Personal Injury Law

YMCA - America On The Move Week

Posted on September 23, 2009
You can be healthy. It starts with two simple steps. LEARN MORE Find a YMCA Participating in America On the Move Week 100 Ways to Add 2,000 Steps (pdf) 100 Ways to Eat Healthier (pdf) InjuryBoard Healthy Living News IB News - CDC: Most Americans Miss Exercise Goals, December 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: © YMCA It's not too late to join America On The Move Week with the YMCA, a nationwide event that aims at inspiring families and individuals to incorporate healthy activities into their everyday daily routines...

Father Finds Family Loss Is A '250 Case'

Posted on September 22, 2009
 Ryan Volkmuth, San Francisco Chronicle A 250 Case LEARN MORE Californians Allied for Patient Protection HR 3200- Health Care reform 2009 Consumer Watchdog The Committee for Justice for All- Med Mal - Just the Facts "How Insurance Reform Lowered Doctors Med Mal Rates in California", 2003 report from The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights National Association of State Legislatures   IMAGE SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle Web site/ image of Ryan Volkmuth It's a term lawyers understand more than the general public, unless they've been injured...

Sheller, P.C. Instrumental In $2.3B Pfizer Whistleblower Settlement

Posted on September 22, 2009
LEARN MORE Sheller Press Release 2005 FDA Warning Letter to Pfizer $2.3B Pfizer Whistleblower Settlement: Video Sheller P...

FDA Flexing Its Muscle Over Tobacco

Posted on September 22, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA – News release on fruit flavored cigarette ban FDA Page on Tobacco Products InjuryBoard Help Center- Cigarettes & Tobacco IB Partner, Mobile, Pete Mackey – Big Tobacco Sued By One Of Its Own – February 2009 IB Partner, Gerry McGill – A Special Place In Hell For Tobacco Executives – June 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Web site / Product images: Pleasure to Burn, Margarita Mixer, Beach Breezer In the first move since the Food and Drug Administration took over regulating tobacco products last June, the agency has announced a ban on cigarettes that are flavored with cloves, vanilla, and fruit flavors...

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Trouble With Finances May Forecast Memory Problems

Posted on September 22, 2009
Looking For The Signs LEARN MORE Archives of Neurology – Abstract ActionAlz.org Alzheimer's Association World Alzheimer's Day InjuryBoard on Alzheimer's and Dementia Lawyer Assessment of client capacity Nature Genetics, September 2009 InjuryBoard on Alzheimer's Disease IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / close up render of neuron brain cell / author: Henrik5000 New research shows that trouble balancing a check book or figuring out change could be an early indicator of memory problems...

Documents Will Remain Unsealed In Toyota Rollover Related Litigation

Posted on September 21, 2009
LEARN MORE * Center for Auto Safety Web site IMAGE SOURCE: Litigation Discovery and Trial Consulting Website 15 Lawsuits Reopened Documents that allege Toyota hid and destroyed evidence in numerous rollover lawsuits will stay open and not be sealed...

The Soaring Pace of Alzheimer's On World Alzheimer's Day

Posted on September 21, 2009
September 21 - World Alzheimer's Day LEARN MORE Alzheimer's Association - What is Alzheimer's disease? Alzheimer's Disease International Web site World Alzheimer's Day 2009 World Alzheimer's Report The Paris Declaration - Making Alzheimer's research a priority IB News - Researchers Uncover More Alzheimer's Genes - October 2008 Alzheimer's Genome Project National Institute on Aging IB News - Alzheimer's Therapy Acts Within Minutes - January 2008   IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockphoto/ Alzheimer's dad/ author: JJRD On this, World Alzheimer's Day, the theme is "Diagnosing Dementia: See It Sooner" - recognizing the symptoms and getting immediate treatment...

Recalled Salmonella Spinach Sent To Dozen States, Canada

Posted on September 21, 2009
Salinas Spinach LEARN MORE FDA Recall Press Release Cornell University - Salmonella, where does it come from IB News - Salmonella Victim Speaks Out - January 2009 FDA Salmonella Web page CDC on salmonella outbreak IB News- King Nut Peanut Butter Contamination - January 2009 InjuryBoard Help Center - Salmonella Poisoning   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ spinach/ author: Nillerdk Two brands of bunched spinach from California have tested positive for the bacteria, salmonella...

Most Girls Don't Finish Gardasil Three-Shot Series

Posted on September 18, 2009
LEARN MORE CDC- HPV Facts CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report  IB News - FDA Adverse Reactions To Gardasil Made Public - July 2008 IB News - Expanded Use of Gardasil Approved by the FDA September 2008 IB News - Did Gardasil Vaccine Cause a 12-yr-old Girl's Paralysis? November 2007 IB News - HPV Vaccine Gardasil Linked to Three Deaths July 2007 IB News - One Year Anniversary of the Approval of Gardasil, June 2007 National Vaccine Information Center   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Gardasil poster at school clinic/ author: Eugene Peretz One In Three Vaccinated The numbers are in on the popularity of the cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil...

45,000 People Die Annually From Lack Of Insurance Study Finds

Posted on September 18, 2009
44,789 Deaths LEARN MORE AJPH – Abstract – 'Health Insurance and Morality in US Adults' – September 2009 America's Health Insurance Plans RAM schedule for 2009 IB News – Free Health Care Draws Thousands As Nation Debates Need – August 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Los Angeles Times Web site/ waiting outside the Forum before dawn Simply lacking health insurance can raise the risk of dying by 40 percent...

Diana Levine Drug Gets Black Box Warning

Posted on September 17, 2009
Dangerous Drug Will Carry Warning LEARN MORE FDA - Black Box Warning on Promethazine Hydrochloride IB News – Wyeth Take Levine Issue To High Court – August 2008 IB News – Diana Levine Before the High Court This Morning – November 2008 'Access Denied' – Film on Diana Levine Case and Federal Preemption Wyeth brief Levine Brief to U...

FDA Warns About Eyelash Enhancer Claims

Posted on September 17, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA 2009 Warning Letters Latisse Allergan Inc. Allergan Outlook for 2009 IB News – FDA Approves Latisse – December 2008 FDA Brief on Latisse Latisse Product Information Allergan News on Latisse FDA on Lumigan Glaucoma Drug May Become Desirable Cosmetic IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ thick eyelashes/ author: Chameleon The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Thursday warned Allergan Inc...

Sen. Baucus Plan - No Public Option

Posted on September 17, 2009
LEARN MORE Health Reform 2009 - Senate Finance Chair, Baucus Call To Action- Sen. Baucus November 2008 Call To Action- Sen. Baucus 2009 America's Health Insurance Plans Web site Kaiser Family Foundation   IMAGE SOURCE: Sen. Baucus/ Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana) Web site After weeks of trying to win over Republicans, Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Max Baucus, (D-Montana) has revealed "The Baucus Plan" for reforming health care in America...

Washington State Compiling List Of Chemicals Most Toxic To Children

Posted on September 17, 2009
LEARN MORE The Children's Safe Product Act of 2008 HealthyStuff.org Safer Chemicals, Safer Family HealthyToys: The Consumer Guide to Chemicals in Toys InjuryBoard on Dangerous Toys IB News, High Levels of Chemicals Found In Children's Toys, Dec...

Swayze Lived Longer Than Most With Pancreatic Cancer

Posted on September 16, 2009
Five Months LEARN MORE Mayo Clinic on Pancreatic Cancer NIH study - Dietary Fatty Acids and Pancreatic Cancer, July 2009 Cancer Research UK Web site Good Morning America- Swayze video clip American Association For Cancer Research - Vitamin D research Public Library of Science- A Compendium of Potential Biomarkers of Pancreatic Cancer, April 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: ABC News Web site / Patrick Swayze, smoker Actor, dancer, Patrick Swayze lived longer than most who receive a pancreatic cancer diagnosis...

What Is Pilot Fatigue? New Rules Considered

Posted on September 16, 2009
Crew and Pilot Rest LEARN MORE FAA Fact Sheet - Rest times and performance FAA- Sleep and Psychomotor Performance during Commercial ultra-Long Range Flights, report, 2008 IB News – Amid Pilot Accolades, Do You Know How Much Your Pilot Makes – February 2009 IB News – Low Pay for Regional Jet Pilots – May 2009 IB Partner – King Co...

Women May Not Benefit From Implantable Defibrillators, Study Says

Posted on September 16, 2009
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine Overview: Heart Rhythm Devices, Pacemakers and Defibrillators InjuryBoard on Heart Devices Medline Plus - Heart Disease in Women IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons/ Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are not effective in women...

Tort Reform Challenges By Injured In Georgia, Indiana

Posted on September 16, 2009
LEARN MORE Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution American Association for Justice - Tort Reform U.S. Chamber of Commerce – Tort Reform IMAGE SOURCE: Georgia Supreme Court Web site Georgia A case before the Georgia Supreme Court should determine whether juries have the right to decide what monetary award should be given an injured patient, without that decision automatically revised and reduced...

Swine Flu Vaccines Ready Ahead Of Schedule

Posted on September 15, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA - H1N1 Vaccine CDC on Thimerosal formulation IB News - Should You Get a Flu Shot? - October 2009 IB News - Will Swine Flu Vaccine Be Hurt Over Thimerosal - August 2009 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg - Institute of Vaccine Safety The Lancet - H1N1 and Pregnancy - August 2009 CDC-Page on swine flu National Vaccine Information Center on H1N1 shots IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ flu shot/ author: pressdigital  Four Companies Receive Approval The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the applications from four vaccine makers, according to the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius...

EPA Not Looking At Recycled Tires In Playgrounds

Posted on September 15, 2009
Tire Crumb Controversy LEARN MORE CDC – report on cancer cases at Mercer Rubber Company site Center for Environmental Health – Lead in Children's products CEH Report- 'Not Really Greener' January, 2008 Memo- EPA scientists Region 8 about Tire Crumb June 2008 – Power point presentation on tire crumb September 2009 – EPA says not conducting research PEER Web site Philadelphia Inquirer – June 2009 – 'Breathing Easier…' IMAGE SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer Web site/ playing fields in New Jersey closed Every year millions of pounds of tires are recycled into and placed on playgrounds to form a soft cushiony place for children to romp when they jump off the swing or land from a slide and a way to recycle old, used tires...

Is Dangerous Bacteria Lurking In Your Showerhead?

Posted on September 15, 2009
LEARN MORE PNAS Early Edition IB News, Vinyl Shower Curtains Contain Potentially Toxic Chemicals, June 2008 InjuryBoard on Bacteria and Fungus IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / shower and water / author: Kickers Bacteria are all around us – in the air we breathe, on our skin and on the surfaces we touch, but most don't harm us...

Metformin May Help Fight Cancer

Posted on September 15, 2009
LEARN MORE American Association for Cancer Research- Abstract Glucophage – metformin hydrochloride tablets Bristol Myers Squibb IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Metformin tablets/ author: Ashley Van Haeflen May Starve Cancer The drug, metformin, is the number one choice for treating diabetes...

Fosamax Mistrial Hinged On Juror No. 5

Posted on September 14, 2009
Juror No. 5 LEARN MORE Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Eshsner & Proctor, PA, Pensacola, Fl National Osteoporosis Foundation Web site NOF on Jaw Necrosis NOF on Osteoporosis Facts IB News – Osteoporosis Treatment Controversy – August 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: New York Times Web site/ Shirley Boles, first Fosamax plaintiff Merck and Co...

Chlorinated Pools And The Epidemic Of Allergies

Posted on September 14, 2009
LEARN MORE Pediatrics - Impact of Chlorinated Swimming Pools – September 2009 Pediatrics - Bernard on Allergies and Chlorine – 2007 InjuryBoard Help Center – Asthma Drugs IB News – Boys More Likely To Outgrow Asthma Than Girls – August 2008 InjuryBoard on Asthma Asthma News IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ young swimmers/ author: Spiderstock A new study is adding to the suspicion that chlorine in pools may make a child more susceptible to asthma and allergies...

Swine Flu Goes To College

Posted on September 14, 2009
72 Percent Of Schools Report Cases LEARN MORE CDC Swine Flu Web site ACHA - News on Flu ACHA – Guidelines: Campus Response to Novel Influenza H1N1 InjuryBoard Swine Flu News IB News – Swine Flu Officially a Pandemic – June 2009 Video on Handwashing IMAGE SOURCE: iStock photo/ handwashing Flu has come early in the season to college campuses...

Study - MRSA Found At Public Beaches

Posted on September 13, 2009
LEARN MORE IB News, Fluffy And Fido May Be Harboring MRSA, June 2009 CDC on MRSA MRSA Education Initiative InjuryBoard News on MRSA InjuryBoard Help Center on Infections InjuryBoard on MRSA Help Center IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / Washington Coast / author: Wheninusa Serious infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria were found on nine beaches along the coast of Washington State, say scientists...

Obama's Medical Malpractice Solution

Posted on September 11, 2009
Curbing lawsuits LEARN MORE AAJ Web site Pop Tort Blog Journal of Law & Policy - The Racial Implications of Tort Reform, on tort reform American Tort Reform Association- Judicial Hellholes 2008-2009   IMAGE SOURCE: Pop Tort Blog / pop tarts Now that the dust is settling on Wednesday night's speech to Congress about health reform, CNN, among others, is taking a look at what President Obama meant by tackling medical malpractice...

Gardasil for Boys?

Posted on September 11, 2009
Penile Cancers Rare LEARN MORE CDC on HPV JAMA – Marketing HPV Vaccine -August 2009 CDC - on Adverse Events HPV Vaccine IB News – Merck's Gardasil for Boys? – September 2009 IB News – Gardasil Rival Ceravix More Effective, Maker Says – July 2009 IB News - Expanded Use of Gardasil Approved by the FDA , September 2008 IB News - Did Gardasil Vaccine Cause a 12-yr-old Girl's Paralysis, November 2007 IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ romantic couple An FDA panel looking at the efficacy and safety of giving boys the vaccine, Gardasil, advises a 'wait and see' approach until more evidence is in...

Will Illegal Immigrants Benefit From Health Reform?

Posted on September 11, 2009
Sorting Out the Illegal Immigrant Issue LEARN MORE H.R. 3200, July 2009 FactCheck – Seven Falsehoods About Health Care, August 2009 IB News - Luis Jimenez Jury Sides With Hospital – July 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: So Florida Sun Sentinel Web site/ image of Luis Jimenez In an attempt to counter claims that waves of undocumented illegal immigrants would flood the U...

How Did He Do? Insurance and Tort Reform (Part 2)

Posted on September 10, 2009
IB News - How Did He Do?- (Part 1) Insurance Not Hurt LEARN MORE IB News - How Did He Do?- (Part 1) InjuryBoard, Cleveland - Spangenberg Shibley & Liber, on Medical Malpractice The Center for Justice & Democracy AAJ Americas Health Insurance Plans President Barack Obama- Address to Congress on Health Care Reform, September 9, 2009 Tort Reform, Lone Star Style – Southern Exposure, 2004 IB Partner, Mike Ferrara, Cherry Hill, New Jersey – Texas Tort Reform is STILL NOT a Model for Nationwide Health Care Reform – September 2009 State-By-State - Report on medical errors Institute of Medicine- on medical errors Hearst – 'Death By Mistake' special report on medical malpractice, August 2009 IB News - Health Reform Starts With Avoiding Medical Errors – August 2009 IB News – Bad Doctors Going Undisciplined – April 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Obama, Biden, Pelosi/ Fox News Web site Mr...

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