Citigroup Settles Fraud Charges

July 31, 2010

As reported by the Washington Post, Citigroup will pay $75 million to settle charges related to subprime mortgages and the housing bust of 2007.  The Securities and Exchange Commission alleged fraud charges against the company asserting that it mislead investors about potential losses from subprime mortgages.
The allegations by the SEC went something like this: Citigroup [...]

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Personal Injury Accident On Highway 17

July 30, 2010

As reported by the San Jose Mercury News, a Los Gatos man died Thursday after being involved in a motorcycle accident on Highway 17.
The motorcycle driver apparently lost control of his vehicle and collided with a concrete median.  The accident took place at approximately 10 p.m.  The injury victim was heading north on Highway 17 [...]

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Injury Victims Of BP SPill Argue Over MDL Location

July 29, 2010

As reported by Bloomberg News, attorneys for injury victims from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and attorneys for BP are fighting over the location of a multidistrict court that would hear BP spill related claims.
There are currently hundreds of lawsuits (personal injury, financial injury, economic injury, wrongful death, and property damage) pending [...]

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Video Depicting Damage And Injury From BP Spill

July 27, 2010

On April 20, 2010 the Deepwater Horizon exploded causing one of the worst workplace injury, environmental and economic disasters the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. has ever seen.
In the aftermath of the spill as literally hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil poured into the Gulf not only did an entire region suffer injury [...]

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Safety Systems Not Active When Deepwater Horizon Exploded

July 27, 2010

When the Deepwater Horizon exploded numerous workers suffered serious personal injuries and 11 were killed.  The same accident set in motion one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history.
We have heard testimony and reports regarding safety measures that were ignored and shortcuts that were taken by BP in order to maximize profits.  And, according [...]

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Quality Control Issues Identified At Another Johnson & Johnson Plant

July 23, 2010

We have reported on Johnson & Johnson’s problems with product defects and workplace safety issues previously – see Johnson & Johnson May Face Criminal Penalties.
It appears that now more issues have been uncovered, however, by federal investigators at another Johnson & Johnson plant.
The Lancaster, Pa., plant, which produces heartburn medications, was cited due to quality [...]

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BP Has Paid Less Than 1/3 Of Claims Data Shows

July 23, 2010

According to recent data released, BP has paid approximately 28% of claims for damages since the Gulf oil spill.
This data was analyzed and reported on by ProPublica and it shows an alarming picture of how injury victims are fairing in the claims process with BP.  Next month (August) Kenneth Feinberg takes over the claims process [...]

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Workplace Injury Lawsuits Against BP Begin

July 22, 2010

Unless you have been living under a rock since April 20 you are aware that BP has had personal injury lawsuits and wrongful death lawsuits filed against it for its actions regarding the Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill.  But now BP has a new category of litigation to contend with, workplace injury suits by [...]

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Brain Imaging Center Closed

July 19, 2010

According to the New York Times, and as reported by the San Jose Mercury News, one of the nation’s leading brain imaging centers at Columbia University has be temporarily shut down after F.D.A. investigators found that the center had injected mental patients with drugs that contained potentially dangerous impurities.
When someone suffers a traumatic brain injury [...]

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Nerve Regeneration May Aid Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

July 16, 2010

When someone suffers a traumatic brain injury or other catastrophic injury, often that person also suffers damages to peripheral nerves within the nervous system.
Peripheral nerves are crucial in connecting the brain and spinal cord to the body.  When they are damaged or do not function properly due to disease there is no movement [...]

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