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• Fun Express Recalls Water-Based Face Paint

  Chrissie Cole | May 22, 2009 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Certain cosmetic “Face Paints” have been recalled following reports of skin irritation in small children. Fun Express Inc., owned by the Oriental Trading Co, is the brand name of the...

• FDA Issues Warnings for Biphosphonates

  Staff Writer | January 14, 2008 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  The FDA is reminding prescibers and patients that certain osteoporosis medications may be associated with severe or incapacitating bone, joint and muscle pain. FDA advises that these side effects may develop days, months or even years after starting the drug and may persist despite stopping the medication. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) monitors side effects of drugs that are currently...

• Winter Construction Safety

  Joe Stanley | January 10, 2008 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Winter is a hard time for outdoor work. The many hazards of a construction site increase 10 fold in the winter. Remember to take your time keep warm and keep safe so the projects are completed timely and safely.For more information on this subject, please see our section on Worksite Injuries and Workers Compensation.

• Medical Malpractice - Guiliani's Recent Comments

  Rob Quattrocci | November 30, 2007 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Recently at one of his rallies presidential candidate Rudy Guiliani was quoted as saying that her refers to attorneys that sue doctors as "the pig factor." This is an interesting comment as it infers that all malpractice lawsuits are without merit which cannot be further from the truth. We all want to limit frivilous lawsuits however using propaganda against all lawyers is not the proper...

• NY Fertility Clinic Used Wrong Sperm for Insemination

  Christina Cole | March 21, 2007 3:11 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  A New York judge is allowing a couple to sue a fertility clinic that is accused of inseminating a woman with sperm that was not her husband's.The couple filed a medical malpractice lawsuit after the wife gave birth to a baby whose skin they felt was too dark to be their child. The judge noted the couple had three DNA tests done - two professional labs and a home kit, all of which confirm that...

• More DWI and Crashes

  Joe Stanley | January 11, 2008 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Last nights accidentA Marcellus man is now facing a charge of driving while intoxicated in the two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Lee Mulroy and Bishop Hill roads, Onondaga County sheriff's deputies said demonstrates again what can happen with drinking and driving. It risk everyones life. Please be safeFor more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle...

• Two Deaths Linked To Tainted Beef

  Chrissie Cole | November 02, 2009 12:09 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  At least 546,000 pounds of beef have been recalled in New York and at least seven other states because beef from a local processing plant has been linked to E. coli. The tainted meat has been...

• Happy New Year

  Joe Stanley | January 10, 2008 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  The new year brings an opportunity to review all your insurance issue. Examine you car insurance to make sure you have the right amount of coverage and that you have the maximum uninsured motorist coverage. This will protect you and other if you are involved in a car crash. Make sure your homeowners coverage has sufficient policy limits so year are covered for any slip and falls or other...

• Roofing Injuries - Workers Compensation/Labor Law

  Rob Quattrocci | November 30, 2007 2:29 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Few people are aware that when an injury occurs on a construction site their may be compensation available in addition to Workers Compensation benefits. In New York Labor Law 240(1), 241(6) and 200 have been enacted to protect workers in the event that they are injured while engaged in certain activities.Recently, a roofer fell from a roof located on Erie Blvd. in Syracuse. This type of fall...

• Banks and Insurance Companies and Accidents

  Joe Stanley | January 11, 2008 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  The subprime mess show to what extremes the financial institutions will go to protect the bottom line.In what could be a a key ruling for those of us hoping to learn more about shady subprime lending practices, a bankruptcy judge has given New Century Financial until February 6 to turn over a report of an investigation into the firm's cash handling practices to bankruptcy monitors..This is an...