Kentucky residents can suffer a wide range of serious injuries, but coverage of these events may help others avoid or recover from an accident. Our news page explores the causes and outcomes of motor vehicle crashes and other severe injuries to help others prepare for what lies ahead.
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Tort Reform: Just Who Is It That Wants to Restrict Your Rights?The American Association for Justice identifies the corporate and insurance powers that want to restrict of rights of ordinary Americans.
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Have Campaign Donations To Congress Insulated Compounding Pharmacies From Better Oversight?Compounding pharmacies such as New England Compounding Company, which is at the heart of the nation-wide meningitis outbreak, have evaded better oversight.
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Papa John's Sued Over Text MessagesA class action lawsuit has been filed against Papa John's pizza company over unsolicited text messages sent to consumers.
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Deaths In Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Reach 29The death toll from the fungal meningitis outbreak has reached 29 with over 400 reported case.
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Safety Violations At the Core of Meningitis OutbreakReports are that the New England Compounding Company disregarded safety violations and procedures that may have led to the nation-wide meningitis outbreak.
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Meningitis Death Toll Continues to RiseThere are now 23 reported deaths in the outbreak of fungal meningitis resulting from the tainted steroid injections.
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Annual Cost of Preventable Medical Errors: $29 BillionPreventable medical errors are the sixth leading cause of deaths and cost our nation $29 billion per year.
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Deaths from Meningitis Outbreak Increase to 14The CDC reports that the number of deaths due to the fungal meningitis outbreak have increased to 14 and the documented cases to 170.
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak SpreadsThe outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to tainted steroids has continued to spread: 8 deaths have been linked to it so far.
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Deaths In Meningitis Outbreak Go Up to 11The toll of the fungal meningitis outbreak continued to climb, going up to 11 according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
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Big Money Trying To Hijack Florida Supreme CourtBig money affiliated with the Republican Party and the Koch brothers are threatening to hijack the Florida Supreme Court.
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Fungal Meningitis OutbreakA fungal meningitis outbreak linked to vials used to inject steroids in patients with back pain has continued to spread.
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Law Firm Sponsors Fund-Raiser Race for Cancer ResearchThe Simmons Law Firm of Alton, Illinois sponsored a fund-raising foot race to raise money for cancer research.
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Coal Company Settles Pollution Suit for $575,000International Coal Group has settled a suit charging it with widespread water pollution in eastern Kentucky for $575,000.
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Whistleblower To Collect $104 Million For Exposing Tax CheatingA whistleblower and former UBS banker, Bradley Birkenfeld, will collect $104 million from his role in helping the IRS catch tax cheats.
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Protect Employee Benefits By Amending ERISAProtections for employee benefits can be increased by amending ERISA argues Joe Vincoli in the Winston-Salem Journal
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Insurance Company's Plea for Refuge In Federal CourtThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear an insurance company's case that it can avoid state courts in class action lawsuit cases.
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17%of Nursing Home Residents Overdosed With AntipsychoticsThe Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that 17% of nursing home residents received excessive doses of antipsychotic drugs in 2010.
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Pharmacy Giant Settles Another Whistleblower SuitPharmacy giant Omnicare has settled another whistleblower lawsuit, this one alleging kickbacks in its 2004 acquisition of Total Pharmacy.
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19 Car Crash Fatalities In Fayette County This Year19 people have been killed in vehicle crashes in Fayette County in 2012 according to police reports