Alaska Accident Attorney
Posted on May 4, 2011 By Sean Brown
In a recent opinion, the Alaska Supreme Court reversed a Bethel Superior Court's prior decision to throw out a lawsuit against the City of Hooper Bay and a couple of its police officers. Michele Power ...
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Posted on Mar 31, 2011 By Sean Brown
The Chicago Tribune (3/30, Gabler) reported there are "at least 17 cases where the Consumer Product Safety Commission did not investigate a child's death, even though the agency had reports on file ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2011 By Sean Brown
Earlier this month, a verdict exceeding $233,000 was awarded in a medical malpractice action against the St. Mary’s Subregional Clinic and the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation (“YKHC”) in Alaska. A ...
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Posted on Mar 3, 2011 By Sean Brown
The Los Angeles Times "Booster Shots" blog (3/2, Maugh II) reported, "Consuming opioid pain relievers such as codeine, oxycodone or hydrocodone just before pregnancy or early in pregnancy increases ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2011 By Sean Brown
Jogging strollers sold by phil&teds USA, Inc, of Fort Collins, Colorado, have been recalled due to amputation and laceration hazards. When folding and unfolding the stroller, a consumer's finger ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2011 By Sean Brown
The AP (2/28) reported alcohol wipe manufacturer Triad Group "is being sued by a Texas couple who lost their 2-year-old son to a fatal bacterial infection." According to Shanoop and Sandra Kothari's ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2011 By Sean Brown
The New York Times (1/26, B3, Wilson) reported that "a federal advisory panel on Tuesday called for stricter oversight of the defibrillators available in many schools, gyms, lobbies, and other places ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2011 By Sean Brown
The Washington Post (1/27, Stein) reports that the FDA on Wednesday stated it had "detected a possible association between saline and silicone gel-filled breast implants and anaplastic large cell ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2011 By Sean Brown
Reuters (1/14, Berkrot) reports Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has announced a recall of 64 million tablets of the blood pressure medicine Avalide because of the potential for reduced effectiveness. The ...
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Posted on Jan 7, 2011 By Sean Brown
The Boston Herald (1/7, Goodison) reports a couple sued crib maker Hayneedle Inc. over the 2008 suffocation death of their toddler son. Their suit tagged the company for negligence "in failing to warn ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2010 By Sean Brown
The AP (12/15) reports, "The US Food and Drug Administration says that Tessalon (benzonatate) liquid cough capsules should be kept in child-proof containers because they look like candy and could pose ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2010 By Sean Brown
The Chicago Tribune (12/11, Zajac) reported, "Prodded by consumer and dental activists, the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the scientific evidence underlying its pronouncement less than 18 ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2010 By Sean Brown
In her Vital Signs column in the New York Times (12/14, D6), Roni Caryn Rabin writes, "Consumers Union is urging pregnant women to avoid eating tuna altogether and advising small children to limit ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2010 By Sean Brown
The New York Times (12/14, B3, Meier) reports, "Older patients with arthritis who take narcotic-based drugs to relieve pain face a higher risk of bone fracture, heart attack and death when compared to ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2010 By Sean Brown
Reuters (12/14, Joelving) reports that according to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the painkiller Vioxx (rofecoxib) may have caused blood clots, and possibly even deaths, ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2010 By Sean Brown
The Gilmer (TX) Mirror (12/12) reported, "Most of today's toys are actually made in China or other foreign country, regardless of what label is on the box or what country the manufacturer calls home. ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2010 By Sean Brown
NY Times reports, "The number of Americans hospitalized for dog bites almost doubled over a 15-year-period, increasing to 9,500 in 2008 from 5,100 in 1993, a new government study reports." The report ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2010 By Sean Brown
Bloomberg News (12/8) reports that more than half of holiday lights tested in a U.S. study had more lead than regulators permit in children’s products, with some strands containing more than 30 times ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2010 By Sean Brown
The drug Thelin treats pulmonary hypertension, an incurable condition where there is increased pressure in the arteries of the lungs, causing shortness of breath, according to the National Institutes ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2010 By Sean Brown
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (12/9, Hahn) reported the parents of an asthmatic girl filed a wrongful death suit against haunted house operator Halloween Productions, Inc. According to the suit filed by ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2010 By Sean Brown
ABC World News (12/9, story 4, 0:30, Sawyer) reported, "Johnson & Johnson is pulling 13 million packages of Rolaids off the store shelves, several different kinds of Rolaids soft chews." The CBS ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2010 By Sean Brown
Nevada's Public News Service (12/9) reported according to a report by the American Association for Justice, "95 percent of the toys sold in the US now come from abroad, and some of them would not ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2010 By Sean Brown
More snow and ice on the roads often means more accidents. Here are some Alaska DMV requirements and links to forms that may be useful if you are involved in an accident. For Crashes over $501.00 If ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2010 By Sean Brown
The AP (12/8) reported an Indianapolis whistleblower suit accused Rolls-Royce Corp. of hiding "repeated defects at an aircraft engine plant in Indianapolis and fired a safety official for reporting ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2010 By Sean Brown
The New York Times "Prescriptions" blog (12/9) reports, "In a closely watched case, a federal jury on Wednesday awarded a Minnesota resident a total of $1.82 million in damages, finding that Johnson ...
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