Many products consumed these days, from children’s toys to medicines, are made in countries where, often, manufacturing standards are almost nonexistent. Therefore, when products have defects,...
Almost everyone can agree that lower costs are among the most needed reforms in our health care system. Tort reform will not lead to lower costs. The facts show that malpractice suits and...
The first jury trial regarding the bone drug Fosamax, ended in a mistrial on Friday because the eight person jury could not reach a verdict. The federal trial in New York, involved a 71-year old...
According to researchers, the off-label marketing of gabapentin (Neurontin) was unwittingly aided by journals with lax ghostwriting and disclosure policies. Between 1997 and 2000, 13 published...
Toyota Motor Company is already facing demands that roll-over crash cases it settled or won be reopened, after a former company attorney, Dimitrios Biller, accused the automaker of hiding records...
Five airplanes were practicing for an aerial demonstration. Everything was going smoothly until the very end. One of the five planes failed to properly pull up while in descent and crashed...
Recently, The Joint Commission (formerly The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations [JCAHO]), announced plans to attack the national epidemic of hospital-spread...
A record $2.3 billion settlement with Pfizer has reinforced the Obama administration’s stance on health-care fraud. Recently, “Pfizer unit Pharmacia & Upjohn pleaded guilty to a...
Tying “Tort Reform” to health insurance reform could benefit both the doctors and the patients. The typical victim of a medical error wants fair compensation not a lawsuit. Most doctors...
First time clients and attorneys often ask me, sometimes in amazement: I can get financial assistance from my lawsuit even before it resolves? How does that work?
Well, it is really quite simple....
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