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• Chinese Drywall Townhall Held in Lee County

  Joe Saunders | September 14, 2009 8:57 AM | 1 CommentSarasota, FL

  Chinese drywall concerns led many Lee County residents to attend a town hall style forum to hear experts discuss the problem in Cape Coral yesterday. The attendees heard presentations from Jason...

• Defective Product Accountability for Foreign Manufacturers

  Joe Saunders | September 14, 2009 8:44 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  The Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2009 (S. 1606) is a good consumer protection bill that's been introduced in the US Senate by Senators Dick Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Jeff...

• I was in an automobile accident. What should I do? Ten Tips For Hawaii Drivers

  Wayne Parsons | September 14, 2009 3:59 AM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Your car is now stopped and you are sitting inside, shocked and hurt, after a collision on the highway. What do you do? What do you need to know? What do you say? Okay, stay calm and take a deep...

• New Legislation May Aid Consumers Harmed By Foreign Manufacturers

  Greg Webb | September 14, 2009 2:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Many products consumed these days, from children’s toys to medicines, are made in countries where, often, manufacturing standards are almost nonexistent. Therefore, when products have defects,...

• Say No to Tort Reform; Yes to Reducing Medical Errors

  Mike Ferrara | September 13, 2009 10:14 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  Almost everyone can agree that lower costs are among the most needed reforms in our health care system. Tort reform will not lead to lower costs. The facts show that malpractice suits and...

• Mistrial in Fosamax Case

  Jamie Sheller | September 13, 2009 7:21 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  The first jury trial regarding the bone drug Fosamax, ended in a mistrial on Friday because the eight person jury could not reach a verdict. The federal trial in New York, involved a 71-year old...

• Ghostwritten Articles Promoted Off-Label Neurontin

  Jamie Sheller | September 13, 2009 6:15 PM | 1 CommentPhiladelphia, PA

  According to researchers, the off-label marketing of gabapentin (Neurontin) was unwittingly aided by journals with lax ghostwriting and disclosure policies. Between 1997 and 2000, 13 published...

• Toyota May Be Forced To Reopen Rollover Crash Cases

  Greg Webb | September 13, 2009 5:22 PM | 1 CommentCharlottesville, VA

  Toyota Motor Company is already facing demands that roll-over crash cases it settled or won be reopened, after a former company attorney, Dimitrios Biller, accused the automaker of hiding records...

• Plane Accident Kills Pilot in Virginia Beach

  Jim Lewis | September 13, 2009 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Five airplanes were practicing for an aerial demonstration. Everything was going smoothly until the very end. One of the five planes failed to properly pull up while in descent and crashed...

• Another Automobile Accident on the Kennedy Bridge at I-65

  Karl Truman | September 13, 2009 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  I was in front of Buckhead's today waiting on lunch and watching the sailing regatta when I heard squeeling tires coming from the bridge. I looked up and witnessed a four-car pile-up on I-65. This...