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Remedy Is Elusive as Metallic Hips Fail at a Fast Rate |
| A growing number of patients are seeking to have faulty metal-on-metal artificial hips removed and replaced. More than a decade ago, some researchers had warned that the hips shed tiny pieces of metallic debris that posed potential health threats to patients. But those warnings were not heeded, and now doctors and patients face a growing public health problem as one of the country’s biggest medical device failures unfolds. So far, only a small fraction of the estimated 500,000 people in this country who received an all-metal hip over the last decade have suffered injuries. But studies suggest that those numbers will grow and that tissue destruction is occurring silently in some patients who have no obvious symptoms like pain. BARRY MEIER, The New York Times 10/04/2011 | Read Article: The New York Times |
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Kraft Recalls Single-Serve Shells & Cheese Cups |
| Kraft Foods Inc. has issued a recall of 137,000 cases of Velveeta Shells & Cheese single-serve microwaveable cups due to the presence of foreign objects. The recall was issued after pieces of small, thin wire bristles were found in the products. There have been no injuries reported in association with the recalled products. Wire Report, Chicago Tribune 09/30/2011 | Read Article: Chicago Tribune |
Suit Filed Against Atlanta Police Department |
| Five Georgia men filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta Police Department accusing officers of abuse and an illegal strip search. The men claim in their suit that on different occasions, officers pulled their pants down during, exposing their genitals, to conduct searches. None of the searches produced any criminal evidence, the suit says. The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages. Rhonda Cook and Jeremiah McWilliams , Atlanta Journal-Constitution 10/03/2011 | Read Article: Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
Class-Action Suit Filed Against Stanford Hospital |
| A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Stanford Hospital & Clinics over a data breach that resulted in the release of 20,000 confidential patient medical records. The lawsuit alleges the hospital violated the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act. The hospital confirmed the data breach earlier this month. The suit is seeking $1,000 per patient. Jason Green, San Jose Mercury News 10/04/2011 | Read Article: San Jose Mercury News |
Suit: Girl Claims She was Raped by Student-Athletes |
| A West Virginia 13-year-old girl has filed a lawsuit against a now-defunct high school and the Fayette County school board, claiming she was raped by a group of male student athletes. The girl claims in her suit that she was staying after school one day when a few high school boys "forced her into a room...[and] raped and physically and sexually assaulted [the girl]." No criminal charges have been filed, as police did not have enough evidence to move forward, the Charleston Gazette reported. Zac Taylor, The Charleston Gazette 10/03/2011 | Read Article: The Charleston Gazette |
Taxi Company to Pay $1.5 Million for Fatal Accident |
| A North Carolina jury awarded $1.5 million the estate of a local man who was killed by a cab owned by a local cab company in 2007. The driver of the cab was proven in court to be blind in one eye and has a club foot. The man who was killed was also blind, and was walking in front of the Gaston County Courthouse when he was hit, suffering brain injuries that caused his death months later. Staff Report, Charlotte Observer 10/04/2011 | Read Article: Charlotte Observer |
Judge: US Law, not Iraqi, to Hold Sway in Pa. Soldier’s Lawsuit |
| Iraqi law should not govern a lawsuit brought by the mother of a Pittsburgh-area soldier electrocuted in a barracks shower at an Army base in Iraq, a federal judge has ruled. Attorneys for Houston-based military contractor KBR Inc. had asked U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer to apply Iraqi law to the ongoing lawsuit in the January 2008 death of Pittsburgh-area Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth. But Fischer agreed with attorneys for the soldier’s parents who argued that United States law should hold sway because the base was under American control — and could provide for punitive damages and other advantages to the plaintiffs not recognized by Iraqi law. Associated Press, The Washington Post 10/04/2011 | Read Article: The Washington Post |
Supreme Court Will Allow Muslim Woman Suit |
| The Supreme Court will let a Muslim woman sue Southern California jailers for making her take off her head scarf in a courthouse holding cell. The court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Orange County, Calif., officials, who were sued in 2007 by Souhair Khatib. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments that holding cells aren’t covered by a federal law protecting the religious practices of prisoners. It also ruled Khatib had the right to wear the scarf unless jailers could show it was a security risk. Associated Press, The Washington Post 10/04/2011 | Read Article: The Washington Post |
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