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Rinnai America Corp., in conjunction of the CPSC, is recalling about 52,000 Direct-Vent Wall Furnaces, Models RHFE 431 and RHFE 556 due to carbon monoxide hazard. A gasket in the unit can fail which can cause carbon monoxide to leak from the furnace and into the home.So far Rinnai has received 11 reports of carbon monoxide leaking, but there have not been any injuries or illnesses reported.The...

Every year about 1,500 people in the United States leave the hospital after surgery with surgical objects still inside them. More than 2/3 of the objects left behind are sponges, which can lead to all sorts of problems like pain, infection, bowel obstructions, longer hospital stays, and maybe even death."When there is significant bleeding and a sponge is placed in a patient, it can sometimes...

A man from Texas found out the bone implanted in his neck to relieve neck pain was stolen from a corpse and now he is suing the medical technology company as well as some tissue processing businesses.James Livingston filed a suit against Medtronic Inc. for fraud and negligence and is also suing Tenn.-based Sofamor Danek Inc.; Knoxville, Tenn.-based Spinalgraft Technologies Inc.; Alachua,...

A Former Plant High cheerleader was killed the other day in an early morning car crash around 3:00am, say authorities, when she lost control of her car on U.S. 41 in south Florida.Mary Taafe, 18, of Tampa was a recent graduate of Plant High in Tampa, Florida and was attending Florida Gulf Coast University when she and a friend were out Friday evening. Police say that Taafe and a friend were...

The CPSC, in cooperation with Brave Products Inc., is voluntarily recalling about 8,000 log splitters. In February an additional 4,000 log splitters were recalled.The log splitter's hydraulic cylinders can have defective rod retention, causing the seals to leak and the rods to detach. This can result in serious injury to the operator, as the rod can rapidly and unexpectedly extend the splitting...

More than 5,000 agricultural workers from Latin American countries are claiming that a pesticide, DBCP, designed to kill worms infesting the roots of banana trees, caused them to become sterile after extended exposure. There have been five lawsuits filed in the U.S. against growing and manufacturing companies.Jury selection for the first lawsuit begins on July 10th in Los Angeles County...

Department of Public Safety Trooper Todd Holmes, 29, died Wednesday night in a car accident when his patrol car was broadsided by an 18-wheeler truck as he turned to cross the highway while in pursuit of another vehicle. Funeral services are being held Saturday.The accident happened on Wednesday just before 10pm, north of Marshall on US Highway 59. Holmes was parked on the north shoulder of the...

While in route to a call, a Houston paramedic was injured when the ambulance he was traveling in, crashed into a passenger vehicle on Wednesday. The car accident happened at 10:15am near West Alabama and Post Oak.The ambulance was on its way to seizure call when the driver tried to cut across two lanes of traffic, but ended up clipping a passenger sedan.The paramedic's condition is unknown and...

Irving construction worker, Jose Santos Guardiola-Ruilas, was killed Friday night on the George Bush Turnpike in Plano after a vehicle crashed into him. According to investigators, Guardiola-Ruilas was setting up barricades on the turnpike when he was struck by a vehicle driven by Justin Perry.The police believe Perry's wife, Holly, was following him home after attending a concert together. ...

A trench collapsed along a DART rail line that is under construction in Deep Ellum killing one worker and injuring another, officials say.The accident happened at 1:30pm on Friday at a worksite along Malcolm X Blvd. near Elm Street. The trench collapsed on two workers who were working to reset a water line between future Deep Ellum and Baylor stations along the planned Green Line rail...