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Reglan Study Says Metoclopramide Safe for Fetus, But for Mother?

Posted on July 06, 2009
Washington, DC: A drug that is prescribed for nausea and other gastro-intestinal maladies carries of host of adverse reactions. A black box warning for Reglan tardive dyskinesia , as well as other Reglan side effects, should be sufficient for patients to consider whether, or not treatment with Reglan is a good idea...

Nestle Cookie Dough E. coli Outbreak Grows - CDC Now Reporting 72 ill in 30 states

Posted on July 06, 2009
Washington, DC: The US Centers For Disease Control (CDC) has announced updated statistics for the current E. coli outbreak attributed to Nestle Toll House cookie dough. As of Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 72 persons infected with foodborne illness, in this case a strain of E...

Dog Bites Peak in Summer Months

Posted on July 05, 2009
Huntsville, AL: As we head into the most prolific season for potential dog bite injury, there are a number of issues to be aware of with regard not only to dog bite law, but also of health issues that are becoming an increasing concern as the result of (CASE PAGE LINK dog_bites)...

Was Darkness, or Distraction the Cause of Disney World Monorail Crash?

Posted on July 05, 2009
Orlando, FL: Disney World is a land of fantasy and magic, so it becomes even more devastating when an accident happens at the vaulted theme park. And it happened in the wee hours of this morning, when a moving monorail train collided with the back of a stationary train, killing the driver and injuring another in a train crash.

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Your Swimming Pool Filter is a Bomb Warns California Attorney

Posted on July 04, 2009
San Francisco, CA: Attorney Kevin Lancaster's office gets calls from people injured in pool filter explosions with an alarming frequency. "I've had four calls this morning about four different pool filter explosions," says Lancaster. The calls don't really surprise Lancaster...

Veterans and Asbestos Mesothelioma - Is There Risk?

Posted on July 04, 2009
Nashville, TN: Chip has led an interesting life; part of it was spent in the Navy. Between 1986 and 1990 he served as an Interior Communications Petty Officer 3rd class on board the USS Peleliu LHA-5. As part of his job he performed ship's maintenance, which involved exposure to asbestos.

SJS Advil-Ibuprofen: "I Got Out Alive"

Posted on July 04, 2009
Richmond, BC: Bonnie says her struggle with SJS Advil-Ibuprofen stemmed from a car accident in 2001. She was prescribed Percocet for some time but got addicted to it so her doctor suggested Advil-Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) symptoms began almost overnight.

FDA Says Gadolinium Used Off-Label in Some MRA Procedures

Posted on July 03, 2009
Evansville, IN: Much has been written about MRI health risks, specifically MRI kidney failure. The usual suspect here is the gadolinium contrasting agent that is often used in concert with MRI. Gadolinium is considered safe if it can be quickly eradicated from the body...

Attorney Wants Phantom Fees Returned to Madoff Survivors

Posted on July 03, 2009
Miami, FL: Lawyers at Dimond, Kaplan & Rothstein have seen a lot of hurt investors over the years-many of them victims of ponzi schemes less elaborate than the one Bernie Madoff ran, but ponzi schemes all the same. "The moral compass of people who commit those kinds of crimes is something that my partners and I will never understand," says Jeffrey Kaplan...

Attorney Mantese on Groundbreaking Autism Case

Posted on July 03, 2009
Troy MI: Attorney Gerard Mantese appears to have struck a very substantial blow to bad faith health insurance companies that routinely deny claims for treatment of autistic children. In a groundbreaking case, Mantese forced Blue Cross Blue Shield to concede that it was wrong to categorize behavioral therapy for autistic children as experimental treatment and use that argument to deny claims.

Illinois Freight Train Derailment Potential Threat to the Environment

Posted on July 03, 2009
Rockford, IL: Compared with other laws and statutes that have been around since the dawn of time, environmental law is a relative newcomer and arrived in step with recent revelations that not protecting the environment is, in the end not very good for you...

Overtime Lawsuit Worth $3.4 Million

Posted on July 02, 2009
Pelham Manor, NY: Employees who have not been given adequate overtime pay can take heart. A recent lawsuit, alleging, among other things, that a carwash chain violated overtime laws, has been settled for $3.4 million.

Denture Creams Linked to Health Problems

Posted on July 02, 2009
Wilmington, NC: People who regularly use denture cream, including Fixodent, PoliGrip and Super PoliGrip adhesives might be surprised to learn that the products have been linked to a risk of health problems including neurological issues. In fact, a study published in the journal Neurology, in 2008, has found a link between overuse of denture creams and a risk of zinc toxicity...

There's the Right Way, the Wrong Way and the Army Way

Posted on July 02, 2009
Washington, D.C. If Attorney and former Navy lawyer Dean Swartz gets what he wants for his client Colonel Adele Connell, Swartz will have succeeded in shutting down a 59-year-old law known as the Feres Doctrine that makes it almost impossible for military personnel to sue for medical malpractice ...

Hydroxycut Class Action the 'Next Big One'

Posted on July 02, 2009
San Francisco, CA: The recall of various versions of Hydroxycut supplements has evolved into the launching of a class-action lawsuit, together with a pow-wow scheduled for San Francisco later this month to discuss and update potential plaintiffs and legal eagles regarding Hydroxycut diet supplements and their adverse health effects...

California Importer Hit with $655,000 Fine in Defective Products Case

Posted on July 01, 2009
Washington, DC: While there have been no injuries cited, the potential for personal injury from a collection of defective products sold by OKK Trading of Commerce, California might have been enormous. This month the company agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $665,000 for failure to comply with the long-standing federal ban on lead paint in toys, together with violations of other federal child safety standards...

Car Accident Victim Settles for $125,000 in Colorado

Posted on July 01, 2009
Boulder, CO: A car accident that allegedly left a college student with permanent brain injuries has been settled after the employer of a deputy sheriff whose squad car allegedly crashed into the student paid out $125,000.

Heparin 's Recall--One Year On

Posted on July 01, 2009
Toledo, OH: It has been over a year since the massive Heparin recall was announced in the wake of numerous deaths and reports of serious illness following exposure to Heparin syringes. In that year, patients have learned a lot about Heparin contamination and the factors that can result in their being exposed to contaminated medications.

14-Year Old Girl Survives Indian Ocean Crash

Posted on June 30, 2009
Paris, FR: Earlier reports of a 5-year-old boy surviving the plane crash involving an Airbus A310-300 en route from Yemen to the African Island nation of Comoros, have been corrected. Officials now report that the survivor is a 14-year-old girl, Bahia Bariki...

Pharmaceutical Malpractice A Growing Problem says Attorney

Posted on June 30, 2009
Cumming, GA: Attorney Donald Singleton was recently contacted by a woman who believes she was the victim of pharmaceutical malpractice. The potent prescription painkillers she got from her pharmacist for her chronic pain condition turned out to be a heavy dose of anti-inflammatory steroid...

Is Herbal Fen-Phen Just as Bad as the Banned Fen-Phen?

Posted on June 30, 2009
Washington, DC: Fen-phen may have disappeared from store shelves back in 1997, but it hasn't disappeared entirely. Neither has PPH and Fen-phen-and Fen-phen side effects that cause primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). The adverse health issue has fostered a number of PPH class action lawsuits.

Train Explosion in Italy Kills 12

Posted on June 30, 2009
Pisa, Italy: A gas explosion on a freight train in western Italy late Monday has claimed the life of a child and at least 11 others, officials close to the scene have said in a report carried today by CNN. The number of injured in what has been described as a horrific train crash has risen to 36, with 16 in critical condition.

What Caused 7-Year-Old Parking Garage in Atlanta to Collapse?

Posted on June 30, 2009
Atlanta, GA: A multi-level parking garage no more than 7 years old has collapsed in Atlanta, destroying numerous vehicles. So far, officials on the scene combing through the debris have not found any bodies or survivors. There have been no reports of missing persons thus far in the building collapse, according to reports from the Associated Press (AP).

Boy, 5, Sole Survivor of Yemenia Airways Crash

Posted on June 30, 2009
Paris, FR: A plane crash early this morning of a Yeminia Airways flight from the Yemeni capital of Sana to Moroni, situated on the main island of Grand Comore, may have claimed as many as 152 lives. According to a report this morning in the New York Times of the 142 passengers and 11 crewmembers, the only known survivor is a five-year-old boy...

Rite Aid Faces Allegations of Employee Mistreatment

Posted on June 30, 2009
New York, NY: A Rite Aid annual shareholder meeting became the site of a worker's rally, denouncing forced Rite Aid overtime and other practices employees say are "abusive, disrespectful and illegal" according to a June 26 article by the American Federation of Labor (AFL)...

Chantix is a "Loaded Gun"

Posted on June 30, 2009
Lansing, MI: "I went to the doctor for a chest cold and I told him I wanted to quit smoking, obviously cigarettes were making me worse," says Diane (not her real name). "He said I could not get a prescription for Chantix because I suffer from bi-polar disease...

JBS Swift Beef Recall Expanded Over E. coli Concerns

Posted on June 29, 2009
Greeley, CO: It might have been Sunday, but a weekend never appears to deter the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) from pulling the trigger on the recall revolver-especially when it comes to bad beef. And a recall announced last week of beef potentially contaminated with E...

Levaquin Patient: "I Feel Like I'm Dying"

Posted on June 29, 2009
Silsbee, TX: Alice N. says she was given the Levaquin antibiotic two separate times in a few months. Although she is not certain, she believes she has suffered from Levaquin side effects, which include tendonitis. Alice says that since she took the Levaquin medicine for the second time, she has had difficulty walking because of the pain in her legs.

California Caps Stifle Med Mal Award

Posted on June 29, 2009
Irvine, CA: You might say that a young California woman who went to court seeking damages as a result of a hip surgery that went terribly wrong, won the battle but lost the war. Her attorney, Sean M. Burke, an experienced personal injury lawyer who has fought many a battle on behalf of people injured through medical malpractice, presented the facts of case, the jury understood and awarded Erica Rockabrand $2...

Is Foodborne Illness Increasing?

Posted on June 29, 2009
Washington, DC: According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), rates of foodborne illnesses have been holding steady for five years and have even been declining from the mid-1990s until the beginning of this decade, due mainly to improvements in the meat and poultry industry...

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