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• Congress: the FDA Will Now Control Cigarettes

  Mike Ferrara | June 11, 2009 9:15 PM | 14 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  The Senate voted today and the House is expected to vote tomorrow to pass The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, a critical piece of legislation that will allow the FDA to regulate...

• Critic Raises Questions over Crash and Death Rates of Cirrus Aircraft In “Dead Pilots Don’t Lie”--Surprising Fatality Safety Analysis of Cirrus “Parachute” Planes vs. Cessna Small Planes

  Rick Shapiro | May 06, 2009 8:00 AM | 14 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  I just returned from the Buffalo, NY funeral of my good friend, Michael Doran, a successful personal injury lawyer from Buffalo, New York, who last week died in a Cirrus SR20 plane he was...

• Hello InjuryBoard Readers

  Truckie D | May 05, 2009 11:44 PM | 14 CommentsVoices

  You might be wondering just what a fifty-something truck driver is doing writing a blog on a website run by attorneys. Good question. The answer is, there's a lot of myths, misconceptions, just...

• Chinese Drywall Is Not DRAGONBOARD!

  Wayne Parsons | March 24, 2009 3:01 PM | 14 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  I posted an article on January 2, 2009 about a problem in the Southeastern states involving toxic odors of sulfur from drywall installed in new homes: Drywall From China Causes Concern Over Sulfur...

• Bike Week 2009 wrapping up.

  Jeffrey Meldon | March 08, 2009 10:54 AM | 14 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Daytona Beach Bike Week 2009 is wrapping up the festivities today and regrettably there have been 7 reported deaths this past 10 days. Fortunately this number is down considerably from 2006 when...

• AIG - Workers Compensation - The Bailout

  Jon Lewis | January 08, 2009 1:24 PM | 14 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Well, I have just seen first hand what the bailout has done for AIG: made them even more heartless and cold than ever before. We represent a family who lives in Mexico. Their son was employed by a...

• Minnesota Teens Charged with Nursing Home Abuse While Friends Looked On

  Mike Ferrara | December 03, 2008 8:02 PM | 14 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  According to a criminal complaint filed Monday, several female high school students who worked together as part-time aides at Albert Lea, Minnesota’s Good Samaritan nursing home have been...

• Medical Malpractice Expenditures Comprise Less Than 1 Percent Of Overall Health Costs

  Wayne Parsons | October 27, 2008 2:42 AM | 14 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  We hear a lot of propaganda from medical professionals, insurance companies and politicians who try to place the blame for America’s skyrocketing health care costs on the so-called medical...

• No Car Insurance?

  Craig Cannon | May 22, 2007 8:23 AM | 14 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  After Oct. 1, 2007 Florida car drivers will no longer be required to carry PIP (No-Fault) car insurance and possibly no insurance at all. That's the consequence of lawmakers' inaction during the regular legislative session that ended two weeks ago. Can you imagine being able to drive a car in the state of Florida without any - zero - insurance coverage. It's crazy and ridiculous. The Florida...

• Boating Accident results in Death of 45-Year Old Man

  Brett Rivkind | October 10, 2011 11:10 AM | 13 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  I had blogged about being careful over the Columbus Day weekend, in view of the fact that our Columbus Day Regatta weekend brings with it a high congestion of boats, and the danger of people...