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BMW safety features malfunction

Some BMW owners are finding that they are not getting as much safety for their money as they had originally thought. The NHTSA is investigating a faulty Occupant Classification System (OCS). The OCS is supposed to recognize whether or not a seat has a passenger in it. The malfunctioning OCS seems to

By The Legal Examiner

/ 21 Sep 2007

Boating Accident Kills One and Injures Another

An Oviedo man was killed and his son severally injured when they were involved in a boating collision off Port Canaveral early Sunday morning. They were on an overnight fishing trip when, at around 6:40a.m., another boat driven by a man from Merritt Island and carrying two others hit them. No one fr

By Michael Damaso

/ 20 Sep 2007

Dan Rather Sues CBS For Millions

Dan Rather, the beleaguered former anchor for CBS news filed a lawsuit against his former employer for seventy million dollars. In the suit Rather alleges that CBS left him out to dry as the scapegoat for the widely discredited news story attacking the Vietnam era military record of President Bush.

By Ed Normand

/ 20 Sep 2007

6 Car Accident In Leesburg Causes Death

On U.S. Highway 27 in Leesburg motor vehicle accident involving six vehicles caused personal injuries and at least one fatality. The cause of the motor vehicle accident is still being investigated by the Leesburg Police Department. From what has been reported thus far it appears that an out of town

By Ed Normand

/ 20 Sep 2007

Investigate Before You Eat Out

Every day there are cases of serious illness and death from diseases contracted while eating at a restaurant. Many of the dangers of eating out are hidden from the public, partly because of flaws in the restaurant inspection process in Florida. This topic is on my mind today, not just because our fi

By Ed Normand

/ 20 Sep 2007

Taser of Gator is Outrageous!!!!!

A young man, a student lawfully at a University of Florida function featuring Senator John Kerry, was tasered by University police. This is clearly excesive use of force by the police. Videotape confirmed that University police tasered the young student while he begged them not to. He was not violen

By Ed Normand

/ 19 Sep 2007

Carnival Leads in Cruisers Overboard

A study conducted by Ross A. Klein, PhD, a Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, which compiled information from the years 1995 through 2007, reports that Carnival leads many of the major and non-major cruise companies in incidents involving passengers and crew overboard. Between 2000 an

By Michael Damaso

/ 19 Sep 2007

Feds Require Side Curtain Airbags

The National Highway Safety Administration is requiring all car makers to equip their vehicles with side curtain airbags by 2013. These airbags protect the head and torso, especially in auto accidents involving side impact, such as when a car is “t-boned” at an intersection. According to the NHTSA,

By The Legal Examiner

/ 19 Sep 2007

Defibrillator Recall

The FDA is recalling the MRL/Welch Allyn AED 20 Automatic External Defibrillator that is used by emergency personnel in hospitals, at fire stations and other risk management departments to treat heart attack victims. The defective equipment may show an error message (Defib Comm) which can result in

By The Legal Examiner

/ 18 Sep 2007

US Men Need to Clean Up Their Act

A study released by the American Society for Microbology and the Soap and Detergent Association reveals the number of men in the US who was their hands after using the restroom has dropped 9%- from 75% in 2005 to 66% in 2007. The number of women observed washing their hands was 88%, down 2 % from 20

By The Legal Examiner

/ 18 Sep 2007

Helicopter Crashes into Gulf Killing 1, Injuring 2

Tuesday morning, September 11th south of Sarasota a helicopter crashed into the Gulf of Mexico in an area where the water was approximately 20 feet deep. The occupants were doing a video shoot for a boating magazine. Several boats in the area attempted to rescue the victims of the crash, All three o

By Michael Damaso

/ 18 Sep 2007

Dangerous Child Seats Recalled

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation has recalled 1.2 million child seats made by the Dorel Juvenile Group because of the serious injury risk they could pose to children involved in an auto accident. The child harnesses in question were made fr

By The Legal Examiner

/ 18 Sep 2007