Woman falls through concrete sidewalk in NYC
A NYC woman collapsed through a Manhattan sidewalk after the concrete outside a restaurant gave way on the Upper East Side. The woman, who was not immediately identified, was quickly rescued by FDNY and EMS crews after falling seven feet into a vault outside the Atomic Wings restaurant at East 60th Street and Second Avenue. She is […]
NYC Ferry Crash hurls people down stairs and into walls injuring 85
A high-speed ferry loaded with hundreds of early morning rush hour commuters from New Jersey crashed into a lower manhattan dock seriously injuring 85 people. The Seastreak Wall Street ferry hit the dock pulling into Pier 11 near the South Street Seaport just before 9 a.m., opening a huge gash on the front side of the boat. “You couldn’t tell […]
Toyota settled injury claim over sudden acceleration long before latest settlement
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Months before Toyota Motor Corp.’s $1.1 billion settlement of a class action lawsuit, the Japanese automaker settled a long and hard fought battle in Kent County Circuit Court over claims that their cars were prone to sudden acceleration. In the summer of 2011, Toyota Motor Corp settled two injury cases brought […]
Hospira Recall – potential for serious injury
December 14, 2012 – Lake Forest, Ill – Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), issued this press release today to further inform the general public about a previously communicated voluntary user-level recall of three lots of Carboplatin Injection due to visible particulates identified during a retain sample inspection. Findings have identified the particles as Carboplatin crystals. Hospira […]
BMW Recalling 30,000 X5 Sport Utilities
BMW is recalling almost 30,000 of its diesel-powered 2009-12 X5 sport utilities because the power-assist for the steering may fail, according to a report from the automaker posted on the Web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. BMW says it is possible that a bolt could loosen “due to a number of unfavorable […]
Doctor in Pharmacy Killer case charged in overdose deaths
Stan Li, who prescribed more than 2,500 pain pills to Medford pharmacy killer David Laffer, is being arraigned Thursday morning in Manhattan on manslaughter charges in connection with two overdose deaths, one involving a Long Island man, according to New York City’s Office of Special Narcotics Prosecutor. Li already faced charges of reckless endangerment and […]
Salmonella-linked Peanut Butter Plant forced to shut down
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has shut down Sunland Inc. peanut butter plant in New Mexico whose products, under many brand names, were subject to a wide recall in recent months because of salmonella contamination. The items were sold by Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Safeway and others. The company’s peanut butter products have been […]
Bus Accident Near Lincoln Tunnel Injures 20
Two buses collided near the Lincoln Tunnel Monday morning, injuring about 20 people — at least two seriously — and snarling traffic for New Jersey commuters entering Manhattan. Around 7:15 a.m., a New Jersey Transit bus and a Martz Trailways bus collided in an express bus lane approaching the Lincoln Tunnel on the New Jersey […]
How to Drive in the Snow and Ice – Driving Safety Tips
The best advice for driving in bad winter weather is not to drive at all, if you can avoid it. Snow, sleet, ice and rain have caused millions of car accidents around the country resulting in serious injuries and even death to passengers, drivers and innocent pedestrians. Don’t go out until the snow plows and […]
Contaminated steroid injection claim 23 victims injury nearly 300
Twenty-three people have now died and more then 280 have been sickened in the nationwide meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections produced by a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy, U.S. health officials reported Saturday. Fungus found in steroid injections produced by this Massachusetts specialty pharmacy matched the fungus linked to the outbreak. The officials said they’d confirmed […]