It’s lobbying season, and if you live near your state capital or in DC, you may have noticed an influx of visitors. The New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) recently held their...
So far, Bayer has negotiated lawsuit settlements in about 4,800 cases, paying out more than $1 billion to plaintiffs who claimed injuries from birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin. All of these...
Replying to reader comments about their 2012 published study, Massachusetts-based researchers have reiterated in the April edition of the journal Human Reproduction three key findings about fetal...
Yesterday I wrote about the problem of altered medical records and medical malpractice suits. Today I would like to touch on another type of medical error that is most commonly linked to medical...
In a recent ruling, the Minnesota Supreme Court made it easier for a person found not guilty of a crime to receive an expungement, the process of erasing a criminal file. In State v. RHB, 821...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is launching an investigation into foods that boast “added caffeine for an energy boost,” to determine the potential health risks for...
Driver fatigue can easily lead to falling asleep at the wheel or being so exhausted that a driver makes serious, or fatal, mistakes. The major problem is that tiredness and fatigue can often...
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Altering medical records is no laughing matter, and for doctors involved in medical malpractice suits, it could mean the kiss of death. Take, for example, a New York jury who recently awarded...