The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which have been adopted by all 50 States and the District of Columbia, forbid a lawyer who is participating in a litigation from making public statements about the case “that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know will…
According to Dr. Joanne Waldstreicher, extensive medical research has found no association between talc and ovarian cancer. Dr. Waldstreicher is the Chief Medical Officer for Johnson & Johnson. In a statement on Johnson & Johnson’s website, 30 years of studies have supported the safety of…
Police Sgt. Mike Flatt told The Detroit News that a boy who took the family car on a joyride while his mother was shopping crashed through the front of a children’s clothing store. According to police, the child asked to wait in the car while…
Here is how the story goes—the NFL was facing serious push-back about the long-term effects of concussions. As a way of coping with the bad publicity, the NFL offered to give a $30 million donation for a NIH grant to study brain injury. The proposals…
The average CRPS/RSD patient sees five and 10 doctors before he can get a diagnosis, and many physicians have little or no knowledge or understanding of the condition. Some question whether or not it even exists. What is CRPS/RSD? Complex regional pain syndrome/reflex sympathetic dystrophy…
A recent report released by the patient safety experts at Johns Hopkins has identified medical errors as being the third leading cause of death in the United States. The study revealed that medical errors alone account for more than 250,000 deaths a year. In the…
Not just a day off. Not just hamburgers, hot dogs and picnics. It is so much more 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…
Kids across the country are finishing up their last days of school to start summer vacation. As such, there tends to an increase in serious injuries, especially to children, during these months. For that reason we thought it would be good to write a post…
Talcum powder and ovarian cancer is in the news: If you have ovarian cancer or primary peritoneal cancer you don’t care about lawsuits. You care about cures. I’ve been there. I know. The good news is that in the past twelve months there have been…
AAA stated this week that setting a blood test limit for marijuana is impossible, noting that six states where marijuana is now legal have laws that require blood tests for possibly impaired drivers. Those tests have questionable scientific validity and need to be overhauled The…