This is National Poison Prevention Week, a week nationally designated to highlight the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), poisoning is the leading cause of injury death in the US, with most of these deaths…
There are two major manufacturers of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters that have recently come under fire over their allegedly defective medical devices. The two big players in the device manufacturers include CR Bard and Cook Medical. Cook Medical is exposed to a personal…
Automakers are taking the Takata air bag problem into their own hands. As Takata has yet to determine what causes some of their air bags to explode upon deployment, a group of ten automakers has decided to conduct their own investigation into the issue. The…
The Food & Drug Administration on March 12, 2015 announced a Class 2 Recall of about 11,658 Zimmer Persona knee implant Tibial components parts because of radiolucent lines and premature loosening. Distributed from 2012 through January 2015 due to the recall, the Persona knee was…
Update: Trinity court file is now unsealed, revealing company info on ET-Plus guardrail that’s linked to fatal car accidents and injuries I recently wrote about drivers crashing into the pointy end of a highway guardrail and impaling themselves. These guardrails are the ones that are…
Even if you’ve never heard the word before, you probably know what “sharenting” is. A combination of “share” and “parenting,” it refers to parents’ propensity to post stuff about their children online, particularly in social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter. It’s a trend that…
Media attention has focused recently on problems with surgical mesh used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. A few years ago, the surgical mesh in the news was that used to repair hernias. Egerton Law continues to receive reports of individuals seriously…
A survey of teenaged drivers in the Pacific Northwest revealed that while warnings about the dangers of texting and driving have largely gotten through, much work remains to curb distracted driving among the group most prone to causing, getting injured in and dying from car…
The disclosure of the 31 new names this past week from the Diocese of Gallup again remind us about the safety component of each of these disclosures. If the former priest is still alive and out in the public, the names and whereabouts of those…
Georgia legislators are once again reviewing a bill that would completely overhaul how the state’s medical malpractice lawsuits are handled. Senate Bill 86 (SB86) would create a new administration system — the first of its kind in the country — to handle medical malpractice claims…