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ER Overcharges Outrageous

May 15, 2012. By Jane Mundy.

Parkersburg, WV: Tami is a single mother trying to make ends meet, so getting a bill for ER overcharges to the tune of $18,000 was the last thing she needed. "I'm going to call the hospital and make a $5 payment so they can't send it to a collection agency," says Tami.

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Trial Date Set for First Federal Avaulta Mesh Lawsuit

May 8, 2012. By Gordon Gibb.

Charleston, WV: A trial date has been established for the first of what will be some 600 federal lawsuits involving Avaulta mesh, according to a recent report in Bloomberg News (5/2/12). The case will see a courtroom in February of next year.

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Avaulta Mesh: Patients Are Not the Women They Once Were

April 1, 2012. By Gordon Gibb.

Washington, DC: Avaulta mesh is but one player in a women's health issue that, to some in the legal profession, represent a particularly alarming portfolio that sees many patients no longer existing as the women they once were.

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TVM Mesh MDLs Further Centralized for Trans Vaginal Litigation

February 13, 2012. By Gordon Gibb.

Charleston, WV: Primarily due to commonalities involving the science and issues surrounding problems with TVT sling and other transvaginal mesh products, various Multi District Litigations (MDL) have been recently consolidated before a single judge whom advocates say is uniquely qualified to deal with the portfolio.

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DePuy Hip Replacement Recall Affecting Patients around the World

May 26, 2011. By Charles Benson.

Wheeling, WV: Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics unit's hip replacement recall has affected patients across the globe, including a West Virginia woman who claims she developed unsafe levels of chromium and cobalt as a result of the device.

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Families of West Virginia Truck Accident Victims Awarded $2.69 Million

May 17, 2011. By Charles Benson.

Wayne, WV: The families of four people who were killed in a fatal 2008 truck accident in West Virginia were recently awarded $2.69 million by a jury, reports The Associated Press.

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Fracturing Contamination Found in Landmark Study

May 12, 2011. By Gordon Gibb.

Durham, NC: Critics of the mining process for natural gas known as "fracking" (fracturing) received a boost with the publication of a landmark study that suggests a definitive link between the process of fracking and contamination found in area groundwater. Even with the study, the debate over hydraulic fracturing water contamination is expected to continue unabated for quite some time.

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320 Cases of Pierre pb Jamwichs Recalled

March 14, 2011. By Lucy Campbell.

Washington, DC: Pierre Foods is voluntarily recalling 320 cases of PierreTM pb jamwich, crustless peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

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Woman Sues West Virginia Attorney for Legal Malpractice

March 11, 2011. By Charles Benson.

Charleston, WV: A woman from Wayne County, West Virginia, has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against an attorney from Cabell County, claiming the lawyer missed the deadline for filing her personal injury complaint, reports the West Virginia Record.

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Recipe for Fracking Soup Is a Mystery

March 8, 2011. By Gordon Gibb.

Glenwood Springs, CO: Anyone watching the Oscars on February 27 may have missed the significance of Gasland, an Oscar-nominated documentary about the process of fracking and the impact the process allegedly has on grown water supplies. Most attention is focused on the winners, not the nominees. However, individuals whose water taps can instantly be turned into a blowtorch by holding a lit match under running tap water are thankful for any public awareness to their plight, however minor.

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