Personal Injury Law

An Abundance Of Caution Prompts Slim-Fast Recall

Posted on December 04, 2009
Voluntary Recall LEARN MORE Slim-Fast Recall Notice List of Slim-Fast recalled products FDA FDA on Bacillus cereus FDA Recall Notice - Slim-Fast   IMAGE SOURCE: Slim- Fast Web site/ image of ad/Sky Shopping Web site/ image of can All Slim-Fast Ready-to-Drink (RTD) cans are being recalled because of a possible bacterial contamination...

FDA Wants Painkiller Makers To Curb Drug Abuse

Posted on December 04, 2009
Painkiller Abuse LEARN MORE Office of New Drugs Web site FDA - Announcement of Joint Meeting over OxyContin, September 24, 2009 IB Help Page- OxyContin Injuryboard - Vicodin Help Center Injuryboard - Prescription drugs easier for teens to get than beer IB News - Middle Class White Teens Abusing Vicodin OxyContin- December 2008   IMAGE SOURCE: Mothers Against Medical Abuse/ grief/ Web site Pharmaceutical executives, representing 24 different companies, today met with representatives of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to try and find answers to the misuse of prescription pain pills...

One In Three Children's Toys Still Have Heavy Metals

Posted on December 03, 2009
Get The Lead Out LEARN MORE The Ecology Center- HealthyStuff.org - "2009 Guide to Toxic Chemicals in Toys" Consumer Reports on Lead Test Kits CDC- Lead in Children CPSC – Protect Your Family From Lead in the Home CPSC- Lead Phase Out Timetable InjuryBoard Help Center - on Lead IMAGE SOURCE: The Ecology Center, Ann Arbor, MI/ HealthyStuff...

Lead Exposure Link To Permanent Brain Damage, ADHD

Posted on December 03, 2009
LEARN MORE Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati Lead Study – Abstract, 2008 Dr. Kim Cecil bio CDC- Lead in Children CPSC – Protect Your Family From Lead in the Home Lead Test Kit InjuryBoard Help Center - on Lead CDC - on Lead Exposure IMAGE SOURCE: State University...

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CDC Gets Sick

Posted on December 03, 2009
Trojan Malware Infects Swine Flu Users LEARN MORE Blog AppRiver on CDC malware campaign Macafee on Malware Post IMAGE SOURCE: AppRiver copy of malware from Web site The email appears to be coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Tyson Foods Violations For Food Safety

Posted on December 02, 2009
LEARN MORE Tyson Foods Web site FDA – Warning Letter IMAGE SOURCE:Tyson Foods Web site Seafood Gumbo Tyson Foods has received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration for 'serious violations' of food safety standards at its Fort Worth, Texas seafood soup manufacturing plant...

21 Cats Sickened From Recalled Cat Food

Posted on December 01, 2009
Quincy, European shorthair cat LEARN MORE Premium Edge Press Release - September 23, 2009 Premium Edge Pet Food Web site FDA - Recall Notice FDA- Animal & Veterinary Related Recalls   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ European shorthair cat, Quincy/ author: Flashgrinder Warnings For Pet Owners A Missouri pet food maker admits 21 cats have been sickened from its dry pet food distributed in the South and East Coast...

Supreme Court Lets $82 Million Ford Verdict Stand

Posted on December 01, 2009
LEARN MORE NHTSA – Rollover Crashes Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - 2010 Safety Winners Ford Explorer 2010 IMAGE SOURCE: NHTSA Web site Verdict Will Stand The Ford Motor Company was handed a defeat before the U...

GSK Receives WHO Approval For Adjuvanted H1N1 Vaccine

Posted on December 01, 2009
WHO Approves Glaxo's Swine Flu With Adjuvant LEARN MORE GSK- Statement on Arepanrix vaccine HHS – Antigen, Adjuvant purchases WHO- on Adjuvants The Lancet – H1N1 Flu Resource Center HHS – National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VCIP) FDA – H1N1 Vaccine 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 CDC- Page on swine flu National Vaccine Information Center on H1N1 shots IMAGE SOURCE: GSK Web site GlaxoSmithKline PLC has just received approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) for one of its swine flu vaccines...

Mammography Radiation May Harm High-Risk Women

Posted on December 01, 2009
The Dangers of Radiation LEARN MORE Radiological Society of North America – News Release Annals of Internal Medicine –Screening for Breast Cancer – November 2009 American Cancer Society – Recommendations for mammogram screening, 2002 Radiological Society of North America Breast Cancer Action Web site IMAGE SOURCE: Breast Cancer Action logo from Web site There is more confusing news about mammograms today...

Big Tobacco Fights Disclosure of Low-Tar Dangers

Posted on September 30, 2009
LEARN MORE U.S. Court of Appeals Brief, May 22, 2009 Friends Brief- Public Citizen, May 22, 2008 Tobacco on Trial Blog IB Partner, Lansing – Appeals Court Smokes Big Tobacco – May 2009 IB Partner, West Palm Beach, Fl John Hopkins – Light Cigarettes Sound Better – September 2006 National Cancer Institute – The Truth About Light Cigarettes Altria Group Federal Cigarette Labeling and Adverting Act InjuryBoard on Cigarettes & Tobacco InjuryBoard on PM Light Cigarette Lawsuit, 2003 IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Marlboro cigarettes/ author: bachmont U...

Some Good News About Breast Cancer

Posted on September 30, 2009
Some Good News About Breast Cancer LEARN MORE American Cancer Society Web Site ACS - Breast Cancer Facts & Figures Report 2009-2010 ACS – Women's Health Initiative Study, 2002 IB News – Obesity Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Survival – March 2008 IB News – Women At High Risk for Breast Cancer Not Getting Mammograms – January 2009 IB News – Study: Alcohol Consumption Raises Cancer Risk In Women – February 2009 IB News on Breast Cancer IB Help Center – Breast Cancer IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhotos / breast cancer / author: cassp The good news is that fewer women in the U...

Toyota Recall Of 3.8 Million Cars 'An Urgent Matter'

Posted on September 30, 2009
Floor Mat Causes Acceleration LEARN MORE Toyota Web site NHTSA Statement on recall IB, Melbourne, Florida, Jerry Trachtman – Toyota Conspiracy to Conceal, Withhold, Destroy Evidence and Information – August 2009 IB Partner, Lansing, David Mittleman – Toyota Recall – February 2009 IB Partner, Lansing, David Mittleman – Toyota Instructs Dealers to Check Floor Mats After Horrific Car Accident – September 2009 IB News – Documents Will Remain Unsealed in Toyota Rollover Related Litigation – September 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: NHTSA Web site/ image of floor mat pressing on accelerator Last August 28th, a fiery crash in the San Diego area killed four people including California Highway Patrol officer, Mark Saylor and his family...

New York State: Be Vaccinated Or Be Fired

Posted on September 29, 2009
November 30 Deadline LEARN MORE PEF Action Center - Oppose Mandated Vaccination Department of Health - Letter to New Yorkers by Richard Daines, Commissioner of health, Sept. 24 AAPS - Fact Sheet on vaccine mandates IB Help Center - National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program - FAQ HHS - PREP Act Declaration   IMAGE SOURCE: WABC News Web site/ images of health care workers in NY   Workers in New York State say they will fight a mandate that health care professionals be vaccinated against influenza, both seasonal and the swine flu, by November 30th...

Ceravix Suspected Death of 14-Year-Old in UK

Posted on September 29, 2009
LEARN MORE Coventry Blue Coat Church of England School & Music College Web site Condolences to Natalie GSK – Statement, September 29, 2009 FDA – Briefing Document on Cervarix – September 2009 IB News – Gardasil Rival Cervarix More Effective Maker Says – July 2009 FDA: Adjuvants Public Workshop, December 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: The Guardian UK Web site/ Image of Natalie Moore Natalie Morton The Wall Street Journal is reporting that drug maker, GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSKLN) has been notified that a 14-year-old girl, Natalie Morton, died shortly after being vaccinated with the cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix...

World Rabies Day, Sept. 28

Posted on September 28, 2009
LEARN MORE World Rabies Day Alliance for Rabies Control CDC on Rabies World Health Organization on Rabies Awareness InjuryBoard on Rabies IMAGE SOURCE: © World Rabies Day The mission of World Rabies Day is to promote awareness and strengthen the message that rabies is a preventable disease...

Texting Truckers Want Computers In Cab

Posted on September 28, 2009
Computers In Cabs LEARN MORE Distracted Drivers Summit Web site American Trucking Association Center for Bus and Truck Safety IB Partner, Pierce Egerton, Greensboro, NC - To Text or Not To Text - September 2009 IB Partner, Rick Shapiro, Virginia Beach – on Virginia Texting Ban – September 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ trucker in the fall/ author: Ktkt 1234 There is a general consensus that texting while driving is beyond the realm of safety and this week federal legislation is being considered that would force states to ban texting while driving in order to continue receiving federal highway money...

Nationwide Rail Alert Following Federal Investigation

Posted on September 28, 2009
Signal Failure in Fatal DC Metrorail Collision LEARN MORE NTSB - Safety Recommendation letter to WMATA NTSB - Safety Recommendation letter to Alstom Signaling, Inc. NTSB - Safety Recommendation letter to Federal Transit Administration IB News - Older Washington D...

Another Medical Helicopter Crash Kills Three

Posted on September 28, 2009
Goes Down In Thunderstorm LEARN MORE IB News - Medical Flights Raise Questions After Sixth Crash Since May - July 2008 National Transportation Safety Board Association of Air Medical Services Federal Aviation Administration IB News - NTSB Holds Public Hearings to Assess Medical Helicopter Safety - February 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: AP Web site/ NTSB investigators sort through debris, Sept...

Antidepressants In Early Pregnancy May Cause Heart Defect

Posted on September 25, 2009
LEARN MORE BMJ - SSRI in Pregnancy- Abstract IB Help Center - Prozac/ fluoxetine hydrochloride IB Help Center- Antidepressants & Other Psychiatric Drugs   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Prozac pills/ author: Tom Varco SSRIs Taking antidepressants such as Prozac, early in a pregnancy may harm the health of the fetus, according to a new study...

Does Seasonal Flu Shot Double Chances Of Swine Flu?

Posted on September 25, 2009
FLU SHOT STUDIES CAUSE CONCERN LEARN MORE IB News – Swine Flu Immunity Seen in Older People – May 2009 MMWR – 5/22/09 InjuryBoard Swine Flu News H1N1 State by State CDC - Latest on swine flu WHO H1N1 News InjuryBoard News – Swine Flu Not Linked To Smithfield Foods – May, 2009 InjuryBoard News – New Head CDC To Tackle Swine Flu, Morale – May, 2009 WHO – Web site IMAGE SOURCE: World Health Organization (WHO) Members of the public health community in Canada are buzzing about a series of studies that seem to show people who got a seasonal flu shot last year are twice as likely to come down with the swine flu as those who didn't...

Fast-Tracked Medical Device Review Will Take Two Years

Posted on September 25, 2009
Many Unsafe Devices Approved For Marketing Not Safety LEARN MORE FDA- Announcement Truth in Medicine FDA's 510 (k) process IB News - Suffering in Silence- Part 1 IB News - Suffering in Silence- Part 2 IB News - Suffering in Silence -Part 3 IB News - Suffering in Silence Part 4 FDA - Center for Devices and Radiological Health See a 510(k) "substantially equivalent" letter InjuryBoard- Help Center- ProteGen sling InjuryBoard, Tampa/St...

CPSC Launches Furniture and TV Tip-Over Education Campaign

Posted on September 24, 2009
LEARN MORE CPSC 2.0 CPSC's New Safety Alert (pdf) CPSC OnSafety Blog – The Tipping Point Video Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital IMAGE SOURCE: © CPSC The U...

Tylenol Children's Products Recall

Posted on September 24, 2009
Tylenol Recall LEARN MORE Customer Care at 1-800-962-5357 Tylenol - Lot and Product Description IB Partner, Lansing, David Mittleman - Tylenol Recall -September 2009 Tylenol Web site Children's Tylenol News CDC - on Burkholderia cepacia IMAGE SOURCE: Tylenol Web site/ children You have to look for the information on this recall...

'Unprecedented' Melanoma Drug Shrinks Tumors

Posted on September 24, 2009
Melanomas on the left, normal moles on the right/ NCI LEARN MORE  InjuryBoard Help Center - Melanoma IB Partner, John Cooper, Norfolk - Family Awarded $1.5 million for missed melanoma - August 2006 IB News - WHO Adds Tanning Beds To Highest Cancer Risk Category -July 29, 2009 IB News - Florida Proposed Ban On Tanning Beds For Teens -March 30, 2009 IB News - Gene Variant Linked to Melanoma Risk -September 23, 2008 IB Partner, Reno, Steve Klearman - Melanoma Rates Continue To Rise - August 2007 IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / National Cancer Institute and Skin Cancer Foundation/ melanomas on the left with asymmetry, ragged edges and different shades...

AIDS Breakthrough Hailed Following Large Clinical Trial

Posted on September 24, 2009
LEARN MORE VaxGen Web site Sanofi- Statement on Clinical Trial AIDSVaccine Advocacy Coalition Web site Q & A about the HIV Vaccine Trial Thailand Ministry of Public Health CDC- on Collaboration between Thailand and CDC   IMAGE SOURCE: CDC Page on its collaboration with Thailand Breakthrough Scientists are always reluctant to use the word "breakthrough" but that is what an experimental AIDS vaccine is being called as a result of the largest ever HIV vaccine clinical trial ever held...

Wal-Mart Sued By Couple Accused Of Child Exploitation Over Bath Photos

Posted on September 23, 2009
LEARN MORE Peoria, Arizona Web site "Good Morning America" - broadcast segment Child Welfare Information Gateway- Child Abuse reporting laws IMAGE SOURCE: ABC News - Good Morning America Web site,/ bath time photos, September 21, 2009 Bath Time Photos- Obscene? A couple is suing Wal-Mart after an employee there turned in bath time photos at the photo lab, calling them obscene...

Ban On Text Messaging Supported By Major Automakers

Posted on September 23, 2009
LEARN MORE Distracted Driving Summit Auto Alliance Supports Ban on Hand-Held Text Messaging InjuryBoard on Texting IB News - Teens Texting Hurts Sleep, Maturity, May 2009 IB News - Study: Teens Ignoring Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving, June 2008 IB News - Driving While Texting Laws Slow To Catch Up To Problem, Sept...

OxyContin Maker Says New Formula Offers Less Chance of Abuse

Posted on September 23, 2009
OxyContin LEARN MORE Package Insert - OxyContin FDA - Announcement of Joint Meeting over OxyContin, September 24, 2009 Monitoring the Future: National Results on Adolescent Drug Use  U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse  Injuryboard - Vicodin Help Center  IB Help Center - OxyContin   IB News - Prescription Drugs Easier For Teens To Get Than Beer  IB News - Middle Class White Teens Abusing  Vicodin OxyContin- December  2008   IMAGE SOURCE: A Mothers Against Medical Abuse Web site/ billboard honoring Elliott Matos who died from OxyContin   The maker of the painkiller, OxyContin has applied to the Food and Drug Administration to reformulate the pill to reduce the chances of misuse or abuse...

Sen. Grassley Inquiry - Academic Doctors And Device Makers Who Love Them

Posted on September 23, 2009
LEARN MORE Columbia University- Policy on Financial Conflicts of Interest and Research, July 2009 Schweitzer Health News Blog on Dr. Polly Sen. Grassley web site Physician Payment Sunshine Act IB News - Reports on Medical Conflict-of-Interest IB News – Harvard Psychiatrists Under Fire – June 2008 Dr...

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