The OAG (Office of the Attorney General), Under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, has the authority to prosecute misleading practices and has recovered millions for Texas homeowners harmed by title scams, undisclosed costs and any and all other unlawful mortgage related scams.In July, The OAG
Gilchrist & Soames issued a statement on Monday that it would undertake an international recall of its toiletry-sized toothpastes that independent tests confirmed have high concentrations of DEG, or diethylene glycol, a noxious substance used in antifreeze.Gilchrist & Soames, an Indianapolis-based c
On the afternoon of Tuesday, August 7, eight people who were riding in two mini-vans were injured in a motor vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 231 near Dothan, Alabama, and one other person was injured in a separate accident nearby.Fortunately, none of the injuries were serious, and all the victims w
On Friday in Montgomery, a sport utility vehicle crashed head-on into a Greyhound bus. The motor vehicle accident caused fatal injuries for the SUV’s driver and minor injuries for at least 36 passengers on the bus.The Associated Press reported that the SUV was going the wrong way on I-65 at just aft
The Press-Register reported a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred Friday night just south of Mobile. Two men were riding Suzuki GSXR sport bikes when they accidentally collided on Degusa Road at about 11:10 p.m. One man died and the other was seriously injured in the crash.This tragic motorcycle
In a tragic story out of Florida, two train-vehicle collisions resulted in injury and death on the same Amtrack route just two days apart.Forbes.com reported the details of both accidents involving Amtrack trains en route from Miami to New York. On Monday four people died in a car that reportedly dr
Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, announced Ameriquest Mortgage Co. and its affiliates will pay $20,000 to borrowers in the state $13.75 million in restitution as part of a $325 million national settlement reached last year.The amount to be paid is increased from the $12.2 million Mass
In an unbelievable story, the Associated Press reports of an 11-year-old girl driving under the influence at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, crashing the vehicle and suffering minor injuries.It happened in Orange Beach, Alabama, where police began chasing a speeder at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. T
A new study, approved for publication in the New England Journal of Medicine found that heart risks from the drug Vioxx began much sooner than Merck & Co. stated. The FDA approved Vioxx to treat the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in adults and children.Vioxx was pulled from the market af
An article from the Times-Herald in Arkansas details the dangers for motorcyclists on our nation’s roadways, especially during the summer months. According to the article, motorcycle accidents are more likely during the warmer, sunnier summer months that attract riders to the roads.In mid-June, ther
The Kazuma Meerkat 50 Youth All-Terrain Vehicle, which is designed for children from 6 to 11 years old, is not being recalled even though the product has serious safety defects. This all terrain vehicle lacks front brakes, has no parking brake and can be started in gear, which puts many children in
A workplace injury study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Injury Research and Policy says that obesity can increase the risk of a worksite injury. Published in May 2007, in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the study’s findings show that a body mass index (BM