It’s not that airline food has a great image to begin with. Now, workers at an airline food-prepping company at LAX are saying that the kitchens are straight-up filthy. We’re talking insects and rodents crawling around the place, according to a report released this week by Unite Here!, a union that represents airline workers. The…
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Filthy Condition In LAX Kitchens?
Elderly Man & Dog Die After Getting Trapped In Hot Corvette
James Rogers, 72, and his dog were killed after both were locked inside Rogers’ 2007 Chevy Corvette “dream car” by a dead battery in 90-degree heat in a crowded restaurant parking lot in Port Arthur, Texas. According to a report in The Daily Mail, the incident occurred the afternoon of June 8, 2015 after it…
Suit With Built-In Airbag Could Save Motorcyclists’ Lives
An Italian company with its North American headquarters right here in Costa Mesa has come up with a suit for motorcyclists with a built-in airbag filled with helium. The company says, the D-Air Racing Suit is the first of its kind and that the new technology could make the road a lot safer for motorcyclists….
Mazda Recalls Cars & Pickup Trucks Over Exploding Takata Airbags
Mazda is recalling nearly 540,000 older cars and pickup trucks for defective Takata airbags adding to the growing list of models under recall for airbags that can potentially explode with too much force and cause serious injury or death. According to an Associated Press news report, the Japanese automaker is recalling nearly 503,000 cars to…
$100 Million Jury Verdict In Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit
A Delaware jury has ordered Boston Scientific to pay $100 million to a Delaware woman, who in spite of two surgeries, still has pieces of a transvaginal mesh device painfully embedded in her. According to a report in The News Journal, 51-year-old Deborah Barba was awarded $25 million in compensatory and $75 million in punitive…
Bill Sparks Debate about Motorcycle Lane Splitting
California is poised to be first state to sanction lane-splitting for motorcycles. According to a report in The Orange County Register, the state Assembly has passed a bill to allow motorcycles to drive between cars at speeds 15 mph faster than surrounding traffic, up to a speed of 50 mph. The measure is expected to…
Los Angeles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Names Rapper Suge Knight
The family of a man who was run over and killed allegedly by Marion “Suge” Knight, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the former rapper. According to a City News Service report, Knight, 50, has been charged with one count each of murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run for allegedly killing 55-year-old Terry Carter and injuring…
Federal Officials Investigating Medical Device that Caused Cancer in Women
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a medical device that was withdrawn from the market in 2014 after it was found to spread cancer in women. According to a news report in the Wall Street Journal, investigators are looking into what Johnson & Johnson, the largest manufacturer of the device known as laparoscopic…
Is Talcum Powder Causing Ovarian Cancer in Women?
Hundreds of women have filed lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson alleging that the company’s popular Shower to Shower brand of talcum powder products for feminine hygiene gave them ovarian cancer. According to a news report on PRI.org, the company markets Shower to Shower as: “Just a sprinkle a day helps keep the odor away.” Now…
Comedian Tracy Morgan Settles with Wal-Mart after Crash that Left Him with Severe Brain Injury
Comedian and actor Tracy Morgan has settled with Wal-Mart after a crash involving one of the company’s 18-wheelers last year left him with a traumatic brain injury and left the future of his career uncertain. According to a news report in the Washington Post, Morgan was in a limo bus on June 7, 2014 when…