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Washington Mesothelioma Lawsuit Verdict of $10.2M for Paper Mill Worker

13th January 2010 by admin No Comments

A former paper mill worker and his wife have been awarded $10.2 million in a mesothelioma lawsuit in Washington over exposure to asbestos fibers from dryer fabrics during his nearly 40 year career.
A Seattle jury awarded the damages to Henry and Geraldine Barbin last month in a lawsuit filed against Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. and [...]

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Diet Heavyweights Are Battling It Out in Court

27th October 2009 by admin No Comments

Weight Watchers has slapped fitness-club chain Curves with a big, fat lawsuit, alleging that the rival’s ad campaign misuses its corporate logo and makes puffed-up claims about slimming waistlines.
The two diet heavyweights’ food fight centers on Curves’ new 30-Day Diet Plan ads running on cable, according to the suit in Manhattan federal court.
In the ad, [...]

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Man Sues XSport Fitness After Exercise Ball Deflates

10th October 2009 by admin 2 Comments

A man filed a lawsuit against a North Side fitness club Thursday after the exercise ball he was using allegedly deflated, causing him to fall and injure himself.
On June 24, 2009, Michael Ernst was working out at the XSport Fitness facility located at 3240 N. Ashland Ave., according to a suit filed in Cook County [...]

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Health Bill Would Cost $829B, Cover 94 Percent

7th October 2009 by admin No Comments

Health care legislation drafted by a key Senate committee would expand coverage to 94 percent of all eligible Americans at a 10-year cost of $829 billion, congressional budget experts said Wednesday, a preliminary estimate trumpeted by the White House and likely to power the measure past a major hurdle within days.
The Congressional Budget Office added [...]

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Health Care Reform Is a Woman’s Issue

29th September 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Madalyn Ruggiero for The New York Times

Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Last week Michelle Obama gave a powerful speech explaining why health insurance reform was a woman’s issue. Her arguments were subsequently dramatized by a telling exchange between Senator John Kyl, a Republican from Arizona, and Senator [...]

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A Health-Insurance Difference Without a Distinction

29th September 2009 by admin 1 Comment

My hat is off to Max Baucus. He’s produced a credible plan to make health care both a right and a responsibility of all Americans while beginning to rein in health spending in a way that is politically acceptable to a majority of Americans. In many ways it is the most robust proposal so far [...]

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In Some States, a Push to Ban Mandate on Insurance

29th September 2009 by admin No Comments

In more than a dozen statehouses across the country, a small but growing group of lawmakers is pressing for state constitutional amendments that would outlaw a crucial element of the health care plans under discussion in Washington: the requirement that everyone buy insurance or pay a penalty.
Approval of the measures, the lawmakers suggest, would set [...]

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Senators Want Research on Cell Phones, Cancer

17th September 2009 by admin 2 Comments

Lawmakers say they will seek more federally funded research into the possible connection between cell phone use and cancer.
The announcement comes several days after a review released by the Environmental Working Group found potential safety hazards connected to cell phone use.
“It is something that is worth taking a look at,” says Sen. Arlen Specter, [...]

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Answers to Your Health Reform Questions

30th July 2009 by admin 1 Comment

As Congress struggles to move forward with an overhaul of health care, people are focusing on what it might mean to them. Many are concerned and confused, judging by the flood of reader questions I got after last week’s Healthy Consumer column on the possible consumer impact. For an overview of the bills in Congress, [...]

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Report of Possible Mouse in Diet Pepsi Can to Get FDA Scrutiny

30th July 2009 by admin No Comments

Food and Drug Administration officials are investigating an Ormond Beach couple’s report of some foreign object — which they believe to be a mouse — found last week in a can of Diet Pepsi.
The Denegris of Ormond Beach said they have no plans to sue PepsiCo, but are curious to receive results of FDA laboratory [...]

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