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• FDA Warns of Rare Sleeping Pill Side Effects

  Mike Simon | April 06, 2007 10:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning regarding unusual side effects of prescription sleeping pills. The makers of 13 prescription sleeping aids will now be required to put warnings on their labels cautioning that the drug may cause sleep-driving, along with other less dangerous "complex sleep-related behaviors" - like making phone calls, fixing and eating food, and having sex...

• Allstate Ordered to Reduce Rates

  Mike Simon | April 06, 2007 10:48 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Texas Department of Insurance has ordered Allstate to reduce its homeowners insurance rates to Texas homeowners by 5 percent. The order has been affirmed by the Travis County District Court.The litigation began after an analysis by the Department of Insurance revealed that the rates were excessive. Under the order, Allstate will be required to refund its customers an estimated $56...

• Huron County Jury Awards $600,000 to Estate of Slain Foster Child

  Mike Simon | April 05, 2007 10:44 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  On March 23, a Huron County, Ohio, jury ruled that the county and its child welfare agency were responsible for the 2004 wrongful death of a child placed into foster care and killed by the foster father with whom she was placed. The child was stabbed five times by her foster father and allowed to bleed to death in a barn on his property.According to witnesses in the trial, the agency was aware...

• Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty

  Mike Simon | April 04, 2007 10:43 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A former Charleston police officer has pled guilty to charges of speeding and failure to operate an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens arising out of an October 2005 car accident in which a motorist was killed. The officer will pay a fine and serve probation as a result of the plea.At the time of the accident, the officer was providing backup for another officer responding to a domestic...

• I-64 Closed Due to Accident

  Mike Simon | April 03, 2007 10:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A motor vehicle accident that involved a cement truck rolling over closed I-64 near Dunbar, West Virginia for a large part of the afternoon on March 30. According to reports, the truck rolled at about 1:40 p.m. and came to rest on a retaining wall, backing up traffic in both directions. There were no injuries and no other vehicles involved in the accident. The interstate reopened at...

• Recall of Pet Foods Expanded

  Mike Simon | April 03, 2007 10:32 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Menu Foods, which manufactures dog and cat food, issued a recall 60 million containers of wet food on March 17, citing contamination of the products. The pet food is sold under a number of store brands, including Wal-Mart, Kroger, and Safeway.Menu Foods makes pet food for 17 of the top 20 North American retailers, and is also a contract manufacturer for branded pet food companies, including...