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• Trampolines Recalled By Aviva Sports Due to Fall Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | March 24, 2009 8:19 PM | 5 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  Aviva Sports, Inc. in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), is recalling 14,000 Aviva Leaps and Bounds Folding Trampolines with Safety Pad (L&B) and Aviva...

• Clarks Children’s Shoes Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | September 17, 2009 8:37 PM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  Clarks Children’s Shoes, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), is recalling certain pairs of shoes because molded rubber pieces on the sole can detach,...

• Decreasing Quality of Care

  Lara Pettiss Harrill | October 17, 2008 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  Les Wiebrod wrote this piece for the Huffington Post earlier this month, and I thought I would pass it along. he talks about two things that came out in the media this month: the Department of...

• Making A Complaint Against A Nursing Home

  Angela Lizer | September 07, 2008 10:43 PM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  The purpose of the Long Term Care Ombudsman program in South Carolina is to provide advocates for the elderly and their families. If you or a loved one is a resident of a nursing home or assisted...

• Where does the money go?

  Lara Pettiss Harrill | August 29, 2008 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  I was looking around to day for new nursing home stories, and I'm glad to say Jonathan Rosenfield at the Chicago Nursing Home Lawyer Blog had something i hadn't run across already - although I...

• Doctors: Lawsuits are a "vital deterrent".

  Raymond Mullman Jr | August 18, 2008 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  CNBC has an interesting story about how doctors believe lawsuits serve as a "vital deterrent" to protect consumers from unsafe drugs. Lawsuits protect consumers if drug companies do not disclose...

• E. Coli Outbreak Reported in Michigan, Ohio

  Courtney Mills | June 25, 2008 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  A spokesman for the Ohio Department of Health alerted the public to the existence of a multi-state outbreak of E-Coli bacteria, evidently involving raw ground beef from Kroger Food Stores, the largest grocery chain in the U.S. Cases of the same strain of the bacteria were discovered in both Ohio and Michigan.

• One Died in Hopkins Car Accident

  Jenny Albano | March 23, 2008 8:05 PM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  On Saturday morning there was a car accident that left one dead in Hopkins, South Carolina. Around 4:00 a.m. a 51-year-old driver of a 1994 Ford Explorer was driving north on Mt. Elon Church Road when the driver drove off the side of the road into a ditch. The Explorer then overturned and the driver died at the scene from injuries. The driver was wearing his seatbelt when the accident...

• CPSC Recalls Toy Wrestler Figures for Excessive Lead

  Courtney Mills | January 15, 2008 5:31 PM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  The federal government issued a recall today for about 5,600 toy figurines because they violated the federal lead paint standard. These toy figures were sold mainly over Christmas and were made by A.A. of America of East Brunswick, New Jersey.The CPSC, the U.S. agency charged with the oversight of toy safety, announced the recall in conjunction with the toy company to alert the public to the...

• Pet Food Maker Pays $3.1 Million Settlement for Tainted Product

  Jenny Albano | January 06, 2008 2:56 AM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC

  Diamond Pet Foods is paying a $3.1 million settlement to pet owners because they produced contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs. The contaminated pet food, which was made at the company's South Carolina plant, contained a mold called aflatoxin. The company is planning to reimburse pet owners for the loss of their dogs, their veterinarian bills, and the cost of unreturned...