- Brent Adams | September 29, 2007 10:23 PM |
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MiscellaneousDole Fresh Vegetables, a division of Dole Food Company, Inc., announced on Monday September 17, that it will be recalling all "Dole Hearts Delight" salads with a "best if used by" date of September, 19, 2007 and production code of "A24924A" or "A24924B" in the United States and Canada.The recall is a result of random screenings discovering E. coli O157:H7 in a grocery store in Canada. No other...
- Brent Adams | September 29, 2007 4:56 PM |
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MiscellaneousPatrick Lynch, the attorney general of Rhode Island has requested that a judge approve a statewide abatement plan on lead paint that may cost three former lead paint manufacturers approximately $2.4 billion.Attorney General Lynch announced his plan on September 14. Under his plan Sherwin-Williams Co., NL Industries Inc., and Millenium Holdings would be required to pay for lead testing and...
- Brent Adams | September 21, 2007 10:15 AM |
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MiscellaneousOn September 8, 2001, a patron of the Ice House Skating Rink in Cary fell while skating on ice, fracturing her skull and suffering permanent disabilities.The patron filed suit and alleged that she was knocked down by a teenage boy who was skating rambunctiously with a group of other teenagers.An expert for the injured patron testified that the skating rink should have had an employee patrolling...
- Brent Adams | September 19, 2007 9:54 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsWhen a motor vehicle collision occurs, it is not unusual for the medical expenses for the resulting injuries to be catastrophic.It is not at all uncommon for medical and hospital expenses to climb in excess of $50,000.00 even for a short hospital stay.Unless the injured party can recover from a liability insurance policy or health insurance, medical expenses can ruin a family's financial...
- Christina Medlin | September 14, 2007 9:09 AM |
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MiscellaneousDoes your child enjoy a Fisher Price Toy? The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced August 2, 2007 a recall of nearly 1 million toys including Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, and other children's toys. The toys were recalled because the surface paints on the toys could contain excessive levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health...
- Sheila Chavis | September 13, 2007 12:18 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesOn Friday, September 1, 2007, the North Carolina Rate Bureau filed a request with the N.C. Department of Insurance for a 5.9% increase in workers' compensation insurance rates. A request for an increase in insurance rates, in itself may be alarming to N.C. employers and employess. However, the requested rate increase pales in comparison to the 2006 request of 12.1%. The Depart of Insurance...
- Brent Adams | September 13, 2007 8:49 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld workers' compensation benefits awarded by the North Carolina Industrial Commission to an injured iron worker. This is true even though the iron worker earned $25,000.00 in rental fees from his mobile home park after his injury. In addition, the worker had income from a tobacco allotment.If an injured worker has wage earning capacity, he or she is...
- Brent Adams | September 11, 2007 8:48 AM |
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MiscellaneousA North Carolina hospital and physician agreed to a settlement of a medical negligence claim with a value of $10,169,065.00.The claim arose from a heart catheterization of a three month old girl which was done to investigate a congenital heart defect.During the heart catheterization procedure, an assistant in the operating room handed the cardiologist the wrong type of catheter. The cardiologist...
- Sheila Chavis | September 07, 2007 12:07 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesA recent article in the New York Times raises questions about the accuracy of data and reports presented by the clinic that took on the responsibility of screening and examining volunteers and people who were working at Ground Zero. The Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine has examined more than 15,000 workers and volunteers and has overseen the examination of...
- Brent Adams | September 05, 2007 8:42 AM |
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MiscellaneousDoctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers cannot legally bill or collect fees from workers' compensation claimants.North Carolina law is very clear on this point. By statute, in North Carolina it is illegal for healthcare providers to attempt to collect payment for medical or healthcare services without that bill having first been approved by the North Carolina Industrial Commission....
- Brent Adams | September 04, 2007 8:40 AM |
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MiscellaneousNorth Carolina law provides that if a worker suffers a specific traumatic incident which worsens a preexisting injury or defect in the back, then the worker is entitled to workers' compensation benefits as a result of the worsening of the preexisting back condition.An example of that law arose in the case of Queen v. Penske Corp. in this case, the worker was born with a back condition known as...
- Brent Adams | September 03, 2007 8:39 AM |
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MiscellaneousA 31-year-old man and his wife obtained a $10,000,000.00 settlement for injuries sustained when a large tree branch, which hung over a street, broke off and landed on the man's car. The trunk of the tree was located on private property.The victim suffered a broken neck at the C5 level which rendered him a quadriplegic.These injuries were similar to that sustained by Christopher Reeves, the actor...