I know it will be hard to believe but it turns out that some of the customers of a Florida escort service engaged in illegal activities with their escorts.Man charged in Florida prostitution ring sues clientsA Dutch man who went to jail and was deported for running a big escort service in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is suing six former customers.Arthur Vanmoor said the customers broke the law after...
On February 17, a motorcyclist was riding eastbound on Edmonds Way when he struck a car. The car was leaving a driveway when the motorcyclist hit it. The motorcyclist sustained fatal injuries and died at Harborview Medical Center. Police rerouted traffic while investigating the incident.The family of the motorcyclist should immediatley contact an attorney to preserve their rights and discuss...
On February 15, a Jeep Cherokee crashed into the rear of a street sweeper vehicle while driving northbound on Marine View Drive in Tacoma. The driver of the Jeep Cherokee was injured and taken to Madigan Army Medical Center. The passenger died at the scene. The street sweeper driver suffered minor injuries. The passenger's family should contact a personal injury attorney to investigate all...
In 1999, a Somali refugee was beaten into a coma by several teens, two of which were foster children with histories of violence. The refugee sued King County, the state Department of Social and Health Services, and Shell Oil, where the attack took place. A King County jury found the state social workers' were negligent and contributed to the attack. However, on February 16, the Washington...
Feb. 14, 2006 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested the recall of all brands and sizes of balanced salt solution (made by Cytosol Laboratories, Inc), due to the presence of elevated endotoxin levels in some lots. The action was based on more than 300 reports of injuries, including toxic anterior segment syndrome, in patients receiving the products, according to an alert sent...
Medtronic Inc. continued selling flawed cardiac defibrillators for two years after learning that some of them may suddenly quit working, according to documents filed in a California lawsuit. "Medtronic has been taking products they know are not quite right and putting them into people rather than take the loss,'' said Hunter Shkolnik, a New York lawyer, who said in a Feb. 13 interview that he...
I read with interest notice of a recent recall, because it wasn't clear what problem the product was causing. The recall pertained to an estimated 1 million units of balanced salt solution distributed between December 2003 and December 2005 under the brand names AMO Endosol (Advanced Medical Optics), Cytosol Ophthalmics (Cytosol Ophthalmics), and Akorn (Akorn Inc). The US Food and Drug...
Today I read an article in the Arizona Republic about the risk of identity theft and the possible compromise of bank account information by various Bank of America account holders. None of us hope to become a victim of identity theft. Unfortunately, according to the Republic: In 2004, metropolitan Phoenix had the highest per capita rate of identity theft in the nation. If you suspect that you...
Merck Pharmaceutical Company is attempting to sever two Vioxx defective drug cases scheduled to begin trial on February 27, 2006. Thomas Cona and John McDarby both allege to have suffered heart attacks after taking Vioxx for more than two years, and their cases are set to be tried together in Atlantic City, New Jersey. However, in a motion to sever the cases, Merck argues that the facts are...
It's a scary a thing. Why all of a sudden are more and more of our children being diagnosed daily with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity and being prescribed so called "cure-all" drugs. A staggering 29 million prescriptions were written in 2004 for stimulant drugs such Adderall, Ritalin and other similar drugs to treat this so called epidemic disease, most of them for children. Two...