- Devon Glass | May 31, 2009 1:36 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsBurton, MI--three people were injured on interstate 475 in the early hours of Saturday morning. Local police closed the highway for approximately three hours after the car crash, while the three...
- David Mittleman | May 31, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesAn Anaheim, California woman had less than a magical time at the Disneyland theme park when she fell from a tram and hit her head hard enough to cause her permanent brain injuries that will require...
- David Mittleman | May 30, 2009 11:48 AM |
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MiscellaneousJefferson Parish, Louisiana may drown in a round of lawsuits for faulty storm planning that contributed to the flooding devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The Louisiana Supreme Court shot down the...
- David Mittleman | May 30, 2009 10:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsFood and Drug Commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, signaled a major shift away from the old ways of business at the FDA. In a recent article published in the New England Journal of Medicine,...
- David Mittleman | May 29, 2009 9:45 AM |
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MiscellaneousHugging is a common method of showing affection among good friends. It seems like a fairly innocuous way to express one’s feelings toward another. However, according to an article in the New...
- David Mittleman | May 28, 2009 3:12 PM |
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MiscellaneousLess than 48 hours after his announcement of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill the vacancy of retiring Justice David Souter, it appears that her opponents have little to truly bicker about. Absent some...
- David Mittleman | May 28, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Workplace Injuries
OSHA may soon “stomp” the world’s largest retailer with a $7,000 fine for a stampeding incident that occurred on November 28, 2008 in Long Island, New York, during...
- David Mittleman | May 27, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Miscellaneous
State, county, and local officials have found yet another way to cut a straining budget: get rid of lifeguards at local beaches. Wooden placards warning beach goers to “swim at their own...
- Devon Glass | May 26, 2009 2:41 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
A 6-year-old girl was struck by a van and killed on Monday afternoon in Keeler Township, about sixty miles Southwest of Grand Rapids. The girl allegedly jumped from behind a bush and into the...
- David Mittleman | May 26, 2009 2:19 PM |
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Miscellaneous
Battle Creek, MI could soon witness an increase in local jobs thanks to a new plan instituted by federal legislation to develop a National Center for Food Protection in the downtown area....
- David Mittleman | May 25, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Wrongful DeathAn Autistic boy was killed on May 23, 2007 by a lethal combination of anti-psychotic drugs while under the care of his psychiatrist and a group home. The boy ultimately died of serotonin syndrome.
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- David Mittleman | May 24, 2009 12:50 PM |
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Wrongful DeathA nearly two year old toddler was killed when 911 dispatchers failed to provide CPR instructions over the phone to the mother of the boy caught in a soccer net in a suburb of Dallas, TX. The...
- David Mittleman | May 23, 2009 1:04 PM |
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MiscellaneousThere is light at the end of the tunnel for cash-strapped consumers. Congress passed and President Obama has now signed a long-awaited set of new provisions to prevent credit card companies from...
- David Mittleman | May 23, 2009 12:24 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe Federal Circuit Court for the District of Columbia has Big Tobacco reeling on its heels after a landmark decision released on Friday, May 22, 2009. In the U.S. Government’s decade long...
- David Mittleman | May 23, 2009 10:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Food and Drug Commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, signaled a major shift away from the quid pro quo attitude of the FDA of the past. In a recent article published in the New England Journal of...
- David Mittleman | May 22, 2009 8:16 AM |
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MiscellaneousIn recent years, federal regulations have been used to scale back state law consumer protection measures. Under the legal doctrine of preemption, federal laws and regulations take precedence over...
- David Mittleman | May 21, 2009 3:42 PM |
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Medical Devices & Implants
Vermont continues to lead the way in creating greater transparency in the flow of money from drug and device makers to doctors. Coming roughly a month after a report revealed that the drug and...
- David Mittleman | May 19, 2009 3:48 PM |
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MiscellaneousMichigan’s once treasured Consumer Protection Act now sits in squalor thanks to the Engler dominated Michigan Supreme Court of the past few years. Last year marked the ultimate demise of any...
- David Mittleman | May 18, 2009 2:12 PM |
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Workplace DiscriminationNine employees have filed suit against Detroit’s St. John Hospital and Medical Center for tossing a program that would pay employees for his or her unused sick days upon retirement or...
- David Mittleman | May 16, 2009 8:30 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsMany of us feel as though we are constantly pressed for time. After a busy day, the last thing we want to do is spend hours preparing a home-cooked meal. That’s where processed-food companies,...
- David Mittleman | May 15, 2009 8:27 AM |
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MiscellaneousYesterday morning, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm conducted a ceremonial signing of the Kids in Cars law. The law has been in effect in Michigan since April 1, 2009. The law makes it illegal...
- David Mittleman | May 14, 2009 7:41 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA 32-year-old Pennsylvania woman who was left on an operating table in a New York hospital last month is speaking out about her ordeal. Jennifer Ronca, the mother of three children, had her head...
- David Mittleman | May 13, 2009 4:35 PM |
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Wrongful DeathA LeHigh County, Pennsylvania jury awarded a victim’s family and estate a $3.1 million verdict last Friday, after she was killed by a drunk driver on the evening of her 25th birthday. The...
- David Mittleman | May 12, 2009 11:15 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsIt appears as though another Baxter International product may be implicated in patient’s injuries. United States health officials are investigating whether or not the deaths of two patients in...
- David Mittleman | May 12, 2009 8:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe Food and Drug Administration has required the manufacturers of two testosterone gel products to place its strongest warning label to reduce the chances that children will have secondary exposure...
- David Mittleman | May 11, 2009 11:03 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsBotox, the well-known injectable drug used for cosmetic purposes and some muscle spasms, has come under fire for inadequate warnings about off-label uses. The drug, which utilizes a toxin known as...
- Devon Glass | May 11, 2009 10:10 AM |
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Wrongful DeathOn Sunday, around 2:00 p.m., a couple was attempting to cut down a tree in their yard when the husband accidentally hit his wife in the neck with a chain saw. An Allegan County Sheriff’s...
- Devon Glass | May 11, 2009 9:28 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 20-year-old Detroit man has been detained by police for allegedly driving 80mph down a service road next to I-94, running a red light, and killing another man. The accident occurred around 1:30...
- David Mittleman | May 08, 2009 8:34 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs the House and Senate take aim at the health insurance industry, a large trade group offered to end the long-running practice of charging women higher premiums than men for the same coverage. The...
- David Mittleman | May 07, 2009 2:51 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe Obama administration has proposed drastic changes to the way American children may pay for college education. From 2000 to 2005, college tuition at public universities increased 40%, but the...
- David Mittleman | May 06, 2009 7:35 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsGlobal pharmaceutical giant Merck has been accused of recruiting doctors to sign off on company-produced medical studies and then passing them off as independent. In addition, it appears the company...
- David Mittleman | May 05, 2009 10:59 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsState Consumer Protection Acts have been enacted in every state in the nation to protect consumers. Each state law varies in the degree to which they are effective. Michigan's Consumer Protection...
- David Mittleman | May 01, 2009 3:15 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to consumers about the weight loss pill Hydroxycut. The manufacturer of Hydroxycut, Iovate Health Sciences, has agreed to pull the product from...
- David Mittleman | May 01, 2009 12:14 PM |
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Wrongful Death
If tragedy strikes and one of your relatives dies as a result of someone’s negligence, Michigan’s wrongful death statute permits the family of the lost loved one to bring forth a...
- David Mittleman | May 01, 2009 9:40 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn June 2007, eight-year-old Shelbey Bomkamp underwent a procedure to have her spleen removed at St. Mary’s Hospital, in Madison, Wisconsin. Court documents stated that Dr. Leonard Go used a...
- David Mittleman | May 01, 2009 8:37 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeMost of us have no idea what our medical record contains. We assume our providers keep thorough and accurate accounts of our office visits and medical procedures, yet we rarely ask to see these...