One of the most popular over-the-counter weight loss drugs, Alli, causes irreversible kidney, liver and other organ damage according to a recent study by researchers at the University of Rhode Island. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it “is reviewing adverse event reports of liver injury in patients taking the weight loss drug…
Minnesota’s Supreme Court recently handed down a decision that makes it the twenty-third state to adopt “Loss of Chance” medical malpractice lawsuits.The “Loss of Chance” or “Lost Chance Doctrine” differs from standard medical malpractice lawsuits in that it allows a patient to sue if a doctor’s negligence brought an increased rate of mortality or otherwise-decreased…
Recently, a semi-truck on Interstate I-85 just south of Little Rock broke apart and spilled 55 gallons of sodium bisulfide across the highway. Because the chemical is extremely corrosive, state police shut down all traffic on the interstate until the accident could be cleaned up. The Charlotte Fire Department was on-hand to contain the spill, and…
A crash between two boats on Lake Norman in Huntersville, North Carolina (NC), killed one man and sent three other people to the hospital with injuries. The deadly collision near Blythe Landing off Weatherly Lane happened a little after 11 pm on May 15, 2017. Local police and investigators from the state’s Wildlife…
A chain-reaction crash on the interstate near Concord, North Carolina (NC), left a female passenger in one of the cars dead and a pickup driver facing charges. The deadly four-vehicle collision happened shortly before noon on May 6, 2017. State Highway Patrol investigators determined that the fatal incident began when the pickup driver…