InjuryBoard Lancaster Archives

• Whole Foods Announces a Recall

  Rick Patterson | December 31, 2007 5:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Whole Foods Market® is recalling 365 Organic Everyday Value™ Swiss Milk Chocolate Bars with Rice Crisps, 3-ounce size, with a Best If Used By date of November 21, 2007.The reason for the recall is due to the fact that the product may contain undeclared hazelnuts, walnuts and pecans. Needles to say, people with alleges to these particular nuts could run a serious risk to their health if the...

• Woman Dies in Nursing Home Due to Lack of Care

  Rick Patterson | December 26, 2007 5:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Nursing home care has long been a concern. Families leave their loved ones in the care of others and many times that care falls short of what one would expect. Recently a nursing home known as Pacific Coast Manor was issued the most severe citation under state law. In addition to the citation, they were fined $100,000 after a state investigation concluded inadequate care led to the death of a...

• Black Ice is the Cause for Fatal Accident

  Rick Patterson | December 13, 2007 12:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  During this time of year drivers need to be aware of slick roads and black ice. Heather Richie, 26, and her boyfriend Joseph Lee Bekker, were killed in a car accident due to black ice. Their wrecked Ford Explorer was found 24 hours after the accident under an overpass. Police say the two were headed home when their SUV hit black ice, slid across the top of a guardrail and fell off the overpass,...

• Second Lawsuit Due to Wrongful Death of Rapper

  Rick Patterson | December 10, 2007 12:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Angela Jadoo has filed a wrongful death suit due to the death of her child's father West Side rapper "The Saint," whose real name is Freddie Latrice Wilson. This is the second such lawsuit in as many days.The suit was filed against the City of Chicago in Cook County Circuit Court on Thursday. It has been reported that three officers opened fire on Wilson, shooting him 18 times after stopping him...

• Kentucky Accidents Claim Thirteen Lives

  Rick Patterson | December 07, 2007 11:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  One would hope at this stage of the game we are all aware of the absolute importance of wearing a seat belt while traveling in a motor vehicle. The difference it makes in an accident cannot be overstated. According to the Kentucky State Police, thirteen people died in thirteen accidents on roadways in thirteen Kentucky counties last week. Out of the thirteen victims, ten were in cars and four of...

• Modern Medicine

  Rick Patterson | December 05, 2007 3:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  With so many defective drugs out there, it is a breath of fresh air to see a development that would be a positive force in the world of medicine. One such development is the revolutionary concept of nanomedicine. "Imagine a small capsule measuring in nano meters, scanning your internal organs and providing details to censors placed outside. This may have sounded like science fiction a couple of...