http://bodilyinjuryblog.com By Colorado Personal Injury Attorney Ted Bills Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:58:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced this week that the Harmony High Chair was unsafe for use, prompting the recall of 1.2 million chairs produced by Graco Children's Products Inc. Safety issues with the chair involve several potentially defective parts that may cause the chair to topple over. More ... http://bodilyinjuryblog.com/safety-problems-force-high-chair-recall/ A Michigan man has filed a lawsuit against former Fox 2 broadcaster Fanchon Stinger after her ex-boyfriend crashed her Ferrari into the man in 2007. The lawsuit claims that David Sugg suffered shock and lingering physical and mental pain after Rayford Jackson crashed the car into him while he was ... http://bodilyinjuryblog.com/lawsuit-filed-in-car-versus-motorcycle-crash/ A Philadelphia jury awarded $5 million in punitive damages to the widow of a man who died of bed sores in 2008. The damages are divided between Jeanes Hospital and a Wyncote nursing home. The lawsuit had accused both the hospital and the nursing home of failing to provide adequate ... http://bodilyinjuryblog.com/rare-damages-awarded-in-nursing-home-suit/ Newly released research suggests that the rising cost of cancer treatments may cause some patients to turn down the care they need. According to the analysis, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, from 1990 to 2008, cancer care costs increased from $27 billion to $90 billion as ... http://bodilyinjuryblog.com/cancer-treatment-costs-skyrocketing-study-finds/ Honda Motors Co. recently announced their own brake problems, prompting a recall of 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small trucks from the 2007 and 2008 model years. According to Honda officials, the brake pedals could wear down over time and lose braking power, making it almost impossible to stop the ... http://bodilyinjuryblog.com/honda-issues-recall-over-brake-problems/ A lawsuit has been filed against Bayer Pharmaceuticals, claiming the company sold birth control pills they knew could cause organ failure. In her lawsuit, Louise Thanos claimed that she experienced gall bladder failure after taking the birth control pill Yaz. Other women have filed similar lawsuits across the country, claiming ... http://bodilyinjuryblog.com/birth-control-pill-causes-organ-failure-lawsuit-claims/ The family of a quadriplegic who died in 2007 has filed a lawsuit against a Tennessee-based wheelchair company, claiming their son suffered fatal injuries while they were repairing his wheelchair. According to the lawsuit, technicians with National Seating and Mobility were repairing Jeffrey Thompson’s wheelchair when it suddenly jumped forward, ... http://bodilyinjuryblog.com/fatal-wheelchair-accident-prompts-lawsuit/ Social networking site Facebook has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a marketing program that published what users were buying. The settlement was approved by a California federal judge this week. Plaintiffs contested that the Beacon program violated their right to privacy. As part of ... http://bodilyinjuryblog.com/facebook-settles-class-action-over-online-privacy/ A Georgia jury this week awarded $15 million to a family who was hit by a drunken driver and whose daughter suffered severe brain damage from the crash. The drunken driver ran a red light, crashing into the Maybaum family’s car. Eleven-year-old Erica’s seatbelt became dislodged and she was thrown ... http://bodilyinjuryblog.com/jury-awards-damages-to-family-injured-by-drunken-driver/ A Los Angeles jury recently awarded a California man more than $200,000 to cover the cost of a liver transplant after his insurance company, Anthem Blue Cross, refused to pay. Ephram Nehme was on the transplant list at UCLA in 2006. When his condition deteriorated, he decided to have the ... http://bodilyinjuryblog.com/anthem-blue-cross-ordered-to-pay-cost-of-liver-transplant-legal-fees/