The EpiPen is an auto-injector that delivers epinephrine, more commonly known as adrenaline, a hormone that helps to relax muscles. It can open the airways, and reduce swelling during a severe allergic reaction. EpiPens save lives when severe allergic reactions occur. The price of the…
New computer software to assess the brain’s function after a traumatic head injury have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to the FDA, traumatic brain injuries account for more than 2 million trips to the emergency room in the United States…
According to the American Cancer Society, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer. Although any diagnosis of cancer can be terrifying, skin cancer is often curable if it is recognized and treated early enough. However, a missed diagnosis can have fatal effects because…
Just as with trial, mediation is all about being prepared. Bringing a settlement expert to mediation has a number of benefits beyond its part in building a comprehensive and robust settlement team. On the other hand, having an expert at this point may come with…
More than 600 Bard IVC filter lawsuits are pending in court, with all federally filed cases consolidated in the District of Arizona in August 2015. A new case, filed on May 5, 2016, has now joined the MDL in Arizona. The plaintiff in this case…
Two months ago, our Virginia personal injury firm reported on a grisly Carolina County car crash that killed six people. The fatal auto accident occurred on I-95 northbound, on June 18th, at around midnight. A 50-year-old Chicago man was transporting 15 passengers in a 1998…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved testing devices for evaluating head injuries with two different computer program cognitive tests. The Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment is one of the tests and the other is the Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) and ImPACT Pediatric. The pediatric version is…
A great twitter post has been making the rounds about texting and driving. @SummerBreak really did a great job with this one. I hope that everyone that texts gets a chance to see it. It’s not worth it to ever be intexticated!
In June, troubled pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson was found guilty and ordered to pay $127 million in compensatory damage after it was found that their famous cosmetic products containing talcum powder can cause cancer. Since then, the number of talc lawsuits…