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• Update: Chili sacue botulisim recall expanded to pet food

  Richard Schulte | July 22, 2007 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Castleberry has expanded the recall to include foods for both humans and pets. The initial recall was for hot dog chili found in Texas and Indiana. The expanded recall includes 4 pet food brands, the the problems in production were found about two moths ago AP.Cans were coming out of a heating process too hot to be sent into a cooling area, an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease...

• Hot dog chili sauce recall

  Richard Schulte | July 19, 2007 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Federal health officials warned Wednesday that 10-ounce cans of Castleberry's, Austex and Kroger brands of hot dog chili sauce with "best by" dates from April 30, 2009, through May 22, 2009. The product was linked to the first cases of botulism in commercially canned foods in decades.The products were made by the Castleberry's Food Co., owned by Bumble Bee Seafoods LLC, based in San Diego. The...

• Car Accident kills OU student

  Richard Schulte | July 17, 2007 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Ohio University student was killed Saturday night in a pedestrian accident when he was struck by an SUV and thrown into a river. Witness indicated that the SUV skipped onto the sidewalk and struck the victom as he was crossing the hocking river bridge. Witnesses were unaware that a pedestrian had been struck, Gray said. The bridge has lights, but not directly in the area of the accident, he...

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Strip Search Case

  Chrissie Cole | July 15, 2007 2:08 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A lawsuit filed in federal court, was granted class action status yesterday by a US District Court Judge. The lawsuit seeks a minimum of $3 million dollars in a strip-search case.The lawsuit was filed by a 47-year old woman of Ellenburg in northern New York. The lawsuit alleges she was illegally strip-searched in a county jail on March 2003 after being arrested on misdemeanor charges for the...

• Man in Car Accident had been Shot

  Chrissie Cole | July 08, 2007 1:14 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Police arrived at Valley Street, Wednesday morning, after receiving a report of a car accident and found the driver had crashed his vehicle because he'd been shot.Dayton Police Department said the man, 38, of Dayton, had been shot behind 1228 Valley Street just a few minutes after midnight on Wednesday. He attempted to drive away but his vehicle crashed through a fence at Bickmore Avenue and...

• Judge Grants Class-Action Status Against Scripps Hospital

  Chrissie Cole | July 06, 2007 1:32 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A California Superior Court judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit that alleges Scripps Health Hospitals of overcharging uninsured patients since 2002.The lawsuit contends that uninsured patients pay up to four times more than the patients who are covered by Medicare or private insurance companies for the very same medical procedures.The class action status was approved by Judge...

• Insurance Company Refuses to Pay For Breast Birth Defect Surgery

  Chrissie Cole | July 03, 2007 2:30 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A mother's insurance claim has been denied twice by her insurance provider. After paying for her health insurance every month, she didn't expect an insurance claim denial. Her 14-year-old daughter has what her doctors refer to as a birth defect. But, the insurance company says the procedure is cosmetic and not medically necessary, so they are refusing to cover it.The doctor diagnosed her...

• Oxford Life Insurance Hit with $39-million Verdict After Waiting to Pay Insurance Claim

  Chrissie Cole | July 01, 2007 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  When Oxford Life Insurance Co. denied paying a insurance claim for a severely injured policy holder, they were slammed with a $39 million verdict. The policy was to pay off the remainder of his loan should he suffer dismemberment or death.The policyholder, a West Virginia farmer, had longed for a Ford pickup truck for years. In 1999, at his wife's urging, he used part of their savings as a down...

• Woman Claims Starburst Candies Are Dangerously Chewy in Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | June 28, 2007 2:45 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A woman claims Starburst candies are so chewy, they should come with a warning label.The woman is suing Starburst's parent company, Mars Inc., for over $25,000 for "permanent personal injuries" she claims she sustained after biting into one of their candies in 2005."I'm not sure, maybe three chews and they literally locked my jaw... and it just literally pulled my jaw out of joint," she said.Her...

• Ohio Man Dies Days After Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | June 17, 2007 11:42 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A 20-year-old Ohio man died at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, on Sunday, from injuries he suffered in a car accident that happened several days ago. The accident is still under investigation.On June 6, he was driving a 1999 Ford Ranger, northbound on Ohio 49, when he swerved to the left and went off the road hitting a ditch and driving through a yard. His vehicle sideswiped a tree before...