oil...
- Brett Emison | June 09, 2010 10:45 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsGM said Tuesday, June 8, 2010 that it would recall 1.5 million vehicles from 2006 - 2009 model years because the vehicles' heated washer-fluid system could short circuit and cause a fire.
Models...
- Brett Emison | June 08, 2010 12:08 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsThere was a massive semi truck crash on Interstate 70 east of Kansas City last night.
Initial reports from the Kansas City Star said that the crash happened just before 5:00 p.m. and involved three...
- Brett Emison | June 08, 2010 11:23 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)I reported a few weeks ago about the thousands of unguarded railroad crossings in Missouri. Railroad crossing crashes keep happening across the country and highlighting the need for railroad...
- Brett Emison | June 07, 2010 10:03 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Chrysler has been forced to recall nearly 600,000 Jeep Wranglers and Chrysler and Dodge minivans due to sticky accelerator and potential fire problems according to NBC News.
Vehicles recalled...
- Brett Emison | June 06, 2010 11:00 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsCarolina News 14 has reported that another distracted tractor trailer driver has caused a trucking accident that resulted in a fatality. State Troopers said a distracted semi truck driver is to...
- Brett Emison | June 05, 2010 10:30 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA tragic crash that occurred Mattoon, Illinois earlier this week highlights not only the dangers of distracted driving, but also the dangers of fuel fed vehicle fires.
It goes without saying that...
- Brett Emison | June 04, 2010 12:11 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsSt. Louis, Missouri NBC affiliate KSDK has reported that an inattentive tractor trailer driver slammed into traffic in front of him on I-55 in Missouri, killing two people in a fatal trucking...
- Brett Emison | June 04, 2010 10:30 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsInjury Board readers already knew that Toyota was more concerned about protecting its image than protecting its drivers. Maybe we just didn't realize how far Toyota would go.
I've documented here...
- Brett Emison | June 03, 2010 3:59 PM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Reuters news service and The Wall Street Journal have reported that the first case set for trial in the United States on Avandia's link to heart attacks and other serious side effects settled...
- Brett Emison | June 03, 2010 10:30 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Accutane (generic name Isotretinoin) was approved for use in cases involving scar-forming and disfiguring acne. Unfortunately, a two-year U.S. congressional investigation found dermatologists...
- Brett Emison | June 02, 2010 11:26 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsThe Chicago Tribune has reported that 3 people were killed and 13 hurt in a trucking accident when a semi truck driver triggered a 9 vehicle crash when he looked down at a map. This
A Louisiana...
- Brett Emison | June 02, 2010 10:27 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAs Toyota's deadly sudden acceleration problem -- full coverage here -- drags on and on, several reports have suggested that Ford Motor Company may have a sudden acceleration problem of its own. ...