Wal-Mart Settles Drug Death Claim
It was reported last week that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. settled a wrongful death lawsuit claiming a pharmacist at one of its stores sold a too-strong insulin drug to a...
Read moreThe Truth About the McDonald’s Scalding Coffee Case
Tort reform activists have routinely mocked the McDonald’s scalding coffee case in which Stella Liebeck sued McDonald’s after being scalded by a cup of coffee purchased at one of...
Read moreJury awards $54 million in nursing home death
Jurors in New Mexico have awarded $54 million to the family of a woman who died at a nursing home – $4 million in compensatory damages and $50 million...
Read moreNew York Lead Paint Case Settles for $12.75 Million
The New York Daily News reported Tuesday that a Brooklyn, New York family whose 19 children suffered lead poisoning while living in city-subsidized housing will receive more than $12...
Read moreSupreme Court to Consider Whether Federal Regulatory Approval Shields Medical Device Manufacturers from State Product Liability Suits
As reported in the Chicago Tribune, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed earlier this week to consider whether federal regulatory approval of medical devices shields manufacturers from most product liability...
Read moreCentralized Government Product Recall Web Site
To provide better service in alerting the American people to unsafe, hazardous or defective products, six federal agencies – the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Food and Drug...
Read moreYoung Girl Suffers Tragic Personal Injury at Six Flags Amusement Park in Kentucky
As many of our readers must be aware, a 13-year old girl suffered a tragic personal injury on Thursday when her leg severed at the ankle while riding the...
Read moreAnalysis of Legislation Supporting Evidentiary Exclusion of the Apologies of Healthcare Providers
There has been alot of media coverage recently concerning what I will call “I’m sorry” legislation that allows doctors to apologize to patients for medical procedures gone awry without...
Read moreChinese Toys Being Recalled at Alarming Rate
According to a June 18, 2007 article in The New York Times, China manufactured every one of the 24 kinds of toys recalled for safety reasons in the United...
Read moreFDA Limits Warning on Suicide Risk from SSRI Anti-Depressants to Adults up to Age 24
On May 2, 2007, the FDA announced that pharmaceutical companies selling selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants would be required to revise the current black box warning of an...
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