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| Mass Acts on Simultaneous Surgeries |  | The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine approved the new rule, which appears to be one of the first of its kind nationally. Surgeons would have to document each time they enter and leave the operating room under a new regulation that the board overwhelmingly approved Thursday amid heightened scrutiny of doctors who do more than one operation at a time.
Jonathan Saltzman and Jenn Abelson, Boston Globe 01/08/2016    | | Read Article: Boston Globe |
| Families of Scaffolding Collapse Victims File Lawsuit | | The families of three workers who died in Raleigh, North Carolina, when scaffolding collapsed have filed a lawsuit against the four companies involved in the construction project. The lawsuit was filed in Superior Court in Durham on Thursday and alleges that the four companies contributed to the scaffolding collapse. The lawsuit names as defendants Associated Scaffolding Company Inc. of Durham, Choate Construction Company of Georgia, Klimer Platforms Ltd. of Delaware and Canada-based Klimer Platforms Inc.
Paul A. Specht, News & Observer 01/07/2016 | | Read Article: News & Observer |
| USAA Continues to Face â?˜Med Pay' Lawsuits | | San Antonio's USAA continues to be face lawsuits that allege it uses a 'cost containment scheme' to delay, deny or reduce medical payouts to customers injured in auto accidents. USAA has been vigorously defending such cases for more than a decade, though the number of lawsuits couldn't be determined. Just last week, a Montana judge certified a class-action lawsuit brought by two individuals who charge the insurer delayed or denied medical payments. The size of the class could number 154 Montana residents or more.
Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express News 01/08/2016 | | Read Article: San Antonio Express News |
| GM Ignition Nightmare Won't Go Away, for Victims or Company | | The first of hundreds demanding that GM pay for the deaths of loved ones or injuries ranging from broken bones to paralysis. The raft of trials, scattered across the country, begins Monday in federal court in Manhattan. Engineers at GM, which got a $50 billion government bailout in the financial crisis, knew of a flawed ignition switch but rejected a fix that would have cost 90 cents apiece, according to evidence provided to lawmakers. The switch could be jarred into the 'accessory' position, shutting off the engine, disabling power steering and brakes and preventing air bags from deploying. The faulty switches are linked to the deaths of at least 124 people, many of them in entry-level cars marketed to young drivers.
Margaret Cronin Fisk , Bloomberg 01/08/2016 | | Read Article: Bloomberg |
| FitBit Sued Over Heart Trackers | | FitBit Inc.'s heart monitoring devices are called 'wildly inaccurate' in a lawsuit accusing the company of false advertising. Devices sold by the leading maker of fitness trackers 'are mis-recording heart rates by a very significant margin' while on the brink of causing health risks for users, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in San Francisco federal court. A Colorado woman alleges that her Charge HR device under-reported her actual heart rate by 50 percent, as recorded manually by her personal trainer after a period of intense exercise.
Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg 01/08/2016 | | Read Article: Bloomberg |
| VW Refuses to Give U.S. States Documents in Emissions Inquiries | | Citing German privacy laws, Volkswagen has refused to provide emails or other communications among its executives to attorneys general in the United States, impeding American investigations into the company's emissions-cheating scandal, according to officials in several states.
DANNY HAKIM and JACK EWING, The New York Times 01/08/2016 | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Blue Bell Confirms Possible Listeria at Facilities | | Blue Bell announced it has found more signs of Listeria at some production facilities. The ice cream maker released a statement on Thursday saying it had 'identified locations where suspected Listeria species may be present in our facility,' although it doesn't clarify which locations are involved. Blue Bell added it continues to sanitize the affected areas and no batches of ice cream have tested positive for Listeria.
NEWS 4 SA, KSAT.com 01/08/2016 | | Read Article: KSAT.com |
| Insurers Brace for the Self-Driving Future and Fewer Accidents | | AS autonomous driving technology advances, perhaps the most notable benefit is the promise of a striking reduction in accidents. But fewer accidents will, according to a recent report, turn the entire auto insurance industry on its head. According to KPMG's report, the insurance industry could contract by as much as 60 percent by 2040 as accident damage payouts and premiums fall.
BENJAMIN PRESTON , The New York Times 01/08/2016 | | Read Article: The New York Times |
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