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| | TTLA Is Going To NAPA | |
| | Fine Wine, Fine Food,Fine Company, Fine CLE. September 22—25, 2011 * Villagio Inn. Villagio Inn and Spa in Yountville will be our home away from home while we make our way around the vineyards of NAPA Valley. While in NAPA you will enjoy some of the best selections of wines produced in the area. Our chairs Bob Haslam and Clay Miller will also bring us six hours of informative CLE. | | Products | |
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| | Six Hospitalized from Recalled Beef | |
| | Six Michigan residents have been hospitalized with E. coli infections that have been connected to tainted ground beef recalled earlier this week. McNees Meats and Wholesale, LLC. recalled 360 pounds of ground beef sold and distributed throughout Michigan. State officials are advising consumers to throw out any beef purchased from McNees and also asking the company to compensate the victims for their medical bills and lost wages. Staff Report, Business Wire 08/12/2011 | | Read Article: Business Wire | | Audi Recalls R8 Spyders over Fuel Leaks | |
| | Auto maker Audi has issued a recall of about 920 2011-2012 R8 Spyders due to a fire hazard. The company said that a fuel line in the vehicle could develop a leak, leading to a fire hazard. Audi issued the recall after receiving a complaint about the smell of gasoline from a customer. Christopher Jensen, The New York Times 08/12/2011 | | Read Article: The New York Times | | General Motors Recalls Impalas, Lacrosse Sedans | |
| | General Motors Co. has issued a recall of more than 14,000 Chevy Impala and Buick Lacrosse sedans due to problems that could cause damage to the vehicles and injury to the passengers. The Impalas were recalled to fix a problem with the power-steering hose that could cause fluid leaks. The Lacrosse vehicles were recalled to correct an error in the electronic stability-control systems that may cause the system to activate when it shouldn't, potentially resulting in a crash. Jonathan Welsh, WSJ Blogs 08/15/2011 | | Read Article: WSJ Blogs | | Laws/Cases | |
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| | Suit Filed Against Hospital, Doctors, over Death | |
| | The family of a New Jersey man who died in a local hospital this January has filed a lawsuit against the hospital, six doctors and the Bristol Myers Squibb drug company, where his wife works. Upon admittance to the hospital in early January, the man told doctors he believed his wife was poisoning him. The suit claims doctors made note of this, but did not test the man for poisons and allowed his wife to spend time in his room alone. She is currently being held in jail on charges of murder. Dave Warner, Reuters 08/04/2011 | | Read Article: Reuters | | Apple, Book Publishers Targeted in Class-Action Suit | |
| | A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Apple and five book publishers claiming the companies "colluded to drive up the price of e-books." According to the suit, the publishers worked with Apple "to break Amazon’s discount pricing strategy" and help the company compete against the Kindle. Steven Levingston, The Washington Post 08/10/2011 | | Read Article: The Washington Post | | Suit: Boy Died Because of Bureaucratic Mix-Up | |
| | A Colorado woman has filed a lawsuit against the city of Denver and three employees of the county Department of Human Services over the death of her nine-year-old son. According to the lawsuit, the boy was "mistakenly denied Medicaid for the drugs he needed" to control his asthma. The mother claimed she called the Department of Human Services to get her son back into the system, but the error was never corrected and the pharmacy could not sell him the medication. He died in July 2009, several months after stopping his medication. Staff Report, United Press International 08/11/2011 | | Read Article: United Press International | | Woman Mauled By Dog, Awarded $2.2 Million | |
| | A Washington jury has awarded $2.2 million to a local woman who was mauled by a neighbor's pit bull several years ago. The dog entered the woman's house and began attacking her two Jack Russell terriers, and she sustained injuries fighting the animal off.The jury assigned 42 percent of the blame to Pierce County because "animal control officials took no action even after getting more than a dozen complaints" about the dog. Staff Report, United Press International 08/14/2011 | | Read Article: United Press International | | Iowa Court Rules Inmate Can File Suit Against State | |
| | The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that an inmate in a state prison may continue with his lawsuit against prison officials after his jaw was broken by another inmate. The man claims in his lawsuit that state officials "failed to properly monitor inmates in the gym and failed to respond to a threat" made earlier that morning toward the plaintiff by another inmate. The court also ruled that the prison officials were not protected under sovereign immunity. Jeff Eckhoff, DesMoines Register 08/12/2011 | | Read Article: DesMoines Register | | Hospital to Pay $2.8 Million for Fraudulent Procedures | |
| | Peninsula Regional Medical Center, a Maryland hospital, will pay $2.8 million in a federal lawsuit claiming the hospital failed to prevent one of its cardiologists from "placing medically unnecessary stents in dozens of patients between 2003 and 2006." The cardiologist was convicted last month of falsifying patient records and for billing insurers for unneeded procedures. He is facing a maximum sentence of 35 years in prison. Tricia Bishop, Baltimore Sun 08/10/2011 | | Read Article: Baltimore Sun | |
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