- Shannon Weidemann | March 30, 2007 9:53 PM |
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MiscellaneousA chemical found in ordinary kitchenware may be responsible for the kidney failure in cats and dogs that have eaten the recalled Menu Foods. The FDA announced today the results of their testing of the pet food and found melamine in the food and wheat gluten used to make the food. Melamine is used in Asia as a fertilizer and that is where the wheat gluten came from.The Food and Drug...
- Beth Janicek | March 26, 2007 4:55 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesOn Wednesday, March 21, 2007, Lawrence Martinez, a 32 year old construction worker, was laying a sewer line for a Northwest Side development, when the trench collapsed. Mr. Martinez was practically completely covered by dirt. His co-workers spotted his head and started digging with their hands. "His mouth was getting trapped with dirt," said Noel Panniagua, his supervisor and owner of...
- Beth Janicek | March 23, 2007 10:59 AM |
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MiscellaneousAn 8-year-old boy went to the hospital on March 20, 2007 after a neighbor's dog attacked him. He suffered deep puncture wounds to the back and front of his arm, but expected to be okay. The incident is the latest in a spate of dog attacks in the city and state over the past few months, including one that resulted in the death of a 10-year-old girl. In their wake, state lawmakers have filed...
- Beth Janicek | March 22, 2007 10:00 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesFederal child labor laws prohibit teens from performing many tasks. Teens under the age of 18 are not supposed to work use certain types of equipment, serve and sell alcohol, or work long hours.The report from the University of North Carolina said some of the working conditions found in interviews with a representative sample of 928 teenage workers violated federal law."Teens are exposed to...
- Staff Writer | March 21, 2007 9:28 AM |
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MiscellaneousMany pet owners are plagued with worry and concern over their cats or dogs who have been eating one of the recently recalled pet foods manufactured by Menu Foods. As phone calls and visits are keeping veterinarians busy, some pet owners have even brought their cats or dogs to local clinics for a $90 blood test to rule out kidney damage.Menu Foods, based in Ontario, Canada, recalled 60 million...
- Shannon Weidemann | March 20, 2007 2:06 PM |
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MiscellaneousA manufacturer of dog and cat food based in Canada has issued a large recall of our 60 million units of pet food. The recall includes major brands such as Iams, Eukanuba and Nutro as well as store brand food. The contaminated food can cause kidney failure in dogs and cats. All food was manufactured by Menu Foods.Roger Freund, past president of the El Paso Veterinary Medical Association, said...
- Beth Janicek | March 15, 2007 8:36 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesA temporary employee was not properly trained and was crushed to death, after being told, on her second day of work, to clean and unjam a large machine that cut Styrofoam. The family filed a lawsuit against her employer and the staffing agency.To meet production quotas, Insulfoam and its staffing service "removed or circumvented" safety guards used to turn off the cutting machine during...
- Beth Janicek | March 14, 2007 4:50 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsNext week Ford Motor Co. will begin recalling as many as 109,664 police cars due to cracks developing in their steel wheels that could cause rapid tire air loss during high-speed pursuits. The recall affects 2003 - 2005 Crown Victoria models but the cracks have only been reported in a small percentage of wheels. Ford spokesman, Dan Jarvis, said police departments have only reported two crashes...
- Staff Writer | March 13, 2007 10:20 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeMany hospitals and healthcare facilities offer Patient Controlled Analgesics (PCAs), which are ways for patients to administer and manage their own pain medication. Most of these patients are not aware of the dangers of narcotic overdose that may accompany PCAs.One nurse reports that the information available to patients about PCAs is misleading and unreliable. Thomas A. Sharon, R.N., M.P.H....
- Staff Writer | March 12, 2007 10:05 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe sad story of a parking break accident in San Antonio yesterday that injured a young child serves as a wake-up call to parents. The accident occurred while a father was loading his three children into his pickup truck yesterday. The police say that while he was buckling one child in, his two-year-old boy ran to the other side of the car and somehow released the parking brake of the standard...
- Beth Janicek | March 08, 2007 3:58 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeA recent report revealed that medication errors are most likely to occur during or after surgery."Patients going under the knife face a significant risk of becoming the victim of a medical error involving medication, according to a report being released today. The report, the largest examination of medication errors before, during and after surgery, found that operations are among the riskiest...
- Beth Janicek | March 07, 2007 10:37 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAl Gavegan's family has filed suit against Ford Motor Company due to a defective switch in the engine of his 1994 Mercury Marquis. Mr. Gavegan was killed in August 2006 in a fire that was started from the defective switch and spread to the house. The fire incident reports state the fire began in the engine compartment of Mr. Gavegan's car. A Ford representative said they received a claim...
- Beth Janicek | March 06, 2007 10:53 AM |
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MiscellaneousAmerican Association for Justice wrote an email regarding AOL's website title "Most Outrageous Lawsuits" and wanted to share it. Jon Haber, CEO of AAJ, wants a call to action to stop AOL from running this feature. AOL needs to stop trying to make light of these "crazy lawsuits" when the civil system is the only way for shareholders and investors to hold negligent corporations accountable for...
- Staff Writer | March 05, 2007 9:23 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA report from TheEagle.com last week said an 18-wheeler truck carrying livestock from Burleton to Brazos County ran off the road and overturned on Sunday. The truck accident killed more than one dozen cattle, and injured others, but the truck's driver was unharmed. The driver was reportedly talking on his cell phone at the time of the accident when he ran off the road. The truck flipped due to a...
- Beth Janicek | March 02, 2007 11:44 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeMany nursing homes and some hospitals are asking their patients to sign arbitration clauses as part of their admission to the facilities. "I find this whole situation absolutely outrageous. These guys are preying on people who are vulnerable and clearly not in a frame of mind to make the kind of decision that could affect their legal rights forever," said Paul Lyon of the Committee for Justice...