New Legal News

Authorities say a driver’s lack of comprehension of English seems to have led to a collision between a train and a semi-truck in Kings Mountain, NC. The truck driver Ricardo Ercia was crossing multiple train lines within the muncipality, when he didn’t understand a traffic sign directing drivers to go through a second train crossing. There were no serious injuries.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations mandates that drivers be able to read and understand the English language.

Using foreigners to drive trucks in the united states is becoming a more and more heated and controversial subject within the industry. Its becoming very apparent that if the trucking industry could hire third worlders to do all the driving to save money, they would definately do so.

lets try keeping americans employed in america, neat concept? i like it!
For the last few years it has become increasingly evident that if the trucking industry could outsource driving jobs to third world countries to save money, it would do so.

A company has recalled  their canned chili, stews and meats because there is a possibility it may contain  Botulism.

Castleberry Foods has called for a  product recall after quite a few individuals got sick after consuming their hot dog chili.

In the interest of safety  they opened the recall up to other products, just in case. those products include  chili, beef stew and other canned meat products, and further includes 4 pet food products.

The pet food products are sold under the Natural Balance label. The company has shut  down their US plant, no word on its reopening has been said.

Botulism is one of the most powerful toxins in the known world and works by blocking nerves, you would become paralyzed, and eventually your lungs will cease to function

5.7 million was awarded to a  very sick man who wasnt diagnosed as having skin cancer  by his doctor. The trial was 4 weeks long and the victim required hospitilzation even during the trial. Poor guy .

The doctor failed to remove the cysts on the plaintiffs right shoulder, which over time metasized into cancer. the cancer is life  threatening for the plaintiff.

The plaintiff’s counsel felt pleased by the juries award, as it was sizable enough that she felt it may offset the distress caused by the misdiagnosis.

The plaintiff, Mr, Reilly, went through numerous surgeries to removes the tissue causing the cancer. His wife was by his side through the strenuous ordeal, and solely cares for him when hes at home.

“When you see pictures of the cysts, they are football-sized and deep in the tissue,” Asher said. Reilly went through a series of surgeries to remove the cancerous tissue. His wife, Karen Reilly, served as his nurse during the multiple surgeries and radiation treatments.

Reilly is bound to his home with 24 hour medical care.

Tests performed by labs have confirmed that the turkey’s at the farm in Virginia did have the bird flu, but the evidence showed that the flu is not being passed around, authorities stated.

The turkeys, who caught the virus, did not pose a risk to humans. HOWEVER, as a precautionary measure, all 54,000 turkeys(!!!!!!!!!!) that were living on the farm in Virginia were slaughtered.

naturally, the area surrounding the farm is still being resurveyed over and over to make sure that there is no traced of the virus, but so far all tests have shown nothing.

I think its awful to kill animals, but becuz we consume them, i deal with it. But when 54000 animals are killed becuz a couple were mildly ill… this disturbs me greatly

The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has chosen to settle for 660 million dollars paying out to 508 victims for the molestation they enduring over decades.

this settlement is the most extreme one since the sex scandal Boston had in 2002. But hey, the LA Catholic church is by no means broke. In real estate alone they posses approximately 4 billion. This is simply some “please be quiet and go away” money.

Whats important out of this settlement is the records kept by the church of the priests will be made public, assuming that the church complies, i think this will end alot of nonsense, or, i hope it will.

All establishments including the Catholic Church are not above the law. They must be accountable, and they are.

The makers of OxyContin and the compnay that markets it had their day in court recently. Seems they messed up. They plead guilty to criminal charges against them, admitting they misled people, including the doctors, the government officials, and of course the patients themselves. They lied about how addictive the drug was/is. OxyContin is a potent, painkilling narcotic.

OxyContin was touted as being safer than other painkiller such as Vicodin or Percocet because OxyContin is “time released”. This ploy was to get medical doctors with little knowledge of pain management practices to subscribe the drug to even lesser informed patients.

The plan was effective and bt 1996 the sales hit one billion. Of course, the success meant that may were showing signs of addiction…

18.9 million was awarded to the wife of a late worker in texas. Gordon Rutherford was killed in an explosion at the Texas Industries  Inc. plant. The widow is accusing TXI  of reckless conduct in her husbands death. The Dallas jury  agreed with her after a 4 week trial.

Three other workers died in the resulting fire as well.

The counsel of the deceased  claimed that TXI of ignores basic safety rules by sending the welders into a very dangerous situation sans proper warning or properly maintained equipment.

Another recall for Hasbro Easy-Bake Oven’s. Little kids can get their hands stuck in the front opening of the oven and it is a burn risk. This recall decision is based on hundreds of reports, including a child getting her finger amputated, and still many have suffered second and third degree burns.

Hasbro issued a callback of the devices earlier this year, but sent out a kit to fix the problem as opposed to a real solution. I will assume this was their choice due to an effort of financial expediency. I question why hasbro didnt do thourough testing initially to determine the safety of a toy that is naturally marketed towards wee ones.

With hundreds of children injured by a product that was irresponsibly tested, i think someone should be held accountable.

A jury in Roanoke has awarded the parents of Justin Simmons 2,000,000. The settlement was against a lawnmower manufacturer, MTD.

The 4 year old was killed in 2004 by a riding lawnmower. The man who ran the boy over was named Orville Reedy. He accidentally reversed over the small boy. Reedy was dropped from the case when the Simmons found out that he had only 100,000 in insurance coverage. So they set their sights on the big money, the maker of a tool. MTD.

The simmons claimed its not money but accountability, stating that the manufacturer should have enabled a saftey device that is common on our riding mowers, one that turns off the blades upon reversing… fine, but if they did their homework, the lawn mower in question was 16 years old, and that wasnt an option in that time. Thus!! shouldnt the liable party be the person controling the mower?

Naturally MTD plans to appeal and I wish them luck