Miscellaneous

• No Constitutional Right to Experimental Medication

  Richard Schulte | August 10, 2007 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Congress and the FDA have met numerous times over recent years to discuss experimental medication and/or treatments to terminally ill patients. Judge Thomas Griffith's opinion in a recent case has provided the public with an insight as to where the law currently stands on such an issue. Terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to access experimental drugs, a divided federal...

• Potential Botulism Risk from Canned French Cut Green Beans

  Richard Schulte | August 08, 2007 1:22 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Certain brands of French Cut Green Beans in 14.5 ounce cans manufactured by Lakeside Foods Inc, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin may not have been processed adequately to eliminate the potential for botulism toxin. This warning is not related to the chili sauce recall for botulism.The affected Lakeside cut green beans are sold nationwide under the following labels: Albertson's, Happy Harvest, Best...

• Ohio High Court Strikes Down Veto of Lead Paint Bill

  Richard Schulte | August 03, 2007 9:21 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  In a 5-2 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down Gov. Ted Strickland's veto of a bill prohibiting lawsuits against the the manufactures of lead paint.The legislation says paint manufacturers can't be sued under public nuisance laws, which some U.S. cities have used to try to force companies to help pay for the removal of lead-based paint in older homes. Strickland vetoed the bill because he...

• Ohio Man Killed in Auto-Accident

  Richard Schulte | July 25, 2007 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  An Ohioan was killed early this morning when his vehicle collided, head on, with a tractor-trailer on US 20. The victim's injuries were fatal as Scottie L. Prenzlin, 40, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The crash occurred about 5:30 a.m. near Toledo. He was driving his 1997 Ford Crown Victoria westbound on U.S. 20 when it traveled left of center into the path of an eastbound...

• Ohio Firefighter Falls to His Death

  Richard Schulte | July 25, 2007 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Firefighter John Trainer, 38 of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, fell to his death last night (July 24, 2007) while re-organizing a fire hose on the top of a fire truck at the Mechanicsburg station. Last night, Mr. Trainer responded to a house fire which required the use of the truck's fire hose. When back at the station, Mr. Trainer climbed on the top of the fire truck in order to re-organize the hose...

• Ohio Doctor Makes himself "Judgment Proof"

  Richard Schulte | July 23, 2007 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A doctor in Ohio practices medicine without Medical Malpractice insurance because he feels that the insurance is both, too expensive, and simply an avenue by which patients bring frivolous claims in pursuit to make themselves rich. According to area attorneys, this doctor has made himself "judgment proof" by placing his assets in a family trust and, therefore, protecting such assets from civil...

• NC Medical Malpractice Reform

  Richard Schulte | July 23, 2007 1:58 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  NC lawmakers have agreed to place limits upon medical malpractice awards. The new policy will place a cap on monetary damages for certain health care negligent cases. Arbitration proceedings seem to be the vehicle in which this policy progresses. The bill was unanimously approved by the House and sent to Gov. Mike Easley, marking a success in the often antagonistic relationship between...

• 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...

• 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...