By Bari Siegel
Posted on 15 September 2012.
If you or a loved one worked as a first responder you need to be aware the the new rule which now recognizes cancer as related to exposure to toxic dust at ground zero. You may not be eligible for medical benefits and eventually compensation. You need to register now. Please see the NIOSH […]
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By Bari Siegel
Posted on 12 September 2012.
There has been a recent trend in asbestos litigation for the nasty defendants to request an autopsy from a terminally Ill plaintiff . Disgusting intimidation. So far the tactics have not worked. Last year a NJ judge denied a motion to actually exhume a body. Another story appears below. ST. LOUIS (CN) – An […]
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By Bari Siegel
Posted on 27 August 2012. Tags: Medical Device lawsuit
In an extremely important case a Federal Court has ruled that Big Phrma companies can not hide behind FDA approval for injuries occurring as a result of off label promotion of medical devices. A common defense in medical device cases is that the FDA approved the product so we cant be held responsible. In this […]
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By Bari Siegel
Posted on 24 August 2012.
from Mary Alice McLarty AAJ President Twenty years. That’s how long it took to overrule the Missouri precedent set by Adams v. Children’s Mercy Hospital (1992) and strike down a statute that set a hard cap of $350,000 on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. At the core of this outstanding victory is […]
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By Bari Siegel
Posted on 21 August 2012. Tags: dangerous drugs
The justification for Merck's marketing of vioxx was that it caused less gi side effects than other traditional NSAIDS. Merck claimed that if people used vioxx there would be less Gi side effects ending up in hospitlaizations and deaths than when using traditional pain relievers. Privately Merck consultant Loren Laine advised these claims were “bogus.” […]
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By Bari Siegel
Posted on 17 August 2012. Tags: blogs, internet, right to privacy
As reported by the AP, a jury stood tall for the rights of everyone not too be maligned on the Internet . Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 Lawyer ordered to pay $4.5M to gay U-M student By JEFF KAROUB DETROIT (AP) — A jury on Thursday awarded a gay University of Michigan student body president […]
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