Personal Injury Law

Older Washington D.C. Metro Cars Never Replaced

Posted on June 24, 2009
  Brakes, Inexperience, Aging Cars LEARN MORE Federal Railroad Administration NTSB - Web site  InjuryBoard Partner, Rick Shapiro, Northern Virginia/DC - Railroad Injury Lawyer / former head of the American Association for Justice Railroad Law section American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Rail Division    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Red Line New York Avenue Metro Station, Washington D...

Faulty Circuitry In Metro Tracks Found

Posted on June 24, 2009
Faulty Circuitry Identified  LEARN MORE Federal Railroad Administration NTSB - Web site  InjuryBoard News - Older Metro Cars Never Replaced, June 2009 IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Red Line New York Avenue Metro Station, Washington D.C. / author: Ben Schumin, November 2004  In looking for the causes of a Metro train crash on Monday that killed nine people, investigators are focusing on what might be a faulty section of track circuitry, reports the New York Times...

Study - Doctors Often Fail To Warn Patients About Abnormal Test Results

Posted on June 23, 2009
LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine, June 2009 National Patient Safety Foundation InjuryBoard on Medical Errors IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto / author: Twohumans The old adage, 'no news is good news,' may not be entirely true when it comes to your health...

Big Insurance Voices Opposition To Public Plan

Posted on June 23, 2009
  Big Insurance Speaks Up On Healthcare Reform LEARN MORE America's Health Insurance Plans -Web site Center for Media & Democracy Web site   IMAGE SOURCE:  New York Times Web site/ President Barack Obama   Big Insurance has issued a strong statement opposing the public health insurance option promoted by President Obama...

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First Contaminated Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough Lawsuit As Inspectors Search For Clues

Posted on June 23, 2009
LEARN MORE Nestle Toll House- Web site  CDC Update, June 22 FDA Warning, June 19  Injuryboard on E. coli  Injuryboard on E. coli loophole  Injuryboard on Food Product Safety    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons / Toll House Cookies on a sheet/ author: Kevin Laver   Nestle Cookie Dough Update, Lawsuit The first lawsuit has been filed by an 18-year-old who ate Nestle cookie dough raw and was hospitalized for a week...

Migraine With Aura Linked To Brain Lesions In Women

Posted on June 23, 2009
LEARN MORE JAMA, June 2009 InjuryBoard on Headaches MAGNUM: The National Migraine Association American Headache Society InjuryBoard Migraine News IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / headache sufferer / author: Kaisphoto New research suggests women who suffer from migraines with aura are at a greater risk of brain lesions when they are older...

ADHD Stimulant Drug Overdoses In Iowa

Posted on June 22, 2009
  ADHD Drug Overdoses LEARN MORE American Journal of Psychiatry- Editorial "Stimulant Treatment of ADHD and Risk of Sudden Death in Children,"  June 2009 FDA Alert in reaction  The Gazette  InjuryBoard News - Are Brain Boosters A Good Idea? - December 2008   IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ pencil case & drugs/ author: TACrafts   An increasing number of young people from Eastern Iowa appear to be abusing drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD...

Fluffy And Fido May Be Harboring MRSA

Posted on June 22, 2009
They Can Get It Too LEARN MORE USF Health Lancet - Bite-related and septic syndromes caused by cats and dogs, June 2009 InjuryBoard News - MRSA Rates Cut After Nose Swabs- October 2008 For more information: (800) CDC-INFO CDC on MRSA  MRSA Education Initiative  EPA products effective against MRSA    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Fox terrier and kitten/ author: Prskavka    MRSA or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections are known to like dark, damp places to grow and colonize...

Green Tea Fights Prostate Cancer

Posted on June 22, 2009
Green Tea Research LEARN MORE Cancer Prevention Research - article InjuryBoard Help Center - Prostate Cancer- Diagnosis Errors Journal of the National Cancer Institute - August 12, 2008 Issue National Cancer Institute on Prostate Cancer Polyphenon Pharma    IMAGE SOURCE: © WikiMedia Commons/ Created by US government agency National Cancer Institute   Green tea has been shown to have prostate cancer fighting properties...

Steve Jobs Had Liver Transplant

Posted on June 22, 2009
LEARN MORE Pancreatica American Cancer Society on Pancreatic Cancer Mayo Clinic on Liver Transplant IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Steve Jobs Apple Inc...

Kids Not On A Plane

Posted on June 19, 2009
LEARN MORE Parent Blogs About Airline Mishap Houston Chronicle IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / author: Bolot Two unaccompanied girls placed on wrong Continental Flights within two days...

Nestle Toll House Dough Recall

Posted on June 19, 2009
  Nestle Recall of Toll House Cookie Dough LEARN MORE Nestle Toll House- Web site FDA -Press release of Toll House warning Injuryboard on E. coli  Injuryboard on E. coli loophole  Injuryboard on Food Product Safety    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons / Toll House Cookies on a sheet/ author: Kevin Laver   Consumers are being warned by the federal Food and Drug Administration not to consume the popular Nestle Toll House prepackaged, refrigerated cookie dough...

Medtronic's $800k Consultant

Posted on June 18, 2009
  Medtronic's Army Doctor LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News - Doctor Falsified Infuse Study, Army Says - May 2009 InjuryBoard News - Medtronic Heart Device Fatalities - April 2009 InjuryBoard News - Federal Judge Cites Preemption In Dismissal of Medtronic Suits - January 2009 Medtronic Web site on Infuse  InjuryBoard Medtronic News  IB - Medtronics Whistle-Blower Lawsuit Alleges Conflicts, December 2008        IMAGE SOURCE:  Dr...

Pilot Dies On International Flight

Posted on June 18, 2009
  Fast Thinking Co-Pilots Land Safely LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News - Passenger Lands Plane After Pilot Dies of Heart Attack Mid-Flight - April 2009   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Continental Boeing 777/ author: Arpingstone    It was an uneventful flight, at first...

NUTRO Dry Cat Food Zinc Levels "Sky High"

Posted on June 18, 2009
An Error In Production LEARN MORE NUTRO on recall Pet Food Products Safety Alliance - Web site  Pet Food Institute - lobbying organization    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ 8 week old kittens/ author: Adriano    A non-profit group has tested the controversial, recalled NUTRO cat food and finds the levels of zinc are "sky high" enough to cause kidney and  liver damage, and gastrointestinal problems...

Air France Wreckage May Never Be Found

Posted on June 17, 2009
The Search Continues LEARN MORE Safety Foundation Web site  Air France- Press release on Pitot probes  Injuryboard News - No Hope of Finding Air France Flight- June 2009   Air France Web site  InjuryBoard News - Runway Accidents Most Common - December 2008                IMAGE SOURCE:  Air France A330 / Telegraph UK Web site   Investigators believe it is unlikely they will recover the entire Air France plane that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean with 228 on board...

2007 Pet Food Melamine Contamination Case Closed

Posted on June 17, 2009
Tainted  Pet Food Convictions LEARN MORE Department of Justice - News Release Department of Justice - News Release InjuryBoard - Childers & Schlueter L.L.P. -Menu Food Recall InjuryBoard - Wayne Parsons - Melamine Contamination, Food Poisoning  and Foreign Products - November 2008 Pet Food Product Safety Alliance Web site  IMAGE SOURCE:©iStockphoto/ puppies eating      The owners of a Nevada pet food company pled guilty in federal court Tuesday of distributing tainted ingredients intended for pet food that led to a nationwide recall in and the deaths of countless pets...

TV Ads Ask Congress To Protect Public From Chrysler GM Bankruptcies

Posted on June 17, 2009
  Hoping For Congressional Intervention  LEARN MORE TV Ad  Safety Research & Strategies Inc. Victim Stories  InjuryBoard News -Chrysler Consumers Hurt Twice, Now What?- June 2009 InjuryBoard News - Chrysler GM Throws Consumers Under The Bus - June 2009 Consumer Groups - Letter to President Obama Center for Justice & Democracy- Chrysler GM Victims    IMAGE SOURCE:   Television ad/ SRS Web site    New television ads will begin running in the Washington D...

EPA - Public Health Emergency Declared In Libby, Montana

Posted on June 17, 2009
LEARN MORE EPA News Release IB - Asbestos Town Goes To Court, March 2009 EPA on Libby, Montana W.R. Grace Trial Coverage CERCLA Overview IMAGE SOURCE: W...

VA Blasted Over Tainted Procedures

Posted on June 17, 2009
LEARN MORE Veterans Affairs Inspector General Report (PDF) House Veterans' Affairs Committee Hearing IB - Columbia, South Carolina, 10,000 Veterans Possibly At Risk After Medical Procedure With Unsterilized Equipment, April 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: U...

Skin Cancer Cream Fights Wrinkles

Posted on June 16, 2009
LEARN MORE Archives of Dermatology, June 2009 NLM on Squamous Cell Carcinoma The U.S. National Cancer Institute offers skin cancer prevention tips IMAGE SOURCE: Efudex / Valeant Pharmaceuticals A cream used to treat the early signs of skin cancer may also reverse signs of aging leaving behind younger-looking skin, a small study in the Archives of Dermatology, reveals...

Obama Speaks To Doctors About Reform, Liability

Posted on June 16, 2009
Reforming Medicine And LiabilityLEARN MOREIB Voices- Cecelia Prewett- Debunking the Myth of Defensive MedicineInjuryBoard News - Medical Errors, A Report Card - April 2008Public Citizen- Ranks State Medical Boards, 2006-2008Public Citizen on Five Percent of Doctors, September 2002InjuryBoard- Help Center - Medical Malpractice InjuryBoard News - Hospitals Apologize to Lower Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, March 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: ABC News Web site/ President Obama at the AMA President Obama took the topic of reforming health care directly to the doctors who deliver it in a speech to the American Medical Association Monday...

FDA Crackdown on Zicam

Posted on June 16, 2009
  Zicam Nasal Cold Remedy LEARN MORE FDA on Zicam- Fact Sheet FDA - Adverse Events Matrixx Initiatives - Statement  Zicam- Message to consumers  Facts about Zicam- from Web site Homeopathic Pharmacopia of the United States    IMAGE SOURCE:  Zicam/ Zicam Web site   For fans who won't leave home without it, the news is bad for their favorite cold remedy, Zicam...

Study - Rare Deaths Linked To ADHD Drugs

Posted on June 15, 2009
LEARN MORE American Journal of Psychiatry (PDF) FDA News Release NIMH on ADHD Ritalin Death InjuryBoard on Ritalin IB – Do ADHD Drugs Improve School Scores? April 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Methylphenidate chemical diagram / author: Ryanaxp A new study published online in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests there may be an association between the use of stimulant medications prescribed to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, known as ADHD, and sudden cardiac death in healthy children...

Agent Cool Blue - Reformulated But Problem-Free?

Posted on June 15, 2009
LEARN MORE Kayla Hess More on enterobactar cloacae   More on serratia marcescens More on klebsiella oxytoca More on pseudomonas flurorescens Smith, Vanture & Rivera, LLP FDA Recall Notice - April 2007 Hess v. McNeill-PPC  Agent Blue - Web site    IMAGE SOURCE:  Agent Blue - Web site / Listerine   Two years ago, 10-year-old Kayla Hess was doing well in her West Palm Beach, Florida school...

Chrysler Consumers Hurt Twice - Now What?

Posted on June 15, 2009
Amanda Dinnigan, age 10 The New Chrysler    LEARN MORE Langdon & Emison Didier Law Firm Consumers groups - writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court Safety Research & Strategies Center for Justice & Democracy Center for Auto Safety   IMAGE SOURCE: Amanda Dinnigan/ Amanda's Page Web site   Under the Chrysler bankruptcy announced last week, the automaker is relieved of all ongoing accident claims due to defects from a roof, seat belts, or any component that breaks and causes injury or death...

New Legislation Gives FDA Authority to Regulate Tobacco

Posted on June 12, 2009
LEARN MORE Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids InjuryBoard Tobacco News InjuryBoard on Cigarettes and Tobacco CDC on Smoking & Tobacco Use American Cancer Society on Tobacco Use IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / quit smoking / author: RobHadfield A new bill giving the federal government sweeping new powers to regulate tobacco passed the House in a 307-97 vote Friday, following a 79-17 Senate vote, the day prior...

Chrysler GM Throws Consumers Under The Bus

Posted on June 12, 2009
  40 Million Reasons To Sell Your Chrysler GM Vehicle LEARN MORE Consumer Groups - Letter to President Obama Center for Justice & Democracy- Chrysler GM Victims   IMAGE SOURCE: Amanda Dinnigan, age 10/ faulty seat belt accident February 2007/ author: Center for Justice & Democracy Web site   Alongside all the hoopla heard this week about Fiat's acquisition of Chrysler, a little known sub-plot is emerging that is bad news for owners of 40 million GM and Chrysler autos currently on the road and for those hurt by the company's cars...

HPV Vaccine Gardasil Must Warn Of Fainting

Posted on June 11, 2009
  Gardasil Warning Upgraded LEARN MORE CDC - HPV Safety Update FDA - on VAERS Judicial Watch - on Gardasil Merck - News on Gardasil, May 2009 FDA - Label Revision for Gardasil    IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ girl being vaccinated/ author: pflorendo   The Merck drug featured in the "One Less" campaign has been updated to receive a warning about the potential for fainting...

Swine Flu Now Officially A Pandemic

Posted on June 11, 2009
  Swine Flu Now Officially A Pandemic LEARN MORE CDC  - on Swine Flu WHO - Web site   IMAGE SOURCE: Swine Flu in Hong Kong/ New York Times Web site   The World Health Organization (WHO) is moving the worldwide swine flu pandemic up to a Phase 6, which describes a full-scale pandemic...

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