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• Burn Injuries at Halloween

  Robert Blanchard | October 29, 2007 10:42 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  With the abundance of candles lit in Jack-O-Lanterns and long draping costumes, burn injuries at Halloween continue to be a concern. Most store-bought childrens constumes will be flame retardent, but home-made costumes may not be. Unfortunately, if you rely on product recalls for protection, safety may come too late. The U.S. Product Safety Commission has issued helpful guidelines for keeping...

• California Fire Losses

  Robert Blanchard | October 26, 2007 3:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Everyone's immediate concern over the horrible widfires of 2007 is the safety of those affected. The first thought is to avoid the loss of life of the firefighters, emergency personal and civilians in harms way. Soon though, homeowners will begin to look to their insurance conmpanies to pay claims for fire damage and loss of their homes. As we saw here on the Gulf Coast, some carriers will step...

• FDA Panel Votes to Withdraw Youth Cold Meds

  Courtney Mills | October 22, 2007 2:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  An FDA panel took a vote last week to ban cough and cold products for children under six years of age. According to the experts who testified before the panel, these cough and cold medicines are wholly ineffective in the treatment of cough and colds and have far more risks than benefits.This recommendation comes just a few weeks after drug companies pulled pediatric formulations of cough and...

• Cop Sues Family in Slip & Fall Case

  Courtney Mills | October 10, 2007 2:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Sgt. Andrea Eichhorn of the Orlando Police Department is bringing a negligence suit against the family of a drowning baby she helped rescue earlier this year. Eichhorn alleges that while rendering aid in January of this year at the residence of Richard and Maggie Cosmillo, she slipped on some water and broke her knee, keeping her out of work for over two months. Sgt. Eichhorn further maintains...