Whittel & Melton 352-369-5334 – Ocala Meningitis Outbreak Attorneys As of Thursday, a second Marion County patient’s death has been confirmed a direct result of contaminated steroid injections leading to a fungal meningitis outbreak in Ocala. The most recent fatality was an 83-year-old man who received shots of the tainted…
Whittel & Melton 352-369-5334 – Ocala Meningitis Outbreak Attorneys A 70-year-old Marion County man passed away in July after receiving a steroid injection from Florida Pain Clinic in Ocala, Florida. According to the Florida Department of Health, a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak is to blame. The total number of cases…
The New England Compounding Center, a pharmacy located in Framingham, Massachusetts that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its products. The NECC announced the recall Saturday, claiming they were doing so because of the potential risk of contamination.…
A Deltona, Florida student became the 10th student to be injured this year after he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle Thursday morning. The driver was cited in the crash. While the 11th grader only suffered minor injuries, Volusia County school officials said that children being injured…
Mims, Florida – Three teen boys were injured in an ATV crash Saturday afternoon in Brevard County after apparently crashing into each other on a road in Mims. The boys, ages 14 and 17, were airlifted to a nearby hospital. One of the boys was thrown from the all-terrain vehicle…
A man was airlifted to a local hospital in Tampa Friday morning after firefighters rescued him from a construction accident under the Interstate 75 overpass. The man was apparently working on the construction site when an unknown accident took place around 11 a.m. He was apparently working in a 9-foot…
A 5-year-old boy remained in critical condition Wednesday after falling off a 10-foot diving board at an Altamonte Springs high school. The child had apparently joined the aquatics team and was learning to dive. According to police, the child slid under a handrail and fell off the side of the…
Houston, Texas — A 45-year-old fan attending last Thursday’s preseason game between the Houston Texans and the Minnesota Vikings fell from an escalator to his death at Reliant Stadium. According to reports, the fan fell due to horseplay. He was allegedly attempting to slide down the handrail on an escalator…
Country music singer Wynona Judd’s husband, and drummer for her band, lost his leg recently in a motorcycle collision in South Dakota. The accident occurred when Judd and her husband, Michael Scott “Cactus” Moser, went for a ride together on separate bikes before one of her scheduled concerts. According to…
According to news release by Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, including Foremost Insurance, 21stCentury and Bristol West, the company and its subsidiaries are prepared to work with property owners as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in Southern Florida this weekend and passes through the Florida panhandle, Alabama and Mississippi coasts this…