Bright eyed, tall, and enrolled at Cayuga Community College studying criminal justice and psychology, Victor Woolson was his mom’s pride and joy. But at college he began experimenting with synthetic drugs, which were widely available at head shops near the college’s Fulton campus. Eventually he…
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), back-over auto accidents cause over 17,000 injuries and over 200 deaths annually, with 44% of these deaths to children five years of age or younger. In more than seventy percent of deaths, a parent or close…
As a Texas Actos bladder cancer attorney and medical doctor, I am providing this timely update on the current Actos litigation. Why is Takeda Liable? When a pharmaceutical drug manufacturer has knowledge about its drug’s adverse potential and real side effects, the manufacturer has a…
In April, Stryker Corporation initiated a Class I recall of ShapeMatch Cutting Guides, in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The device is intended to be used as single-use, disposable cutting guides for use during surgical instrumentation to assist in the positioning of…
According to KidsAndCars.org, on average at least 50 children are injured in “backover” accidents each week. Of those injuries at least two are fatal. There are some 228 fatalities and over 17,000 injuries each year and the most common victims are very young children…
Parents Sue DOT for Failing to Implement Rear Visibility Standard Back in 2008, a bipartisan law was supported by then-senator Obama ordered the Department of Transportation to issue a rear visibility rule by 2011. Every week at least 50 children in the U.S. are run…
According to a report by NBC News, married cancer patients are 20 percent more likely survive. Specifically, married men had a 23 percent better survival rate than single men and 16 percent of women had a better survival rate than single women. The report is…
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday that 298 new signs would be installed along the New York State Thruway and along several other state highways. As a part of the state’s efforts to curb texting and driving, already existing Park-n-Ride facilities, rest…
Lawsuits with claims concerning the recalled DePuy ASR hip device now number in the thousands, with two trials having already taken place in California and Illinois. There is another DePuy hip implant that allegedly caused similar problems, however, and that is the DePuy Pinnacle. The…
There is a famous story, perhaps apocryphal, concerning what happened in the cigar-filled back rooms of the 1920 Republican National Convention which produced the surprise nominee Warren G. Harding. As the story goes, certain factions allegedly pushed for Harding because he “looked like a President.”…