The Del Monte recall involving “vegetable trays with fresh broccoli, cauliflower, celery sticks, carrots and dill dip” is still going strong, and now reports from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention claim the outbreak of “cyclosporiasis has sickened 212 people in four states since May.” Of those infected, seven have been hospitalized.
While many people across the country were celebrating the 4th of July this week, two sides of a legal battle agreed to bring their back and forth bickering to an end. Earlier today one of the biggest legal battles in the radio industry reached a conclusion. The legal spat was between Bubba The Love Sponge Clem and Nielsen over alleged rating tampering. According to news from both parties, they reached an out-of-court settlement. But what was the lawsuit about and who filed it against whom?
Child Buprenorphine Exposure Has Increased in Recent Years, Study Reports
After weeks of turmoil and a tenure ridden with controversy, Environmental Protection Agency Director Scott Pruitt has announced his resignation. The Washington Post interviewed several employees outside the agency’s offices, several of whom expressed relief at Pruitt’s sudden departure. “I am happy,” said a 15-year veteran on his way home. “He was never accepted. If
Overdiagnosing Cancer: When is Enough Enough?
According to a lawsuit that recently settled for $135 million, Faith DeGrand of Wyandotte, Michigan suffered crippling injuries that left her partially paralyzed in 2010 after being admitted to Children’s Hospital of DMC for scoliosis surgery. What kind of crippling injuries did she sustain, and how?
Buyer beware, another recall was recently issued over Salmonella contamination concerns. According to a recall notice issued by Blissful Remedies, packages of its kratom capsules tested positive for Salmonella. This isn’t the first kratom product to be recalled as of late. In fact, nearly “199 people from 41 states have been infected in an ongoing Salmonella outbreak traced to kratom products, with 38 percent of the ill people having been hospitalized,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
You would think a person would be able to just sit and relax on the curbside of a road without having to worry about physical harm befalling them, but that’s not always the case. For example, last week a man in Pennsylvania was “sitting on a curb when an officer fired a stun gun at his back.” Since the incident, the African American man, Sean Williams, has filed a federal lawsuit arguing “his constitutional rights were violated.” The lawsuit itself was filed in U.S. District Court “against the officer and the City of Lancaster, claiming police used excessive force, denied him medical care and racially profiled him.”
Near Drowning Lawsuit Filed by Family Reaches Settlement
Man Wrongfully Held in Solitary Confinement Reaches Settlement with Police