Florida dentist is being sued for allegedly dropping tools down the throat of an elderly patient –twice. Relatives of 90-year-old Charles Gaal Jr. recently filed the suit in circuit court accusing Dr. Wesley Meyers of negligence. An answering message at …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited an Alabama company for alleged safety violations at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia that led to a death in March. OSHA said that ASM-Sanders Inc. of Madison, Ala., used compressed air …
A South Florida man says he was denied a hair transplant because he is HIV positive. Diego Del Rio said in a lawsuit that he was refused a transplant by Dr. Brett Bolton of the Age Defying Surgical Center. The …
A Venezuelan investor has sued global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd over the collapse of the Stanford banking empire, saying he relied on assurances from Willis that Stanford was sound. The lawsuit, filed as a class action in U.S. …
A McAllen, Texas, company is recalling 104 crates of fresh cilantro over concerns of possible salmonella poisoning. Sweet Superior Fruit Co. said in a statement that no illnesses had been reported. The company says testing by the U.S. Food and …
A Southern California distributor is voluntarily recalling about 7,000 hooded children’s sweatshirts that pose a strangulation risk. Propac Distributing Corp. said that the recall covers Proclub brand sweatshirts that has a zipper and pullover hood with drawstrings. They were sold …
Federal safety officials have fined an industrial contractor’s Minnesota operations $75,000 for alleged safety infractions relating to trench-digging. MasTec Inc.’s Hugo, Minn., site is accused of two repeat violations of federal trenching safety standards. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health …
A judge has dropped an insurance company from a lawsuit accusing the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wis., of covering up a priest’s sexual assaults. Milwaukee-based Indiana Insurance Co. asked to be dropped from the lawsuit, saying its policy didn’t …
Where’s the beach? That’s the question some oceanfront homeowners are asking, bothered that the dunes are blocking their ocean views. A sandstorm is brewing in Atlantic City, where businesses and the City Council support lowering the dunes, although the sand …
A New York City distributor has agreed to pay more than $500,000 to settle a complaint that it was slow in reporting a defect and fire hazard linked to oscillating fans. The $587,500 penalty is part of a settlement Haier …