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• Get the Lead Out - Children’s Furniture from China Recalled

  Greg Webb | January 11, 2012 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Elegant Gifts Mart, LLC, of Los Angeles, California, has announced a voluntary recall of approximately 1,600 folding chairs...

• FDA Use of Company Data to Support Safety of Breast Implants Questioned

  Greg Webb | January 11, 2012 7:45 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The National Research Center for Women and Families (NRC) recently called the FDA on the carpet. According to a recent article by the Associated Press in The Washinton Post (January 5, 2012), the...

• Motion To Intervene Filed In Penn State Scandal Related Insurance Dispute

  Scott Cooper | January 11, 2012 7:14 AM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA

  Below is SchmidtKramer’s Chuck Schmidt of the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania based law firm discussing with Annie McCormick of WHP-TV 21 in Harrisburg the filing of a Motion to Intervene on...

• New Study: Pradaxa Raises Heart Attack Risk

  Pete Flowers | January 10, 2012 11:13 PM | 0 CommentsWindy City, IL

  Following on the heels of the FDA's December 7, safety warning about Pradaxa, a just released study shows even more risks associated with the anti-clotting drug. Recent findings by...

• Social Workers Not Immune from Claims

  Linda Chalat | January 10, 2012 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  In a highly unusual ruling, yesterday the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that three siblings severely abused in the home of their biological mother and later in foster care can pursue...

• My Insurance Company Won't Pay My Valid Claim

  Brett Goodson | January 10, 2012 7:55 PM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH

  After 20 years of paying for auto insurance, including significant premiums for uninsured motorist protection, Fred was seriously injured by a drunk, uninsured driver. He had medical bills...

• Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits Centralized in Calif. State Court

  Shezad Malik MD JD | January 10, 2012 7:48 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carl J. West was appointed by the California Judicial Counsel to be the Coordination Motion Judge during pretrial proceedings in all product liability complaints...

• Plant mix-up prompts painkillers warning and recall of Gas-X, Excedrin, NoDoz and Bufferin

  Paul Napoli | January 10, 2012 7:09 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Pharmaceutical company Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. is warning consumers that problems at a production facility might have caused commingling of certain prescription and over-the-counter (OTC)...

• Auto No-Fault: Meet Katie and Katlin

  Timothy Smith | January 10, 2012 5:05 PM | 3 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  A moving video piece put together by the Michigan Health and Hospital Association that puts a face to the reason why we can't change Michigan's Auto No-Fault...

• HB 4936 - Putting Michigans drivers in harm's way. Part 4

  Timothy Smith | January 10, 2012 4:58 PM | 1 CommentTraverse City, MI

  So we've talked about what HB 4936 is, how it changes the existing auto no-fault insurance system and the negative impact to Michigan drivers. Now, let's look at where auto insurance...