Any hockey fan would recognize Mr. Hockey – Gordie Howe – and remember the former Red Wing star as one of the toughest players in the history of the game. His name is famously, if somewhat incorrectly, connected to the unofficial “Gordie Howe Hat Trick,”…
On December 22, 2014, China officially approved imports of a type of genetically modified corn – Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera® MR162, ending China’s yearlong ban of imports of all corn containing any trace of the Viptera MR162 trait. The ban had essentially shut U.S. corn out…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an extensive recall of products containing the spice Cumin because it may be contaminated with peanut, which poses a serious threat to people that have a peanut allergy. The recall effects hundreds of packages of products. Allergy related…
MDVIP, which contracts with doctors across the United States to provide concierge medical services has been ordered to pay the estate of a deceased woman $8.5 million. Jurors hearing a civil case in West Palm Beach, Florida (FL), held the company liable for fraud and…
Finally the monster transvaginal mesh litigation is heading for a global settlement. U.S. District Judge, John Goodwin, who presiding over all federal vaginal mesh lawsuits has appointed a Special Master to forge settlement talks between C.R. Bard and women who allege the mesh and bladder…
A front-page article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday highlighted growing concerns from 2014 regarding power morcellators, a tool commonly used in gynecological laparoscopic surgeries to cut up and remove tissue. In April 2014, federal regulators advised doctors to stop using power morcellator tools for…
Most of us know that when a passenger car collides with a commercial truck, the impact is usually severe and often results in life-long injuries, even death. When the truck driver or the trucking company carries inadequate insurance coverage to pay for the property damage…
This year’s flu vaccine has only been 23 percent effective, the Associated Press has reported. The H3N2 virus that mutated after the production of the vaccine caused a less effective vaccine and a particularly bad flu season.
In a recent Federal Court Order, lawyers from around the country were selected to head up the many lawsuits filed in the U.S. involving bleeding deaths and injuries from the drug Xarelto. The Court presiding over all the consolidated federal lawsuits related to Xarelto bleeding injurieshas…
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that BP must live up to its commitments, BP’s attempts to shirk liability are capturing media attention: Starting Monday, February 16th, The Ed Show on MSNBC will be airing nightly segments recorded on the Gulf Coast about the…