The American Red Cross has been hit with a $16,000,0000 fine the the F.D.A. for multiple violations of federal laws regarding blood collection and processing, During 2008 and 2009 blood collections, the Red Cross encountered problems such as mislabeling of blood, failing to record complete information about donor and potential air contamination.
A Palm Beach, FL jury awarded $6 million to the family of a 16-year-old girl killed in a car rash in 2003. The girl was riding in a car being driven at speeds up to 100 mph in a residential area, when the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree. The driver escaped with only minor injuries but is service a 5 1/2 year sentene for vehicular homicide.
The widow of actor David Carradine has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against firm production company MS2S.A. claiming they did not provide the actor with sufficient assistant while he was shooting a movie for them. Carradine died last June and after his death, which was initially though to have been a suicide and was ruled not to have been.
A $6 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against Eclipse brand guy and mints make William Wrigley Jr. Co. over their claim that the gum and mints kill germs that cause bad breath. The claim allowed Wrigley to charge premium prices. Wrigley agreed to remover the claim for Eclipse gum and mint packages.
McDonald’s has recalled all “Shrek” glasses after determining that the paint was tainted with Cadmium. They warn that children sohould NOT drink from the glasses again.
Whirlpool has issued a recall of 1.7 million dishwashers in the U.S. due to potential fire hazards. There have been 12 reported cases of overheating resulting in fires, but no injuries reported. The fires are caused by a failure in the dishwasher’s electrical system. The machines in question were sold from February 2006 to April 2010.
Colorado state troopers say a man who is stationed at Fort Carson was killed in a rollover accident.
It happened on Bradley Road about 2.5 miles east of Marksheffel Road in El Paso County. Troopers say a 2003 GMC Sierra pickup was traveling westbound on Bradley Road when it traveled off the northern side of the roadway. The driver, over-corrected and steered the GMC across the roadway. The vehicle traveled off the southern side of the roadway before rolling 2 times and coming to rest.
The driver was not wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Alcohol and/or drug use are not suspected as contributing factors in the crash at this time.
Starting July 1st, 2010, a new Colordo-wide DUI law is going into effect that will make penalties a lot tougher for repeat offenders.
Under the new law, you could spend five days behind bars for your first DUI, and for second-time offenders, the penalty is at least a mandatory ten days, and for third-time offenders, at least a mandatory 60 days, maybe longer.
Offenders at all levels will also have to serve public service hours, and now, they’ll also have to pay for their own drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
If you skip out or don’t serve your rehabilititation program to the end, you could also serve more jail time.
The new law is not just about making the penalties tougher, but more about getting to the root of the problem.
Beyond just jail time, Colorado State Patrol says a DUI will likely cost you around $13,000, and ultimately, could cost you or someone else, a life.
At 11:49 pm on 5/7/2010 Colorado Springs Police Dispatch was notified of a disturbance in the parking lot on Potter Dr. involving a DUI driver who had run into several parked vehicles in the complex parking lot. As officers arrived they observed a vehicle leaving the complex that matched the description of the suspect vehicle involved in the disturbance. Officers observed the vehicle run the stop sign at San Miguel St. and continue southbound. As officers attempted to catch up with the suspect vehicle the officers observed the vehicle run the red light at Galley Rd. The suspect vehilce then rear-ended a parked vehicle. The driver of the suspect vehicle had to be removed from the vehicle by Fire Department Medical and was then transported to Memorial Hospital- Central. The driver was taken to surgery for serious, non-life threatening, injuries.
An attorney representing the family of one of the oil rig workers missing since an explosion Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico told reporters that a life capsule has been recovered. A lawsuit filed by the family of Shane Roshto claims that Transocean and BP were negligent in the explosion. It remains unclear whether Roshto or any other workers were aboard the recovered vessel. At least 17 other workers were hospitalized following the explosion.
