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• Cell Phones Targeted by Legislators

  Beth Janicek | February 28, 2009 10:02 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Texas legislators are again targeting drivers on cell phones in the latest state congressional session. Talking on a cell phone while driving continues to be a deadly problem in Texas. In the...

• Alzheimer’s-Ridden Pro-wrestling Legend Kills Fellow Nursing Home Resident

  Beth Janicek | February 27, 2009 3:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Verne Gagne, an 82 year old wrestling legend is under investigation after the death of 97 years old, Helmut R. Gutmann, who lived with Gagne in Friendship Village, a Bloomington living facility....

• San Antonio Has A Busy Day with Car Accidents

  Beth Janicek | February 18, 2009 10:34 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  San Antonio had a little rain yesterday and a whole lot a car wrecks. Police recorded 433 minor accidents and 73 major wrecks. This is a major increase from the week before when it recorded 282...

• Snakebite at Wal-Mart

  Beth Janicek | February 17, 2009 11:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In Florida, a lawsuit was recently filed regarding a snakebite a man received while shopping at Wal-Mart. The attorney for the man said that they should have taken steps to prevent these attacks...

• Texas Peanut Plant Update

  Beth Janicek | February 14, 2009 10:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  I posted a blog, Peanut Plant in Texas Closes, about the ongoing investigation at the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) processing plant in Plainview, Texas. I have since learned new information,...

• Peanut Plant in Texas Closes

  Beth Janicek | February 13, 2009 1:02 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) closed its processing plant in Plainview, TX., after laboratory tests indicated a possible salmonella contamination. Fortunately, potentially tainted...

• Peanut Recall Triggers Criminal Investigation and Civil Lawsuits

  Beth Janicek | February 09, 2009 8:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  On January 30, 2009 the FDA confirmed that the government has opened a criminal investigation into Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) in Blakely, Georgia, the processing plant that has been linked to the...

• Recall of Peanut Containing Products

  Beth Janicek | February 07, 2009 2:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The FDA has confirmed that the sources of the outbreak of illnesses caused by Salmonella Typhimurium are peanut butter and peanut butter paste produced by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) at...

• Controversy Surrounds Inspection of Peanut Plants

  Beth Janicek | February 06, 2009 1:17 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Peanut Corporation of America, the company at the center of the recent salmonella outbreak, claimed on Wednesday that its plant in Blakely, GA had been regularly inspected in 2008. The Food and...

• Auto Fraud Database Online

  Beth Janicek | February 05, 2009 12:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The US Department of Justice has made available on the Internet a database which will help consumers check to see if the vehicle they are considering purchasing is safe. The database includes...

• Topical Anesthetic Kills Two Women

  Beth Janicek | February 02, 2009 1:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Two young women were killed after using topical anesthetic to prepare for laser hair removal. The two women applied the topical anesthetic then wrapped their legs in plastic wrap to increase the...