Wednesday, September 29, 2010

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

Sunday, September 26, 2010

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