I keep seeing the ads that tell senior citizens about making proper choices about their medicare and prescription benefits. I wondered who was paying for these ads. I guess it should come as no surprise that the Bush Administration, using tax dollars, has funded these political ads to tout the medicare bill.Since these ads were being paid for by taxpayers, who made the ads and what agency was...
Two years after filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, Nutraquest has agreed to contribute $34.2 Million to settle 138 pending lawsuits. The New Jersey pharmaceutical company joined with dozens of other companies to resolve these suits, but has many other suits still pending. In 2004, the FDA banned Ephedra, an herbal dietary supplement used to lose weight, after linking the drug to 155...
The University of Rochester has agreed to pay almost $9 million to employees who allege that the University violated wage laws by denying its employees payment for work done during their breaks. About 40,000 workers may be eligible to collect part of the settlement so that they will receive approximately $700.The University of Rochester, in Rochester, NY and its affiliates have reached a...
Three paint manufacturers will have to spend millions of dollars in clean up costs to protect Rhode Island children from being poisoned by lead paint. This is the first time that any State has sued the paint industry for clean up costs. This week, the jury found the defendants to be a public nuisance, and next week arguments will begin on whether punitive damages should be awarded against...
A recent study shows that women who use the Ortho Evera birth control patch are at twice the risk of developing a blood clot over those who use the pill. This study follows The Associated Press' investigation from last year and found that women who use the patch have an increased rate of blood clots. A representative of the, FDA Dr. Daniel Shames, stated that these results are "The results are...
This article will cover some more ways in which insurance companies handle and defend auto accident cases.Medical BillsInsurance companies will always attempt to use your medical bills against you, often for the propositions 1) that you overtreated; and 2) that they should not be responsible for the cost of diagnostic tests that turned out negative.Neither concept makes much sense. Insurance...
Congratulations to the Supreme Court for overturning an Appellate Court's decision which took away a 1.4 Million Dollar verdict for two black employees against Tyson Chicken in an employment discrimination case. The Appellate Court had held that a white chicken plant manager could not be sued for calling black employees "boys". The Supreme Court disagreed with the resoning of the Appeals...
For years now, the bus manufacturing industry has repeatedly defeated lawsuits focused on the lack of seatbelts on commercial buses. Federal highway safety regulations have never mandated that seat belts are required on passenger buses, and the industry has relied on that lack of regulation to shield itself from liability in bus wreck cases. That comfort came to a crashing halt this week,...
Are patients unfairly alleging malpractice when their doctors make a mistake? Should a professional, such as a doctor, be cut some slack because he didn't mean any harm? Peter Coffee, who apparently works in the field of software security, has posted an opinion article on the concepts of professionalism and malpractice that is right on point. Opinion: If practice makes perfect, does imperfect...
The hugs and thanks of injured victims give a Cape Coral lawyer-legislator fulfillment he had not experienced in 17 years defending against the claims of the same victims. Welcome to the Plaintiffs' Bar, a legal practice that does make a difference, one client at a time.From the Tallahassee Democrat:Jeff Kottkamp used to defend corporate behemoths like Publix Super Markets against...