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The holidays bring tidings of joy and time-honored traditions to those who celebrate. They also bring travel plans for families and friends far and wide. Travel might be one of the best gifts of the season, especially for the elderly, many of whom miss out on seeing their grandchildren or […]

Samsung’s products are injuring consumers with each passing day as cases of exploding cell phones and washing machines continue to mount. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) has received nearly 100 reports of overheating Galaxy Note7 mobile devices linked to more than one dozen instances of burns, in addition […]

Nov. 4 marked the national holiday in which one takes an enlightened look at America’s attorneys and shows them some love. Love Your Lawyer Day turned 16 this year, and creator Nader Anise, of the American Lawyers Public Image Association (ALPIA), is striving to strike up a day of social-media […]

U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers have announced for the seventh consecutive year, the “Best Law Firms” rankings. Firms included in the 2017 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers.  Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination […]

Personal-injury risks scarily skyrocket on Halloween. The holiday of haunts and hijinks enjoyed by trick-or-treating children and party-planning adults is a chronic cause of accidents, fires and safety threats. For weeks, little ones have looked forward to donning their costumes and going door-to-door to collect candy from their neighbors. Likewise, […]

Fifteen lawyers from Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley were recently recognized in the publication Best Lawyers in America 2017 for their success in representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice, professional malpractice, product liability, mass tort litigation, commercial litigation and personal injury litigation.  Searcy Denney has the highest number of attorneys […]

American banks maintain many levels of protection against fraud. Institutions accurately and quickly can detect suspicious account activity, credit-card charges and funds transfers. But it seems the sophisticated software used to counter such crimes is not enough. Hackers have found a way to plunder one’s finances through those highly touted […]

After a decade of receiving several black eyes over failed metal on metal implants, the orthopedic device industry is bracing itself for a second wave of metal failure related embarrassment. The metal on metal debacle resulted in tens of thousands of unnecessary revision surgeries due to metal poisoning. Many of […]

Stryker V40 Femoral Heads (CoCr) Associated With Spontaneous and Catastrophic Head-Neck Dissociation Stryker may face yet another crisis associated with their total hip replacement medical devices – and this time it may be related to its large LFIT-V40 chrome/cobalt heads. These heads have been reported in medical literature to potentially […]

On September 27, 2016, the Department of Health Therapeutic Goods Administration (the Australian equivalent of the Food & Drug Administration) issued a hazard alert relating to LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 femoral heads manufactured and marketed by Stryker. The LFIT V40 femoral heads are made of a cobalt and chromium alloy and […]