The Injury Board Jacksonville Archives

• Consumers Should Stop Taking Tylenol Arthritis

  Eddie Farah | December 29, 2009 11:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  If you open the Tylenol bottle and there is a funny smell, close it and call Johnson & Johnson. The Food and Drug Administration is expanding its recall of TYLENOL Arthritis Pain Caplets in...

• Three-Year-Old Killed on I-95 Wreck With Tractor-Trailer

  Eddie Farah | December 29, 2009 10:35 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  A three-year-old Pittsburgh boy died in a crash on Interstate-95 in McIntosh County, Georgia Sunday afternoon. Witnesses say a tractor-trailer, was heading at a high rate of speed before...

• 136 Silver Alerts Issued In 2009

  Eddie Farah | December 27, 2009 9:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  They are a lot like the Amber Alerts. Since Florida began the Silver Alert program a year ago, 136 alerts have been issued for missing Floridians ages 54 to 94. Some have Alzheimer’s, while...

• Jacksonville Girl Killed In Crosswalk When Light Changed

  Eddie Farah | December 24, 2009 12:19 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A six-year-old Jacksonville girl didn’t stand a chance when she was hit by an SUV in a Jacksonville crosswalk Saturday morning. Her mother was pushing a stroller with her five-year-old...

• Jacksonville Among Worst For Tap Water EWG Finds

  Eddie Farah | December 17, 2009 12:38 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  This news comes from the highly credible nonprofit group, Environmental Working Group. EWG finds there are over 300 pollutants in U.S. tap water. After analyzing almost 20 million records,...

• Rotweiller Kills Florida Toddler

  Eddie Farah | December 15, 2009 11:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  A 20-month old little Florida boy was attacked and killed by a Rottweiler after dropping his cookie on the floor, according to law enforcement authorities in New Port Richey, Florida. The baby was...

• Teen Driver Dies One Week After Fatal SUV Crash Kills Mother

  Eddie Farah | December 12, 2009 4:04 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  There seems to be no end to the tragedy suffered by one Jacksonville family. Last weekend, the family was vacationing in Orlando when their GMC Yukon SUV suddenly lurched forward in a parking lot,...

• Consumers Need To Be Informed About St. John's wort and Cataracts

  Eddie Farah | December 12, 2009 3:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  News is beginning to emerge in the popular media that the plant, St. John’s wort may, while being a cure for mild depression, not be good for our eyesight. Research out of Fordham University...

• 18-Year-Old St. Augustine Woman Killed in Crash

  Eddie Farah | December 04, 2009 6:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Condolences are pouring into the MySpace and Facebook pages of an 18-year-old young woman from St. Augustine, Florida who died earlier this week in a car crash. Megan Elizabeth Bunn and...

• Tougher Driver's License Requirements in North Florida January First

  Eddie Farah | December 04, 2009 12:13 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Beginning January first, it is not going to be as easy as it has been in the past to renew or replace your driver’s license in the North Florida’s St. Johns County. It’s all part...

• Supreme Court Lets Stand Ford Explorer $82.6 Million Verdict

  Eddie Farah | December 01, 2009 4:37 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In 2002, a San Diego woman lost her ability to walk after her Ford Explorer rolled over and its roof collapsed, severing her spine. She was awarded $369 million by jurors who listened to the...