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• One Text or Call Could Wreck it All

  Jackie Fedeli | December 09, 2011 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  One Text or Call Could Wreck It All That is the message that Regal Cinema and Outcast Pump Top TV are teaming up to deliver to young drivers this Holiday season. The Department of...

• Dealing with the Adjuster: Recorded Statement

  Mike Bryant | December 09, 2011 12:54 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  This month, we will be looking at the issue of talking to the adjuster. It is not unusual for insurance companies to have specific adjusters who are hired to speak with unrepresented people....

• Bayer Accused Of Marketing Birth Control For Unapproved Uses

  Michael Hill | December 09, 2011 12:11 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Claims are being made against Bayer, Germany’s largest drug maker, for marketing Yasmin® birth control pills for unapproved uses and misleading women about the health risks associated...

• Friday Legal & Safety News Roundup: December 9, 2011

  Brett Emison | December 09, 2011 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Happy Friday! Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week: The Big Tort Law / Physician Location Disconnect [The Pop Tort] iPhone and iPod battery cases recalled due...

• Yaz Side Effects: FDA Requires Increase Warning For Yaz Blood Clot Risks

  Brett Emison | December 09, 2011 10:46 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO

  A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted 21-5 to require drospirenone-containing birth control pills - including Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella, Beyaz, Safyral, and Vestura - to warn about...

• What do Bumpers Really Do?

  Mike Bryant | December 09, 2011 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  It's not usual to hear from an adjuster or a defense attorney arguments about the amount of property damage a car has. There are insurance companies who from time to time decide that they...

• Michigan Will Participate in National End Distracted Driving (EndDD) Campaign

  David Mittleman | December 09, 2011 8:53 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  The statistics are grim: Car crashes are the #1 killer of teenagers. Some form of distracted driving is a contributing factor in 80% - about 4 million - of these accidents. For those who survive...

• FDA Disappoints on Yaz and Yasmin

  Shezad Malik MD JD | December 08, 2011 9:35 PM | 1 CommentFort Worth, TX

  After a much publicized hearing, federal health experts said that drug labeling for Yaz and other drospirenone containing birth control pills should be updated to highlight recent data suggesting...

• Mythbusters stunt sends cannonball into residential neighborhood

  Paul Napoli | December 08, 2011 1:44 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  An experiment gone awry for the Mythbusters television show resulted in a cannonball rocketing into a residential neighborhood, damaging homes and a vehicle. The Mythbusters staff was testing...

• Michigan’s Unpredictable Weather Means Motorists Should Take Extra Care

  Nolan Erickson | December 08, 2011 12:56 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  I’ve lived in Michigan my whole life, so our recent weather doesn’t surprise me much. About the only constant with Michigan weather is the fact that it’s constantly changing....