July 31, 2010 – SAN DIEGO — A 2-year-old boy was mauled to death by his family’s dog late Saturday morning inside a Tierrasanta home, police said. The incident happened at 11:33 a.m. at a house on Lofberg Street in a military housing area just east of Interstate 15, said San Diego Police Department Sgt. Ray Battrick. The boy, Aaron Carlson, was attacked in an upstairs bedroom in front of some or all of his three siblings: a 3-year-old brother and 5- and 7-year-old sisters, said police Lt. Rick O’Hanlon. Their mother was laying on the downstairs couch …. »
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Sunday, July 25, 2010 — In November 2008, a professional driver for Pizza Hut suddenly drove her car into oncoming traffic in Clairmont, hitting the vehicle driven by Olena Novak head-on. As a result of the crash, a mother and daughter, Olena Novak, at the time 87, and Shari Novak, at the time 62, suffered severe injuries. Olena suffered a broken neck and Shari suffered permanent brain damage and can no longer feed herself, communicate or provide for her own daily care. Attorneys for the Novaks filed a personal-injury lawsuit last year against the driver and her employer, California-based …. »
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June 22, 2010 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Baby Walkers Units: About 8,400 Importer: Suntech Enterprises Inc., of Commerce, Calif. Hazard: The recalled walkers can fit through a standard doorway and fail to have sufficient stair-fall protection to prevent falls down stairs. Babies using these walkers can be seriously injured or …. »
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June 14, 2010 – Portland Shellfish Company, Inc. is voluntarily recalling the following brands of cooked, ready to eat fresh or frozen lobster meat: Portland Shellfish Co. Inc brand, Claw island, Craig’s All Natural, and Inland Ocean cooked, fresh or frozen lobster claw and knuckle meat as recent tests show the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal …. »
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June 9, 2010 – According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defect Investigations (ODI), Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling Model Year 2010 and 2011 Freightliners MT55 Chassis manufactured from June 18, 2009 through April 15, 2010, and equipped with certain Eaton hybrid transmissions with park feature. The reverse idler shaft may contact the part feature and the two components may bind, preventing the park feature from engaging. If the park feature does not engage, the vehicle can move without warning, possible resulting in personal injury or a crash. At the Gomez Law Firm, we …. »
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June 1, 2010 — A 25-year-old woman was killed Tuesday morning and two others were injured when her SUV crossed into oncoming freeway traffic and collided with two vehicles. Neydi Arely Ramirez, of Chula Vista, was heading north on state Route 125 north of Jamacha Road about 8:40 a.m. when for unknown reasons she lost control of her gold Ford Explorer and crossed the center divide, authorities said. The SUV rolled over and landed on top of a silver Chrysler PT Cruiser being driven by a 48-year-old woman, California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings said. The SUV then continued to …. »
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June 7, 2010 – A horrible accident in Marana, AZ sent eight people to the hospital, and one has died. The accident happened just before 11:00 Sunday morning at the intersection of Sander and Grier. According to police, the driver of a minivan crashed into a truck. The driver of the minivan, a woman, died from her injuries. Police say she may have failed to stop at a stop sign. Four children were hurt in the accident. Their injuries are not considered serious.
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June 2, 2010 – Modern Products, Inc. is initiating a recall of products manufactured with HVP (Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein) supplied by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas, Nevada, because the ingredient has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. “Consumption of products containing Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more …. »
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June 2, 2010 – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Sprout Stuff, of Austin, Texas, is announcing the recall of about 40 Sprout Stuff infant ring slings. CPSC advises consumers to immediately stop using these slings due to a risk of suffocation to infants. CPSC and Sprout Stuff are aware of one report of a death of a 10-day-old boy in the recalled sling in Round Rock, Texas in 2007. The Sprout Stuff infant ring sling is fabric/natural muslin and comes with or without a shoulder pad. The sling is worn by parents and caregivers to …. »
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March 15, 2010 – Julia’s Spices Inc, of City of Industry, CA, is recalling all Hulled Sesame Seeds distributed between November 17, 2009 and February 25,2010, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The affected Hulled Sesame Seed also known as White Sesame Seeds were distributed in plastic bags between November 17, 2009 and February 25, 2010 in California and Utah by Julia’s Spices Inc’s through retail stores. Only the following products are being recalled: Julia’s Spices Ajonjoli / Sesame Seed 3.5 oz. pkg. (UPC # 810338001330) Julia’s Spices Ajonjoli / Sesame Seed 1 9/16 oz. …. »
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