Former Michigan State University resident doctor, Michael Phinn, was sentenced late last year to five to 15 years for multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct and using a computer to commit a crime. A woman who worked with Phinn at Sparrow hospital has now filed…
In September 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned healthcare providers and patients that ranitidine drugs, including brand-name Zantac, had been found to contain N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a probable human carcinogen. The warning sent ripples through the healthcare community, with patients rushing to their…
Running errands around the holidays can be hazardous, and not just because of overzealous bargain shoppers. While it’s true that 11 people have died—and more than 100 have sustained injuries—in Black Friday-related incidents since 2006, the real danger lies in parking lots and on sidewalks.…
Working on and around trains was so dangerous during the second half of the 1800s that Congress, in 1893, passed one of the first national occupational safety laws specifically to lower the number of deaths and dismemberments from crashes, derailments, rollback accidents and falls from…
At the end of last year, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced her office planned to charge two more priests with criminal sexual conduct charges in early 2020. Last Friday, AG Nessel followed through on that plan and announced charges against two former priests from the…
It is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The courts are closed, no mail , and for some a day off. It will be a day to read or hear the “I Have A Dream ” speech. To think about it’s meaning. For me it is a…
A broken, damaged, misaligned or inappropriately opened track switch can easily cause a train crash or derailment that leaves workers or passengers badly injured or dead. Such avoidable accidents are more than headlines to my Virginia-based law firm colleagues and I, as we have spent…
By Rachel Mathews, Marketing Director Originally posted in Living Safer magazine There are few things in life as exciting as the prospect of an upcoming trip. But that might not be how everyone sees travel—some dread the details, get nervous about logistics and wish they…
When faced with thousands of allegations of sexual abuse by clergy members, the Catholic Church responded by implementing mandatory review boards. While many of those leading the initiative undoubtedly had the best intentions, it appears their efforts were in vain. Nearly two decades after the…
Thousands of victims of clergy sex abuse have come forward with horrific stories of egregious crimes. In response to the growing number of allegations, U.S. Catholic leaders implemented mandatory review boards. The primary purpose of these panels was to give every allegation the attention it…