Centralized 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...
Read moreThe Supreme Court Punitive Damages Decision in Philip Morris – Good for Plaintiffs?
On its face, the United States Supreme Court’s Philip Morris v. Williams decision earlier this year tossing out a $79.5M punitive damage award in an Oregon smoking case where...
Read moreComparing Personal Injury Verdicts Across Jurisdictions
Ronald Miller, Esq. at the Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog recently posted data comparing the average dollar value of verdicts in personal injury cases across multiple jurisdictions. As Miller notes,...
Read moreDetermining the Value of a Personal Injury Claim
I take calls from the general public every day. Many callers have been recently injured, but their doctors have not yet diagnosed the full nature and extent of injuries. ...
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