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Last Entry: March 02, 2010 at 09:17:00

Choking Hazard Prompts Recall Children's Fork and Spoon Sets

Posted on March 02, 2010
Peachtree Playthings, in cooperation with the CPSC, issued a voluntary recall of Fork and Spoon Sets because the middle prongs on the fork can detach, posing a choking risk. To date, the company has received one report of a fork prong detaching, in connection with the recalled product...

SJS, TENS and EM

Posted on December 07, 2009
As with all illnesses, skin diseases can often be hard to diagnose. This article will help distinguish between three often confused disorders: Erythyma Multiforme (EM), Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS), and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN). Erythyma multiforme often occurs as a result of an allergic reaction or infection...

Yaz, Yasmin and significant health risks

Posted on December 07, 2009
If you ever watch TV, then you've probably seen at least one commercial for Yaz, a birth control pill that boasts the unique side effect of alleviating the symptoms of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). PMDD is a medical condition that is similar to Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), but the difference is that the symptoms of PMDD are severe enough to affect your daily life...

Why Should I Be in a Hurry to File my Workers' Comp Claim?

Posted on December 07, 2009
Filing early is the best way to not only protect your worker's compensation claim. It is also the best way to get your claim accepted. Insurance companies are wary of almost every claim. Delay in telling your employer or delay in filing your claim does nothing but make them more wary and they will then look for ways to deny your claim...

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FDA Starts Safety Review Of Weight Loss Drug Meridia

Posted on November 24, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun an expedited safety review of sibutramine based on a recent study showing that some patients have a higher rate of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events after taking the weight loss drug...

Jury tags Pfizer another $28M In Punitive Damages For Prempro

Posted on November 24, 2009
Three days after awarding $6.3 million in compensation, a Pennsylvania jury determined Pfizer Inc. will have to pay $28 million in punitive damages to a 66-year-old Donna Kendall claiming that the menopause drugs Prempro and Provera caused her breast cancer...

Pfizer Popped With $6.3M Prempro Verdict

Posted on November 23, 2009
A Pennsylvania jury has ruled that two Pfizer Inc. units areliable for at least $6.3 million in compensatory damages to an Illinois woman who developed breast cancer after she began taking the menopause drugs Prempro and Provera. The jury has yet to decide on punitive damages...

The Great Insurance Lie?

Posted on November 13, 2009
Have a worker's compensation case? Let me guess, the adjuster has told you there is no reason to hire a lawyer because worker's comp benefits are limited and you'll only end up getting the same settlement and you'll have to give part of it to a lawyer…why not keep it all? This is the Great Lie...

2 NC judges nominated to fill vacancies on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Posted on November 05, 2009
President Obama has nominated two North Carolina judges to fill vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Wednesday, Obama nominated Judges Albert Diaz and James Wynn to fill seats in the appeals court. Diaz currently serves as a special superior court judge for complex business cases commonly reffered as "Business Court"...

FDA Issues Warning Over Diabetes Drug Byetta

Posted on November 04, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about possible kidney problems associated with the use of Byetta, a diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. Byetta, known generically as exenatide, is used in patients with type 2 diabetes to lower blood sugar levels without the use of insulin, according to the manufacturer...

Obtaining a Rental Car after an Accident

Posted on November 04, 2009
Clients often come to our office because they are upset the insurance company for the at-fault driver will not rent a car for them after their car is damaged in an accident. They oftentimes ask if the insurance company is required to provide them with a rental car...

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Better Believe! or Country Crock is full of Crock

Posted on November 02, 2009
Several consumers filed a class action against manufacturer Unilever U.S. Inc. accusing the maker of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! and Country Crock brands of cholesterol-free margarines of marketing the butter alternatives as healthy although they contain dangerous amounts of trans fat...

Yes?you still have a case even if you?ve been fired.

Posted on November 02, 2009
I have a number of injured worker's who call seeking my representation but don't believe they have a worker's compensation case because they have been fired by their employer. My quick answer is….you absolutely still have a case and it's worth pursuing...

More Levaquin lawsuits filed.

Posted on September 22, 2009
Another person has joined the nearly 150 lawsuits in multi district litigation involving Johnson & Johnson's antibiotic drug Levaquin. An elderly man alleges that Levaquin caused him to suffer a ruptured tibial tendon. William Dowling filed a lawsuit Thursday against J&J and its units Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc...

Hip Replacement Gone Bad - Zimmer Durom Cup

Posted on September 22, 2009
Hip Replacement Surgery, usually a procedure reserved for the elderly, is now becoming more and more common among young people, especially young athletes. It is a risky and difficult surgical procedure for any patient, and as such, doctors often prefer to try other methods of rehabilitation for their patients, such as: physical therapy walking aids anti-inflammatory drugs cortisone injections joint supplements hip resurfacing hip fusion resection anthroplasty (the bone around the hip joint is removed and allowed to fill with scar tissue) hip osteotomy (when the bones of the hip joint are realigned) Even if all other the other therapies are unsuccessful, doctors still prefer to limit hip replacement surgeries to the patients that are suffering from the worst symptoms, or to the patients whose quality of life has been drastically reduced by their pain...

Investigation of Dilantin and Stevens Johnson Syndrome & Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Posted on September 18, 2009
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic epidermal necrolysis are life threatening skin diseases that are characterized by skin rash, peeling, and open wounds and sores on the epidermis. These diseases are caused by bacterial infection and even more importantly, certain over the counter medical drugs...

Fosamax Trial ends in Mistrial

Posted on September 16, 2009
The first trial over Merck & Co. Inc.'s osteoporosis drug Fosamax has ended in a mistrial Friday after the jury told the court it was deadlocked and unable to reach a unanimous verdict. The mistrial came two days after the judge, ordered a daylong break from deliberations as reports emerged of tension among the eight jurors...

Medtronic Recall over Infusion Pump and Catheter

Posted on September 16, 2009
Medtronic Inc. has issued a statement that a catheter and an infusion pump it produces pose serious health risks when used together. This action and potential risk has caused the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to classify the combination as a Class 1 recall...

More Denture Cream suits over Excess Zinc Casuing Serious Problems

Posted on September 16, 2009
More suits have been transfered to the The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation over whether zinc in denture creams made by GlaxoSmithKline and the Procter & Gamble caused neurological diseases. All the plaintiffs claim that zinc found in the denture cream can lead to a condition known as hypocupremia — copper deficiency in the blood — that is often profound and irreversible, as well as other neurological damage, according to pleadings...

Drug Company Pleads Guilty to Bribing Doctors to Prescribe

Posted on September 16, 2009
A subsidiary of Biovail Corp. has pled guilty to bribing doctors to prescribe Cardizem, a blood pressure drug, after a plea agreement to pay $24.6 million in criminal and civil fines arising from conspiracy and kickback charges brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday, and was sentenced to pay a $22,243,590 criminal fine...

Yamaha In Rhino ATV Liability Case

Posted on September 01, 2009
On Thursday, a Texas jury rejected product liability claims brought by the family of Forest 'Eddie' Ray, against Yamaha Motor Corp. USA. Eddie Ray, 13, died in September 2007,while riding one of the company's Rhino all-terrain vehicles. One of the major facts that may have contributed to the verdict was testimony from Ray's father that the child was driving without a helmet...

Developments in the Bellwether Fosamax Case

Posted on September 01, 2009
Merck & Co. Inc., the manufacturer of the osteoporosis drug Fosamax, has asked a federal judge to dismiss the remaining claims in a product liability and personal injury. The Plaintiff, Boles, a 71-year-old Florida woman, claims that Fosamax caused her to develop a degenerative bone disease known as osteonecrosis of the jaw, or ONJ...

Needless Nursing Home Death; Aide pleads Guilty

Posted on September 01, 2009
Heidi Leon, a 24 year old nursing aide, accepted a plea agreement on charges in connection with the death of Sarah Wentworth, who was found about 5 in the morning on Feb. 5 outside The Arbor of Itasca. Wentworth, a 89-year-old Alzheimer's disease patient, wandered out of an Itasca nursing home and froze to death in February...

Lawsuit Over Hazing Death

Posted on August 13, 2009
This week the family of a Utah State University student filed a lawsuit alleging USU officials tolerated "a culture of drug and alcohol abuse" at a fraternity house where their son, a teenage freshman pledge, died of alcohol poisoning after an alleged hazing last fall...

First Fosamax trial to begin

Posted on August 13, 2009
Merck faces the first trial due to lawsuits based on its osteoporosis drug Fosamax allegedly causing the death of jawbone tissue. The Fosamax plaintiffs claim Merck misrepresented the drug's safety and failed to that it might impede blood flow to the jaw, causing jawbone-tissue death...

Mesothelioma caused by Asbestos exposure years ago

Posted on July 01, 2009
Mesothelioma Caused by Asbestos Exposure Years Ago What is Asbestos and what is its relationship to Mesothelioma? It is well known that prolonged exposure to certain substances can have dire consequences. One such toxic substance is asbestos. Asbestos is the name given to a group of six naturally occurring minerals...

FDA Panel Urges Ban on Vicodin, Percocet

Posted on July 01, 2009
Following the release of an FDA report last month that found severe liver damage, and even death, due to consumer's lack of awareness that acetaminophen can cause serious injury, an FDA panel is urging that the popular prescription painkillers Vicodin and Percocet, which combine acetaminophen with an opiate narcotic, be banned...

Stevens Johnson Syndrome caused by NSAIDS

Posted on June 30, 2009
NSAIDS (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) reduce pain and inflammation in patients suffering from ailments such as arthritis and menstrual pain. Standard NSAIDS are pills such as aspirin and ibuprofen. These standard NSAIDS may cause stomach problems due to a reaction that stops production of an enzyme that protects the lining of the stomach...

Recall of certain Medtronic Kappa and Sigma Series pacemakers

Posted on June 11, 2009
The FDA just announced Class I recall of certain Kappa and Sigma Series pacemakers, because these devices may fail due to a separation of wires that connect the electronic circuit to other pacemaker components. Medtronic Kappa Series 600/700 and 900 as well as Sigma Series Series 100,200 and 300 pacemakers were involved in the recall...

Nine Students Injured In School Bus Accident With Utility Truck

Posted on May 18, 2009
A City of High Point utility truck and a school bus were involved in a crash Monday morning that sent several injured students to the hospital, according to a Guilford County Schools spokesman. The school bus was on its way to Southern Middle School when the accident occurred at the intersection of Kivett Drive and Vickery Chapel Road in Jamestown...

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