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• Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator Leads Lawsuit Dismissed

  Joe Saunders | January 07, 2009 9:05 PM | 7 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  US District Judge Richard Kyle has dismissed all lawsuits pending against Medtronic for its faulty Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator leads citing Riegel v. Medtronic's Supreme Court case last year. In...

• Brooksville Man Dies in Hit and Run Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | February 20, 2008 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A man was killed in a hit and run accident after being struck by a car in Brooksville. The pedestrian accident happened early Monday morning. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa where he later died. The driver of the car that hit the victim left the scene of the accident. The driver of the car, Jason Morgan Blair, 29, of Brooksville, faces a felony charge of leaving the...

• Man Crushed in Tampa Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | December 12, 2007 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A man was killed in a car accident in Tampa on Sunday. A man was working on his van while it was parked in a driveway of a residence. He placed the car in reverse and it hit the car that was parked behind the van, which then struck the victim. The victim was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital, authorities said. The death appears to be accidental, deputies said.The two men both lived in...

• Big Thunder Railroad Death Brings Big Admission From Disney

  Bob Carroll | December 04, 2005 4:52 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Big is a word that describes much of Disneyland and Disney World. In a big departure from normal business practice Disney has admitted that poor maintenance of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride caused the death of its guest, a 22 year-old man. According to an article posted on SignOnSanDiego.com Disney has agreed to settle the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of the deceased...

• Girard Nursing Home Fined for Abuse

  Shannon Weidemann | August 29, 2007 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A nursing home in Girard, Illinois had abuse complaints lodged against it. Investigators found that the workers at Pleasant Hill Village Nursing Home was abusing residents. A fine of $25,000 was levied against the home. A February report by the Illinois Department of Public Health indicated the incidents might have started as early as August 2006.Aides allegedly poked one resident with a pin...

• "Foreign Objects" Left In Body After Surgery

  Bob Carroll | July 06, 2006 5:59 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Time for a quiz. In the law of medical malpractice what exactly constitutes a foreign object? Is it (A) something imported from another country; (B) something accidentally left in a patient's body after surgery; (C) something intentionally left in a patient's body but wrongly placed; or (D) something that can extend the time in which a medical malpractice suit can be filed? You will have to...

• Raytheon's Groundwater Contamination Problem in St. Petersburg

  Joe Saunders | May 01, 2008 9:50 AM | 3 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  In the last month, reports of groundwater contamination in the Azalea neighborhood have been directly linked to the Raytheon Corp.'s plant located at 1501 72nd St. North in St. Petersburg. The...

• Construction Crane Falls Into Gulf, Injuring Operator

  Courtney Mills | August 27, 2007 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A construction crane operator was injured on Saturday morning when the giant crane he was maneuvering fell off a barge and tipped over into the Gulf of Mexico.The operator was subsequently taken to Suncoast Hospital in Largo with minor abrasions on his head and body. No other incidental injuries were reported as a result of the crash.Initial reports did not exactly clarify why the crane toppled...

• The FDA Must Improve Communication to Patients

  C. Todd Alley | October 29, 2009 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated $1.1 billion dollars to coordinate research and guide investments in comparative research funded by the Act. Some critics suggest that a whole...

• The NFL And Brain Injury

  Bob Carroll | January 19, 2007 6:25 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The NFL probably would rather not talk about brain damage suffered by its players as we approach the Super Bowl. However, there was this little matter of the player who ended up with the characteristics as those of early-stage Alzheimer's victims. Excerpts from the New York Times article:Expert Ties Ex-Player's Suicide to Brain Damage Since the former National Football League player Andre...