Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has stepped up measures to fight predatory lending. Ohio's high rate of foreclosure has prompted our new attorney general to create a unit of the office solely dedicated to predatory lending. The unit, which currently has five attorneys will be expanded in Cleveland. The unit will be responsible for prosecuting both civil and criminal cases against lenders that...
InjuryBoard Attorney Gary McCallister has recently blogged on the first reports of deaths possibly linked to the salmonella contamination of Peter Pan Peanut Butter. No deaths have been reported as of yet in Ohio. State health officials say seven Ohio cases so far are part of the national salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter. There has been one case each reported from Cuyahoga, Franklin,...
In 2006, there was an increase in the reports of wrong site operations in the United States. There were 86 reports in 2006 to the Joint Commission of surgeries performed on the wrong site. Universal precautions were institututed two years ago but may not be helping. The number of reported incidents may also be misleading. Doctors and hospitals often do not report wrong site surgeries for...
You've seen them on television - those private investigators who can solve any crime or get the true story on any disaster while the authorities fiddle around without a clue. If you are old enough to remember "The Rockford Files," then you know how creative television private eyes can be. The work of real-life private investigators is more boring, generally consisting of tenacity, a good...
Joseph Erin Hamley, who had cerebral palsy, was shot while officers searched for a Michigan prison escapee. Police have signed an agreement with Hamley's estate that's dependent on the state's approval of $1 million for the settlement.Arkansas governor Mike Beebe requested $1 million of the state's surplus funds to be appropriated for a settlement to the family of a man shot and killed by a...
A wrongful death lawsuit against the University of Rhode Island continues to move forward this week with depositions. The lawsuit alleges that a university student, Francis Marx V, was killed in 2004 during a pub crawl that the university was aware of but failed to do anything about.The university admits that it was aware of the pub crawl, however, it did not prohibit the activity. Instead,...
There has been a link discovered between a metallic dye used as a contrasting agent in MRI scans and a dangerous skin disease. Patients with advanced kidney disease, who have had an MRI, are susceptible to the disease called nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy. The disease is also called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and it causes burning and itching, possibly leading to discoloration and...
It is believed that a Pennsylvania woman died in January as a result of being infected with salmonella after eating tainted peanut butter. The peanut butter is part of a recent recall of ConAgra peanut butter. This is not the first death that is believed to be related to the peanut butter. A family recently came forward in Illinois stating that they believe their family member also died from...
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Volkswagen is recalling approximately 790,000 vehicles because of defective break lights.The vehicles included in the recall, in the United States, are New Beetles, Jettas, Golf/GTIs and R32s, which also include the 4th generation 1999-2005 Jetta Sedans, 2001-2005 Jetta Wagons, 1998-2007 New Beatle 2003-2007 New Beetle...
A front-page article in the Waynesboro, Virginia " The News Virginian" newspaper discusses a major case involving a traumatic brain injury to a child and includes an interview with the child's counsel, Aubrey Ford of Cantor Arkema, P.C. Ethan Holley, now three years old, suffered a brain injury in utero while his mother served as a Waynesboro police officer resulting from the negligence of...