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KABC Los Angeles – Google Glass violates your privacy, will the public be aware?

April 15, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

<p>"Simply put, Google Glass is a stalker's dream come true," Consumer Watchdog's report concluded after demonstrating how Glass could easily be used to record PIN information from an ATM card.<br /> <br />  Consumer Watchdog has a point or two. Because the virtual display takes up about 15 percent of the visual field, a half-dozen states, like Illinois and West Virginia, have banned the device while driving.<br /> <br />

KTTV Los Angeles – Does Google Glass destroy your privacy?

April 15, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

<p>Google Glass is dangerous 'spyware' that harms the privacy of the general public, according to Consumer Watchdog.<br /> <br /> The wearable technology went on sale to the public for the first time  on 15 April, however Google has stated that it will only be available for 24 hours and that only those living in the US are eligible to buy a pair.<br /> <br />

KTLA Los Angeles – Google Glasses Sold to Public, has your privacy gone too?

April 15, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

<p>"Simply put, Google Glass is a stalker's dream come true," Consumer Watchdog's report concluded after demonstrating how Glass could easily be used to record PIN information from an ATM card.<br /> <br />  Consumer Watchdog has a point or two. Because the virtual display takes up about 15 percent of the visual field, a half-dozen states, like Illinois and West Virginia, have banned the device while driving.<br /> <br />

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles – Wildomar Contaminated Soil Leads To Deaths

April 9, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

<p>A new report released today by leading environmental advocate Penny Newman and residents of the poisoned Wildomar community shows that state toxics regulators doctored data in a preliminary investigation of the Autumnwood housing complex to avoid pinpointing what has poisoned the Riverside County residents and skip any cleanup, Consumer Watchdog said today.<br />

KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Family Wants Justice From Hospital After Grandmother Froze To Death

April 4, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>A lawsuit brought by the family of Maria de Jesus Arroyo alleges that the 80-year-old grandmother woke in the morgue after being declared dead at White Memorial Medical Center. She struggled to escape before finally freezing to death, according to a pathologist who reviewed the case. In cases of negligence not involving wage loss or ongoing medical bills, such as the death of an elderly parent, the most a family can recover from the negligent medical provider is $250,000.<br /> <br />

CNN – Is Obamacare second rate insurance?

April 1, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

<p>Cancer patient Danielle Nelson was thrilled to find coverage, but had a hard time keeping her oncologist.</p>

NBC Bay Area – Reality Check – The Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act

March 30, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

<p>Is drug testing of doctors actually needed? An NBC Reality Check segment takes a closer look at a new measure aiming to curb drug and alcohol abuse by those you trust most.<br /> <br /> California doctors are not subject to random drug testing, however physicians are regularly being reprimanded with disciplinary action for abuse problems and impairment on the job. According to the California Medical Board, 1-2% of doctors is addicted to drugs or alcohol at any given time.<br /> <br />

KTTV Fox Los Angeles – Jamie Court appears on MidDay Sunday

March 28, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

<p>Jamie Court President of Consumer Watchdog appears on MidDay Sunday to discuss the Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act. The Pack Act promotes justice for patients and legal deterrence to wrongdoing by adjusting the state's malpractice cap to account for 38 years of inflation, while maintaining the existing cap on attorneys' fees. Last week 844,000 voter signatures were filed with registrars of voters statewide to place the measure on the November ballot.</p>

Why Are Health Insurance Rates on the Increase?

March 26, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

<p>Jamie Court appears on KCRW 'Which Way LA'</p> <p> </p>

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles – Bill to Require Doctors to Undergo Drug Testing Heads to Ballot

March 25, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

<p>Supporters of the bill also spoke at the conference to announce 830,000 signatures, including one man whose father entered a vegetative state after an alleged alcoholic cardiologist walked out mid-surgery to go to lunch.<br /> <br /> "Nearly one in five doctors, 18 percent of doctors, have a substance abuse problem during their careers," said Jamie Court of nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog.<br /> <br /> The signatures were enough to get the measure in front of voters, strengthening the already-intense dispute between California lawyers and doctors.<br /> <br />

KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Require Random Drug Testings Of Doctors Coming To Ballot

March 25, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

<p>Several relatives of those who died as a result of medical malpractice tearfully recalled their experience at press conference Monday while holding photographs of their lost loved ones.<br /> <br /> Supporters of the bill also spoke at the conference to announce 830,000 signatures, including one man whose father entered a vegetative state after an alleged alcoholic cardiologist walked out mid-surgery to go to lunch.<br /> <br />

KTLA TV-5 Los Angles – New Proposition Aims To Stop Drunk Doctors

March 24, 2014  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

<p>Bob and Carmen Pack, whose 10-year-old son Troy and 7-year-old daughter Alana died in 2003, appeared at a news conference outside the L.A. County Registrar's Office in Norwalk, turning in 830,000 signatures to place the initiative named for their children on the November ballot.<br /> <br />