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• State Farm Putting Profits Before People In Florida

  Eddie Farah | January 31, 2009 11:34 PM | 8 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  State Farm property insurance wants to leave Florida for greener pastures. After major hurricanes in 2004 and 2005, State Farm Florida, a subsidiary of the insurance giant, says it will phase out...

• Florida's Most Dangerous Jobs

  Eddie Farah | January 31, 2009 10:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  While the national picture for accidents and deaths on the job decreased by about six percent – Florida’s death rate for workplace fatalities stayed steady from 2006 - about 362 people...

• Seroquel Victory For AstraZeneca Which Says Bring Em On

  Eddie Farah | January 28, 2009 11:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  AstraZeneca didn’t know what to expect. Thousands of cases are pending against its antipsychotic drug Seroquel, claiming it causes diabetes and weight gain. Wednesday, the company won...

• School Bus Wreck Hospitalizes Five

  Eddie Farah | January 25, 2009 1:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Wednesday after school, a North Florida school bus was taking kids home when a 16-year-old driver of a pickup truck failed to stop at an intersection and rear-ended the bus. Things could have been...

• Pedestrian Killed But Many Questions Unanswered

  Eddie Farah | January 24, 2009 11:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Florida Highway Patrol reports that a young man walking on a Jacksonville road was hit and killed by a motorist early Friday morning. The man has been identified as Cammeron T. Nettles, 21. He...

• Dangerous Downtown Condo Collapse Results in Loss Of Life and Lawsuits

  Eddie Farah | January 23, 2009 11:08 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  The downtown Berkman Plaza condominium project was abruptly halted in December 2007 when a parking garage collapsed burying one worker under five feet of debris and concrete. Now the condo owner is...

• Disastrous Drywall From China

  Eddie Farah | January 23, 2009 11:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Florida Health Department is reporting that dozens of complaints have come in from people living around the state in newly constructed homes with some questionable drywall. A foul smell, sort of...

• Patients Need To Be Aware of Medtronic Infuse Use In The Neck

  Eddie Farah | January 17, 2009 11:49 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Medtronic is facing more trouble over its Infuse Bone Graft. A Texas woman is reportedly preparing a lawsuit blaming off-label use of Infuse for injuries she suffered after cervical spine surgery....

• Brace For Impact- Would You Know What To Do In An Airplane Ditching?

  Eddie Farah | January 17, 2009 12:33 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  Brace For Impact,” are the last words you want to hear when you are on an airplane. But that is exactly what was said to the 148 passengers onboard a US Airways A320 airbus leaving New...

• More Deadly Teen Crashes Occur In Florida

  Eddie Farah | January 16, 2009 1:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  They could be considered teen driving hotspots, and the top three cities for fatal teen car crashes are all in Florida. Allstate Insurance Company recently released a list of top cities for fatal...

• Florida Insurance Commissioner Tells State Farm "NO"!

  Eddie Farah | January 14, 2009 12:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  State Farm wanted to raise homeowner’s premiums to cover losses from hurricanes by more than 47 percent. Monday, the state insurance commissioner told the insurance giant...

• Tea Leaves May Forcast Sailor's Future

  Eddie Farah | January 10, 2009 11:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  The tea leaves from this cup have forecast disaster for Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Javier Trevino and his job as an air traffic controller at the Mayport Naval Station in Jacksonville. When a...

• Florida Needs To Watch for Salmonella Cases

  Eddie Farah | January 10, 2009 9:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  42 states have been stuck by a salmonella outbreak and the King Nut Company believes it may be responsible. King Nut out of Ohio, has issued a recall of the peanut butter it distributes nationwide....

• Trucking Regulations Will Keep Drivers On The Road Longer

  Eddie Farah | January 10, 2009 3:17 PM | 9 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  It was an eleventh hour rule by the Bush administration that does not keep us safer on the highways. The administration in its waning days has decided to finalize rules on just how long truckers can...

• Florida Laid Off Workers Can't Afford Cobra

  Eddie Farah | January 09, 2009 12:31 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  You lose your job and your medical benefits. At least there is COBRA to get you through. That’s the health insurance you can obtain up to 18 months after you lose your job. You must pay for,...

• Make Sure Your Doctor Has Insurance

  Eddie Farah | January 03, 2009 11:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Florida is facing a health care crisis right around the corner. First there was the failing grade for access to Florida’s emergency rooms. Then there was a forecast of a doctor shortage with...

• Private Medical Records Found In Garbage Sent To TV Station

  Eddie Farah | January 01, 2009 12:38 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  We might never have known this happened, except some decided to send the medical records they found in the garbage to First Coast News, the NBC/ABC affiliate in Jacksonville. What they found were...