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• Lounge Chairs Recalled Due to Collapsing Hazard

  Jenny Albano | July 20, 2007 5:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The CPSC, in cooperation with Yotrio International LLC, is voluntarily recalling around 15,000 lounge chairs from Menards stores. The chairs have faulty support brackets and weak frames that can cause the chair to collapse. his poses a risk of falling and severe lacerations for the occupant of the lounge chair.So far Yotrio has received one report of a lounge chair collapsing, which caused a...

• Medical Malpractice is Fifth Leading Cause of Death

  Will Parker | July 06, 2007 10:36 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Millennium Research Group (MRG), a global authority on medical technology market intelligence recently conducted a thorough and detailed analysis of the acute care clinical information systems (CIS) market and found that a key driver in the United States is the demand for improved patient safety. The number of medical malpractice incidents were alarmingly high.Medical errors are the...

• Driver Distraction Laws(2)

  Will Parker | July 05, 2007 4:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  While a number of states have passed laws forbidding drivers from using their cell phones while driving, some states are trying to go a step further, by enacting driver distraction laws. Lawmakers in a dozen states are trying to ban drivers from using video games, computers and fax machines in cars in a new wave of driver-distraction legislation. Since January, states including Texas, New York...