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• FDA is Understaffed, Underfunded, and Can’t Handle Food Inspections

  Mike Ferrara | January 25, 2009 12:02 AM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  This week, Dr. Steven Nissen, the current chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic who may soon become head of the Food and Drug Administration under President Obama, said that...

• Peanut Butter Recall Craziness

  Jessica Smagacz | January 23, 2009 1:27 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA

  Because the recent salmonella outbreak has been identified as coming from the Peanut Corporation of America, many companies are recalling their products that have peanut paste or peanut butter in...

• Virginia Has Special Medical Malpractice Laws on Retained Surgical Towels

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | January 22, 2009 3:00 PM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  The law of Virginia (VA) related to lawsuits against hospitals or doctors for leaving a foreign object like a surgical towel in your body after an operation has a special discovery rule that...

• Roadside Guardrails.. Protecting Lives!!!!

  Will Parker | January 22, 2009 11:55 AM | 1 CommentFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  For the past couple of years, the South Carolina Department of Transposition has been working very hard to put up guardrails along our highways. This comes after many deaths relating specifically to...

• Pool Operators Make Little Progress in Updating Safety Features

  David Mittleman | January 22, 2009 8:59 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  About a month ago, I wrote about how swimming pool operators would be required to install new safety devices aimed at preventing entanglement and drowning. Despite having nearly a year to comply...

• Crazy juries

  Don Jacobs | January 21, 2009 6:06 PM | 1 CommentVancouver, WA

  While preparing for a recent jury trial involving a personal injury claim one of the expert witnesses, a doctor, mentioned that my job wasn’t too tough. According to him, all I had to do was...

• A VALUABLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

  Sach Oliver | January 21, 2009 2:56 PM | 1 CommentBentonville , AR

  This post written by: Leona Crowe, Legal Assistant to Sach Oliver Recently, I finished reading Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and the concept outlined in the book...

• Top Ten Dangerous Toys of the Past Year

  Staff Writer | January 21, 2009 1:24 PM | 1 CommentLong Island, NY

  To help parents with the purchase of toys that are not only fun to play with but are safe for use, the nonprofit organization World Against Toys Causing Harm Inc. (WATCH) has issued its list of 9...

• Children's Products Will Soon Face New Lead Regulations

  Scott Kappes | January 20, 2009 5:03 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  On February 10, 2009 the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission’s Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act will begin to go into effect. New lead standards will be one major accomplishment...

• Meijer Announces Recall For Possible Salmonella Contamination

  David Mittleman | January 20, 2009 4:14 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  Residents of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, that shop at Meijer stores, should be aware of a recall of various products for fear of salmonella contamination. Meijer issued a...