Posted on 27 March 2014. Tags: Birth Defects, child safety, dangerous drugs, medical malpractice, product safety
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, was ordered by a Philadelphia jury to pay $3 million for a child’s birth injuries. The jury found that the injuries occurred as a result of the mother Kelly Anderson taking Janssen drug Topomax while pregnant. It was ruled that Janssen failed to provide adequate label information, […]
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Posted in Consumer Protection, Legal News, Product Safety
Posted on 27 March 2014. Tags: civil justice magazine, dangerous drugs, medical malpractice, product safety
Dr. Carlos Zevallos has been found liable by an Ohio jury in a medical malpractice suit. He has now been ordered to pay $2.7 million for prescribing a toxic mixture of drugs, which lead to a terminal disease. In 2006, Debbie Neifer consulted with Dr. Zevallos, looking for treatment for her rheumatoid arthritis. He increased […]
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Posted in Consumer Protection, Product Safety
Posted on 14 January 2014. Tags: Judge Nash, medical malpractice, New Mexico
When Jack Kevorkian went to jail in 1999 for second-degree murder, not everyone was happy. His advocacy for a patient’s right to end his or her own life was both unwavering and riddled with controversy: not all of his patients were terminally ill, “they” said (whoever “they” were, that is), and assisting anyone in […]
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Posted in Legal News
Posted on 21 December 2012. Tags: medical malpractice
While there are no doubt many excellent doctors, the pressures of production and economic consequences produce surgical errors far beyond that which people might actually think occur. The answer is not to deny the problem but to confront these unfortunate circumstances Head on. The article below once again demonstrates the need for open discussion and […]
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Posted in Civil Justice Update