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NIOSH Adds Cancer to Recognized Health Effects Related to 911 Attacks

  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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Asbestos Industry Denied Autopsy of Mesothelioma Patient

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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Medical Device Manufacturers Can Not Hide Behind FDA Approval When Promoting Off Label

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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Damages Cap Declared Unconstitutional

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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Study Provides Little Support for Merck’s Justification for Selling Vioxx

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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Michigan Jury Makes Clear Blogs Can’t Be Used for Gay Bashing

  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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