According to British researchers, the use of Topiramate, an anti-epilepsy drug, increases the chances of pregnant women giving birth to babies with birth defects by up to 14-fold-especially when the drug is taken along with the drug Valproate. The study involved 203 women that became pregnant while taking Topiramate (Topamax…
With families and other groups headed on vacation or other activity-related outings throughout the summer months, federal safety officials are reporting the increase of 15-passenger van rollover accidents from June through August. New data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates that 31% of all deadly 15-passenger van rollovers…
A review of lawsuit settlements over the last 4 ½ years by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel found that injury accidents often occur from people falling on Ft. Lauderdale’s older sidewalks. Although city officials have been able to contest many of the lawsuits, taxpayers have had to pay over $680,000 for…
In a split decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has lowered the award amount that the parents of a boy born with serious brain damage in 2003 at the Mayport Naval Station obstetrics clinic in Jacksonville, Florida will receive. The Florida birthing malpractice award-originally for $60.5 million-to…
In Palm Beach County Court and Palm Beach Circuit Court, Florida, 19 more defective products lawsuits have been filed against ConAgra Foods by plaintiffs that say they contracted salmonella after eating the company’s peanut butter. ConAgra Foods recalled its Great Value and Peter Pan peanut butters over a year ago…
The wife of Timothy Powers, the 49-year-old Vero Beach motorcyclist who was killed in a crash with a tractor-trailer on US 1 on January 24 is suing the trucker and the driver’s truck company for wrongful death. The Florida Highway Patrol says Powers could not see the truck due to…
In Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, a 77-year-old worker got hurt when the truck with a 100-foot lift that he was operating turned over. The truck was being used for a routine roof maintenance work. This is the fifth crane-related accident in South Florida in the last six months. Earlier this month…
In two Florida lawsuits filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, two more men are suing a former Broward County priest for child sex abuse. They claim that Rev. Neil Doherty gave them toys and money in exchange for sex when they were kids in the 1980’s. They also allege that the…
A Florida woman is suing a Winter Park dentist for dropping a medical screwdriver and a torque wrench down her father’s throat. In Anne Greer’s dental malpractice lawsuit, she alleges that Dr. Wesley Meyer’s negligence contributed to Charles Gaal’s death. Gaal had gone to Meyers in October 2006 for implants…
A woman in Florida is suing the lawn care company that employed her deceased husband for his wrongful death. Tomasa Castro says that Tom Mahoney Ultimate Lawn Service acted negligently when the owner, Tom Mahoney, told her husband, Jose Carillo, to mow the lawn next to a deep lake in…