Asurion is recalling 98,000 Counterfeit BlackBerrym branded cell phone batteries due to burn and fire hazards

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:Bosch Thermotechnology Service kit for gas-fired boilers (fire or explosion hazard - 1,500)LG Electronics Tianjin Appliance Co., dehumidifiers (fire and burn hazards - 98,000) Asurion, Counterfeit BlackBerrym branded cell phone batteries (burn and fire hazards - 470,000) P.

Truck accident brings $5M settlement

A crash with a kosher-meat delivery truck resulted in a $5 million settlement for an upstate New York Hasidic woman recently. The auto accident occurred in 2007 when the Brooklyn truck collided with the livery cab in which Eva Bickel was a passenger. The 50-year-old woman suffered a brain injury and broken bones. According to a news report of the case, the delivery truck crossed yellow lines on a

NYC hospital program: Admit errors quickly

Five hospitals in New York City have come up with a novel way to try to cut medical malpractice costs -- admit when they make mistakes. The hospitals recently announced a pilot program in which they will divulge medical errors early and quickly offer payments to settle the cases. They program includes special state courts in which judges will try to help negotiate settlements to avoid taking

Forceps delivery results in birth injury, huge verdict

A jury in Milwaukee handed down a $23.3 million award for a brain-damaged baby and his mother in a medical malpractice case. The large verdict resulted from a 2005 case in which Kishia Lee had gone into prolonged labor and was experiencing other signs of trouble that should have signaled a need for a Cesarean delivery, according to a news account of the case. But instead, the doctor at a regional

30,000 Nap Nanny portable baby recliners recalled due to entrapment, suffocation and fall hazards

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:Smith+Noble, Roman and Roller shades (strangulation risk - 1.3 million)Atico International USA Inc., Bamboo Torches (laceration hazard - 324,000) Miami Breaker Inc.Counterfeit "Square D" Circuit Breakers (fire hazard - 43,600) Baby Matters LLC, Nap Nanny portable baby

Botched artery procedure leaves woman paraplegic

Victoria Little entered a Maryland hospital for surgery for blocked arteries to prevent a major future ailment. But a botched procedure instead left the 53-year-old woman a paraplegic, with some feeling in her legs but in constant pain and unable to walk. Two surgeons in the case said that what occurred was an unpreventable complication, but Little hired an attorney who investigated and claimed