Miscellaneous

• Is Your Business Being Hampered By Junk Faxes?

  Christopher Nace | December 15, 2008 9:41 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  We've all seen them: Four Nights in Jamaica! Best Stock Tip of the Year! Learn About Computers Here! Billboard advertisements? Nope. TV infomercials? Nope. Junk faxes? You got it. Many small...

• Follow Up to Midnight Regulations

  Christopher Nace | December 15, 2008 9:31 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  In response to a posting last week about Midnight Regulations, one reader posted the following comment: I hope you are correct. Trial lawyers have added so much to the cost of every product and...

• Midnight Regulations Lead to Back-Door Tort Reform

  Christopher Nace | December 09, 2008 10:17 AM | 2 CommentsWashington, DC

  The Bush Administration is doing everything it can to protect the business community from being held responsible for injuring individuals: WASHINGTON—Railroad companies later this month...

• Attorneys Line Up to Fill DC Superior Court Vacancy

  Christopher Nace | November 11, 2008 8:44 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  Twenty attorneys have submitted his or her name to the Judicial Nominations Commissions to fill the vacancy on the District of Columbia Superior Court that was created when former Chief Judge Rufus...

• Doctors Protect Drug Addict Physicians so they Can Treat You!

  David Tompkins | December 19, 2007 9:40 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  I take a lot of static from doctors who say I am too hard on their profession. "All professionals make mistakes," I have been told. True, but a professional fixes mistakes, or makes their client, patient, etc. whole. That is the nature of a profession, a self-regulating trade.Doctors don't want to help victims of medical malpractice. Doctors want their injured patients to accept their...

• Des Moines Bicyclist Injured in Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | October 31, 2007 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  A bike rider in Des Moines was hurt after being hit by a car. The bicycle accident happened last Tuesday on Interstate Highway 235. The driver of the car did not see the bicycle because of the sun. Police said he was taken to Iowa Methodist Medical Center by fire medics about 8:10 a.m. with injuries that were not incapacitating. The accident is being investigated but no charges have been...

• China Receives Apology From Mattel for Recalls

  Shannon Weidemann | September 21, 2007 4:54 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  A representative for Mattel Inc. traveled to China in order to deliver a personal apology to the head of product safety there. Mattel has issued numerous product recalls this year for toys made in China. Most of the recalls revolve around lead based paint used on the toys. "Mattel takes full responsibility for these recalls and apologizes personally to you, the Chinese people, and all of our...

• Dole Improves Testing to Ward of E. Coli Contamination

  Jenny Albano | August 31, 2007 2:00 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  The Dole Food Company, a major food and fruit producer, has improved testing to try and prevent breakouts of E. coli and other bacteriums that can cause food-bourne illnesses.Dole is testing samples from all the products the company markets and if anything harmful is found in the produce, the plants from that area will not make it through the processing chain. Also, the company has introduced a...

• Dole has Improved Testing to Ward of E. Coli

  Jenny Albano | August 31, 2007 1:43 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  The Dole Food Company, a large food producer, has improved testing for their produce to avoid E. coli contamination and other bacterium that can cause a food-bourne illness.Dole will be testing samples from all the spinach and other food produced by the company. If anything harmful to consumers is found in the food, the plants from that area will not make it through the processing chain. Also,...

• West Virginia Hospital Negligent in Medical Malpractice

  Shannon Weidemann | August 02, 2007 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  Putnam General Hospital was found guilty of negligence for hiring a doctor accused of mulitple cases of medical malpractice. The hospital hired the doctor in 2002. Since then over 100 medical malpractice lawsuits have been filed against the doctor. The Putnam County Circuit Court jury deliberated about an hour Tuesday afternoon before holding the hospital responsible for allowing Doctor John...