Miscellaneous

• Are you a Faker?

  Christina Medlin | March 24, 2008 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Insurance companies and their lawyers have begun using the Fake Bad Scale (FBS) Test to determine if injured people are faking their pain from car accidents. Expert witnesses for the defense/insurance companies began using the test more often after the test was added to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI).The MMPI is often used to diagnose and treat patients in mental-health...

• School Bus Accident

  Christina Medlin | March 16, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A minivan collided with a school bus carrying 31 students to Durant Road Middle School in Raleigh, Wake County, NC. Fourteen (14) students and the bus driver were sent to the hospital. The driver of the minivan refused medical care. Although the driver of the minivan stated she had a green light, witnesses at the scene of the accident stated otherwise. The driver of the minivan was charged...

• U.S. Senate Votes To Strengthen the Consumer Products Safety Commission

  Brent Adams | March 16, 2008 7:24 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Lawmakers in the U.S. are pushing a bill that would give the US product safety watchdog a much-needed boost, providing it with more money and authority after a wave of recalls of dangerous products which could cause personal injury.On Thursday, March 6, the U.S. Senate voted for an increase in funding for the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which had to deal with low finances and...

• Blind Spot Caused My Accident

  Christina Medlin | March 09, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  A blind spot is the area behind a vehicle that a person cannot see from the driver's seat by looking forward or in the rear-view or side mirrors. Blind spots often cause accidents on the highway or cause children to be injured or killed when drivers do not see them when backing up. To help consumers understand how large some blind spots are, Consumer Reports has measured the blind spots of a...

• FDA recalls German manufacturers' heparin product

  Brent Adams | March 07, 2008 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has added to its' the recall of heparin products.This was in response to continued safety worries about the safety of the widely used blood thiner.The German version of the product manufactured by Rotexmedica GnbH Arzneimittelwerk was recalled Thursday by the FDA after reports of bad reactions in some German patients.Germany has also recalled this...

• Crib Recall to Prevent Accidents

  Christina Medlin | March 02, 2008 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  On February 28, 2008, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of 24,000 cribs. Made in Indonesia, the cribs are equipped with faulty brackets which prevent the mattress from being fully lowered; therefore, children are put at risk of falling out of the crib. No deaths or injuries have been reported concerning any of the recalled cribs. Recalled cribs include: Majectice...

• U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Immunity In Product Liability Cases

  Brent Adams | February 25, 2008 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case which could have a major effect on victims of defective products including pharmaceuticals.The case involves the validity of a Michigan law which kept Michigan victims of the defective drug Rezulin from collecting from a settlement that Rezulin victims of all other states participated it.The federal district court in Michigan...

• Deaths From ATV'S Continue To Rise

  Brent Adams | February 21, 2008 10:32 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Deaths from all-terrain-vehicles (ATV's) due to personal injuries received in accidents involving are continually on the rise, a trend which has led to increased tensions over pending safety regulations as the popularity of the vehicles continues to rise.According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an estimated 870 people died in ATV wrecks in 2005, an increase from 860 in the year...

• Inadequate Disability Examinations

  Vance Jennings | February 20, 2008 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  The Charlotte Observer ran an article a while ago regarding "hasty disability exams" in Social Security Disability claims. The federal government hires doctors in North Carolina to perform disability exams on claimants. According to the article, North Carolina doctors collected $12 million in the fiscal year of 2006 from such exams. The Charlotte Observor interviewed 40 current and former...

• Raleigh woman attacked by neighbor's dog

  Brent Adams | February 14, 2008 12:58 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Raleigh North Carolina woman is attacked by neighbors vicious Pit Bull while trying to save her pet Poodle. She does have a remedy for her injuries, but North Carolina law should give stronger protection from dangerous dogs.Malinda Delbridge, a Raleigh, North Carolina resident was attacked by her neighbor's Pit Bull after she tried to save her pet Poodle from the jaws of the vicious Pit...