Imagine you are in an automobile accident that was not your fault. Tragically, you are severely injured. Imagine you will require at least 6 to 8 months of surgeries and intensive rehabilitation before you have any hope of returning to work. Imagine that your injuries are permanent; the doctors can […]
Category: Product Defect
The Food & Drug Administration issued a Notice and Recommended Action letter to all denture adhesive manufacturers on February 23, 2011. A simple product like denture cream. Easy to use. Nothing complicated about denture cream, right? Wrong and it should not have been of any surprise to denture cream manufacturers […]
What if you were prescribed a medicine that actually made your already difficult illness worse? That is precisely what has happened to hundreds of patients suffering from osteoporosis, osteopenia, and other bone loss conditions. Patients who took a class of drug known as “bisphosphonates” have suffered severe bone fractures, such […]
It is disappointing when otherwise intelligent, insightful people simply choose to ignore facts and fail to protect the very people they have sworn to serve. It is no secret that many industry-wed lawmakers have been working for a long time to place damage caps on injuries caused by the negligence […]
Fosamax is the oldest, most prescribed and most studied of the bisphosphonate drugs (BPs) used to treatment “porous bone” or osteoporosis. The other bisphosphonate drugs used to treat osteoporosis include Fosamax Plus D, Actonel, Actonel with Calcium, Atelvia, Boniva and Reclast. Osteoporosis is a bone weakening condition that affects almost […]
Hot coffee, McDonalds and tort reform have become strange bed-fellows since a verdict was delivered against the McDonalds Corporation by a jury; for severe injuries to 79 year old Stella Liebeck, caused by spilled coffee. To people who believe Corporate America needs protecting, the McDonalds coffee case became a poster […]
Can bath salts cause severe brain damage? Can bath salts cause severe psychotic episodes? Can bath salts kill you? Not the type of warnings you will find on “bath salts” or, for that matter, the types of warnings I would have ever imagined appearing on bath salts. But, these are […]
When my 47-year old friend from my college days had to have her hip replaced last year, because of wear and tear on the joint, I doubt very much that anyone said to her, “I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is the state-of-the-art in […]
Big Tobacco receives two pieces of news that, well, is going to really not make for a merry Christmas this year. Clearly a classic of “beware what you wish for my friend, for surely you shall receive it!” Every time a jury finds against Big Tobacco, their talking heads come […]
I happened over to the website of the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) for some light reading. These folks have been busy. While trial attorneys have been representing their clients these energetic folks and the US Chamber of Commerce have been writing what can only be logged in the category […]