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• Salmonella-Tainted Peanut Butter May be in Other Products

  RLF Staff | February 28, 2007 7:09 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Hershey said they do not get any of their peanut butter from ConAgra which manufactured the infected Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter, but the FDA has not ruled out the possibility.The case of the tainted peanut butter is ongoing, with investigators still trying to follow the trail of Salmonella infestation. Investigators have widened their search to products that contain peanut butter...

• Unarmed Man Killed by State Trooper - $1 Million Settlement

  RLF Staff | February 27, 2007 6:05 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Joseph Erin Hamley, who had cerebral palsy, was shot while officers searched for a Michigan prison escapee. Police have signed an agreement with Hamley's estate that's dependent on the state's approval of $1 million for the settlement.Arkansas governor Mike Beebe requested $1 million of the state's surplus funds to be appropriated for a settlement to the family of a man shot and killed by a...

• Fatality linked to Salmonella from Peanut Butter

  RLF Staff | February 23, 2007 8:36 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Barkay died of a bacterial infection in the hospital. Barkay and her husband, William, had purchased a jar of Peter Pan peanut butter in November. The jar in question was part of the batch recalled by ConAgra earlier this month. No one in the family had connected their illnesses to the peanut butter until the salmonella-contamination story broke last week.A law suit has been filed against...

• ConAgra Peanut Butter Recall

  RLF Staff | February 16, 2007 10:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  ConAgra is recalling all peanut butter that have product codes beginning with "2111". You can find the product number on the lid of the peanut butter jar.Nearly 300 people in 39 states have been infected by the tainted peanut butter. New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri have shown the largest number of salmonella cases reported.Salmonella infection is known each year to...

• $150M Suit Filed Against Naval Hospital

  RLF Staff | February 13, 2007 7:09 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The claim statesthe child's cerebral palsy was caused by "failures of the physicians and staff of Naval Hospital Jacksonville, due to asphyxiation during birth process, Gavin Alcorn sustained a severe brain injury."The parents of Gavin Alcorn are filing a $150 million claim against Naval Hospital Jacksonville, claiming medical malpractice. The couple said the boy is brain damaged because of a...

• Top 10 Causes of Truck Wrecks

  RLF Staff | February 01, 2007 5:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Prescription drug use and driving too fast cause over 50% of trucking accidents according to former truck driver.Allen Smith, a former truck driver who publishes the TruthAboutTrucking.com blog, has listed the "Top 10 Causes of Truck Accidents":1. Prescription Drug Use 26%2. Traveling Too Fast 23%3. Unfamiliar with Roadway 22%4. Over-the-counter Drug Use 18%5. Inadequate Surveillance 14%6....