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The plant in Georgia that produced peanut butter tainted by salmonella has a history of sanitation lapses and was cited repeatedly in 2006 and 2007 for having dirty surfaces and grease residue and dirt buildup throughout the plant, according to health inspection reports. Inspection reports from 2008 found the plant repeatedly in violation of cleanliness standards.
A new study finds that hundreds of young children in the Washington D.C. area experienced potentially damaging amounts of lead in their blood when lead levels were rising in the city’s tap water.
In some neighborhoods, the number of toddlers and infants with blood-lead concentrations that can cause irreversible IQ loss and developmental delays more than doubled after lead began leaching into the city’s drinking water in 2001, according to the findings to be published in Environmental Science and Technology journal.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a former Colleyville woman who says that a forced traumatic exorcism left her so physically bruised and emotionally scarred that she later tried to commit suicide.
Attorneys for Laura Pearson filed an appeal before the court arguing that the Texas Supreme Court was wrong in tossing out her case against the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God in Colleyville.
In the appeal, Pearson’s attorneys argued that the Texas ruling “dramatically and dangerously departs” from the Supreme Court’s earlier decisions, and that someone’s religious beliefs do not excuse them from being held accountable under valid state laws that prohibit such things as assault and false imprisonment.
The family of a Wisconsin teenager killed on a 2007 amusement park ride will be paid $1 million in the settlement of their lawsuit against the operators.
The girl aged 16, died July 14, 2007, in a fall from a giant swing ride at Lifest 2007 when her safety harness was improperly secured.
The parents, named Life Promotions and Air Glory Inc. in a wrongful-death suit and reached an agreement, according to their attorney.
An Army investigation called the electrocution death of a U.S. soldier in Iraq a “negligent homicide” caused by military contractor KBR Inc. and two of its supervisors.
Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, of Pittsburgh, died as a result of negligent homicide because the contractor failed to ensure that “qualified electricians and plumbers” worked on the barracks where the soldier died.
More than 125 products have been recalled in a salmonella-and-peanuts investigation that keeps getting bigger, according to federal health officials.
The list ranges from goodies like cookies and ice cream to energy bars. Even food for dogs may not be entirely safe, with a national company recalling some of its dog treats.
The Food and Drug Administration said that salmonella was found in a package of peanut butter sandwich crackers made by Kellogg.
Kellogg said that a previously recalled peanut butter-sandwich cracker tested positive for salmonella.
The outbreak has led to 474 reported illnesses and may have caused six deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On Dec. 12, 2008, a jury sided with a neurosurgeon accused of failing to perform the appropriate procedure on a patient with spinal injuries.
In May 2004, Dr. Walter Loyola performed a two-level fusion on Melinda Lynch’s neck. She had a second fusion in late July, but her problems persisted. She ultimately underwent a 360-degree fusion performed by another doctor three months later.
Lynch sued Loyola for malpractice, alleging the two-level fusions failed and that she wouldn’t have needed the third surgery if Loyola had initially performed a 360-degree fusion instead.
On Dec. 4, 2008, a jury awarded $49,098 to a mother and two children injured in a rear-end collision in Dallas.
In 2004, Silvia Dominguez and her children Teresita and Erick Hernandez were passengers in a vehicle struck from behind by a van driven by Raul Romero and owned by Champ Transportation Services.
Dominguez sustained back injuries and underwent chiropractic treatment, a diskogram and disk resection at L4-5. However, she claimed her pain still persists and she may need a lumbar fusion in the future.
On Nov. 25, 2008, a jury determined that dogs were not to blame for an accident that injured a motorcyclist.
In 2002, Ronald Ashley was riding his motorcycle in Midlothian when he claimed two dogs ran into his path and caused him to fall. He sustained five fractured ribs and a collapsed lung in the incident.
Seeking $50,000 in damages, Ashley sued the dogs’ owners, Cathy and C.L. Smith, alleging they violated the city’s leash law.
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