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| Water at El Paso State Supported Living Center Contains Enough Lead to be Considered Hazardous Waste |  | New tests show that water at an El Paso facility for Texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities contains more than enough lead to be considered hazardous waste by the EPA. This month, The Dallas Morning News reported that patients at three of the state's State Supported Living Centers had been drinking water with lead at levels rivaling those found in the Flint, Mich., water supply. Additional tests revealed that water from one faucet in El Paso contains 6,260 parts per billion of lead, 417 times the amount that triggers the EPA to enforce changes.
Brittney Martin, The Dallas Morning News 05/26/2016    | | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
| Theranos Hit With Consumer Lawsuit Over Faulty Blood Tests | | A lawsuit contends that Theranos falsely marketed its fingerprick testing method, which promised to disrupt the $75 billion blood testing industry by asking patients to provide mere drops, and not vials, of blood to be processed by its innovative if secretive Edison machine. The lawsuit comes a week after Theranos told federal regulators that it was voiding two years of test results garnered from its fingerprick method. Theranos told officials from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services that it was issuing tens of thousands of corrected blood work results to patients and doctors, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing anonymous sources.
Marco della Cava, USA Today 05/26/2016 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Just How Accurate Are Fitbits? The Jury Is Out | | A study, released by the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Fitbit, found that the pulse-monitoring technology used in the company's wrist-bound Surge and Charge devices was "highly inaccurate during elevated physical activity." The lawsuit, filed in January, seeks compensatory and punitive damages. It accuses the company of misleading customers about the reliability of the PurePulse technology in its heart-monitoring wristbands, and claims this could potentially have dire medical consequences.
MIKE McPHATE, The New York Times 05/26/2016 | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Memorial City Residents Sue City Over Flooding | | A group of residents sued the city of Houston and one of its local redevelopment authorities Wednesday, alleging that they approved commercial development in the Memorial City area without requiring adequate storm water mitigation, resulting in increased flooding in residential neighborhoods. Claiming federal and state constitutional violations, the west Houston group Residents Against Flooding, joined by several individuals, is seeking to require the city to prioritize neighborhood flood relief by expediting drainage projects in residential areas and halting commercial building permits for projects on large lots unless those developments are found to not increase residential flood risks.
Rebecca Elliott, Houston Chronicle 05/26/2016 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| S.C. Bar Accused of Over-Serving Patron Who Crashed Motorcycle, Killing Passenger | | A bar in Columbia, South Carolina is accused in a lawsuit of over-serving an underage patron who later crashed his motorcycle which caused the death of his passenger. The lawsuit was filed by the family of the 19-year-old girl who died in the crash. According to their lawsuit, the Tin Roof bar allowed the underage male to become "grossly intoxicated," contributing to the crash which took place after he left. South Carolina state law dictates that bars can be held accountable for over-serving obviously intoxicated patrons who go on to kill or injure someone while driving.
John Monk, The State 05/21/2016 | | Read Article: The State |
| Ohio Jury Awards $6M to Husband of Woman Who Died Giving Birth | | Over $6 million has been awarded to an Ohio man whose wife died during childbirth. A Montgomery County Common Pleas Court jury of eight people unanimously agreed upon the award after a week-and-a-half jury and four hours of deliberation. The wrongful death lawsuit alleged that the plaintiff's wife died because doctors failed to diagnose the woman with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia during her pregnancy. The woman died during an emergency Cesarean section on March 4, 2009 after suffering a gestational hypertension stroke.
Mark Gokavi, Dayton Daily News 05/20/2016 | | Read Article: Dayton Daily News |
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