I have been greatly concerned that many of our young people, and even some older folks, will suffer serious hearing problems caused by the blaring music they listen to. The threat is one that has been pretty much ignored. Even some churches have gone in for the loud music in worship services. [...]
VOLVO RECALLS 360,000 CARS FOR SPEED CONTROL BUG
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ordered Volvo to recall about 360,000 cars because of a problem with vehicle speed controls that can cause engines to lose power without warning. Volvo, which as you know is now a unit of Ford Motor Co., says a defect [...]
It has been revealed that using the wrong runway, the error that led to the August crash at a Kentucky airport that killed 49 people, is fairly common. A top official of the Federal Aviation Administration made that disturbing observation recently. A search of 10 years of records by the FAA found 117 [...]
As of September 30, 2006, more than 15,000 individual personal injury lawsuits had been filed in New Jersey against Merck and Company, the manufacturer of Vioxx. In January, 2007, Judge Carol Higbee will preside over a consolidated trial with eight plaintiffs involved from five different states. The court’s present trial plan has three phases:
• Phase One [...]
Amerigroup Corp., which manages government health plans for the poor, must pay at least $144 million in damages for wrongfully denying coverage to pregnant women eligible for Medicaid. The jury awarded the plaintiffs, which included the federal and Illinois governments and a former employee, a total of $48 million. Under the applicable federal [...]
