Posts tagged General Personal Injury

• NC Medical Malpractice Reform

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

  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 Category: Miscellaneous
  

  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 Category: Miscellaneous
  

  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...

• Woman Claims Starburst Candies Are Dangerously Chewy in Lawsuit

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

  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...