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The AFX News reports that between 1998 and 2005, an analysis of FDA data reveals triple the number of complications and mortality from pharmaceutical, supposedly regulated, drugs. If those statistics are accurate, dangerous side effects and deaths from medicinal drugs are out of control. So, when the FDA “approves” a […]

The short answer is no, most are not hard hearted people. Most are, however, people who have not had significant tragedy enter their life and have lived a reasonably content life. By significant tragedy I am not talking about Aunt Jane passing away from old age or even the loss […]

We like to believe that good people will speak up for the voiceless and powerless, and we count on government and the media to speak out when unscrupulous corporate profitmongers take advantage of people who can’t fight back. Personal injury lawyers are proud of the role they play in helping […]

I was driving to work this morning and heard the tale of a puppy found suffering after someone poured hot oil on him and left him to suffer to death. What sort of low-life does it take to torture an innocent, defenseless, animal? What should the penalty be for this […]

Apparently fires have been linked to faulty cruise control systems in a variety of Ford’s vehicles, including: Ford Ranger, Explorer, Taurus, a number of their van models, pick up models, Lincoln Mercury vehicles, and a number of other models. The model years range from 1992 to 2007; leading one to […]

Florida’s “No Fault” insurance statute is nearing expiration. Should it be renewed; should it be allowed to “sunset”; should it be modified? The Florida legislature has an opportunity to not only take the correct action, but an opportunity to improve on the no fault system altogether. The controversy about eliminating […]

It is a monumental tragedy; there is simply no other way to describe it. Motorists were driving across interstate 35 yesterday when, without warning, the bridge began to fall apart under their cars and plunged dozens of cars into the muddy Mississippi river. When it opened 45 years ago, the […]

Two elements of the American Dream – home ownership and the right to seek justice – have been on a collision course as home buyers fighting construction defects learn the hard way that arbitration clauses stack the deck against them. Responding, in part, to consumer outrage, both houses of Congress […]

Castleberry’s Food Company has just issued a voluntary recall, on the heels of FDA warnings that their Hot Dog Chili Sauce could have ingredients in it that were not planned. The FDA is warning that four people have been hospitalized with botulism poisoning. Although the contamination of botulism in canned […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Searcy Denney Law Firm Secures Victory for Gainesville Couple Tampa, FL – (July , 2007) – South Florida law firm Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA announced today that a jury has ruled in favor of a Gainesville couple who sued University of South Florida geneticists […]