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Deadly NY Limo Accident Brings the Arrest of Limo Company Operator
This morning police in upstate New York arrested the son of the owner of a limo service in connection with the horrific crash over last weekend that killed 20 people. The accident happened on Route 30 in Schoharie, near the Apple Barrel Country Store and Café last Saturday, and it is the deadliest US…
Honda Issues Two Recalls, Including an Additional Takata Airbag Recall
As part of the ongoing problems with faulty and extremely dangerous Takata airbags, on Monday, the Honda Motor Company issued a voluntary recall of an additional 1.4 million vehicles to fix those faulty safety features. In a recall that has now gone on for more than four years now and targeted more than 50…
First Fatalities Reported Involving Electric Scooters
As many cities and states debate the potential of regulating the nascent dockless e-scooter industry, earlier this month saw the first two fatalities from accidents involving these increasingly popular personal vehicles. The First E-Scooter Fatality in Dallas Unfortunately, what is quite possibly the first-ever fatality related to dockless e-scooters happened in Texas. According to…
EMS Company Will Pay $21 Million in False Claims Act Settlement
The ambulance company Paramedics Plus and its previous owner, East Texas Medical Center, among others, have agreed to pay $21 million to settle a False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit over a financial scheme in which they allegedly paid millions of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid to state and local officials in Oklahoma, in a bid…
Ford Recalls Nearly 2 Million Pickups for Fire Risk
Pay attention to this, Texans. If you own a Ford pickup truck yourself, or you know someone who does own one, everyone should be aware that the Ford Motor Company has issued a recall for nearly 2 million of its flagship F-150 pickup trucks because of a potentially very dangerous fire risk. Unfortunately, some safety…
Salmonella Outbreak at San Antonio Restaurant Sickens 184
According to the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, at least 184 people have reported symptoms of salmonella infection, after eating at the Wurzbach Road location of Pasha Mediterranean Grill, in an outbreak that is much larger than previously thought. These latest figures were released Wednesday, Sept. 5, and represent far more than the earlier…
Cereal Recall For Salmonella Expands: Here’s What You Need to Know
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration, another 30 people have become sick from Salmonella infections that are linked to the consumption of Kellogg’s Honey Smacks Cereal. Both agencies issued a reminder that consumers should not consume and retailers should not sell Honey Smacks due to possible contamination….
Pool Step Systems Recalled for Child Drowning Hazard
If you have a pool and children and you use a pool step system to help your child get into or out of the pool safely, you should pay attention to this. Confer Plastics has recalled about 100,000 in-pool step systems with curved steps for in-ground and above-ground pools after a number of reports of children being…
Whistleblower Claims Contractor Sold Air Force Faulty Jet Engines
While we are used to seeing whistleblowers call out companies and doctors who defraud the Medicare and Medicaid systems, the federal False Claims Act actually applies to any government contractor who defrauds or attempts to defraud the United States on any contract in any department. In a recently unsealed case that was filed in…
E-Scooters Come to San Antonio, But Are They Safe?
San Antonio recently became the latest city in Texas to host a fleet of lightweight, dockless e-scooters that are controlled by a smartphone app when The Bird Scooter Company decided to set up shop here. Unlike the shared rental bicycles that can be found all over town, these scooters are not docked and there…