Daily Archives: March 3, 2009

McCarver gets $100,000 in RMK claim

March 3, 2009 Consumer Fraud

Noted baseball announcer Tim McCarver, who entered an arbitration case against Morgan Keegan & Co. in November 2008 claiming $1.6 million in losses has received $100,000 in compensatory damages, The Memphis Daily News reports. ... Read More

LA police sue department for no-helmet order at demonstration

March 3, 2009 Personal Injury

Los Angeles police responding to a pro-Palestinian rally outside the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard were told not to wear protective head gear. As the demonstrations mounted, one police officer received a head injury when he was struck in the ... Read More

Osteoporosis treatment has serious risks; consider natural therapy

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March 3, 2009 Pharmaceutical

Osteoprosis poses a serious health risk for women. According to Natural News, women have a higher risk of dying from the bone condition than from breast cancer. But the treatment may be just as dangerous. Fosamax is in a class ... Read More

East Tennessee residents waiting for breath of fresh air

March 3, 2009 Environmental

It’s been more than two months now since the east Tennessee coal ash spill that dumped 1.1 billion gallons of toxic material on to 300 acres of land, and residents there are pausing to take a deep breath – only ... Read More

Family of boy killed in Rhino rollover establishes memorial fund

March 3, 2009 Product Liability

“I am downstairs sitting in my recliner watching TV. The recliner is in our little living room right at the base of the stairs. Sometimes I can see J.T. just out of the corner of my eye coming down. I ... Read More

Widow files suit against doctor, pharmaceutical companies

March 3, 2009 Pharmaceutical

Wim Michna understood the power of medicine. He was a physician in Marin County, California. In the early 2000s, he received an arterial bypass and shortly thereafter was prescribed Digitek, also known as digoxin, by his personal doctor to strengthen ... Read More

Nursing home resident, wrestler not likely to face charges in death case

March 3, 2009 Personal Injury

The former football player and amateur wrestling legend was likely reliving his old days when he grabbed his nursing home roommate and pushed him to the floor. The force of the fall fractured the victim’s hip and injured his head, ... Read More

J&J settles lawsuits with Canadian women harmed by birth control patch

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March 3, 2009 Pharmaceutical

Johnson & Johnson, the makers of the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch for women, has agreed to settle lawsuits filed by Canadian women who suffered from blood clots, heart attacks or strokes after using the patch. The drug maker avoided trial ... Read More