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• Reebok Pays $1 Million Fine

  Shannon Weidemann | March 18, 2008 2:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Reebok violated the Federal Hazardous Substance Act by not labeling a charm given away with shoes as containing potentially toxic materials. The charms contained lead which can cause brain damage and even death if ingested. Reebok agreed to pay a $1 Million fine for violating the consumer law. A 4-year-old Minneapolis boy who swallowed the bracelet's heart-shaped pendant died in March 2006....

• St. Louis Woman Awarded $1.1 Million in Sexual Harassment Trial

  Shannon Weidemann | March 16, 2008 6:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A woman in St. Louis accused her boss of sexual harassment and a jury awarded her $1.1 Million last week. The woman claimed her boss made mulitple sexual advances and finally fired her for resisting. The woman worked for James Neuman's company from December 2004 to April 2005. She and her attorney, Eli Karsh, claimed that Neuman made repeated sexual advances that she resisted, threw her onto...

• Washington Nursing Home Loses License Over Abuse

  Shannon Weidemann | March 16, 2008 6:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  A six-bed nursing home in Yakima, Washington has lost its license to operate following allegations of abuse from a resident. The nursing home abuse happened at Carol's Country Touch group home. State investigators charged the operator Carol Winters with physical and mental abuse of the residents. According to the state, Winters would raise her voice when residents weren't eating fast enough...

• New Hampshire Man Awarded $1.75 Million for Medical Malpractice

  Shannon Weidemann | March 16, 2008 5:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A man was injured in a car accident, had surgery to fix a broken leg, and wound up blind. He sued the doctors that treated him for medical malpractice and the juror found one of the doctors liable. They awarded the man $1.75 Million. Initial news reports of the verdict in the Union Leader and the Associated Press quoted Hinz's lawyer, Suzanne McDonough of Boston, saying Hinz's leg surgery...

• Roundup Car Accident Injures Two

  Shannon Weidemann | March 15, 2008 12:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Two people were taken to the hospital after a multiple car accident in Roundup. Two cars collided causing a vehicle slowdown. This in turn caused another chain reaction of accidents. Montana Highway Patrol trooper Kyle Hayter said, "As a result of the first crash, some vehicles were parked along the road and checking on them-another vehicle then came through and rear-ended a few of them- a...