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The Chicago Department of Health is investigating nine confirmed cases of salmonella bacteria after 120 attendees at the Taste of Chicago Food Festival became sick. The culprit is believed to be tainted hummus.Chicago officials traced the salmonella outbreak to the Pars Cove Persian Cuisine Restaurant where hummus has been removed from the menu. The owners are cooperating with the health...

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A teen attended a dental surgeon in Waterloo, Ontario last week to get his wisdom teeth removed, but instead he died.After Leejay Levene was put under general anesthesia, the anesthesiologist noticed that he was struggling for air. After the anesthesiologist attempted to resuscitate Leejay, 911 was called.Paramedics and doctors tried everything to try and keep the boy alive, but the next day...

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A truck driver was killed in a tractor trailer accident on Bent Mountain Road, causing Route 221 to be shut down most of Sunday.The accident occurred around 8:00 a.m, Sunday. Emergency and transportation officers expected the area to remain closed through most of Sunday evening.The driver was a 35-year-old man of North Carolina. Police say he was transporting fireworks to Radford. Due to the...

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Coby Electronics is recalling 13,800 USB/MP3/CD boom-boxes due to a potential fire hazard. When left plugged into an electrical outlet, if the switch is not firmly "off" the unit can overheat, creating a fire hazard.To date, Coby Electronics has been notified of 18 instances of the boom-boxes overheating - three of them resulting in minor property damage. No injuries have been reported.The...

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Police have determined there is not sufficient evidence to back up a recent complaint of nursing home abuse filed against a nurse at Georgetown Healthcare and Rehablitation.Police were called to the facility in March when a resident alleges he was choked by a nurse. He said the incident happened back in December, but he had waited until now to report it due to fear that the nurse would...

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The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a tractor trailer accident that spilled lumber into the woods of U.S. 25 northbound, near the state line of South Carolina, on Monday.A .C. Trooper said a Western Express truck out of Nashville, Tennessee turned over when the load of lumber shifted causing the tractor trailer to lose its balance.The accident happened just after 5pm, on Monday,...

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In a wrongful death lawsuit settlement, the family of a 73-year-old man who died when he received the wrong drug during surgery, will receive $1.775 million.According to the Widow's attorney, Piedmont Medical center will pay the bulk of the settlement (approximately $1.275 million). The remainder of the settlement will be paid by the doctor''s and their insurance and other medical personnel...

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In November 2004, Patricia, a former sergeant, went to Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon for simple hernia surgery. Only, when the surgeon went in to operate, he punctured her liver.The doctor's failure to run pre-operative tests caused her to lose half of her body's blood supply, causing her to be in a coma for the next four months."It's basically a mistake that should have never...

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Randy Hood focuses his practice on representing individuals who have been catastrophically injured in a preventable accident, which could include a medical malpractice case, nursing home abuse/neglect situation, product liability case, tractor trailer collision, motor vehicle accident or some other serious incident. The catastrophic injuries suffered by some of his clients include brain injury,...

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