A police officer is demanding compensation for a “slimy” prank two teenagers tried to pull off on him at a local McDonald’s franchise in Charles City, according to an Associated Press news report. Officer Josh Douglas has filed a lawsuit saying that when he was working nights two years ago,…
A New Jersey medical device company that manufactures pediatric heart valves, conduits and patches used in heart surgery is fighting the U. S. Food and Drug Administration in court, stating that the federal agency wrongly quarantined about 1 million of its product parts because of concerns over sterility and health…
The family of a 45-year-old man to plunged to his death from the Santa Margarita Parkway Bridge while working on it, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, county and state, according to an article in The Orange County Register. Gregory Wolters of Mission Viejo died when he…
The web of lawsuits in the Brandy Norwood fatal crash case became a little more intricate last week after the singer-actress and another driver involved in the crash sued each other in Superior Court, each accusing the other of negligence, according to an Associated Press article posted on the San…
A mother is suing a South Carolina cemetery saying that her son’s casket was dug up and moved without informing the family, according to a news article published in the Spartanburg Herald Journal. Debra Polson’s 21-year-old son, Jonathan, died Dec. 3 and was buried there four days later. But three…
To put it mildly, Roy Williams is a man in a lot of trouble – as he should be. According to an article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Williams, now a former mortician, is accused of shoddy embalming and fraud. Williams, over the last 20 months, has also been…
A one-car crash, in Anaheim, took the life of 16 year-old Patricia Thompson last Saturday when her Toyota 4Runner went out of control; hitting a light pole. Amy Husted and Shelly Bailey, both 18, are recovering from the auto accident that took the life of their friend and left them…
MRI scans are as common as x-rays these days. But here is a news report that will make you think twice before you enter the belly of that scanner. On Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration issued a statement asking manufacturers of certain contrast agents, used in patients who get…
A resident in Amarillo, Texas, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Lubbock Cemetery, alleging that the grave marker indicating her infant daughter’s burial site has been moved and that she doesn’t know if or where her daughter’s body has been moved, according to an article in theDaily Toreador.…
It’s not every day that an Orange County freeway fatality gets international attention. According to a Los Angeles Times article, there is an arrest warrant for Youn Bum Lee, an executive at Hyundai Motor Co., who left for his home country of South Korea, allegedly with the help of his…