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P.I.S.S.D. -- Personal Injury, Social Security Disability 
The title of this blog reflects Bob Kraft's attitude toward those government agencies and insurance companies that routinely mistreat injured or disabled people.
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By Robert Kraft
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Wyeth Decision Seen as "Body Blow" to Bush Administration Efforts of Pre-emption
Posted on March 11, 2009The Legal Times (3/9, Mauro) reported, "Last week's decisive Supreme Court ruling against Wyeth in a landmark pharmaceutical product liability case may also close off a major front in a hard-fought battle by businesses and the Bush administration to insulate national corporations from state tort litigation...
March of the Blogs - Jim Calloway?s Law Practice Tips Blog
Posted on March 11, 2009For the month of March, I am going to highlight blogs that I think are interesting and useful. Some may not be directly related to personal injury or Social Security disability law, but all of us who represent injured and disabled people occasionally need help in other areas...
New Law School Admissions Test Proposed
Posted on March 11, 2009The New York Times reports, "In trying to answer" the question of what makes a good lawyer, "professors at the University of California, Berkeley, have come up with a test that they say is better at predicting success in the field than the widely used Law School Admission Test...
Report Suggests Need to Reform Civil Lawsuit System
Posted on March 11, 2009The AP (3/11) reports, "Trial lawyers and a judicial think tank are suggesting major changes in the way courts hear civil suits, saying current rules allow attorneys to drag out disputes by demanding irrelevant and hard-to-find data." According to a report by "an American College of Trial Lawyers task force and the Denver-based Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System" the "current rules for 'discovery' -- the sharing of information ahead of a trial -- in civil suits are antiquated and too broad" and "they suggest that federal and state courts restrict discovery to the specifics of a...
FDA Seeks Faster Salmonella Test
Posted on March 11, 2009The AP (3/11, Alonso-Zaldivar) reports, "Frustrated that conventional lab methods can now take as long as nine days to identify the most common of food bugs, the FDA is searching for a rapid test for salmonella." The recent outbreaks have "put the agency on the spot" and the delays in identifying the source of the outbreak made "consumers nervous about eating everyday foods...
Maytag Recalls Refrigerators Due to Fire Hazard
Posted on March 11, 2009The AP (3/11) reports, "Maytag Corp. said Tuesday that it has voluntarily recalled about 1.6 million refrigerators due to an electrical problem that could create a fire hazard." Maytag "and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said the recall -- the nation's largest involving refrigerators, according to federal authorities, involves some Jenn-Air, Amana, Admiral, Magic Chef, Maytag, Performa by Maytag and Crosley side-by-side and top freezer refrigerators...
Justice Stevens to Remain on Court Despite Retirement Predictions
Posted on March 10, 2009The Legal Times (3/10, Mauro) reports, "Six weeks shy of his 89th birthday, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is not, repeat not, winding down. After the last two weeks, gearing up might be the better term." His "staying power may give the lie to long-running predictions that he will retire soon...
Judge in Medtronic Suit Refuses to Recuse Himself
Posted on March 10, 2009The AP (3/10, Perrone) reports that Judge Richard Kyle "who dismissed thousands of lawsuits against Medtronic said Monday he will not remove himself from the case, despite criticism for not revealing that his son works for a law firm tied to the company...
March of the Blogs - Legal Blog Watch
Posted on March 10, 2009For the month of March, I am going to highlight blogs that I think are interesting and useful. Some may not be directly related to personal injury or Social Security disability law, but all of us who represent injured and disabled people occasionally need help in other areas...
GOP in Oklahoma Pushes for Lawsuit Reform
Posted on March 09, 2009The AP (3/8, Talley) reported, "Republican lawmakers eager for new civil justice guidelines that would change the way Oklahomans file and litigate lawsuits are putting the squeeze on their opponents with a flurry of legislation that offers a variety of options to get some form of lawsuit reform through the Legislature and on Gov...
Wyeth Decision Seen as Victory for Consumers
Posted on March 09, 2009In an op-ed Houston Chronicle (3/7) Thomas McGarity, a professor of law at The University of Texas at Austin, wrote, "The Supreme Court last week ended an acrimonious battle between large pharmaceutical companies and patients injured by inadequately labeled prescription drugs...
More on Oklahoma Tort Reform Proposal
Posted on March 09, 2009The Oklahoma Legislature has before it a "tort reform" bill that is seriously anti-consumer. The Journal Record has a good summary of portions of the bill. Here is one small section from the article:Section 15 allows a party to obtain a stay of the enforcement of a judgment if a post-trial motion is pending or if an appeal may be brought in any court in or outside the state...
March of the Blogs - Chuck Newton Rides the Third Wave
Posted on March 09, 2009For the month of March, I am going to highlight blogs that I think are interesting and useful. Some may not be directly related to personal injury or Social Security disability law, but all of us who represent injured and disabled people occasionally need help in other areas...
Fingers Pointed Over Lead Law Confusion
Posted on March 08, 2009The Hill (3/6, Snyder) reports, "New lead standards Congress adopted last year in response to fears about toy safety are entangling a range of products, including library books and youth all-terrain vehicles, that critics say the law was never intended to cover...
March of the Blogs - Ernie the Attorney
Posted on March 08, 2009For the month of March, I am going to highlight blogs that I think are interesting and useful. Some may not be directly related to personal injury or Social Security disability law, but all of us who represent injured and disabled people occasionally need help in other areas...
March of the Blogs - Chuck Newton Rides the Third Wave
Posted on March 08, 2009For the month of March, I am going to highlight blogs that I think are interesting and useful. Some may not be directly related to personal injury or Social Security disability law, but all of us who represent injured and disabled people occasionally need help in other areas...
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Simplified?
Posted on March 08, 2009Fellow disability attorney and blogger Charles Hall recently posted about likely upcoming changes to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program administered by Social Security. I thought readers of our blog might also be interested, and have summarized his comments here...
Disabled People Hurt By the Social Security Backlog Need to Share Their Woes
Posted on March 08, 2009The National Organization of Social Security Claimant?s Representatives (NOSSCR) is encouraging disabled people who have been impacted by the terrible Social Security disability hearings backlog to speak out. The Social Security Disability attorneys at our law firm are sustaining members of NOSSCR...
March of the Blogs - Colorado Social Security Law
Posted on March 07, 2009For the month of March, I am going to highlight blogs that I think are interesting and useful. Some may not be directly related to personal injury or Social Security disability law, but all of us who represent injured and disabled people occasionally need help in other areas...
Court Decision May Impact Eli Lily, Drugmakers
Posted on March 07, 2009The Indianapolis Star (3/5) reported, In a case closely watched by drugmakers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal approval of a drug is no protection from lawsuits in state courts over safety issues that arise later -- a decision that could have implications for Eli Lilly and Co...
Despite Cancer, Ginsburg Predicts She'll Stay on High Court for Years
Posted on March 06, 2009USA Today reports, "One month after her surgery for pancreatic cancer, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday she expects to be on the Supreme Court for several more years. In an interview, she also vividly recalled why, on her second day back on the bench, she attended President Obama's televised speech to a joint session of Congress...
Democrats Introduce Legislation to Reverse Supreme Court Ruling on Medical Device Lawsuits
Posted on March 06, 2009The AP reports that one "day after the Supreme Court decided that federal rules do not protect drugmakers from state lawsuits," Democratic lawmakers "reintroduced a bill that would allow similar lawsuits against companies that make heart devices, catheters, hip replacements and other devices...
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