Monthly Archives: June 2011

Toyota announced Wednesday it will recall about 82,000 hybrid Highlander and Lexus SUVs with faulty computer-board wiring that could cause the vehicles to lose power. ... Read More

News of lawsuits filed by women (or the surviving relatives for those who are deceased) who suffered blood clots, strokes, heart attacks, gallbladder damage, and sudden death, after taking the popular birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin, might leave some ... Read More

Raleigh, NC — Former Atlanta Hawks player Lorenzo Charles was killed Tuesday afternoon when the commercial bus he was driving on Interstate 40 in Raleigh, North Carolina, suddenly veered off the road and crashed. Charles, 47, was widely regarded as ... Read More

Makers of generic drugs are not required to warn patients if they receive reports of new side effects from the drugs, according to a new Supreme Court decision. This ruling protects generic drug makers from being sued under state liability ... Read More

A Mobile County, Alabama, jury has awarded $40 million to the family of a teenage girl who was killed when the seatbelts in her vehicle failed to restrain her in a 2004 car crash. The wrongful-death lawsuit was filed against ... Read More

As the holiday weekend approaches and Americans prepare to celebrate the nation’s birthday on July 4, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a reminder to play it safe. This is especially true of two common activities that take ... Read More

Authorities investigating an Amtrak train crash that killed at least six people Friday morning outside Reno, Nev. are honing in on the commercial truck driver whose gravel-laden tractor-trailer ran through the train’s flashing crossing gate and slammed into the side ... Read More

Self-help guru James Arthur Ray was found guilty of negligent homicide Wednesday for the deaths of three people who suffered heat-related injuries during a 2009 Arizona sweat lodge ceremony. The case sent shock waves through the New Age community, which ... Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is failing in its responsibility to figure out why so many medical devices are being recalled for safety flaws that can potentially injure or kill patients, the Government Accountability Office asserts in a ... Read More

Consumer Reports is warning women that pricey toning shoes that promise to get you in shape just by walking in them may actually be causing painful injuries. These shoes generated more than a billion dollars in revenue last year alone ... Read More