- David Mittleman | August 31, 2009 2:13 PM |
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Consumer Reports recently conducted a study on hospital conditions. It may not shock you that hospitals aren’t as safe or as sanitary as they claim to be, but it probably will...
- David Mittleman | August 30, 2009 11:42 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe Centers for Disease Control are currently considering making routine circumcision mandatory for baby boys born in the United States. Circumcision is considered a method of reducing the spread of...
- David Mittleman | August 29, 2009 11:43 AM |
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Many of us fear going to the dentist—the drills and consequential pain that we may experience after the appointment can make any of us quake at the thought of a dental visit. However, it is...
- Devon Glass | August 28, 2009 11:52 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsSo it goes that we have a third party to add to our blog series. I think I speak for both Steve Lombardi at the Lombardi Law Firm, and myself at the Church Wyble, P.C. law firm, when I extend a...
- David Mittleman | August 28, 2009 10:36 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsReports that three children died after being strangled by window blind pull cords have prompted six window covering manufacturers to recall their products. According to the Consumer Product Safety...
- David Mittleman | August 27, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Workplace DiscriminationThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against Target Stores. The EEOC alleges that the Target store where 29-year-old...
- David Mittleman | August 26, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesA jury in Los Angeles Superior Court voted 9-3 on Monday that Philip Morris USA should pay $13.8 million in punitive damages to Jodi Bullock. Betty Bullock, Jodi Bullock’s mother, died of lung...
- Devon Glass | August 26, 2009 8:00 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsContinuing with our series, Steve from the Lombardi Law Firm posted on the Des Moines InjuryBoard today on semi-trucks and tractor-trailers. I will continue in that vein, attempting to enlighten...
- David Mittleman | August 25, 2009 10:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousOne of the many arguments critics are using against the proposed health care reform legislation is that a public option would kill competition in the private health insurance market. However, a...
- David Mittleman | August 24, 2009 3:08 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsAccording to a study that examined calls to poison control centers nationwide, teen abuse of drugs to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), is on the rise across America. In fact,...
- David Mittleman | August 24, 2009 12:00 PM |
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MiscellaneousFirefighters had to use numerous power tools to rescue a young girl whose arm was caught in a pool drain at a condominium complex in Key Biscane, Florida.
Back in January I wrote about the fact...
- Devon Glass | August 24, 2009 11:26 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsChurch Wyble, P.C. and The Lombardi Law Firm are jointly running a series for the next few weeks on driving safety, which will include driving safety basics, things to “beware of” on the...
- David Mittleman | August 23, 2009 2:02 PM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsA Fulton County, Atlanta woman is but one of several plaintiffs suing the makers of a medical device intended to treat pelvic organ prolapse. The personal injury and product liability lawsuit was...
- David Mittleman | August 23, 2009 1:58 PM |
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MiscellaneousSometimes a private option isn't always the best one. While it is well documented how the powerful Blackwater USA private military organization was responsible for various atrocities in Iraq, sworn...
- Devon Glass | August 23, 2009 1:31 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsPetoskey—four people died in a multi-vehicle collision on Thursday in northern Lower Michigan. According to the Petoskey police, a semitrailer was headed south on U.S. 31 when a passenger car...
- David Mittleman | August 23, 2009 7:47 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn a 4-3 order released on Thursday, the Michigan Supreme Court decided to reconsider a case that could make it easier for victims of automobile accidents to recover fair compensation for their...
- David Mittleman | August 22, 2009 10:18 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe usual suspects are lining up to take shots at the new Gang of Justice on the Michigan Supreme Court. Don't buy the hype. The latest outrage seems to be the prospect that Michigan insurance...
- David Mittleman | August 22, 2009 10:05 AM |
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MiscellaneousHowever, according to a new Government Accountability Office report, despite the growing number of imports, the agency has no access to certain customs information that could help protect American...
- David Mittleman | August 22, 2009 9:37 AM |
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MiscellaneousSo far critics have mostly focused on tearing apart health care reform by portraying it as “socialist” or as a “Nazi” agenda with a federal government “death...
- David Mittleman | August 21, 2009 3:22 PM |
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MiscellaneousBurley Trailer Design has recalled thousands of Burley child trailers because a defect in the product can cause the wheel to separate from the trailer and fall off.
The recall covers 2009...
- Devon Glass | August 20, 2009 2:44 PM |
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MiscellaneousBeginning in 1999, a few doctors and lawyers in the Las Vegas area decided it would be a great idea to trump up accident related injuries to increase the damages awarded to people injured in...
- David Mittleman | August 20, 2009 1:17 PM |
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Wrongful DeathMichael Hurewitz chose to give a portion of his liver to save his brother’s life. Unfortunately, that decision ended his own life after he suffered horribly from an infection after the...
- David Mittleman | August 19, 2009 10:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousTypically, parents worry about their children getting into household cleaning supplies. Now parents should also worry about the security of the medicine cabinet: the Centers for Disease Control...
- David Mittleman | August 18, 2009 11:45 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeTulsa, Oklahoma—William Paul Boykin has filed suit against Dr. Carl Painter III of Bailey Medical Center because he alleges the doctor operated on the wrong knee. Furthermore, Boykin also...
- David Mittleman | August 18, 2009 11:38 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsMagnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, is an incredibly useful diagnostic tool. These scans offer unparalleled imaging of soft tissue, making MRIs particularly helpful in identifying and treating...
- David Mittleman | August 17, 2009 12:36 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeAccording to a recent investigation conducted by the Hearst Corporation, an estimated 98,000 people die each year from preventable medical errors. In fact, more Americans die each month from...
- Devon Glass | August 16, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA four-year-old Muskegon Township boy was critically injured after a bizarre accident that occurred last Wednesday, August 12th. The boy, Brian Christian Booker was waiting to cross the street with...
- David Mittleman | August 16, 2009 10:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousRecently, a stubborn, yet false rumor has been spreading like wildfire thanks to Republican talking heads and other stalwarts, including former vice-president nominee Sarah Palin and veteran Iowa...
- David Mittleman | August 15, 2009 10:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. have agreed to pay $41.5 million to settle class-action lawsuits over their cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia. Specifically, the class-action lawsuits...
- Devon Glass | August 14, 2009 11:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsCharlotte, MI—one man was killed and another injured on Wednesday after a pick-up truck and a semi-truck collided on East Clinton Trail (M-50) in Eaton Township.
According to the Eaton...
- David Mittleman | August 14, 2009 10:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousDoctors once warned breast cancer patients with lymphedema to avoid weight lifting. Lymphedema is fluid buildup that causes swelling and is a common symptom in breast cancer patients who had their...
- David Mittleman | August 13, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsVertebroplasty was once one of the most revered treatments for easing the pain caused by osteoporosis. During the treatment, acrylic cement is injected into cracks in the spinal column. Doctors...
- David Mittleman | August 12, 2009 11:55 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeCincinnati, Ohio—the family of 16-year-old Jessica Siegel has filed a lawsuit against a neurosurgeon and a clinic, who they claim altered evidence to avoid a wrongful death claim after Jessica...
- Devon Glass | August 12, 2009 8:18 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAround 2:30pm yesterday a car accident involving 5 cars and 2 tractor trailers closed westbond I-96 near Grand Ledge in Clinton County. According to reports from the scene, a truck rear-ended a car...
- David Mittleman | August 11, 2009 12:39 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDiane Shuler was driving to her home on Long Island after spending a vacation weekend at a Parksville campground with her daughter, son and three nieces. The only problem was that she was driving...
- David Mittleman | August 10, 2009 1:50 PM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
26 “scientific articles”, backing the use of hormone replacement therapy in women, were published in medical journals between 1998 and 2005. The articles are part of a series of a...
- Devon Glass | August 09, 2009 11:54 AM |
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Automobile Accidents32-year-old Efrain Garcia-Miron faces charges of operating while intoxicated causing death, as a result of driving his vehicle head-on into a Ford Taurus driven by 80-year-old Leonard Dykstra, a...
- David Mittleman | August 09, 2009 11:46 AM |
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Workplace DiscriminationAtlantic City—a former employee of South Jersey Gas sued his employer for failing to make accommodations for his depression and then firing him just days shy of his 20th anniversary of...
- Devon Glass | August 09, 2009 11:22 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA head-on crash near the entrance to Robert Morris Park in Comstock Township between a Ford Escort and a Chrysler Minivan resulted in injuries ranging from broken bones to minor scrapes and bruises....
- David Mittleman | August 08, 2009 10:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousAmerica’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the lobbying arm of the insurance industry, claims that “for every dollar spent on health care in America, approximately 1 penny goes to health...
- David Mittleman | August 07, 2009 2:46 PM |
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MiscellaneousIn a truly bizarre turn of events that prove that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, a 26-year-old woman from Boynton Beach, Florida, has been arrested on charges that she tried to hire a hit...
- Devon Glass | August 07, 2009 12:52 PM |
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Toxic Substances
Every day we wake up, go about our routine in our home, travel to work or on errands, eat food that we generally buy from a grocery store and think nothing of the dangers all of these activities...
- David Mittleman | August 06, 2009 9:10 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA jury awarded a Newport News, VA woman $1.8 million after her doctor misdiagnosed her heart condition, causing her to need a heart transplant. Leslie Thorne, the 25-year-old woman, was originally...
- David Mittleman | August 05, 2009 4:14 PM |
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Yesterday I blogged about a new tactic that a plastic surgery firm was using to entice consumers to try their facelift procedure: by having their own employees post positive internet reviews of...
- David Mittleman | August 04, 2009 12:16 PM |
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MiscellaneousNew York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has settled a complaint against a cosmetic surgery company who admits that it used its employees to pose as satisfied customers to praise its facelifts online....
- David Mittleman | August 03, 2009 3:00 PM |
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The American Association for Justice recently named the ten worst insurance companies in America based on claim denials, premium increases, and refusing insurance to consumers who need it most....
- David Mittleman | August 03, 2009 2:33 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Howell man has died two weeks after his car was T-boned and pushed across Grand River Avenue and into a daycare center. The man, 22-year-old Erik Wint, attempted to turn onto eastbound Grand River...
- David Mittleman | August 02, 2009 2:18 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsOfficers from the U.S. Marshals Service seized all skin sanitizers and skin protectants, including ingredients and components, from the Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory in Roy, Utah,...
- David Mittleman | August 02, 2009 1:24 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe California State Bar initially refused a disabled law student to take the bar exam, but thankfully, the State Supreme Court sent last-minute approval for her to take the test last Monday, July...
- David Mittleman | August 01, 2009 11:44 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsTampa, Florida—a four-year-old girl became ill after ingesting a bag of Skittles candy that also contained narcotics. The bag appeared to be sealed, according to her family, prior to her...
- Devon Glass | August 01, 2009 11:36 AM |
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Automobile Accidents8-year-old Elizabeth Sied was transported by helicopter to Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in critical condition after a vehicle driven by Bruce Hallowell crossed the center line of Maple Island...