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Tampa Bay Personal Injury Law

Rights of the injured.
By Bob Carroll

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Last Entry: March 28, 2011 at 11:02:41

Recall of Digitek (Digoxin Tablets)

Posted on May 08, 2008
U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration along with Actavis Totowa (formerly Amide Pharmaceutical) recently announced the recall of Digitek (digoxin) tablets that are distributed in the United States by Mylan Pharmaceuticals (under a "Bertek" label) and UDL Laboratories...

Raytheon's Groundwater Contamination Problem in St. Petersburg

Posted on May 01, 2008
In the last month, reports of groundwater contamination in the Azalea neighborhood have been directly linked to the Raytheon Corp.'s plant located at 1501 72nd St. North in St. Petersburg. The groundwater contaminants include vinyl chloride, 1,4-dioxane, and trichloroethylene, all of which are considered carcinogenic...

Registration Forms for Engle Trust Fund Now Available Online

Posted on April 30, 2008
The Garden City Group, Inc., the Claims Administrator appointed by Judge David Miller in Miami to process claims against the Engle Trust Fund, has now posted a Registration Form that claimants can utilize in order to register their claims in advance of the June 16, 2008, deadline...

Robotic Lawnmower Recalled

Posted on April 27, 2008
A robotic lawn mower that will cut grass by itself has been recalled after testing showed it to be dangerous. Consumer Reports tested the Lawnbott Evolution and found that a person could be cut due to spacing in the safety shield. The recalled lawn mower was distributed by Koyodo America...

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Tampa Streets Dangerous to Pedestrians and Cyclists

Posted on April 24, 2008
Last year 204 people were injured on the streets of Tampa, either walking or on bicycles. Ten people were killed in pedestrian accidents and 3 were killed riding on bikes. They were all hit by cars or trucks. City officials are constantly analyzing new ways to make the streets safer...

Florida Tobacco Engle Class Members Must Register before June 16, 2008

Posted on April 23, 2008
At a hearing on April 15, 2008, Judge David Miller in Miami made a number of rulings with regard to the distribution of the Engle Trust Fund (the "Fund"), previously referred to as the Guaranteed Sum. Qualified Engle class members must register no later than June 16, 2008 and submit documentation to substantiate their claims prior to August 1, 2008, in order to be eligible for a share of the Trust Fund...

Pope Meets with Priest Sex Abuse Survivors

Posted on April 19, 2008
Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston had lobbied hard for the Pope to visit Boston, the epicenter of the Catholic priest sex abuse crisis that erupted in 2002. The Vatican declined his request but O'Malley quietly pushed behind the scenes for the Pope to meet with survivors during his trip to Washington and New York...

National Standards Planned to Measure Physician Performance

Posted on April 14, 2008
According to an article published April 1, 2008, in the New York Times, a national set of standards is currently being developed to help regulate the way health insurance companies rank physician performance, and represents a significant compromise between major physician groups (including the American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons) and the nation's health insurers (including Aetna and United Health Care)...

One out of 15 Children Hospitalized for Drug Errors

Posted on April 14, 2008
In a study to be released next week in the April 2008 edition of the journal Pediatrics, researchers found that roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children - a staggering 540,000 kids each year - will suffer a medication mix-up, accidental overdose, or drug reaction...

Pfizer - Can It Weather the Current Storm?

Posted on April 14, 2008
A review of Pfizer's most recent 10-K filings with the Securities & Exchange Commission leads to concerns about whether Pfizer's legal woes are quickly growing out of control. The list of drugs that are currently subject to litigation appears to be growing longer and longer...

Is Exubera the Last Nail in Pfizer's Coffin?

Posted on April 13, 2008
Last Fall, the Wall Street Journal heralded the impending death of Exubera, an inhaled insulin. When Exubera was first approved in 2006, Pfizer had high hopes for the drug and touted its simplicity of use for patients. Early predictions were that sales of Exubera might top $1...

New Lung Cancer Risk for Exubera

Posted on April 13, 2008
On April 9, 2008, the FDA announced new safety risks perhaps associated with Pfizer's diabetes drug, Exubera. Exubera is an inhaled insulin product that was approved for use in the United States in 2006. Recent clinical trials have exposed a concern that Exubera may be causing primary lung cancer...

Yet Another Study Confirms That Higher Doses of Celebrex Are Associated with Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

Posted on April 13, 2008
On March 31, 2008, a study funded by the National Cancer Institute, was published in the medical journal Circulation and analyzed data from six separate studies involving nearly 8,000 patients concerning the safety of the drug Celebrex. Data showed that patients who took two 400 mg doses of Celebrex daily had a three times (or 300%) higher risk of suffering heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, blood clots, and cardiovascular death...

Malt-O-Meal Cereal Recalled for Salmonella

Posted on April 10, 2008
Possible Salmonella contamination is forcing a recall of popular Malt-O-Meal breakfast cereal. The cereal recall involves the puffed rice varieties made by Malt-O-Meal. The cereals include unsweetened Puffed Rice and unsweetened Puffed Wheat cereals, which have been distributed under the Malt-O-Meal brand name as well as other private brand names including Hannaford, Shaw's, Acme, America's Choice, Food Club, Giant, Jewel, Laura Lynn, Pathmark, ShopRite, Tops and Weis Quality...

Allstate Barred from Writing New Insurance Policies in Florida

Posted on April 07, 2008
Florida's First District Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling and reinstated the ban on Allstate writing new insurance policies in Florida. The original controversy surrounded Allstate's refusal to comply with subpoenas regarding its property insurance policies in the State...

Florida Man Wrongfully Convicted to Receive $1.25M

Posted on April 04, 2008
A man that was wrongfuly convicted in 1981 for rape and spent over 24 years in prison will receive compensation equalling $1.25 Million. The Florida Legislature passed a bill that would give him $137 for every day he spent locked up. Alan Crotzer was in the Senate Gallery when the bill was passed...

Tampa Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

Posted on March 30, 2008
A motorcycle accident killed a man in Tampa early Saturday morning. The 44-year-old victim was a resident of Tampa.

Tampa Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

Posted on March 29, 2008
A motorcycle accident killed a man in Tampa early Saturday morning. The 44-year-old victim was a resident of Tampa. The victim was traveling west on Hillsborough Ave. on his 2005 Yamaha at approximately 1:35 a.m. when he came up on the Veteran's Expressway intersection...

Hillsborough County Courts Facing Severe Budget Cuts

Posted on March 28, 2008
Hillsborough County Bar members received a plea this week from Chief Judge Manuel Menendez, Jr., urging lawyers to write Senate President Ken Pruitt and Speaker of the House Marco Rubio in an effort to stop legislative proposals that would slash the local court's budget by 10%...

Hannaford Security Breach Exposes Over 4M Credit, Debit Cards to Fraud

Posted on March 20, 2008
In one of the largest retailer security breaches in U.S. history, Hannaford Bros. and Sweetbay grocery-store chains, both owned by Delhaize Group SA, discovered a computer hacker stole more than 4 million credit and debit card numbers. Nearly 2,000 cases of fraud have been tied to the security breach...

Respiratory Inhaler May Pose Greater Stroke Risk

Posted on March 19, 2008
The FDA is looking into whether Boehringer Ingelheim' respiratory inhaler poses a greater risk of stroke. According to the FDA, the data submitted by the German drug manufacturer, shows that its Spiriva Handihaler poses a greater risk of stroke compared with a placebo...

Lamb Battle Rattles Recalled

Posted on March 12, 2008
Baby rattles in the shape of a lamb have been recalled because a piece may come off. The recalled rattles were manufactured by Infantino and may pose a choking hazard to babies and young children. No injuries have been reported from the rattle.

Hit and Run Driver Kills Tampa Man in Wheelchair

Posted on March 07, 2008
A man in a wheelchair was killed by a hit and run driver in Tampa on Sunday. The pedestrian accident happened at Main Street and Rome Avenue. He was hit by an unidentified pickup truck.

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising by Drug Companies

Posted on March 06, 2008
The idea of drug companies advertising the prescription medicines they manufacture on TV and in other consumer directed media has always been offensive to me. I have often wondered if other consumers like me consider the fact that the drug products these companies advertise are for conditions that never go away...

Heparin Finger Pointing Has Already Started

Posted on March 06, 2008
While the Food & Drug Administration continues its investigation into contaminated Heparin blood thinner products, the sparring between Baxter Healthcare and its supplier Scientific Protein Laboratories is underway. A March 6, 2008, New York Times article notes the latest findings of the FDA that Baxter's heparin products are contaminated and the investigation continues as to how the contamination occurred, whether it is isolated, why the contamination was not discovered by the product's manufacturer or supplier previously, and whether the nearly 800 reports of adverse reactions and 46 reported patient deaths are attributable to the confirmed contamination.

Search Continues for Source of Heparin Contamination

Posted on March 06, 2008
The FDA's investigation into the contamination of blood thinners sold by Baxter Healthcare Corporation continues. It was recently announced that investigators had identified a contaminant in approximately 5% to 20% of the heparin lots tested so far. The lingering mystery is how Baxter's popular blood thinner became contaminated, and whether the contamination was an accident or whether it was a deliberate act.

Further Expansion of Recall of Contaminated Heparin

Posted on March 06, 2008
Baxter Healthcare Corporation recently notified healthcare providers of an expansion of its recall of various blood thinner products. The February 28, 2008, expansion includes all lots of HEP-LOCK (Heparin Lock Flush Solution) and HEP-LOCK U/P (preservative-free Heparin Lock Flush Solution)...

Search Continues for Source of Heparin Contamination(2)

Father To Sue Over Handling of Jessica Lunsford Case

Posted on February 27, 2008
Jessica Lunsford was killed in 2005 by a registered sex offender living about 100 yards from her home. John Couey was convicted of killing her and has been sentanced to death. He claims he held the girl captive for days in his bedroom closet before killing her...

Brooksville Man Dies in Hit and Run Accident

Posted on February 20, 2008
A man was killed in a hit and run accident after being struck by a car in Brooksville. The pedestrian accident happened early Monday morning. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa where he later died. The driver of the car that hit the victim left the scene of the accident...

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