A colleague in Philadelphia, personal injury lawyer Jamie Sheller, has been doing a great job keeping people informed about what is going on with defective medical device litigation and other news. She has some great posts about Guidant Corporation and their pacemaker and defibrillator recalls. Jamie is a leading defective products attorney for people in the Philadelphia area.
On Monday, November 14, 2005 an Everett woman and her five year-old daughter were struck from behind by a dark pickup while they were walking to school. The pickup fled the scene and Everett police continue to search for the driver. Click the following link to learn more information about the accident: Hit and Run Accident Injures Five Year-Old Girl Situations such as this one illustrate the...
Public Citizen, the consumer watchdog group, has called for women to stop using the dangerous Ortho Evra birth control patch.Public Citizen warned consumers about the patch over two months ago, but just last week, the FDA acknowledged the increased risk of blood clots, which can ultimately lead to death.According to the Ortho Evra statement from Dr. Sidney Wolfe, Director of Public Citizen's...
Though earlier signs indicated that Johnson & Johnson was no longer interested in purchasing Guidant Corporation, the deal is now going forward. However, the purchase price, at $63.08 a share, is lower than the original agreement for J&J to pay $76 a share for Guidant. The original deal appeared to slow to a halt after J&J issued a statement about Guidant regarding safety concerns and...
Guidant Corporation, Medtronic and St. Jude Medical, three big makers of implantable heart devices, acknowledged receiving subpoenas from the United States Department of Justice. Apparently, the Justice Department has launched an investigation into possible violations of federal anti-fraud and anti-kickback statutes. Such violations could involve giving illegal payments or other benefits to...
When a shopper is able to drive her car into a grocery store and sever a man's leg, there is something wrong with the construction of the building and the protection of patrons from wayward vehicles. When the pick-up parking for a take-out window of a restaurant is located less than five feet in front of the benches for diners awaiting tables, the table is set for a disaster. Cars belong on...
On Saturday, November 12, 2005 a deer in the road caused a collision between a Jeep Cherokee and a small, four-door Ford on State Route 522 near Monroe. The driver of the Jeep swerved to avoid the deer and crossed the center line, hitting the Ford head on. In total, there were nine people involved in the accident, five in the Ford and four in the Jeep.A 79 year old grandmother named Marjorie...
On Saturday, November 12, 2005 a 21-year-old passenger was killed in a single car automobile accident near Oak Harbor. The accident occurred at 2:15 a.m. when the vehicle went out of control on a wet roadway while turning from Frostad Road Southbound onto Dugualla Road. The passenger was thrown from the pickup and killed. The vehicle’s driver was booked in Island County Jail on suspicion of...
Yale University's School of Medicine will appeal a $5.2 million verdict awarded a woman claiming she received an unecessary total hysterectomy at Yale-New Haven hospital. Michelle DiLieto was diagnosed with uteran cancer in 1995. The surgery left DiLieto in such pain from nerve damage that she couldn't walk for months. The Yale Daily News provides a complete overview of the medical...
In the last two months, dangerous rock slides on Interstate 90 have become a major problem. On September 11, 2005 boulders crashed onto a Volvo near Snoqualmie Pass, instantly killing the driver and her two passengers. The three victims were all 28 years old and hailed from Western Washington.A day later another boulder the size of a large pickup fell from nearly the same location. This time...