A jury awarded a family whose child suffered severe brain damage as a result of a birth injury 78.5 million dollars. The injured child now has severe spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and will require a lifetime of care. This horrific injury was the result of an 81-minute delay in performance of an emergency cesarean section…
Last July, the Stryker hip replacement devices – the Rejuvenate and ABG II – were recalled after it was discovered that the hip stems were prone to fretting and corrosion at the modular neck junction. The devices that did fret and corrode led to people suffering various complications including local tissue reactions (i.e. pain and/or swelling), metallosis,…
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Toro Co. of Bloomington, Minn. announced the recall of the company’s Zero Turn riding mowers due to a fire hazard. According to the press announcement released by the CPSC, the mower’s idler pulley can rub against the mower’s fuel tank which can cause a fire. Toro has received…
A truck driver who was texting and driving shortly before a fatal I-81 big-rig accident in Virginia has been sentenced to four months in prison for reckless driving.
The Virginia State Police are looking for a tractor trailer that fled the scene after hitting two bicyclists. The accident occurred on Route 106 approximately one mile south of Old Union Road in Charles City County. According to police, the tractor trailer was traveling northbound when it attempted to pass a group of four bicyclists,…