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• Do care to use 'due care'.

  Josh Shulman | January 26, 2010 5:59 PM | 1 CommentPortland, OR

  In car accidents in Oregon, there's a lot of talk surrounding who's at fault. Sometimes this is clear; other times it's not. And very often there's never anyone completely, 100 percent to blame....

• Nevada Supreme Court Addresses Pharmacy Liability to Third Parties

  Steve Klearman | January 26, 2010 3:53 PM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  In Sanchez v. Wal-Mart Stores, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 60 (December 24, 2009), the Nevada Supreme Court examined the scope of a pharmacy's duty of care. In June 2004, Gregory Sanchez, Jr., stopped...

• Toyota Gas Pedal Problem: Newest Recall Won't Solve Problem

  Brett Emison | January 26, 2010 11:22 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO

  Last week, Toyota expanded its massive sudden acceleration recall to include another 2.3 million vehicles, bringing the total number of vehicles recalled to 6.5 million. Just days later, USA Today...

• States Target Texting While Driving

  Brett Emison | January 25, 2010 11:33 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO

  USA Today reports that many states are considering legislation to curb texting while driving. Nineteen states already have laws on the book and another 23 states will consider measures this...

• New System Helps Cut Medication Errors

  Greg Webb | January 25, 2010 10:40 AM | 1 CommentCharlottesville, VA

  Despite many years attempting to make medications safer, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claims medication errors kill at least one person a day and injure about 1.3 million people each year...

• Radiation Therapy Offers Cure, But Greater Risk for Harm Without Proper Safety Procedures

  David Mittleman | January 25, 2010 9:43 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  Scott Jerome-Park's death was agonizing to say the least: the nightmare began when he received a fatal dose of radiation at a New York City hospital which left him deaf, with ulcers in his mouth and...

• Dangerous Aftermarket Wheels On Cars

  Brad Hewett | January 25, 2010 8:23 AM | 1 CommentFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  I am currently representing a young lady that was injured in an automobile accident when the aftermarket wheels on the vehicle she was driving collapsed causing her to lose control of the vehicle. A...

• Employer Liability For Employee Accidents Caused By Mobile Phone Use

  Mark Bello | January 23, 2010 12:18 PM | 1 CommentVoices

  Your employee is drivng to a business meeting in a company car. He is talking on his mobile phone, leans over to grab a file, and, momentarily, looks down at the file. When he looks up, he sees that...

• Small Smiles Dental Chain Settles With Justice Dept. For Medical Fraud

  David Mittleman | January 23, 2010 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  No child likes going to the dentist, but for the children who went to the Small Smiles dental clinics, the experience was even worse. FORBA Holdings LLC, the parent company of the chain, settled...

• 63 Surgical Instruments Sewn Up Inside New Jersey Hospital Patients

  Mike Ferrara | January 21, 2010 8:59 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  Though different people use the word quality to mean very different things when referring to health care (cutting edge technology, no waiting, individualized treatment, extensive choices,...