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• Bard Faces Over 460 PowerPort Lawsuits Spread Between Federal MDL, New Jersey and Arizona State Courts

  August 23, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The manufacturer now faces more than 460 Bard PowerPort lawsuits filed in both state and federal courts, claiming that the port catheter implants' defective design has led to numerous injuries, infections and the need for revision surgery to have them removed due to failures.

• Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Extended Statute of Limitations Law in Sex Abuse Lawsuits

  April 20, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  The highest court in Arizona upheld a 2019 law extending the statute of limitations for child sex abuse claims.

• Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Claims Tucson Was “Dumping Ground” For Predatory Catholic Priests

  April 6, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit filed in Arizona accuses the Archdiocese of Los Angeles of racketeering charges, claiming it shifted sexually predatory priests who abused children to Arizona to avoid the law.

• New Studies To Explore Whether Chemicals In Firefighter Foam Contributed To COVID-19 Pandemic

  March 12, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  Three new studies plan to look at whether exposure to chemicals in firefighter foam, known as PFAS, could increase susceptibility to the COVID-19 virus.

• Catholic Church Sex Abuse Lawsuit Claims Known Predatory Priest Was Allowed Access To Children

  October 6, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A Navajo nation man claims a Catholic priest sexually abused him for several years, and that the church hid his behavior by transferring him from one assignment to another.

• Grand Canyon Tourists Were Exposed To High Levels of Radiation From Uranium Ore, Official Warns

  February 26, 2019

  Martha Garcia

  A safety manager at the Grand Canyon warns that visitors and employees may have been exposed to high levels of radiation due to uranium ore stored in a museum building.

• Nursing Home Rape Charges Filed After Woman in Vegetative State is Impregnated

  January 25, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Phoenix police have arrested a nurse who they say raped a nursing home patient in a vegetative state, impregnating her and leading to the birth of a child late last year.

• Romaine Lettuce Food Poisoning Risks Lead to Expanded CDC Warnings

  April 23, 2018

  Russell Maas

  The CDC is expanding its warning for consumers not to eat chopped Romaine lettuce from certain parts of Arizona due to an ongoing E. Coli food poisoning outbreak.

• SubSys Problems Result in Investigation Over Painkiller Marketing By Arizona AG

  June 27, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  Arizona has joined a number of other states who are investigating the sales and marketing tactics of the fentanyl-spray painkiller SubSys, which many say was purposefully sold to patients who did not qualify for the powerful drug.

• CDC Investigates HIV, Hepatitis Exposures At Arizona Organ Center

  April 28, 2014

  Martha Garcia

  The CDC is investigating possible infectious disease exposures in the cadaver industry.