What happened: The Orlando, FL father of an infant who died after being given the product Simply Thick has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Georgia manufacturing company and the hospital where the baby was born. The product is a thickening gel used to help premature infants with swallowing difficulties. The baby was born…
What happened: A fire at the Durham Regional Hospital was caused when sparks ignited during a defibrillation procedure being performed on a critically ill patient. The procedure is typically used to deliver an electric shock to the heart to re-establish normal rhythm. A report on WISTV said the fire department is investigating the fire but…
What Happened: Two cars were involved in an accident that killed one driver and injured several others at Butler Street and Reynolds Park Road in Winston-Salem, NC, on November 5, 2012. According to police, one driver with a young passenger ran a stop sign and collided with another car, causing a wreck that landed both…
What started as a few isolated cases of meningitis in Tennessee has become an outbreak that has now claimed 386 victims in 19 states. Of the 377 people infected, 28 have died. In Virginia, 46 people have suffered from the infection, and two of them did not survive. Because it is believed that around 14,000…
What happened: The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that Graco is recalling almost 90,000 wooden high chairs because the seat can become detached from the base of the chair, posing a fall hazard and injury risk to young children. The company has received 58 reports of the seat coming either loose or detaching…