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DUI Wrong-Way Crashes Increase in Arizona

For over a decade, law officials from Arizona have been focused on reducing the number of fatal car accidents caused by drunk drivers traveling the wrong direction on the states' freeways. In Arizona, impaired drivers continue to pose a particularly deadly threat, as the number of fatalities associated with drunk...

Johnson & Johnson Pays $120 Million for Mesh Cases

Several medical manufacturing companies””Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, and C.R. Bard””have come under fire recently for producing and selling transvaginal mesh implants that can cause internal injuries, debilitating pain and a plethora of long-lasting health complications. One such company, Johnson & Johnson, has agreed to pay over $120 million to...

Negligent Hospital Doctor Sends Dying Girl Home

In an alleged case of severe medical malpractice, a neurosurgeon at the Barrow Neurological Institute of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix sent a critically ill child home because her mother “had a tendency to overreact” and “was not going to like what [he] did next.” The child's...

AZ Department of Labor’s New Temp Employee Law

The Department of Labor (DOL) is cracking down on companies that cheat temporary workers out of overtime wages and other benefits through joint employment endeavors with temporary staffing agencies. The DOL's Wage and Hour Division Department has set new guidelines to ensure that host employers and temporary staffing agencies are...

Johnson & Johnson Faces Levaquin RICO Lawsuit

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson faces yet another lawsuit for allegedly concealing harmful and potentially deadly side effects caused by its antibiotic Levaquin. The latest Levaquin lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court on Jan. 18, 2016, and accuses the company of violating the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt...

Car Makers Pledge to Share Recall Data with Government

Following such disastrous and deadly incidents as Volkswagen's emissions scandal, GM's faulty ignition switch recall, and Takata's airbag recall, several different auto manufacturers have agreed to reform the way they report injuries, fatalities, and defective vehicles to the government. The agreement between the automakers and the government (which many consider...

ABC World News (3/28, lead story, 1:45, Sawyer, 7.43M) reported in its lead segment, "A trip to the dentist creating a frightening prospect for 7,000 people in Tulsa, Oklahoma. People urged to get tested for a host of serious diseases, including HIV, Hepatitis." ABC (Wright) added, "Dr. W. Scott Harrington...

When people take their vehicles to a dealership for servicing, they are generally conditioned to trust that the work that's been done has been handled properly. Unfortunately, when things go wrong they can go very wrong, and tragically, that's what took place in 2006 when the parents of three boys...