Medical malpractice settlement over sponge left in judge

A recent report estimates that roughly 1,500 hospital patients in the United States each year have surgery only to find later that a foreign object was left behind -- inside them. The most common item left in patients' bodies are sponges. But very few are as large as the sponge left inside 67-year-old Floridian Nelson E. Bailey, who five months after surgery for a digestive disease -- and

Siemens and Murray Circuit Breakers, Load Center and Meter Combos recalled due to fire hazard

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:Siemens Industry Inc., Siemens and Murray Circuit Breakers , Load Centers and Meter Combos (fire hazard - 2.2 million) Molenaar LLC, Electroluminescent night lights (fire or shock hazard 315,000) D&D Distributing-Wholesale Inc., (19,000 Mood Rings and 4,000 Necklaces - high

Baseball player's estate settles auto accident case

Ford Motor Co. has settled a defective seat belt lawsuit with the estate of a former New York Mets minor league baseball player who was ejected from his Ford Explorer in a 2001 auto accident. The settlement came recently just after a jury in Mississippi had handed down a $131 million verdict in the case and was about to consider additional punitive damages. Brian Cole, 27, was killed while he was

Klick Klick Balls and BoBo Balls recalled due to choking hazard

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:CEC Entertainment, Inc., 1,100,000 Light-up Rings and 120,000 Star Glasses (ingestion hazard) Sky City Holdings International LTD, Coleman WaterBeam 4D Water-Activated Floating Spotlights (risk of impact injuries - 50,000) Fun Stuff Inc., 14,400 Click Armband Bracelets,

Knee replacement results in medical malpractice verdict

What was supposed to have been a routine knee replacement surgery resulted in a botch job and months of agony for an Ohio patient. Sandra Banfield went for the operation in 2004, but when a doctor removed her knee and went to implant an artificial titanium joint, he noticed it was too small and he could not make it fit. So the surgeon instead inserted cement spacers and closed the wound with

192,000 Black & Decker Orbit Sanders recalled due to laceration hazard

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Innovage LLC, FIXIT One Million Candlepower Rechargeable Spotlights (burn hazard - 1.4 Million) Black & Decker Black & Decker Random Orbit Sanders (laceration hazard - 192,000) Step2 Company, Sand & Water Transportation Station Toys (choking hazard 56,000) Simms Fishing

Cancer misdiagnosis brings $13M in damages

Instances abound of doctors missing cancer diagnoses, but there are also cases of the opposite occurring -- cancer diagnosed when it doesn't exist. Such was the case with a Connecticut woman who was told she had cancer and needed to have a hysterectomy or she would die. Michelle DiLieto underwent the procedure in 1995 only to find out later that she never had cancer. She sued her gynecologist and

37,000 Double strollers recalled due to collapse hazard.

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:• Lan Enterprises LLC., Zooper Tango double strollers (collapse hazard - 3,700)• White Tiger Traders Co. Ltd, Folding wooden chairs (fall hazard - 7,000)• Williams-Sonoma Inc., Beaba Express Steam Bottle Warmers (burn hazard 11,000)• MamaLittleHelper LLC, Infant and Toddler

NY prosecutor victim of medical malpractice

A former county prosecutor was steps from the state capital in New York when he suffered a fatal heart attack. The cause, a jury found, was in part his doctor, who had previously improperly interpreted a stress echocardiogram that had been performed on George Dentes, the popular former Tompkins County district attorney. The jury awarded his widow $1.4 million in a medical malpractice suit. It