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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

Defective Drywall: More Than a Rotten Smell

Posted on April 06, 2009
Many South Florida homeowners thought the damage done to their home was over when Hurricane Charlie left the area. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Hurricane Charlie made landfall in August 2004 in Punta Gorda, FL as a stage 4 hurricane. This was the most powerful hurricane to hit the sunshine state since Hurricane Andrew in 1992...

NY Abuse Victims One Step Closer to Justice

Posted on March 18, 2009
The Codes Committee of the NY State Assembly has narrowly passed the Child Victims Act, sending it to the full Assembly for a floor vote in the next few weeks. Assemblywoman Margaret Markey (D-Maspeth) remains optimistic about passage of the bill in spite of the impending onslaught from Catholic lobbyists who'll fight hard in the next few weeks to defeat the measure...

Priest Abuse Cases: Why We Handle Them

Posted on March 15, 2009
I'm writing this blog post in response to a comment posted about one of my earlier blog posts. In his comment, the writer attributed to me why lawyers take priest abuse cases: money and anti-Catholicism. I am compelled to respond to these inaccuracies and false attributions...

Catholic Lobbyists Gearing Up to Fight Child Victims Act

Posted on March 14, 2009
The state's Catholic lobbyists have been descending upon Albany to fight what they perceive as an attack on the institution of the Catholic Church. Their attempt to deflect the purpose of the Child Victims Act lies in distortion and hyperbole. The truth is the Child Victims Act is designed to provide an opportunity for justice for those harmed by the sexual abuse of priests and to protect children in the future...

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NY Legislature Considering Sex Abuse Bill to Help Victims

Posted on March 13, 2009
It's not the first time the New York State Legislature has considered measures that would open up the statute of limitations for sexual abuse victims. However, this year, the Child Victims Act, has a very good chance of becoming law. The proposal, if it makes it to the Governor's desk, would provide sexual abuse victims a one year window during which they could seek civil justice against the perpetrators as well as the institutions that covered up for them...

Feds Probe Glaxo's Financial Ties to Emory University Doctor

Posted on February 26, 2009
The federal government is investigating whether Emory University misled the National Institute's of Health when it failed to disclose the Emory psychiatrist's financial relationship to GlaxoSmithKline. According to a Wall St. Journal report, Dr. Charles Nemeroff was the chief investigator in NIH-funded research into the efficacy of Glaxo drugs, while at the same time being paid handsomely for consulting work with GlaxoSmithKline...

Peanut Butter Plant Raided by Feds

Posted on February 10, 2009
The Peanut Corporation of America's Blakely Georgia plant was raided earlier this morning by FBI agents. The plant was sealed off and federal agents are investigating the potentially criminal activity of plant officials. On January 30, 2009, the FDA initiated a criminal probe into the plant's knowingly distributing product that was contaminated...

Taser Back in the News

Posted on February 07, 2009
A few weeks ago, Taser International was ordered to pay $1,423,000 in attorney fees as a result of a product's liability verdict in California. On June 7, 2008, the jury in the case of Heston v. City of Salinas, et al., N.D. Cal. Case No. C 05-03658 JW (United States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Jose)) found in favor of the family of Robert C...

Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator Leads Lawsuit Dismissed

Posted on January 07, 2009
US District Judge Richard Kyle has dismissed all lawsuits pending against Medtronic for its faulty Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator leads citing Riegel v. Medtronic's Supreme Court case last year. In his broader opinion, Judge Kyle wrote in his 37 page opinion that consumers have no right to file lawsuits against medical device companies who've previously received FDA pre-market approval for the device...

Cleveland Clinic to Disclose Docs' Relationships with Medical Industry

Posted on December 05, 2008
In an attempt at more transparency and public trust, the Cleveland Clinic will publish on its website all of its doctors' ties with medical device companies as well as pharmaceutical companies. In the past, these relationships have often been hidden from the public and have caused at the very least a potential conflict of interest...

Church Youth Minister Charged with Sex Abuse of Teen

Posted on November 25, 2008
A Greenacres Florida youth minister has been arrested and charged with having sex with a female parishioner every week for more than a year. Pastor Brent Edwards 33-years-old, ran "Extreme Revolution Youth Ministries" from the Community Life Center in Greenacres, and from his Suburban Lake Worth home...

Toxic Chemical Found in Fish Feed

Posted on November 14, 2008
The toxic chemical melamine has been found in a fish feed product in China. This isn't the first association of China and melamine. At least three babies have died as a result of the toxic chemical added to baby formula. The tainted fish feed comes from Fuzhou Haima Feed Co in China's southeastern province...

Public Citizen Pushes for Avandia Ban

Posted on November 02, 2008
With more than a dozen cases of liver toxicity, failure and death now linked to GlaxoSmithKline's drug Avandia, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen is pushing the FDA to ban the drug. In the meantime, GlaxoSmithKline's spokesperson continues to state the drug is safe and effective...

Chantix May Receive Stronger Warnings from FDA

Posted on October 23, 2008
The smoking cessation drug Chantix may receive a stronger warning label from the FDA after a non-profit group found the drug linked to seizures and motor vehicle accidents. The group, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, found that 1,001 serious accidents involving Chantix users were reported just this year...

Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch Recalls and Patient Safety

Posted on October 13, 2008
The Kugel Mesh hernia patch recall has caused untold suffering among those who thought they were having a routine hernia repair surgery. If they received the Kugel hernia patch in their hernia repair surgery, the nightmare was just beginning. Instead of experiencing relief from their hernia, many have had to undergo multiple follow-up surgeries to remove the defective hernia patch as well as complications caused by the broken Kugel mesh patch...

FDA Steps Up to Protect Children from Drugs

Posted on October 05, 2008
The FDA is going to undertake a massive effort to regulate the manner in which children's cold medicines are marketed. This should result in tougher rules for pharmaceutical companies and safer cough and cold medicines for children. The effort will concentrate on children's over the counter medicines which has largely been left untouched and unregulated since the 1960's...

Cephalon Will Pay for Improperly Marketing Drug

Posted on September 30, 2008
Cephalon will have to pay the state of Connecticut for marketing several of its drugs for uses that were not approved by the FDA. The pharmaceutical company will pay $6.15 million in a settlement agreement reached yesterday. While doctors may use drugs for off-label purposes, the pharmaceutical companies are not allowed to promote or market drugs for uses they are not specifically approved for...

Steve Lombardi's Piece on Accident Investigation Spot On

Posted on September 20, 2008
Fellow IB colleague Steve Lombardi wrote a great piece today about the importance of gathering and securing evidence from an accident scene in a timely and efficient manner. He correctly points out that failure to do so jeopardized the client's case and impacts ultimate outcome...

Consumers v. Huge Corporations: The Medical Device Debate

Posted on September 20, 2008
It's a classic David vs. Goliath scenario with the US Supreme Court appearing to side with the large corporations instead of individual consumers. Last February in Riegel v. Medtronic, the Supreme Court ruled that a severely injured person was barred or pre-empted from filing a lawsuit against Medtronic Corporation because the medcial device manufactured by Medtronic had been previously approved by a federal regulatory agency, namely the FDA, even though the medical device caused severe injuries to the patient...

John McCain's Disgraceful Ad on Sex Education

Posted on September 12, 2008
It's a lie and he knows it. When he says in a recent tv ad that Barack Obama's only accomplishment as an Illinois state legislator was to propose a sex education bill for kindergartners, he's lying. The truth is Barack Obama supported a bill that would have given children an awareness of sexual predators and the ability to distinguish between a good touch and a sexually perverted touch...

More Pain for Arthritis Drugs

Posted on September 12, 2008
First it was Vioxx and Celebrex linked to an increase in heart attacks and strokes. Now, arthritis drugs Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel and Remicade are drawing FDA attention for a potential fungal infection known as histoplasmosis. The drugs work by suppressing the immune system which can lead to a dangerous, possibly deadly fungal infection...

A Personal Perspective on Consumer Justice Law

Posted on September 09, 2008
I've been practicing consumer justice law for more than 20 years now. I wouldn't trade one moment of it. I've represented the people who have no voice in terms of those who have money and status in our society. Yet that's taken a toll. Unlike the corporations and big pharmaceutical companies, I've listened to the heartache and suffering of ordinary citizens who've suffered as a result of corporate greed and the country club lifestyle...

Judge Gives Class Action Status to Zyprexa Cases

Posted on September 09, 2008
Zyprexa, Eli Lilly's schizophrenia drug, has come under fire for adverse effects including weight gain and diabetes. However, the latest bad news for Eli Lilly concerns the way in which it was marketed. That has drawn a class action lawsuit as well as the public dissemination of documents that Eli Lilly fought to keep confidential...

4 Popular Drugs Get Stronger Warnings Due to Risk of Fungal Infections

Posted on September 05, 2008
The FDA has ordered stronger warning labels for 4 drugs that treat arthritis and Crohn's disease. The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warning labels for Johnson & Johnson's Remicade; Abbott Laboratories' Humira; Enbrel, from Amgen Inc...

Two Tampa Sex Offenders Back in Trouble Again

Posted on September 01, 2008
Two Tampa men who are registered sex offenders are back in police custody after violating terms of their parole. One of them actually approached two young girls, talked to them, gave them a $5 bill and a note with a phone number. Fortunately, the girls ran away before being harmed by the sex offender...

Drug Makers Skirt the Issue with New Direct to Consumer Ads

Posted on August 30, 2008
You have to hand it to the public relations machine working for the large pharmaceutical companies. When a public outcry was threatening to change the manner in which they promote their drugs directly to consumers, they changed the ads around to skirt the issue entirely...

Young Boy Struck By Car At Bus Stop in Valrico

Posted on August 28, 2008
Christian Gonzalez, a 10-year old 4th grader from Valrico Elementary School, was struck and seriously injured by a vehicle driven by 65 year old Carlos Garcia. It is still not known whether the driver of the vehicle will face criminal charges. Garcia was driving a 2001 PT Cruiser at the time of the accident...

Xiadafil VIP Tabs Recall Requested

Posted on May 28, 2008
A dietary supplement that is labeled as being a sexual enhancer and treatment for erectile dysfunction is under a request by the FDA to be recalled. SEI Pharmaceuticals of Florida manufactures Xiadafil VIP Tabs. According to the FDA the recalled supplement contains an analog of the active ingredient in Viagra...

Ford Recalls Pickup Trucks

Posted on May 15, 2008
A brake hose problem is forcing the recall of Ford F-150 pickup trucks as well as the Lincoln Mark LT truck. The truck recall involves 650,000 2005 and 2006 trucks. Ford trucks covered by the recall are equipped with 5.4-liter engines...

Pedestrian Killed Near Tampa Bay

Posted on May 09, 2008
A woman walking in Spring Hill was killed by a car on Monday night. The pedestrian accident happened on U.S. 41. She was walking with another person when she was hit. The pedestrians both of New Port Richey, were crossing U.S. 41 at the intersection with Bowman Rd...

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