After receiving eight complaints from consumers, Kraft Foods Group has issued a voluntary recall of around 242,000 cases of Original flavor Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner. The affected cases may contain small pieces of metal that could cause serious soft tissue injury if consumed. Check your pantry The recall affects 7.25oz boxes of the Original [...]
In one of the most ironic moves possible, insurance giant State Farm has petitioned for and received permission to “explore the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to assess potential roof damage during the claims process and respond to natural disasters,” according to the Nashville Business Journal. State Farm is the first company to be [...]
The American Association for Justice is an association of lawyers that works to promote justice and fairness in the justice system. The AAJ serves as a platform for lawyers to donate time to their communities in an effort to make those communities safer and better informed about important issues. The AAJ has recently started a [...]
The Supreme Court recently declined to overturn a lower court’s ruling on a case involving Nationwide insurance and a breastfeeding mother. The case has made national headlines and been sensationalized by the media for flying in the face of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and it’s been particularly vilified for noting that men are also able [...]
A recent lawsuit filed in New York is making national headlines. An investigation led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman discovered that herbal supplements sold by major retailers were misleading and mislabeled, and in some cases were causing harm to purchasers. Supplements sold at Walmart, Target, GNC, and Walgreens were lab tested and it [...]
Nashville’s heart rips wide open this morning as yesterday morning’s deadly car crash on I-40 East claims to lives and could potentially claim a third. Investigations are still pending, but “26-year-old Ulrique Severe of Brooklyn, New York, and 22-year-old from Briston Irby-Reynolds” died at the scene. The accident involved multiple cars. Nathan Zarzycki, 22, was [...]
Accidents happen, but when accidents happen during medical procedures the results can be disastrous and life altering. This particular case is a little different from the ones we usually tell you about, but we simply couldn’t resist. Lourdes Rivera, 56, of Kearny, NJ recently filed a lawsuit against Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus. According [...]
Kenny Wayne Johnson, 22, and his cousin, Dwayne Cook, were driving from Bossier City, LA to Kentucky to visit family on the morning of February 17. The roads were still icy from the harsh winter weather. Johnson was behind the wheel and the boys were on I-40 in Dickson County when the unthinkable happened. The [...]
In 2014, there were 229 car accidents involving Nashville Metro Police officers; of those 229, 85 of them were caused by an officer. Given that there were 117,285 crashes in Tennessee last year (14,871 in Davidson County alone), maybe 229 seems like a small number. What isn’t a small number is 500,000 – the amount [...]
A listeria outbreak has recently made headlines across the nation. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the outbreak, which originated in late 2014, appears to be over but you may still be at risk. Listeria, or more properly, Listeria monocytogenes, is a bacterium that causes a serious infection known as listeriosis. Listeriosis [...]
