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• Tissue Transplants May Be From Dubious Sources

  Bob Carroll | January 31, 2006 6:29 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  We lawyers are familiar with defective products that can cause injury or death. We would tend to think of a manufactured product, such as, an automobile or a chain saw. But, there may be some really spooky defective products that are of concern in the medical field. It is not an artificial hip. In fact, there is nothing artificial about these products at all. Read parts of the story...

• Running A Jail - Lession # 1 - Keep Inmates Inside And Alive

  Bob Carroll | January 31, 2006 6:08 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Suicides and accidental releases of inmates keep popping up at the Hernando County Jail. A jail is supposed to confine an inmate and to keep him alive. Seems like pretty basic stuff. If this keeps up somebody might get hurt.A St. Pete Times story tells more.County jail accidentally releases 2 men A lawyer for one of the inmates calls it "the worst-run jail I can remember seeing in my 30 years...

• Was He An M.D. Or Drug Dealer?

  Bob Carroll | January 31, 2006 5:28 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A criminal case just concluded in Pensacola underscores the potential for the improper prescription of potent and addictive painkillers by Florida doctors. I have investigated the prescribing patterns of some Tampa Bay physicians and concluded that grossly negligent and reckless practices exist. In one civil action for medical malpractice I have uncovered a beautifully typed office record of...

• FDA Sends Warning to Boston Scientific

  Joe Saunders | January 30, 2006 7:10 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Boston Scientific fresh off its acquisition of Guidant Corporation, has been sent a warning letter by the FDA. Federal regulators said they discovered problems in the medical device maker's quality control. FDA officials who announced the warning involving Boston Scientific said it was only the third time in the agency's history it has issued such a broad companywide warning involving a...

• Voir Dire Examination Is Vital Part Of Right To Jury Trial

  Bob Carroll | January 27, 2006 5:02 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A trial before a jury of your peers and fellow citizens is not much of a right if you cannot determine if any of them are likely to be biased or prejudiced against you or your claims. This is why attorneys are given an opportunity to question prospective jurors in a process called voir dire (to speak the truth). It is during voir dire when a potential juror may reveal that he simply does not...

• "You'll Have To Sue Me To Find Out"

  Bob Carroll | January 20, 2006 11:50 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A woman becomes a quadruple amputee after giving birth Just reading the headline makes someone want to look into the facts. But, getting the facts from medical providers is not easy.How can something like this happen? The hospital claims that she had Streptococcus, a flesh eating bacteria, but they never told her how she got it and if they could have done something else.The woman filed a...

• Stealing Gas Leads To Auto Collision Which Leads To Pain Medication Which Leads To Wrongful Death

  Bob Carroll | January 19, 2006 5:19 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The trail that lawyers for injured victims must take to obtain just compensation is sometimes difficult, complicated and long. I have to commend the excellent work of Plaintiff's counsel in one Florida Wrongful Death case. The case, DAVIS v. BRUHASPATI, INC., 1D05-2378 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 2005), is the subject of an appellate court opinion - excerpts are below. Carter is the bad guy who stole...

• Ford Tries To Speak Swedish And English Simultaneously

  Bob Carroll | January 16, 2006 9:05 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Ford both owns and disowns Volvo. Depending on what suits its purposes Ford Motor Company embraces the safety record of Volvo in marketing but fights to keep it out of product liability trials. A USA Today article tells the tale of the bilingual company:Ford Motor is trying to more closely align itself in advertising with Volvo, which it acquired in 1999. But in product-liability trials, Ford...

• Don't Recline That Passenger Seat Too Far

  Bob Carroll | January 13, 2006 5:40 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Do you think it's safe to recline in your passenger seat as long as you have your seat belt on? Think again. From CBS News the story of one reclining passenger:Tami Martin has spent the last six years in a wheelchair after her spine was damaged in a car crash. As CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports, the problem was not the seat belt - she was wearing one - but how she was sitting,...

• Pedestrian Killed By Officer Responding To 911 Call

  Staff Writer | January 09, 2006 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A Margate officer hit and killed a pedestrian yesterday while responding to a 911 call reporting a possible drunk driver. The accident occurred on state road 7 in a dimly-lit area of the 6-lane road.Officer Roman Fayer, 25, was driving southbound on State Road 7 when he struck Alan Thomas Byrne, who was not in a crosswalk, according to Margate police Lt. Andy Zettek.Byrne died at the scene of...