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Jan-31-09 Flint, MI It didn't happen in California and it was elected not to bring in slip and fall attorneys for a variety of reasons—but slip and fall lawyers are busy nonetheless due to the negligence of others. I should know. It was just before Christmas, and I was helping my son with his paper route during a day of bad weather. We live in the northern... - FDA Writes Own Rules, Doesn't Follow Them
Jan-15-09 Washington, DC According to a blockbuster investigation, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) writes rules, but doesn't follow them. In this way the FDA puts patient health at risk . It has long been a practice whereby drug companies and major pharmaceuticals enlist the aid of doctors and physicians to educate their colleagues, and the public, wi... - $31.3 Million for Dangerous and Out-of-Date Guardrails
Jan-14-09 Philadelphia, PA: In a unanimous decision last fall, a jury awarded a young man almost $32 million after he was permanently injured in a car accident. It may be one of the largest verdicts ever recorded for a motor vehicle accident case in the Superior Court of New Jersey but attorney John Dodig says considering the injuries suffered and the negligence i... - Ortho Evra Patch: Get legal help sooner than later
Jan-14-09 Washington, DC In 2004 Susan started wearing the Ortho Evra patch . She was 18 at the time and was prescribed the patch to help control migraines; her doctor thought she had a hormone imbalance. Her doctor didn't think that the patch would almost kill her… "I was just finishing high school and I was on the patch for 3 months when the migraines got w... - The Blood-and-Guts of Mutual Fund Losses: A Lost Nest egg
Jan-12-09 White Plains, NY If one were to devise a poster boy—or better yet a "Wanted…" poster that relates to the failing mutual fund industry and mutual fund losses , it would be none another then Bernard L. Madoff, the financial guru accused of defrauding thousands of investors out of billions by promoting what is alleged to be a glorified Ponzi scheme, and... - Widow Angry Money Was Put in Variable Annuity
Jan-8-09 Miami, FL Ida L. is furious at the financial advisor who put her money into variable annuities. Like many people whose money was put into variable annuity insurance products, Ida says the investment was not suitable for her, given her financial situation and her physical health. However, even though the financial advisor has not given her a contract for... - Little Yield, in Yield Plus: Investors Sue
Dec-28-08 New York, NY You wonder when it's all going to end. No, not the credit crisis or stock market losses, but the securities fraud that comes with promising more than you can deliver—and specifically, attempting to mitigate the risk in an effort to secure the investment and ink the deal. The whole, sorry mess that is the current economy should be ample war... - Another Victim of Tainted Heparin?
Dec-20-08 Orangeburg, SC: Amy was given heparin injections on two separate occasions to thin her blood: once before having her gallbladder removed and the second time for hernia surgery. Both operations were successful yet she is having symptoms consistent with heparin contamination . " I was given heparin in September of this year and again in December, both... - Patient Regrets Surgery with Shoulder Pain Pump
Dec-13-08 Tampa, FL If you're like some patients who had a shoulder pain pump implanted after shoulder surgery, you may regret ever having had the surgery at all. Todd D. certainly does. His minor shoulder injury required surgery, but that shoulder surgery, which involved a pump for pain management, may have created even more problems for Todd. "I had my first... - The Defective Saturn and the New GM: What's in the Cards?
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... - Plane Crash Kills Beloved Executive and Fiancée
Dec-7-08 Cleveland, OH It's a point we've made before; plane crashes appear to be happening at alarming frequency. Yesterday, this writer searched 'plane crash' for an assignment and up popped a small plane that crashed into the side of a mountain. I was going to write about that airplane crash this morning, but thought I would search the subject again. Sure... - Mother's Act Promotes Pregnancy as New Cottage Industry
Dec-5-08 Women of childbearing years represent the most lucrative market for the makers of psychiatric drugs. The knowledge that infants were being born with birth defects and suffering a withdrawal syndrome when these drugs were used during pregnancy was hidden for decades. Knowledge of these terrible risks would have caused a major drop in sales to this customer b... - Motorcycle Riding Attorneys Know Motorcycle Accidents
Dec-1-08 San Francisco, CA Attorney Claude Wyle has been riding motorcycles for 35 years. He and his partners at Choulos, Choulos & Wyle are all motorcycle aficionados. Even the firm's paralegal is a motorcycle enthusiast. With an expertise that few other law firms have, it seemed quite natural for them to focus their personal injury practice on people involved in... - Pharmaceutical Industry Hustlers - Part II
Nov-23-08 Pushers of SSRI Antidepressants To gain approval for treating children, all a drug company has to do is submit two positive studies to the FDA to prove a medication is safe and effective for kids. However, after 20 years of feeding the new generation of antidepressants to tens of thousands of kids in clinical trials, the only one ever approved is Proza... - Tenants In Common Investments
Nov-18-08 San Diego, CA Investors who put their money in TICs (Tenants In Common) investments may be wondering what happened to their money. Like many other people whose investments have lost value in recent times, people with TICs were told that their investments were safe, only to learn they were not. Part of the reason that TICs were pushed as a safe investme... - Variable Annuities Not For Everybody
Nov-9-08 Passaic, NJ If you've purchased variable annuities, you need to ask yourself whether or not you actually need them. As it turns out, not many people benefit from investing in variable annuities. In fact, according to a study conducted a few years ago by Charles Schwab, only long-term investors that are in high tax brackets and have already filled every... - Financial Elder Abuse: Children Victimizing Their Parents
Nov-4-08 Carlsbad, CA When your parents reach their senior years, you probably expect that your family members will help you to take care of your parents—not make them victims of financial elder abuse. However, children can, and do, take advantage of their elderly parents for their own financial gain. Sophia P. (not her real name) says that her sister went beh... - Kugel Mesh Infection: What's a Busy Mom to do?
Oct-25-08 Huntsville, AL Imagine. You've got 3 kids, ages 15, 13 and 10. Children at an age where they are active socially. It's a busy age. Any parent would be hard pressed to keep up with them. Now, imagine if you were a parent saddled with a Kugel Mesh patch —and worse, a hernia patch that had been recalled. That Kugel Mesh is now inside of you, a recall that... - Message to Zimmer: We Are Not Machines
Oct-22-08 Washington, DC Forgive me if I've missed something here, but what the hell is going on with medical products manufacturers, such as the people who make the Zimmer Durom Cup ? A Zimmer hip replacement patient should not be made to suffer through the pain and trauma of a failed Zimmer Durom, only to have to require a second surgery to have it fixed or repla... - The Fall of the House of (Credit) Cards in the Subprime Meltdown
Oct-15-08 Washington, DC The subprime mortgage meltdown that served as the catalyst for the global credit crisis was akin to a house of cards. Check that, a skyscraper of cards—built by greedy investors who took leave of their senses and ignored the early warning signs of a subprime meltdown. And here we were so worried about the Y2K computer meltdown in 2000 th...