Category Archives: Health – Medical – Science

ToxLaw.com – Post – Confessions of A Former Insurance Defense Lawyer!

By Sue Di Paola, Esq. June 2002 I began work as an attorney for insurance companies and selfinsured employers in the 1980s. Being a lawyer for insurance companies and employers brought me a feeling of accomplishment, offering me a role … Continue reading

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New Research Reveals Majority of U.S. Families Live with Health and Safety Risks at Home

National Center for Healthy Housing Urges Families to Follow the Seven Principles of Healthy Housing and Make Health Housing a Priority  COLUMBIA, MD | 10-1-09 – PRNewswire According to new research from the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), the majority of U.S. … Continue reading

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Jury awards $3.7 million in medical malpractice lawsuit – man dies after contracting blastomycosis (fungal infection) – failed to run basic diagnostic tests

A Brown County jury awarded the survivors of a deceased farm worker $3.7 million Friday in a medical malpractice lawsuit. Gustavo Espinal-Santos died Jan. 1, 2004, after contracting blastomycosis, a fungal infection often transmitted through water or soil. James Sickel … Continue reading

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Scientists from SUNY Cortland & Cornell University to give presentation on how mold & other fungi impact the lives of humans

Their topics will range from fungi that cause human disease, molds in houses, mushrooms and mushroom poisoning to the key roles of fungi in global ecosystems. 10/06/2009 A pair of scientists from SUNY Cortland and Cornell University will give a … Continue reading

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Video – Meeting of the California Fraud Assessment Commission – Mother of injured biotech worker David Bell charged the DA’s in Yolo County & Sacramento were failing to prosecute fraud by AgraQuest owner Pam Marrone and Liberty Mutual

  On September 9, 2009 at a meeting of the California Fraud Assessment Commission FAC in Sacramento, Sandi Trend who is the mother of injured biotech worker David Bell charged that the District Attorneys in Yolo County and Sacramento were … Continue reading

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