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We’ve posted about the dangers of e-cigarettes, but now we have video verification.  This video shows an e-cigarette exploding in the purse of a woman in New Jersey.  “Terrifying, scary. It sounded like a gunshot. It sounded like a bomb went off.” Anything with lithium batteries, including cell phones, risk exploding.  Try to avoid using…

Former University of California football player, Neville Hawkins, filed a lawsuit this week against the NCAA and Pac-12 Conference for repercussions of concussions he received while playing college football in 1970 and 1971.  According to the lawsuit, the NCAA, Conference and the University knew about the dangers of concussions, and that football hits caused such…

Being patriotic isn’t just the right thing to do.  Sometimes, it pays too.  A former executive at the agriculture company, Monsanto, is being paid $22.5 million for serving as a “whistleblower” to the government by alerting it to securities fraud.  The former executive, whose name is not being released, alerted the SEC to Monsanto’s misstatements…

If you vape, please read! This new trend, has a vicious side effect.  The e-cigarettes have exploding batteries, and explosions are not rare.  According to the Arizona Republic,  “officials at the Arizona Burn Center say such accidents occur regularly, with a dozen patients reporting burns from e-cigarette fires or explosions over the past three months.”  The injuries that occur…

As the saying goes, “failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”  Proving this to be true, a study by health economists at Harvard, M.I.T., Columbia, and the University of Chicago showed that recent improvement in heart attack survival rates is due not only to breakthroughs in technology, but also to patients selecting better hospitals.  As…

A former Stanford football player has initiated a class action lawsuit against the Northern California University, as well as the NCAA and the Pacific-12 Conference, for head injuries he and other athletes suffered while at the university.  David Burns (Stanford Class of ’76) alleges in the suit that private universities, conferences and the NCAA knew or…

Monday was a bad day to be near train tracks across the country. Three separate incidents occurred throughout the day, leaving six people dead in three cities. Crashes occurred in Salem, Oregon, Poteau, Oklahoma, and Cheraw, South Carolina, which is outside of Columbia. Amtrak operated the trains in Oregon and South Carolina, where the men…

The family of Anton Yelchin has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, claiming the actor’s death resulted from a defect in the Jeep Grand Cherokee.  Yelchin, who starred in multiple Star Trek films, died on June 19 after his Grand Cherokee rolled backwards and pinned him between a brick pillar and a…

Uber, the ride sharing app which took the nation by storm, was recently reprimanded by a New York judge for its litigation tactics as part of a class action anti-trust case.  The claim alleges that the Uber CEO engaged in price-fixing with its drivers.  During the case, Uber hired a private investigator, Ergo, to conduct an…

The clear surface coating on the bracelets and necklaces contain lead in excess of the allowable limits. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health issues. Source: Things Remembered Recalls Children’s Jewelry Due to Violation of Lead Standard Richard PlattnerI have been active in leadership in the Arizona Association for…