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• Avandia Under Wolfe Attack

  Jamie Sheller | May 06, 2010 4:06 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  A May 1 article details Public Citizen's, a consumer advocacy group, fight for the removal of Avandia from the market. Avandia, the type 2 diabetes drug, has been under fire by Public Citizen since...

• Tragic Disasters and Legal Information

  John Hopkins | May 06, 2010 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  We in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas know about disasters. We watch and wait for hurricane season and the inevitable series of hurricanes, which spin around and, sometimes,...

• Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella on FDA Radar for Downplaying Risks and Overstating Effectiveness

  Jamie Sheller | May 06, 2010 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  In the recent Spring publication of The American Trial Lawyer, the birth control pills, Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella are chronicled from their market inception to their manufacturers’ legal battles...

• Will BP pay all financial losses caused by Deepwater Horizon oil spill?

  Gerry McGill | May 06, 2010 3:02 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  On Tuesday, May 4, 2010 British Petroleum CEO Tony Hayward reiterated BP officials' earlier statements that the company intends to take care of anyone who is adversely affected by the continuing oil...

• FDA Found Tylenol Factory to be Filthy and Contaminated

  Mike Ferrara | May 06, 2010 1:11 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  The FDA performed a two-week inspection of the factory outside of Philadelphia that manufactures 40 different products for Johnson & Johnson, including children’s medicines like...

• Reclined Seat Caused Colorado Teen's Death

  Brett Emison | May 06, 2010 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Television station Fox 21 in Colorado has reported that a jury determined that a reclined seat caused the death of a 16-year-old Monument, Colorado girl in 2007. Even though most auto passengers do...

• Proposed Bill Would Protect Sex Abuse Victims, Hold Abusers Accountable

  David Mittleman | May 06, 2010 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  These days it is virtually impossible to read the news or watch TV without seeing a story about the sexual abuse of minors, particularly by members of the Catholic clergy. What was once thought to...

• BP Oil Spill - It's like the Wild Wild West

  Jon Lewis | May 06, 2010 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Shoot first and ask questions later. Isn't that what some of the gunslingers did? It seems like we have some new gunslingers. Several law firms have already filed class actions and have paid Google...

• The Health Dangers of Lack of Sleep

  David Mittleman | May 06, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  You probably think you can make up for lack of sleep with a cup of coffee in the morning. However, according to researchers, this isn’t the best assumption to make. In fact, people who get...

• Windows Need To Be Child Proofed

  Mike Bryant | May 06, 2010 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Over time, we have been involved in a number of cases that involve small children falling out of upper story windows. The injuries are severe and at times can be fatal. The worse cases are those...