A jury has awarded $48 million to a man who got a severe skin disorder and mouth blood blisters after taking the pain reliever Motrin. Christopher Trejo, a 22-year-old Southern California man, won a negligence lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturers of pain reliever Motrin. The suit accused Johnson & Johnson of failing […]
During a recent study by the Texas A&M University Texas Transportation Institute 42 drivers between the ages of 16 and 54 drove on an 11-mile test track course. For a portion of the test drivers sent or received text messages and for another portion they focused completely on the road. The results were chilling and […]
Malnutrition in Africa continues to spiral out of control despite the sustained efforts of relief organizations. In the Horn of Africa, particularly Somalia, it could not get any worse. According to the United Nations, some 13.3 million people, many of them children, are near-death from starvation. Not getting enough food and nutrients will lead to […]
Benzodiazepines and antidepressants raise the risk of a serious vehicular accident among elderly drivers by up to five times, a new study shows. That level of risk is equal to the risk of driving with a blood alcohol level at the legal limit. Another class of psychoactive medications, opioid analgesics, were associated with a moderate […]
This morning an elderly man was struck by a car while crossing the street. He suffered major head trauma and is now listed in “critical condition” at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. The car accident occurred around 5:30 a.m. near the corners of Vane Avenue and Cortada Street in el Monte, according to El Monte […]
Journalists who do not meet NYPD’s journalism “qualifications” Face Arrest and More The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests have not only taken the evolution of the “protest” to a new level; they’ve challenged the definition of journalism as a whole. How does one obtain an “NYPD journalism press pass”? No one knows. Len Levitt has covered […]
The family of an Escondido man has filed a $30 million wrongful death and civil rights federal lawsuit claiming that an officer negligently shot and killed 51-year old Van Dinh Le. The suit was filed in San Diego on behalf of Le’s widow and his two adult children. In March of this year 51-year old […]
Oakland authorities are investigating a patients death at an area hospital after a replacement nurse allegedly committed “medical error” which may have lead to the death. Judith Ming, a 66-year-old woman, died after receiving care from a temporary replacement nurse. Oakland police say that the nurse at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center gave Ming a […]
Paula Rojeski of Orange County died on September 8th shortly after having a Lap-Band weight reduction procedure. Emergency Medical Technicians rushed Rojeski from the Valley Surgical Center to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has performed an autopsy but has not yet released their findings. Rojeski, who […]
On March 21, 2005 Justin Mendoza left a nightclub in San Francisco called Club Cocomo. Shortly after, he was murdered and today, the club, the company the club hired to do security and the owner of the building have been ordered to pay Mendoza’s parents $1.75 million for the wrongful death of their son. Mendoza, […]
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