A Laguna Hills business is facing a $164,275 fine after an employee was electrocuted last year while working on a scaffold at Mission Viejo High School. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, in July 2014, 23-year-old Daniel Pohl was on top of a 25- to 35-foot metal scaffold on a football…
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Subaru Recalls Impreza Vehicles For Airbag Defects
Subaru of America is recalling about 32,400 2012 Subaru Impreza sedans and wagons to repair a potential problem with the front passenger airbag. According to a report on Edmunds.com, the Subaru WRX STI models are not included in this recall. In the affected vehicles, the Occupant Detection System may deactivate if a front seat passenger…
Hyundai Recalls Sonatas For Defective Seatbelt Buckles
Korean automaker Hyundai has issued an auto safety recall for 140,000 Sonata midsize cars to fix a problem with the front passenger seatbelt buckles. According to an Associated Press news report, the recall includes Sonatas from the 2015 model year that were manufactured between April 25, 2014 and December 4, 2014. Hyundai officials have said…
Man Files Injury Lawsuit Against Bobbi Kristina Brown
A 41-year-old Georgia man has filed a $730,000 lawsuit against Bobbi Kristina Brown for a car accident he says she caused three days before being found unresponsive in her bathtub. According to a report in the New York Daily News, Russell Eckerman claims that a head-on crash on January 27, 2015 left him with medical…
General Motors Recalls Hummers For Potential Fire Danger
General Motors is issuing an auto defect recall for more than 196,000 Hummer SUVs worldwide because the ventilation fan motor controls can overheat and start a fire. According to an Associated Press report, the recall covers the 2006 to 2010 Hummer H3 and the 2009 and 2010 H3T. GM issued a statement that the module,…
Drug & Medical Device Makers Paid Billions To Doctors
Drug and medical device companies paid about $6.49 billion to U.S. doctors and teaching hospitals during 2014. This is according to the federal government’s first full-year accounting of the breadth of industry financial ties with medical providers, The Wall Street Journal reports. The tally consists of company payments to more than 600,000 doctors and 1,100…
Former NBA Star Dies In Swimming Pool Accident
Jackson Vroman, a 34-year-old former NBA star and friend of pop star Justin Beiber was found dead in his pool after tripping on stairs, hitting his head and falling into the water. According to a news report in the Daily Mail, Vroman died at his Los Angeles County home on June 29, 2015. The Los…
Feds Accuse Fiat Chrysler Of Neglect In 23 Recalls
Federal auto safety regulators are accusing automaker Fiat Chrysler of putting lives at risk by repeatedly failing to issue timely vehicle recalls and inform consumers about these dangerous defects. According to a report in The New York Times, officials at the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) held a rare public hearing in which…
Ford Recalls 432,000 Cars For Software Problems
Ford is recalling 432,000 Focus C-Max and Escape vehicles due to a software problem that could keep their engines running even after drivers try to shut them down. According to an Associated Press news report, Ford officials say there is a defect in the body control module software in the vehicles as a result of…
Judge Says Nursing Homes Can’t Make Medical Decisions For Mentally Incapable Residents
An Alameda County Judge has ruled that a California law, which allows nursing homes to make medical decisions on behalf of certain mentally incompetent residents, is unconstitutional. According to a Kaiser Health News report, the law, which has been in effect for more than 20 years, gave nursing homes the authority to decide residents’ medical…