Governor Spitzer and State Insurance Superintendent Eric R. Dinallo announced Silverstein Properties along with seven insurance companies have reached a $2 billion settlement of all outstanding insurance claims from the destruction of the World Trade Center.The settlement, the biggest in regulatory history, ends a six year legal battle and removes the last major obstacle that was preventing new...
After being struck by a car Tuesday night in a car accident, a Tampa woman and two children are recovering. Police say the woman, 24, was crossing the street when they were hit by a car just after 9:00 p.m. Her boyfriend's two children, an 8-year-old and 13-year-old were also struck by the car. Several witnesses say the car that hit them had a green light when the accident happened....
The import of five species of fish from China is being blocked by the FDA. Eel, basa, shrimp, catfish and dace are the species indicated in the alert. The import alert was issued due to reports of contamination with drugs and unsafe food additives. The fish will be blocked until the importer can prove that the seafood is not contaminated. The medications and additives at issue are not...
Illinois state investigators have done spot checks at stores around the state and found over 100 stores that still have recalled Thomas the Tank Engine toys on their shelves. The recalled toys contain lead paint and are a hazard to anyone that comes in contact with them. On June 13, the CPSC announced the recall of the Thomas & Friends wooden railway toys. None of the company's metal trains...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a report to Congress in 2006 about the reasons for tractor trailer wrecks. In those cases where the action or inaction of the driver commercial truck is the cause of the collision, driving too fast for conditions and fatigue were often important factors. Big rigs accidents commonly happen when the truck...
The weight-loss drug rimonabant or Zimulti, made by Sanofi-Adventis, has hit a stumbling block in seeking to enter the market. An FDA advisory panel has unanimously voted to reject the drug. Though rimonabant is sold in 18 other countries, the panel found that Sanofi-Adventis had failed to prove the safety of the drug, though it was shown to be effective in weight loss. In studies, twice as...
On March 13, 2007, a group of teenagers were allegedly drinking -- one of those drunken teenagers got behind the wheel, drove drunk and struck a car killing 17 year old Samara Stricklen. While the Jefferson County police originally believed the drunk driver was 16 year old Alison Bowen, however, the grand jury reached a different conclusion yesterday afternoon.The grand jury indicted 17 year...
Kugel Mesh was developed to treat ventral hernias, which are caused by a stretching or thinning of scar tissue that forms after abdominal surgery. Due to numerous complaints of uncomfortable side effects such as persistent abdominal pain, tenderness near the implant site, fever, nausea and vomiting, the bard composite Kugel mesh patch products have been pulled from the market since...
New studies show that women who are pregnant or who might become pregnant should not take the antidepressant Paxil due to birth defects. Nearly a year ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and GlaxoSmithKline -- which make Paxil -- changed the warnings on the drug to include the results of the studies.The FDA now advises pregnant women to merely switch from Paxil to another SSRI drug,...
8 years ago Avandia, a drug used to treat type two diabetes, came onto the market and is now used by over six million people. Experts now caution all users of Avandia to talk to their doctors about whether or not they should be on the drug and are warned not to quit the drug all together because some side effects might occur.According to a review published by the New England Journal of Medicine,...
