Posts tagged Defective Products

• Canned Meat Recall

  Steve Klearman | July 24, 2007 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This from CBS News:Castleberry Food Co. is recalling every product manufactured on a specific production line in the past two years in response to four cases of botulism poisoning in Texas and Indiana.The production line is one of "four or five" in its Augusta, Ga., facility. On Saturday night the company also shut down the entire plant for one week while it investigates the cause of the...

• Easy Bake Oven Recall

  Steve Klearman | July 19, 2007 8:14 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  What's the world coming to when Easy Bake Ovens get dangerous? This from Yahoo News:The Easy Bake oven, an iconic toy with a four-decade history, has been recalled for the second time in less than a year, government safety advocates announced on Thursday. In February Easy Bake's parent company, Hasbro Inc., recalled 985,000 of the toys because children were getting their hands and fingers...

• China Deserves the Scrutiny

  Steve Klearman | July 16, 2007 8:49 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  There's a headline on Yahoo News today: China is blaming the media for inflating concerns about product safety (rather ironic on the wake of the execution of the minister in charge of drug safety).I lived in Taiwan for several years and travelled extensively through China. It is, without doubt, one of the most polluted countries in the world.China deserves the blame. They endanger the entire...

• Cleaners and Justice Prevail

  Steve Klearman | June 27, 2007 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Alright: what was destined to happen happened: the greedy unrealistic judge (with an anger problem perhaps) lost. As well he should have. Here's the story as reported by the Reno Gazette Journal on June 25, 2007:WASHINGTON (AP) -- A judge ruled Monday that no pair of pants is worth $54 million, rejecting a lawsuit that took a dry cleaner's promise of "Satisfaction Guaranteed" to its most...

• Nevada Rural Hospitals Survive in Northern Nevada

  Steve Klearman | June 26, 2007 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Anyone who's spent anytime in Northern Nevada's rural communities knows that healthcare can be an issue. This article comes from John Wheeler, special to the Reno Gazette Journal, and was published on June 24, 2007. When it comes to economic development, rural communities readily see the benefit in attracting traditional businesses, such as warehouses or processing plants.But they might get...

• Northern Nevada Medical Center Hires COO

  Steve Klearman | June 25, 2007 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Per the Reno Gazette Journal, NNMA in Sparks has hired a new administrator in charge.Northern Nevada Medical Center and Universal Health Services, Inc. announced the promotion of Lisa Wilson to chief operating officer for Northern Nevada Medical Center in Sparks.Wilson was an associate administrator at Northwest Texas Healthcare System, a 489-bed hospital in Amarillo, Texas.Wilson's previous...

• Northern Nevada Hospitals Expand

  Steve Klearman | June 24, 2007 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Everywhere you look in Northern Nevada hospitals are expanding (and advertising more).This article by Zack Hall from today's Reno Gazette Journal provides detail:The region's major hospitals want people in Northern Nevada to know that the reasons for leaving Nevada for health care are waning.Renown Health, Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center and Northern...

• HIPPA Hints

  Steve Klearman | June 07, 2007 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Here's a handy guideline to HIPPA that was sent to me by the Institute for Paralegal Education. This was apparently written by attorney Heather Brochu (a short bio is at the bottom of this blog):The primary purpose of HIPPA is to outline circumstances in which an individual's protected health information may be used or disclosed by covered entities.Covered Entities Under HIPPA• Health care...

• Nevada Lawyer Charged in Personal Injury Scam

  Steve Klearman | May 23, 2007 6:37 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Las Vegas personal injury lawyer Noel Gage was charged in what is described as a "wide-ranging and expansive" investigation into the way that certain personal injury cases were allegedly handled.The following quotes come directly from the Las Vegas Review Journal on May 23, 2007: Las Vegas personal injury attorney Noel Gage surrendered to the federal government Tuesday after he was indicted on...

• Intermediate Court for Nevada?

  Steve Klearman | May 16, 2007 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The following blurb comes from the Nevada Supreme Court's website as of today:"Over the past 30 years, Nevada's Judicial and Legislative Branches have partnered to promote the creation of an intermediate appellate court - the Nevada Court of Appeals - and are in the process of doing so again.A new study compiled by the Nevada Supreme Court at the behest of the Nevada Legislature...