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FDA Says Toss Food Linked to Botulism
Posted by: Sam Nicholson
July 27, 2007

WASHINGTON -- People should immediately throw away more than 90 different products, from chili sauce to corned beef hash to dog food, produced at a plant linked to a botulism outbreak, the government warned Monday. Castleberry's Food Company temporarily closed the suspect plant.

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Watchdog wants tough message sent to Sprint
Posted by: Sam Nicholson
July 17, 2007

Cellphone companies are notorious for socking customers with hefty fees if they want to get out of their contracts early. Now, some people believe Sprint Nextel Corp. ought to get a taste of its own medicine.

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Home Depot Faces Multiple Suits Alleging Health Hazards From Grout Sealer
Posted by: Sam Nicholson
July 12, 2007

When Gwinnett County, Ga., resident James Flynn bought a spray can of grout sealer from his neighborhood Home Depot in July 2005, he could not have imagined that his purchase would land him in the hospital and cost him the use of a lung.

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Wage Disputes Over Donning Gear Fuel Suits
Posted by: Sam Nicholson
July 12, 2007

It's come to this: the process of getting ready for work is being litigated.

In lawsuits filed across the nation, employees from police officers to poultry workers are suing to be paid for the time it takes to put on and take off their uniforms and required safety gear.

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Big insurers, dirty tricks
Posted by: Sam Nicholson
July 09, 2007

Insurance companies vow to protect their policyholders-for a price-then go to great, often underhanded lengths to avoid keeping those promises. They bank on consumers being elderly, unsophisticated, or unrepresented and unable to respond. Here, three attorneys talk about egregious cases where insurers deployed shady tactics and met policyholders who fought back.

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SSRIs, Suicide Link Takes Center Stage In Forest Suits
Posted by: Sam Nicholson
July 09, 2007

Portfolio Media, New York (July 3, 2007)--The Henrickson's found their 15-year-old daughter Danielle dead in their Idaho garage, where she had hung herself. Kitsy Lee Johns shot and killed herself at age 17. Both were taking Forest Laboratories Inc.'s antidepressant, Celexa, when they ended their lives.

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Sony Ericsson Sued Over Exploding Cell Phone
Posted by: Sam Nicholson
July 02, 2007

Portfolio Media, New York (June 29, 2007)--An Illinois man has sued Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Inc. and T-Mobile USA Inc. after his cell phone allegedly exploded while he was talking on it.

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