In 2009, State and Federal health officials warned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to alert hospitals about the risks of contamination from specialized medical scopes. Such contamination is to blame for a recent series of deadly “superbug” outbreaks. A superbug is a drug resistant…
It’s Memorial Day. Thank You to every solider that has served this country and to all those that continue the work today. It is a day to salute and thank each and every one of you. Started as a day that was to commemorate the…
The schools are out, temperatures (and gas prices) are rising, and the beaches are crowded. And various country music stars have descended upon Baton Rouge. I think that makes it official — Summer 2015 is here. But if that anecdotal evidence is not enough, the…
Brian Michael Lederer, an associate pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Hibbing, was released from the St. Louis County Jail on Thursday after posting bond. He had been held on $250,000 bail since his arrest last week. He has request release without bail which was…
The Minneapolis Tribune took time to look at the second anniversary to look at how it is going. The story was interesting for its overview, but there are areas that are worth looking at a little closer. The headlines of the story were interesting. In…
Memorial Day is an opportunity to remember the sacrifices made by the men and women who serve and have served in our Armed Forces. For most of us, the long holiday weekend offers is a chance to get together with family and friends and celebrate…
On March 5, 2015, a mother from Oakland, California filed the nation’s fourth lawsuit in an ongoing litigation that surrounds the powerful anti-nausea drug Zofran and its association with increased risks for major birth defects. Her complaint, filed in the Superior Court for the State…
A lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 6, 2015, on behalf of Pay-Per-View (PPV) viewers of the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao “Fight of the Century” that happened on May 2nd in Las Vegas. The fight should never have happened is the…
The month of May is dedicated to Motorcycle Safety Awareness, a national safety initiative that focuses on motorists and motorcyclists “sharing the road” with one another. But more and more people are taking a stand and encouraging rider safety, maybe on a smaller scale, but…
The best way to reduce medical malpractice claims is not by denying a victim’s access to the civil justice system or by capping malpractice damages. Those misguided policies place the burden on the backs of the harmed patients and do not actually result in less…