In March of this year, according to a story in the New York Times, the Senate, responding to an ever-increasing number of injuries from defective toys and other consumer products, approved a measure to overhaul the country's product liability laws
Late last year private equity firms came under the scrutiny of the United States Senate, according to a story in The New York Times. It seems that private equity firms have been snatching up nursing homes all over the country-structuring
The New York Times reports, that in early June, after an unprecedented number of fatal construction worker accidents, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council have unveiled a 13 point legislative package that is intended to increase oversight of building
Last month Mayor Bloomberg and his administration announced that the city will hire sixty-three more safety inspectors in light of the alarming number of construction deaths and accidents in New York City. The fatal accidents and inspection flaws also led
According to a New York Times article, around 5PM on June 20th, eight pedestrians were hit and injured by a hit and run driver in Manhattan in the Midtown garment district. The accident occurred when a vehicle, a dark blue
According to a story in the New York Times, on June 21st a sixteen year-old driver fled the scene of a hit and run accident that injured four people, including two toddlers. Witnesses to the accident said that the car
A 12-year-old is dead after a head-on dirt bike collision in New York. Kody Beasock was killed after his brother, 16-year-old Christopher, struck him head-on, throwing him from his bike. The crash occurred on a rural road; Kody died and
Two more construction workers died at work this last week. This coming after the New York Times reported that thousands of construction workers gathered on April 29th to mourn the loss of 13 people who have been killed in New
We reported on May 30's fatal crane accident. Now we can confirm that New York has suspended all crane construction until June 2 and will be hiring over 20 new engineers to monitor construction sites as part of a new
For many, July 2, 2005 was just another summer day. For one couple, it was the day a fatal DUI crash in New York killed their niece and other members of their family on their sister's wedding day. The crash,
An Illinois man was killed last night after he crashed his motorcycle into a viaduct in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. He lost control of his bike which then hit a curb and finally ran into the viaduct. He was taken
A nursing home facility in Bakersfield was fined $100,000, the stiffest penalty imposed by the state Public Health Department, in connection with the death of a patient from adverse medication interactions. According to an article in the Bakersfield Californian, the
Republican National Convention security organizers say nearly eighty agencies and jurisdictions will contribute 3,000 or more officers to police the event.
It's the first time the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy has stepped in to stop pharmacies from filling online prescriptions written byfaraway doctors who have never met their patients in person.
