According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Williams-Sonoma is recalling hot chocolate pots, which were sold nationwide, online at www.williams-sonoma.com, and through Williams –Sonoma catalogs from October 2010 through January 2011, for about $30-$40. The recalled product was manufactured in China and imported by ICI USA, LLC of Seattle,…
Despite the statistics showing air travel to be one of the safest modes of transportation, air travel is not a risk free mode of tranportation. In fact, as air travel increases, the risk of an aviation accident also increases. It is worth pointing out that aviation accidents actually occur more…
According to the American Bar, employers must comply with federal and state wage and hour law, period. What is more, they should know that they will not be able to avoid being held liable by pretending not to know-and they could incur more liability for “willful” violations if they do.…
A man washing windows at a Huntington Beach medical office building was electrocuted this morning when he accidentally touched over power lines with a metal pole, according to the LATimes. The man was using a brush on a long extension pole with a water hose attachment to clean the windows…
Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that two different companies issued food product recalls after epidemiologic investigations linked Salmonella Panama infections to specific cantaloupe shipments from Del Monte Fresh Produce and E coli O157;H7 infections to Lebanon bologna manufactured by Palmyra Bologna Company. They…
Last Friday, a driver of a crane truck on 2nd Street and Townsend struck a 72-year-old woman walking in the crosswalk, according to streetsblog.org. The accident occurred at 8:58am in front of San Francisco Fire Department’s headquarters, and even though multiple emergency medical technicians were on the scene immediately after…
Two recent organic food recalls prove that organic does not mean pathogen free. According to theUSDA, First Class Foods, of Hawthorne, California issued a recall of 34,373 pounds of organic beef over potential contamination with E. coli bacteria on December 30th of last year. That beef was distributed in California,…
According to the New York of Times, New York State is the operator of 2,000 group homes, which means that the state is responsible to care and protect about 10,000 residents with severe physical and mental disabilities. The Times claims the state is not doing its job and that group…
According to SFWeekly, a speeding driver suffering from a bout of road rage beat a woman and her boyfriend walking through the Excelsior neighborhood earlier this week. Early that morning, the couple was walking across the street at Persia Avenue and Madrid Street when a driver speeding in a green…
According to the San Jose Mercury News, three former nursing home workers have been charged over allegations that one abused an elderly resident, while the other two did nothing to stop it. Officials with the California Department of Justice says agents on Wednesday arrested 27-year-old Arnold Samson on suspicion of…