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Dec-12-08 Detroit, MI It will be interesting to view the forthcoming marriage of automotive law as it pertains to the defective car, and the new economic realities facing auto manufacturers. Case in point: Saturn, and the auto defect issue surrounding its failed "Vti" transmissions. Back in September General Motors Corporation (GM) agreed to pay out an estimat... - Ten Percent of Tasers Tested Found to Emit Higher Current
Dec-8-08 Montreal, PQ With the rising incidence of deaths by Tasers , a Canadian media network has commissioned an analysis of Tasers in an attempt to verify, or disprove their safety and reliability. The tests revealed problems with more than 10 percent of the devices tested, which were pulled from the stocks of US police forces at random and test-fired. Some did... - New Study Re-affirms Paxil Causes Birth Defects
Dec-7-08 Washington, DC Various Paxil defects , including those associated with newborns, have been known since September 2005. That's when studies first surfaced that suggested a link between the antidepressant and Paxil birth defects. In response the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated GlaxoSmithKline to update product labeling for birth defects, and... - Five Executives Answer to Marine Antitrust Charges
Dec-3-08 Norfolk, VA Antitrust laws serve as a governor on the activities and actions of business and commerce. The Antitrust Act guarantees protection for law-abiding entrepreneurs against the morally reprehensible and patently illegal activities of price-fixing and the rigging of bids. Thus, a sound antitrust policy when conducting commerce not only makes good... - Flesh Eating Disease Kills Cancer Survivor, Family Receives Big Award.
Dec-2-08 Boston, MA Attorney Robert Higgins, one of Boston's most successful medical malpractice attorneys, recently won a significant award for the family of a woman whose cancer was cured by an experimental form of chemotherapy, only to die to from a devastating bacterial infection--flesh eating disease. After listening to the arguments presented by Higgins, t... - Bayer Settles Diabetes Marketing Kickback Case for $97.5 Million
Bayer HealthCare has reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice related to an investigation into the Diabetes Care division's historical marketing programs with certain mail order customers that took place during the period between 1998 and 2003. Under the terms of the agreement, Bayer will pay $97.5 million to the government, and will enter... - Wrongful Death in Iowa Could Multiply
Nov-27-08 Glenwood, IA In a copyrighted story appearing yesterday in the Des Moines Register, an Iowa mother is accusing a State-run home for the disabled of wrongful death , and indicated that she will be seeking a wrongful death attorney to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit. For now, Georgette Alexander is grieving over the loss of her son. What complicates the... - AARP Insurance Not the Medical Advantage Most Believe
Nov-23-08 Washington, DC Imagine going into hospital for treatment armed with your AARP health insurance plan . Your AARP insurance gives you peace of mind that your bills will be paid. Or maybe you have United Health Group insurance. No matter. You're good—at least until you get there, and you are told that your insurance is grossly inadequate and you are asked... - Beware the Shoulder Pain Pump: You Could Lose More than Pain
Nov-18-08 Washington, DC Pity the young person, after sustaining a shoulder injury and undergoing orthopedic shoulder surgery to correct the problem, winds up with a lifetime of pain and difficulty that could result in fusion of the shoulder, or even amputation of the arm. Surprised? Don't be. It is but another example of the rapidly advancing field of medicine clai... - "Byetta is my Dirty Little Secret"
Nov-17-08 Cleveland, OH Although Deborah has not suffered acute pancreatitis from taking Byetta , she is concerned about long-term damage. Deborah was prescribed this drug off-label to lose weight but didn't know about Byetta pancreatitis until recently. And she is concerned about her health record. "I don't want Byetta on my health insurance profile because of... - Zimmer Hip Replacement Patients Caught in the Middle
Nov-17-08 Washington, DC Pity the Zimmer hip replacement patients who 'benefited' from the new Zimmer Durom Cup during hip surgery. Many Durom Acetabular Components have failed, requiring expensive revision surgery—and this past summer Zimmer suspended sales of the so-called Durom Cup. "The issue, it appears, is that implantation of the Durom Cup requires sp... - Chantix Suicide and Homicide Risk: Lawsuit
Nov-16-08 Boston, MA Chantix is a story that just won't go away. While critics pine for a Chantix recall that just isn't happening, and doctors become increasingly alarmed over associations between Chantix and suicide , a number of watchdog agencies continue to raise the alarm over this once-exalted anti-smoking drug that appears to be doing more harm than good f... - SSRI Antidepressants Pushers
Nov-16-08 After twenty long years, it appears that the epidemic in mental disorders in America might be coming to an end. It won't happen because of any great medical breakthrough but rather because the perpetrators of the greatest healthcare fraud in history are finally being exposed. The demolition of the giant "psycho-pharmaceutical complex" appears to be on the ho... - Nursing Home Abuse: When Elder Care Isn't There
Nov-15-08 Minneapolis, MN The elder care industry is a growing one, given the advancing age of the baby boomers and the aging of the general population. And elder care will never go out of fashion provided the numbers are there to support it, as they are now and for the foreseeable future. Demand for elder care is high and going higher; witness the number of oper... - Healthy Men on Paxil 'Lose the Juice'
Nov-15-08 San Fransisco, CA A study released during the second weekend in November (and yet to be published) provides new concern for couples hoping to conceive—especially if the prospective father happens to be on Paxil . Paroxetine (Paxil) is a member of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class of antidepressants, and has been found to increas... - Faulty Airbag Switch Prompts Massive Cadillac Recall
General Motors has recalled 12,662 MY2009 Cadillac CTS vehicles for a possible faulty passenger airbag-sensing system. The defective switch could disable the front-passenger airbag when it should be enabled or enable it when it should be disabled, increasingthe risk for injury. Authorized Cadillac dealers will begin to reprogram all affected passenger-... - Topical Acne Cream Found to Contain Bacteria, National Recall Issued
National Recall Issued A nationwide recall of all lots of CSI's 1 ounce (28 g) tubes of 10% Benzoyl Peroxide Acne Cream was issued today as the product was found to contain bacteria identified as "Burkholderia Cepacia," formerly known as Pseudomonas Cepacia. Burkholderia Cepacia refers to a group of bacteria found in soil and water and are often... - Causeway Mutual Fund Losses Cause for Concern
Nov-12-08 Los Angeles, CA When the Causeway investment fund closed itself off to most new investors on February 28, 2005 the management of the Fund stated they believed it was prudent to limit asset flows into the Fund before it reached asset capacity, in order to preserve the Fund's investment flexibility and integrity. Causeway International Value Fund re-opened... - LCD Manufacturers to Pay $585 Million in Price-Fixing Fines
LG Display Co. Ltd, Sharp Corp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd have agreed to pay $585 million in fines after submitting a plea Wednesday in an antitrust investigation into an alleged price-fixing conspiracy of liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Scott D. Hammond said earlier that price fixing conspiracy affected... - Defective Cars Still on the Road, Recall Notices in the Glove Box
Nov-10-08 Detroit, MI Driving a defective automobile is generally a recipe for disaster—a defective car is more likely to be in an accident, or cause an injury that can be linked to an auto defect. The latter can be due to poor design, or workmanship. However, the bottom line is startling: there are millions of defective vehicles on the road, and nobody is doing...