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• Camp Safety

  Paul Grieco | April 25, 2007 1:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  As summer fast approaches, many parents are looking into summer camps to which to send their children. Before deciding which camp is best suited for your children, make sure you get a s much information as possible about the camp, its staff, its location and what safety practices and procedures the camp has implemented. One of the easiest tools to utilize in beginning your research on summer...

• Two Women Killed On the Side of Highway

  Rebecca Castell | April 23, 2007 2:02 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Two women were killed in a car accident Sunday while they were standing at the side of the road waiting for their car's tire to be fixed. The accident occurred on I-480 at the Route 82 exit. The Plain Dealer reports that Police said the accident occurred around 11:40 a.m. when two women were standing outside their vehicle on the side of the road about as a tow truck driver repaired a flat...

• Bedford Man Killed in Car Accident

  Jack Landskroner | April 19, 2007 5:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Another Cuyhoga County car accident has resulted in a death. A 27-year-old Bedford man died Thursday morning when his car hit a utility pole on Rockside Road. Paris T. Millsap was transported to University Hospitals in Bedford where he later died, according to police. Millsap was driving west on Rockside Road near Greencroft Park when his car left the road about 6:23 a.m. The cause of the...

• Did Virginia Tech Provide Adequate Security on Campus?

  Jack Landskroner | April 17, 2007 11:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  The nation is in mourning after the terrible events that transpired at Virginia Tech University yesterday morning. A Virginia Tech senior from South Korea killed at least 30 people locked inside a classroom building in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, the university and police said Tuesday.The first deadly attack, at a dormitory around 7:15 a.m., left two people dead. But...

• Investigate Before You Buy

  Paul Grieco | April 13, 2007 11:08 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Every day consumers purchase all types of products for their homes, yards, vehicles, children and for their own personal use. Every day it seems as though we read in the paper or see on TV that a product is being recalled due to safety concerns. Before you spend your hard earned money on a particular product, investigate the product to make sure there are no active recalls or other safety...

• Seniors Beware of Home Repair Schemes

  Rebecca Castell | April 11, 2007 5:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Homeowners, particularly senior citizens, have been targeted by fraudulent home repair and maintenance companies. Jerry Ponsky, a Bainbridge Township resident, has been charged with numerous counts of bogus home repair agreements and ripping off consumers with fraudulent loans. Ponsky operated a ring of activity where in Ponsky and his collaborators would inundate run-down neighborhoods with...

• Salmonella in Peanut Butter Linked to Leaky Roof

  Rebecca Castell | April 10, 2007 10:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  After a two month investigation, ConAgra, the producer of Peter Pan peanut butter has determined that moisture from a leaky roof and faulty sprinkler allowed the salmonella bacteria grow and led to contamination of peanut butter produced in the company's Georgia plant. Evidently, the roof of the plant leaked during a storm and the plant experienced problems with its sprinkling system shortly...

• Class Action Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Over Human Tissue Samples

  Jack Landskroner | April 07, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Previously I have blogged about the cases we are handing on behalf of recipients of transplanted human tissue stolen from cadavers without authorization from the deceased or consent from their family members. In these cases, the billion dollar a year human tissue industry shortcutted required screening processes which would have revealed that many of the unwitting tissue donors were not viable...

• $500 Million Allocated to Stop Childhood Obesity

  Rebecca Castell | April 04, 2007 9:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Obesity is now recognized as one of the biggest risks to children. The New York Times Reports thatThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has dedicated over $500 Million over the next five years to reverse the increase in childhood obesity. It is one of the largest public health initiatives ever tried by a private philanthropy. The foundation estimates that roughly 25 million children 17 and under...

• New Research to See if Epilepsy Can Be Prevented in Head Injury Victims

  Rebecca Castell | April 02, 2007 4:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  Victims of traumatic brain injuries often develop epilepsy later in life as a result of their injuries. New research is tyring to discover why and see if anything can be done to prevent epilepsy. New efforts are trying seizure medications to see if they will act to prevent epilepsy from developing.Traumatic brain injury victims often see symptoms develop months or even years after their...