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• Connecticut Emergency Room Crisis

  James Sabatini | September 27, 2006 9:31 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Last week an Illinois woman died from a heart attack after waiting to been seen by a doctor at the emergency room. Here in Connecticut, emergency room doctors believe that it is just a matter of time until such a tragedy occurs in a Connecticut emergency room hospital.According to the Hartford Courant report: Michael Carius, chairman of the department of emergency room medicine at Norwalk...

• Planes Still Flying with TWA 800 Problem

  James Sabatini | July 15, 2006 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Incredibly, 10 years after the explosion on board TWA 800, the very same problem has still not been fully fixed despite the FAA's warning that the very same disaster will happen again. It is just a matter of time. The biggest opposition to the safety change - the airlines.The airlines are contending that the FAA's safety analysis is flawed and their cost/benefit analysis is not calling for the...

• Elderly Driver Injures 27 Pedestrians at Sailfest in New London

  Staff Writer | July 08, 2006 7:26 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  This afternoon, 89 year-old driver Robert Laine of Wallingford, CT. drove through a crowd of pedestrians in an accident at Sailfest in New London. At least 27 persons were taken to the hospital for injuries ranging from serious to bumps and bruises. This accident is eerily similar to one in California a year or two ago and raises questions about the accident risks elderly drivers pose in an...

• Boy Drowns at City of Hartford's Pool

  James Sabatini | June 29, 2006 7:08 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A boy drowned in a City of Hartford's public pool located in Pope Park. It appears that the boy was not discovered for some time. The Hartford police are presently investigating the incident. Accoring to the Hartford Courant:The city hires a security company to watch the pool at night. Caraballo said he did not know why the security company, which on Sunday started work for the 2006 summer...

• Seat Warmer Fires Prompts Jeep Recall

  James Sabatini | June 14, 2006 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  DaimlerChrysler is recalling more than 110,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees because their front seat warmers can overheat and catch fire. The company has received 32 complaints involving seat warmers including 15 injury complaints involving leg burns. Six injured people have sued DaimlerChrysler who have suffered serious burns from the seat warmers. The recall invovles 2003 to 2004 model years. Read...

• Study Cites Increased Death Risk From Asthma Drugs

  James Sabatini | June 12, 2006 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Accoring to a new analysis of 19 studies, popular asthma medicines such as Advair and Serevent pose a substantially increased risk of hospitalization and death to users compared with placebos. This new analysis raises the possibility that the drug should be taken off the market if it continues to be so widely used.The Washington Post quoted the lead author of the new analysis, Shelley Salpeter...

• Full-Body Safety Harness Recalled for Fall Hazard

  James Sabatini | June 08, 2006 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today a voluntary recall of Safety Harnesses Sold with Hunting Tree Stands. The harnesses are prone to fail during use resulting in consumers falling from tree stands and suffering serious injuries or deaths. For more detailed information on the safety harness recall, click here

• Ortho-McNeil's Birth Control Patch Is Lethal

  James Sabatini | June 05, 2006 3:54 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Documents have surfaced showing that Ortho-McNeil, the manufacturer of the Ortho Evra birth-control patch and subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, refused in 2003 to fund a study comparing the Ortho patch to the company's Ortho-Cyclen pill because there was too high of chance that the study may not produce a positive result for the patch. In November of 2005, the FDA warned that women using the...

• Merk Admits Data Error on Vioxx

  James Sabatini | May 31, 2006 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Vioxx admitted that its statistical analysis test does not support the company's 18-month theory about Vioxx.Since pulling Vioxx from the market, Merck has argued that only continuous use of VIoxx for over 18-months can lead to heart problems. The company cited to its 2005 statistical test results to support its theory. Now Merck admits that the test was wrong. This admissions only fuels what...

• Jury's Verdict - State Farm Acted in Bad Faith

  James Sabatini | May 30, 2006 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  An Oklahoma jury awarded 13 million dollars in damages to the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit against State Farm Insurance Company after finding that the company engaged in bad faith when it denied plaintiffs' property damage claim caused by a wave of destructive tornadoes.According to CNN:The jury found that State Farm acted recklessly and with malice in handling insurance claims from dozen of...