Forida may have severed its ties with the USA. The logo of VISIT FLORIDA no longer wiill include USA-FLA. In what is obviously an effort to downplay a USA connection, the tourism organization has deleted the name of our country from its logo. Things are truly upside down when our country's name is a negative in marketing our state. This has almost nothing to do with the topics we normally...
On November 7, 2005, cases filed in federal courts around the country against Guidant Corporation, involving their defective heart devices, were transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The transfer was ordered by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The transfer means that those cases will be centralized in one court and coordinated by one...
Blood clots from birth control are not new. But in patch form it appears you are getting more hormones and, now they find, more blood clots. I would think that lawyers looking into these cases would be wise to focus on the dosage problems rather the hormones themselves. Hormone-related litigation has so far proved difficult.More than 4 million women have used the patch since it went on sale in...
Yet another study has been published showing the the amount doctors are paying for their medical malpractice insurance is not related to payouts on liablility claims. See the full article. There have been so many reports and studies by so many independent groups for so many years, all showing that the "lawsuit crises" over medical malpractice is a hoax, that everyone should by now realize that...
The FDA has issued a new warning label for Ortho Evra, the skin patch brith control product. The warning alerts users to potential problems with hormone levels created by use of the patches.FDA Updates Labeling for Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch The Food and Drug Administration today approved updated labeling for the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch to warn healthcare providers and patients that...
He is every personal injury lawyer’s nightmare. The fraudulent claimant. He may be rare, but he is despicable. His scheme costs the lawyer, the insurance company and the system serious money. Because of him insurance rates are higher. Legitimate claimants have a harder time with insurance adjustors and juries because the liars and cheats poison the well. ABC Action News has done its part...
This fire burned more than a house. A California jury torched the Fidelity National Insurance Company with $5.2 Million in punitive damages because it acted with malice, oppression and fraud in the handling of a fire loss claim filed by Larry Stone and Linda Della Pelle. This fire burned more than a house. A California jury torched the Fidelity National Insurance Company with $5.2 Million in...
Anyone who has filed a falling merchandise lawsuit against Wal Mart knows just how tough the dcompany can be to go up against. The makers of a new movie may soon find out the same. This week, the director of "Uncovered: The War on Iraq" and "Outfoxed" released his latest film, "Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices." This exposé on the toll the Wal-Mart superpower has taken on workers and...
As part of public information provided by the Florida Bar about "what to in case of an auto accident," the Florida Bar website advises that guilty pleas in traffic infraction cases can be used in a civil lawsuit (as in a personal ijury case). However, Section 318.14(4) states: 318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception; procedures.-- (4) Except as provided in subsection...
Imagine knowing that a device that you depend on to save your life might not work when it's supposed to. Now imagine that the people who made that device knew that it might not work when it is supposed to. Many people have recently been faced with that exact situation, when the Guidant Corporation recalled several models of cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers, due to defects that could cause...