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      <title>Deadly Accident Appears To Have Been Preventable</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;E. Dale LeBaron, 75, a retired &lt;a href="http://www.byu.edu/webapp/home/index.jsp"&gt;Brigham Young University&lt;/a&gt; professor, was killed last week after he, his wife and a friend were struck by a car on an &lt;a href="http://www.orem.org/"&gt;Orem&lt;/a&gt; street. The 21-year-old driver of the vehicle that struck the trio said that he did not see them because the sun was reflecting off of frost on his windshield as he made a turn. City prosecutors have the case under review for possible charges against the driver.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This accident is certainly a tragedy for all involved, but it appears that it could have been prevented. The winter driving season is upon us and as I've &lt;a href="http://saltlakecity.injuryboard.com/tractor-trailer-accidents/winter-driving-is-upon-us.aspx?googleid=272134"&gt;written &lt;/a&gt;in the past, drivers must be prepared. One aspect of such preparedness is to make sure that you have a clear field of vision at all times while driving. Frost and snow pile up on cars when they sit outside and it is very easy to simply clear a small area to see through and be on your way. It may be easy, but it is also very dangerous. All drivers must take the time to fully clear and defrost all windows before heading down the road. And the sun can easily blind drivers when it is rising, setting, or is otherwise reflected toward vehicles. If you are temporarily blinded, slow down or stop immediately if you can do so safely and then wait until you can proceed with full visibility.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://saltlakecity.injuryboard.com/automobile-accidents/deadly-accident-appears-to-have-been-preventable.aspx?googleid=275514"&gt;Originally posted&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"&gt;InjuryBoard&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Bret-Hanna/"&gt;Bret Hanna&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <link>http://saltlakecity.injuryboard.com/automobile-accidents/deadly-accident-appears-to-have-been-preventable.aspx?googleid=275514</link>
      <source url="http://www.injuryboard.com/blogs/">Injuryboard Regional Blogs</source>
      <category>Automobile Accidents</category>
      <category>automobile accidents</category>
      <category> Utah</category>
      <category> Bret Hanna</category>
      <category> safety</category>
      <category> vision</category>
      <category> E. Dale LeBaron</category>
      <category> winter driving</category>
      <dc:creator>Bret Hanna</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:12:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Consequences of Dental Negligence</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;Dental care and treatment mostly consist of non-invasive procedures and for the most part your visit to the dentist is usually routine and injury free. However, a small percentage of dental visits aren&amp;rsquo;t so kind. In fact, there can be certain complications that could arise as a result of simple procedures gone horribly wrong and that could bring life-altering changes in one&amp;rsquo;s oral health.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;Examples of dental malpractice cases of which a patient can claim for compensation are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-Nerve injuries affecting a patient&amp;rsquo;s ability to taste &lt;br /&gt;
- Nerve injuries causing &lt;a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/oral-paresthesia"&gt;paresthesia&lt;/a&gt; or permanent numbness in the tongue  &lt;br /&gt;
- Complications arising from improperly completed crowns and bridges &lt;br /&gt;
- Dentists&amp;rsquo; failures to take a patient&amp;rsquo;s relevant medical history into account before acting &lt;br /&gt;
- Certain complications from anaesthesia, even when releases are signed &lt;br /&gt;
- Unnecessary extraction of multiple teeth &lt;br /&gt;
- Extraction of wrong teeth&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;The examples listed above can be accountable as negligence on the part of the dentist.  A dentist can also be sued for failure to do something which they could have done, such as failing to diagnose oral cancer and other serious oral problems.  This is an act of omission by a dentist which could result in substantial harm to the patient.  If you have been a victim of a &lt;a href="http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/32718475/Dental-negligence--the-legal-perspective-revisited"&gt;dental negligence&lt;/a&gt; and malpractice, you should seek a competent &lt;a href="http://www.hsinjurylaw.com/library/questions-to-ask-when-choosing-an-attorney.cfm"&gt;personal injury lawyer&lt;/a&gt; who can help you in this matter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the Editors&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;a title="http://www.hsinjurylaw.com/" target="_blank" href="http://www.hsinjurylaw.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis &amp;amp; Appleton&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; personal injury law firm (VA-NC law offices ) edits the injury law blogs &lt;a title="http://virginiabeach.injuryboard.com/" target="_blank" href="http://virginiabeach.injuryboard.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Virginia Beach Injuryboard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="http://norfolk.injuryboard.com/" target="_blank" href="http://norfolk.injuryboard.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Norfolk Injuryboard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a title="http://northeast-nc.injuryboard.com/" target="_blank" href="http://northeast-nc.injuryboard.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; as  a pro bono service to consumers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;bm&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://northeast-nc.injuryboard.com/medical-malpractice/dental-negligence-can-be-a-ground-for-malpractice.aspx?googleid=275512"&gt;Originally posted&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"&gt;InjuryBoard&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Jim-Lewis/"&gt;Jim Lewis&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <link>http://northeast-nc.injuryboard.com/medical-malpractice/dental-negligence-can-be-a-ground-for-malpractice.aspx?googleid=275512</link>
      <source url="http://www.injuryboard.com/blogs/">Injuryboard Regional Blogs</source>
      <category>Medical Malpractice</category>
      <category>dental negligence</category>
      <category> malpractice</category>
      <category> nerve injuries</category>
      <category> paresthesia</category>
      <category> unnecessary tooth extraction</category>
      <category> oral cancer</category>
      <category> injury</category>
      <category> injury lawyer</category>
      <category> Lewis</category>
      <dc:creator>Jim Lewis</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Recent Review Shows that H1N1 Vaccine is Safe</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The New York Times &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/health/05flu.html?ref=health"&gt;reported&lt;/a&gt; on Saturday that the H1N1 vaccine is safe and that most people who have had side effects have only suffered side effects similar to those prevalent as a result of the seasonal flu vaccine. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This new report comes from two monitoring networks, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and Vaccine Safety Datalink.  Doctors, health care workers and the public can file a report with the Adverse Event Reporting System and these reports are then investigated.  Safety Datalink has information on over 400,000 people who received the H1N1 vaccine in managed-care organizations. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to the new report, &amp;ldquo;no substantial differences between H1N1 and seasonal &lt;a title="In-depth reference and news articles about The flu." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/the-flu/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier"&gt;influenza&lt;/a&gt; vaccines were noted in the proportion or types of serious adverse events reported.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the CDC, said the findings were reassuring, but still preliminary.  The H1N1 vaccine has only been in widespread use for about two months and certain problems might not present themselves until later when more people are vaccinated.  Dr. Frieden also stated that there was no evidence that this swine flu vaccine increased the risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome that was linked to the swine flu vaccine from 1976. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As of November 24, almost 4,000 adverse events had been reported after H1N1 vaccinations.  204 of those were considered serious. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For information on the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, &lt;a href="http://vaers.hhs.gov/index"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For information on the Vaccine Safety Datalink, &lt;a href="http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/Activities/VSD.html"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For information on the safety of the H1N1 vaccine, &lt;a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58e1204a1.htm"&gt;click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://capecod.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/recent-review-shows-that-h1n1-vaccine-is-safe.aspx?googleid=275510"&gt;Originally posted&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"&gt;InjuryBoard&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Carrie-Strasser/"&gt;Carrie Strasser&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <link>http://capecod.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/recent-review-shows-that-h1n1-vaccine-is-safe.aspx?googleid=275510</link>
      <source url="http://www.injuryboard.com/blogs/">Injuryboard Regional Blogs</source>
      <category>FDA &amp; Prescription Drugs</category>
      <category>H1N1</category>
      <category> swine flu vaccine</category>
      <category> CDC</category>
      <category> flu vaccination</category>
      <category> side effects</category>
      <dc:creator>Carrie Strasser</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:32:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ATV’s Recalled Due to Loss of Steering Control</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last week, in coordination with the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, Can-Am ATV&amp;rsquo;s  issued a recall of about 2,400 ATV&amp;rsquo;s because of a &lt;a href="http://www.can-am.brp.com/en-US/owner-center/recall-informations.htm"&gt;potential for steering failure&lt;/a&gt; associated with the all-terrain-vehicles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The recall includes 2010 Can-Am Outlander and Rengade models.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Failure of dynamic power steering in these ATV&amp;rsquo;s can result in a loss of steering control which poses a significant risk of injury and even death to the rider.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The firm has received one incident report with no injury and no material damages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Consumers are encouraged to stop using the rexcalled vehicles immediately and contact a Can-Am dealer to schedule a free repair. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mor information is available at the CPSC website &lt;a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10708.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and the firm website &lt;a href="http://www.can-am.brp.com/en-US/owner-center/recall-informations.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. The manufacturer can also be reached toll-free at (888) 638-5397 for additional information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A complete list of recalled models has been included below.&lt;/p&gt;

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            &lt;p&gt;Model Name&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;p&gt;Model Number&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Color&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;XT 4X 800EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Yellow, Viper Red, Camo&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;MAX XT 4X 800EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Yellow, Viper Red, Camo&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
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        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;MAX LTD 4X 800EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Yellow, Viper Red, Camo&lt;/p&gt;
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            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;MAX XT 4X 650EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Yellow, Viper Red, Camo&lt;/p&gt;
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            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;XT 4X 500EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Yellow, Viper Red, Camo&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;MAX XT 4X 500EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Yellow, Viper Red, Camo&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;XT-P 4X 800EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Black&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;MAX XT-P 4X 800EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Black&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;XT-P 4X 650EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Black&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;MAX XT-P 4X 650EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Black&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;XT-P 4X 500EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Black&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;MAX XT-P 4X 500EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Black&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;MAX LTD 4X 500EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Yellow, Viper Red, Camo&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; OUTLANDER&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;XT 4X 650EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Yellow, Viper Red, Camo&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
        &lt;tr&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Can-Am&amp;reg; RENEGADE&amp;trade;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;XXC 4X 800EFI&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;
            &lt;p&gt;Black&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://houston.injuryboard.com/defective-and-dangerous-products/atvs-recalled-due-to-loss-of-steering-control.aspx?googleid=275508"&gt;Originally posted&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"&gt;InjuryBoard&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Scott-Kappes/"&gt;Scott Kappes&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <link>http://houston.injuryboard.com/defective-and-dangerous-products/atvs-recalled-due-to-loss-of-steering-control.aspx?googleid=275508</link>
      <source url="http://www.injuryboard.com/blogs/">Injuryboard Regional Blogs</source>
      <category>Defective &amp; Dangerous Products</category>
      <category>ATV Recall</category>
      <dc:creator>Scott Kappes</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:06:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Two Killed In Crash Near Higginsville, Missouri</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.mshp.dps.mo.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=A084048A"&gt;Missouri Highway Patrol&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1614461.html"&gt;Kansas City Star&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; have reported that two men were killed in head-on collision between Higginsville, Missouri and Lexington, Missouri.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;LEXINGTON, Mo. | Two people have died in a fiery head-on crash near Lexington.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash happened early Sunday on Missouri 13 south of the Lafayette County seat.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The patrol says 32-year-old Ronald A. Mason of Lexington was driving the vehicle that crossed the center line and collided with the vehicle that 59-year-old James F. Brown of Higginsville was driving.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mason's vehicle overturned on its top and caught fire.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Both men were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Mason and Brown families.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/two-killed-in-crash-near-higginsville-missouri.aspx?googleid=275506"&gt;Originally posted&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"&gt;InjuryBoard&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Brett-Emison/"&gt;Brett Emison&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <link>http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/two-killed-in-crash-near-higginsville-missouri.aspx?googleid=275506</link>
      <source url="http://www.injuryboard.com/blogs/">Injuryboard Regional Blogs</source>
      <category>Miscellaneous</category>
      <category>Higginsville</category>
      <category> Lexington</category>
      <category> Missouri</category>
      <category> crash</category>
      <category> collision</category>
      <category> fire</category>
      <category> Brown</category>
      <category> Mason</category>
      <dc:creator>Brett Emison</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:10:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Speeding Red Light Runner Kills family of four in Sonoma County Car Crash</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
At this time of year, it is always a pleasure to connect with friends and family, honor old traditions and create new ones. Tragically, for the Maloney family of Sonoma, there will be no more traditions. Jonathan and Susan Maloney and their two young children, Aiden and Gracie, were traveling home from Maui to celebrate a late Thanksgiving with Jonathan&amp;rsquo;s daughter from a previous marriage when they were &lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/30/MN8O1AS7I8.DTL"&gt;broadsided in an intersection&lt;/a&gt; by Steve Culbertson, 19, who has since died after being taken off of life support.
 
Adding to the tragedy are allegations that Culbertson was heavily intoxicated at the time he approached that &lt;a href="http://www.kgoam810.com/Article.asp?id=1606363&amp;amp;spid=15884"&gt;dangerous intersection&lt;/a&gt;. There are further allegations that Culbertson had a previous DUI conviction and a previous accident and had had his license suspended for a year. The allegations of a previous DUI conviction have not been specifically confirmed, because Culbertson was a minor at the time, but it is clear that he had at least one incident of driving while intoxicated.
 
Please join me in sending thoughts and prayers to the Maloney family&amp;rsquo;s loved ones. As a &lt;a href="http://www.ccwlawyers.com/"&gt;personal injury attorney&lt;/a&gt;, I would also like to make sure that accidents like this never happen. California is making efforts to stop drunk driving, but let&amp;rsquo;s also look at that intersection on Highway 37 to see if there are any conditions that contributed to this &lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/30/BAUB1ASM2U.DTL"&gt;deadly collision&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;img width="144" height="96" border="25" alt="" src="/uploadedimages/InjuryBoardcom_Content/Blogs/Regional_Blogs/Fotolia_2948539_XS-Broken Glass-Resized.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://sanfrancisco.injuryboard.com/automobile-accidents/speeding-red-light-runner-kills-family-of-four-in-sonoma-county-car-crash.aspx?googleid=275500"&gt;Originally posted&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"&gt;InjuryBoard&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Claude-Wyle/"&gt;Claude Wyle&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <category>Automobile Accidents</category>
      <category>deadly accident</category>
      <category> drunk driver</category>
      <category> dui</category>
      <category> highway 37</category>
      <category> sonoma</category>
      <category> maloney</category>
      <dc:creator>Claude Wyle</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:59:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Restaurants a Major Source of Food Poisoning</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/food/index.htm#overviews"&gt;Centers for Disease Control&lt;/a&gt;, food contamination or &amp;quot;food poisoning&amp;quot; injures millions of Americans each year, resulting in 300,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, restaurants are a major source of such contamination. Though the industry is heavily regulated, restaurants regularly fail inspections, often for serious violations. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Before you go to a restaurant, check it out. The results of restaurant inspections are often available online. For example, here in Polk County, you can go to the following link to see how the county's restaurants fared in the most recent inspections:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ledgerdata.com/restaurantinspection/"&gt;www.ledgerdata.com/restaurantinspection/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Check it out. It's a real eye-opener.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you or someone you know has been injured as a result of food poisoning, give me a call.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://centralflorida.injuryboard.com/toxic-substances/restaurants-a-major-source-of-food-poisoning.aspx?googleid=274734"&gt;Originally posted&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"&gt;InjuryBoard&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/KC-Bouchillon/"&gt;K.C. Bouchillon&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <category>Toxic Substances</category>
      <dc:creator>K.C. Bouchillon</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Coming Soon, Sperm Auction Commercials on “The View”</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Most everyone fears &lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/osama-bin-laden-terrorist_b_129628.html"&gt;Osama Bin Laden&lt;/a&gt;, but in my view what is more destructive to America are Americans that line up asking for a participation trophy. They are the ones asking for something just for showing up. Previously I wrote about a social security case involving an application for death benefits for a child who was conceived by artificial insemination after the father had passed. The child hadn&amp;rsquo;t ever been dependent on the father because he died almost two years prior to the child being born. The mother using frozen sperm took it upon herself to be artificially inseminated and then following the child&amp;rsquo;s birth applied for social security death benefits. That&amp;rsquo;s bothersome to me and I believe &lt;a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20091202/NEWS10/912020362/1001/"&gt;Patti Beeler&lt;/a&gt; is way off target with the example she sets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;It was, in &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View"&gt;&lt;em&gt;my view&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, the right decision,&amp;quot; said Patti Beeler. &amp;quot;We're the first in &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Iowa&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;, but we won't be the last. You either deal with it now, or a year or 10 years later when there are more cases.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When did being first to make the wrong decision ever justify the act? Winning doesn't justify the act.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does in vitro fertilization make social security benefits simply an investment decision for widows?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;rsquo;s look at the facts. The Little Miss Sunshine is only 6-years old. Her biological father was 37 when he died on May 4, 2001, almost two years before Little Miss was born; now the living parent is in line to receive his social security benefits, albeit in the child's name. The child was born in April 2003. She was conceived not in the traditional way, but by in vitro fertilization using frozen sperm from the late husband who died from leukemia. The child was never dependent upon the biological father and while alive he never paid for any of the costs to support her. Of course he couldn&amp;rsquo;t because he was dead almost 2 years before she was born. Fact of the matter is Little Miss Sunshine will never meet her father. But they are now in line to receive a monthly check from the taxpayers for what can only be described as a significant amount.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;The benefit means that more than $150,000 could be tucked away for the college education of Brynn Beeler.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I suspect most taxpayers will react as I did. Say what? Say that again! Are you kidding me? Where does this end? And what is the example it sets? We taxpayers are forking over how much in social security benefits for the cost of an in vitro procedure? Isn&amp;rsquo;t this a self-inflicted wound? I read where in vitro can be done &lt;a href="http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/48767"&gt;for $10,000 to $15,000&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.conceivingconcepts.com/learning/infertility-insurance.html"&gt;insurance might even cover the costs&lt;/a&gt;. Let the head scratching begin. Is in vitro fertilization becoming an investment decision leading the way to a stream of non-taxable income at the expense of the aging taxpayers?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This isn&amp;rsquo;t the first time I&amp;rsquo;ve written about this and similar cases. I last wrote about this using TLC's Jon &amp;amp; Kate Plus 8 situation to demonstrate how &lt;em&gt;live&lt;/em&gt; men are quickly becoming obsolete. And this decision by the Social Security Administrative Judge just proved my point. You don&amp;rsquo;t need a living man anymore. You just need his frozen sperm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://desmoines.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/iowa-social-security-administration-case-may-prove-that-living-men-are-no-longer-necessary.aspx?googleid=265350"&gt;Kate plus 8 means no date. | InjuryBoard Des Moines&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; The widow then filed for &lt;b&gt;social security death&lt;/b&gt; (survivor) &lt;b&gt;benefits&lt;/b&gt;; even though she got pregnant knowing the father was already dead and knowing the child &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; 101k&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;....&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But if you&amp;rsquo;re a thinking person this isn&amp;rsquo;t the end of the story; it&amp;rsquo;s just the beginning, because many women want to have it all. Kind of like Kate plus 8 meant no dates for Jon. Kate had wanted a whole brood and a career; and then the photographers taking pictures of her with the flat stomach and the bikini on the beach, along with the book signings, the production meetings, the photo shoots with People magazine and &amp;hellip; oh yeah an accessory husband. We can&amp;rsquo;t forget about the husband, now can we? What&amp;rsquo;s his name? Oh yeah Kate, it&amp;rsquo;s Jon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Career woman can be worse than men ever acted. And what about that widow seeking benefits from our Social Security Administration fund?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;The Smaller Question:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;em&gt;Should the widow get the bennies or not?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Answer:&lt;/b&gt; Whether in your mind she does or don&amp;rsquo;t you should know the Social Security Administration said no we still need men. The government says Brynn is not eligible for the benefits, based upon an interpretation of a 150-year-old Iowa law written long before technology was available to allow the preservation of spermatic material beyond a person's life time. The law is a remarkable thing. Just consider for a moment, that this law was written long before science had begun to make men unnecessary. Keep in mind if they can freeze enough sperm they don&amp;rsquo;t need the rest of us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Updated Answer:&lt;/b&gt; The judge ruled live men aren&amp;rsquo;t necessary to get the dough.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20091202/NEWS10/912020362/1001/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Girl entitled to dead dad's benefits, judge rules&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, Des Moines Register, &lt;/strong&gt;By JASON CLAYWORTH, December 2, 2009.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now we are back to the larger question that in &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;The View &lt;/b&gt;of some is neatly stored frozen and hiding inside some test tube. Like Jon, live men aren&amp;rsquo;t a necessary accessory anymore. All you need is some frozen sperm from the sperm bank.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Until recently I hadn&amp;rsquo;t watched &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Matrix &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;but perhaps the producers and directors were trying to tell us men something.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtqU57sR0B8"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtqU57sR0B8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE LARGER QUESTION STILL LOOMS, BUT THIS TIME FOR MEN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So here is the question for the taxpayers but especially for you men out there. Should we just give it and our Social Security benefits away or should we get a return on it? Should we create our own Wall Street style sperm bank where we auction sperm to the highest bidder? We might as well get something now for our investment in earned wages and the building up of Social Security benefits which we will never see a penny of.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Perhaps &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Gosselin"&gt;Jon Gosselin&lt;/a&gt;, sitting on the couch looking glum with shoulders slumped down trying to find a life outside of being a reality TV personality is the example of the way we feel about no longer being needed. Dejected is the only word I could think of to describe his appearance. Not so for the incubator. She&amp;rsquo;s upbeat and still in the sperm dollars. Jon is a symbol of where men in general are heading.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuWkig8da74"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuWkig8da74&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And for all you Jon&amp;rsquo;s out there, do us all a favor; please assure the taxpayers you didn&amp;rsquo;t freeze any sperm! If you did my advice to you is to sue to take control of it. Maybe the Attorney Generals can sue in a class[&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;less]&lt;/i&gt; action. Can you imagine Kate pregnant again with Jon being the sperm donor? First you&amp;rsquo;ll be paying child support and then all she has to do is wait for you to die and the taxpayers hand over a monthly check for Kate Plus 16 or 32 or 64 or whatever her Social-Security Lotto Obit Benefits number might be. Do you remember that other woman from out west who was artificially inseminated, had a multiple litter of kids and was said to be collecting social security benefits? Oh our memories are short. Forget about tort reform and get focused on in vitro fertilization reform. Forget hating lawyers for just a second and get focused on what the IVF docs are doing to the social security fund. The women taking advantage of IVF simply load the gun and the taxpayers get to take the bullet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AND WHAT ABOUT THE TAXPAYERS?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We taxpayers need to take control of our investment called Social Security before the day they tell us it&amp;rsquo;s bankrupt and needs another 700 billion dollar bailout and there are only the Generation X-Y and Z's who will never be able to pay for it. What the heck, if we&amp;rsquo;re going to hand out sperm lotto tickets we might as well auction off the sperm and get something for it now. How much might women pay for sperm lotto tickets that will cash flow to the tune of $150,000 in 18-years? The present day value has to be a considerably better investment than the return of the stock market. Experience tells me Wall Street will help us package the investment like mortgage backed securities and securitize it. I can see the IPO now, Sperm Tube Unit Donors goes pubic; oops I meant public. The stock symbol will be STUD. Another option is Social-Security Lotto Obituary Benefits, Inc. stock symbol, SLOB.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kate Plus 8 Still Means No Date &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;ndash; No Kate we still don&amp;rsquo;t feel sorry for you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSsbkQ_GOT8"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSsbkQ_GOT8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Does she look hurt? Did I miss it? How do guys get in the same category as shoes and handbags? Guys, &lt;a href="http://theview.abc.go.com/"&gt;in my View&lt;/a&gt; we&amp;rsquo;re quickly becoming obsolete&amp;hellip; onward we march.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://desmoines.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/coming-soon-sperm-auction-commercials-on-the-view.aspx?googleid=275424"&gt;Originally posted&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"&gt;InjuryBoard&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Steve-Lombardi/"&gt;Steve Lombardi&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <source url="http://www.injuryboard.com/blogs/">Injuryboard Regional Blogs</source>
      <category>Miscellaneous</category>
      <category>Family Law</category>
      <category> artificial insemination</category>
      <category> inheritance</category>
      <category> social security benefits</category>
      <dc:creator>Steve Lombardi</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Wrong-Drug Errors at PA Medical Facilities</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;December 6, 2009&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority released a report in its December 2009 Patient Advisory regarding wrong-drug errors of neuromuscular blocking agents at Pennsylvania medical facilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Patients are administered neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) in emergency departments, intensive care units, interventional radiology areas and medical and surgical units to paralyze skeletal muscles during surgery conducted under general anesthesia and for patients requiring intubation for airway management. The drug renders patients unable to move or breathe and can be especially dangerous if administered to a patient not properly ventilated. They do not affect the patient&amp;rsquo;s level of consciousness, anxiety or ability to feel pain. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NMBAs are considered high alert medications because their misuse has the potential to cause catastrophic injuries or death. They should only be administered in a facility with proper equipment for intubation and oxygen administration and personnel trained to perform respiratory support and airway maintenance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Authority received 154 reports of medication errors involving NMBAs from Pennsylvania healthcare facilities between June 2004 and June 8, 2009. 77.9% of these reported events actually reached the patient and 9.1% resulted in harm to the patient, which rate of occurrence is nearly 13 times greater when compared to the rate of 0.7% for all medication errors reported to the Authority in that time period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One instance of a NMBA wrong drug error included in the Authorities report: &lt;br /&gt;
A patient was admitted for a planned surgery. While in holding area of the OR prior to surgery, anesthesia staff started an IV [intravenous] infusion and administered what they thought was midazolam [Versed&amp;reg;] 1.6 mg IV. The patient immediately began flailing and reaching up to her face, and she became apneic. Ambu bag ventilation was initiated, and pulse ox was placed and was 90%. The patient was taken to the OR to be ventilated and monitored until patient awoke (approximately five minutes). The patient described being awake and paralyzed with vivid recollection.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wrong drug errors involving NMBAs or any other medication may have contributing factors such as unsafe storage, similar product labeling or packaging, look-alike drug names or unlabeled syringes. The Authority outlined several risk reduction strategies to prevent wrong drug errors involving NMBAs including separate storage, warning labels, limiting access by dispensing NMBAs only from the pharmacy and computer reminders for the pharmacy to verify ventilatory assistance before dispensing the drug.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some of the most common forms of hospital negligence include wrong-site surgeries, medication errors, surgical errors, development of hospital-acquired infections, improper use of anesthesia, improper treatment of a diagnosed medical condition, failure to monitor or stabilize a patient, or improper use of a medical device. Hospital negligence can result in serious injuries and even deaths. If you have been injured as the result of negligence while you were a patient in a hospital, or if a loved one died due to hospital negligence, you may be able to file a claim and collect compensation for pain and suffering, lost wages, medical expenses and other losses. Call Napoli Bern Ripka, LLP at 888-529-4669 today to discuss your legal options.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://newyorkcity.injuryboard.com/medical-malpractice/neuromuscular-blocking-agents-wrongdrug-errors-at-pa-medical-facilities.aspx?googleid=275492"&gt;Originally posted&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"&gt;InjuryBoard&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Paul-Napoli/"&gt;Paul Napoli&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <link>http://newyorkcity.injuryboard.com/medical-malpractice/neuromuscular-blocking-agents-wrongdrug-errors-at-pa-medical-facilities.aspx?googleid=275492</link>
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      <category>Medical Malpractice</category>
      <dc:creator>Paul Napoli</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:20:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Yaz / Yasmin / Ocella Side Effects: Bayer Profit Grows In Spite of Deadly Side Effects</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Industry site, bnet.com has &lt;a href="http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10002821/yaz-is-bayers-top-seller-despite-blood-clot-suits-ad-woes/"&gt;reported&lt;/a&gt; that Bayer's profit from Yaz and Yasmin continues to grow in spite of serious -- even deadly -- &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yaz-yasmin-ocella-side-effects-thousands-sue-bayer-for-birth-control-problems.aspx?googleid=275212"&gt;side effects&lt;/a&gt; including &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yaz-side-effects-how-does-yaz-cause-a-heart-attack.aspx?googleid=274706"&gt;heart attack&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yazyasminocella-side-effects-how-does-yaz-cause-a-stroke.aspx?googleid=274760"&gt;stroke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yazyasminocella-side-effects-how-does-yaz-cause-pulmonary-embolism-pe.aspx?googleid=274902"&gt;pulmonary embolism&lt;/a&gt;, deep vein thrombosis and &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yaz-yasmin-ocella-side-effects-how-does-yaz-cause-gallbladder-disease.aspx?googleid=275204"&gt;gallbladder disease&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bayer&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rsquo;s &lt;strong&gt;Yaz &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;Yasmin &lt;/strong&gt;contraceptives appear to be recession- and scandal-resistant superbrands, if recent reports are to be believed. Bayer hit back at &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSLH10014420090620"&gt;a German newspaper that reported the company was cutting back on pill production &lt;/a&gt;due to decreased demand.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;***&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But &lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSLM67222620090622"&gt;Bayer said the report was wrong:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Revenue from our Yasmin product family continues to rise as planned,&amp;rdquo; a Bayer spokesman told Reuters on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yasmin is Bayer&amp;rsquo;s best-selling pharmaceutical product group. In the first quarter of 2009, Bayer reported sales of 319 million euros ($443.2 million) for the Yasmin range, a 7.4 percent year-on-year gain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Those sales gains came despite &lt;a href="http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/1000960/bayers-advertising-for-contraceptive-yaz-was-misleading/?tag=content;col1"&gt;the FDA forcing Bayer to spend an extra $20 million on &amp;ldquo;corrective&amp;rdquo; advertising&lt;/a&gt; to rebuff claims the company previously made that Yaz cures acne and PMS (it doesn&amp;rsquo;t).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bayer continues to increase its profits at the expense of thousands of young women across the country.  Bayer needs to be held accountable for putting profits and money over safety and lives.  Why doesn't Bayer have to follow the same rules as everyone else?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you or I put out a product that killed people, we would be held accountable.  Why hasn't Bayer been held accountable?  How many young women must suffer a heart attack or stroke before Bayer finally learns its lesson?  Bayer's lesson will be learned only after it loses what it values most . . . money.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;Why Are Yaz / Yasmin / Ocella So Dangerous?&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Popular birth control pills, Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella, have been &lt;a href="http://www.yazhealthrisk.com/yaz/side_effects/drosperinone" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;linked to serious and potentially deadly side effects&lt;/a&gt;. This deadly side effects affect women of all ages, including teens and young women.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella have been linked to serious side effects, such as &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yaz-side-effects-how-does-yaz-cause-a-heart-attack.aspx?googleid=274706" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;heart attack&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yazyasminocella-side-effects-how-does-yaz-cause-a-stroke.aspx?googleid=274760" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;stroke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yazyasminocella-side-effects-how-does-yaz-cause-pulmonary-embolism-pe.aspx?googleid=274902" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;pulmonary embolism&lt;/a&gt; (PE), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yaz-yasmin-ocella-side-effects-how-does-yaz-cause-gallbladder-disease.aspx?googleid=275204" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;gallbladder disease&lt;/a&gt; and sudden cardiac death.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Despite these serious side effects, Bayer marketed these drugs to young women not only as a contraceptive, but to relieve symptoms of severe PMS and as an acne fighter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The FDA reprimanded Bayer late last year for overstating the benefits and downplaying the risks of Yaz in television advertisements. The slogan for Yaz was &amp;quot;beyond birth control.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bayer marketed Yaz to women in their 20s. Commercials cultivated a hip, youthful image set to rock music, and advertised Yaz as a treatment for acne and premenstrual syndrome (PMS).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The FDA called Bayer's advertisements &amp;quot;misleading&amp;quot; and reprimanded Bayer in a number of &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yaz-side-effects-fda-warning-letters.aspx?googleid=274616" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;official FDA letters&lt;/a&gt;. Bayer's conduct was so egregious that the FDA ordered Bayer to run a $20 million &amp;quot;corrective&amp;quot; ad campaign.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I can't think of anything even remotely as large scale as this corrective advertising,&amp;quot; said Michael A. Santoro, an associate professor of business ethics at Rutgers University.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;In August, the FDA again warned Bayer about poor quality control at a German plant that makes Yaz's key ingredient -- drospirenone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Does Yaz / Yasmin / Ocella Cause Such Serious Side Effects?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yaz and Yasmin contain the chemical, Drosperinone, which acts as a diuretic and causes fluid loss. This fluid loss decreases sodium in the blood and increases potassium. This imbalance causes irregular heartbeats and blood pooling, resulting in heart attacks, blood clots and stroke.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Side_effects-drosperinone" src="http://www.yazhealthrisk.com/images/side_effects-drosperinone.jpg?1258410645" width="443" height="535" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What Can I Do If I Have Experienced A Yaz / Yasmin / Ocella Side Effect?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our firm has teamed up with the very best trial lawyers in the country to litigate Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits in the &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yaz-side-effects-lead-counsel-appointed-in-yaz-yasmin-ocella-mdl-class-action.aspx?googleid=275026" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;Multi-District Litigation (MDL)&lt;/a&gt; pending in the Southern District of Illinois, near St. Louis.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In fact, one of our team, Mark Niemeyer of &lt;a href="http://www.onderlaw.com/" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;Onder Shelton O'Leary &amp;amp; Peterson, LLC&lt;/a&gt;, is &lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;one of only three in the country&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt; to be selected by the Court to act as &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yaz-side-effects-lead-counsel-appointed-in-yaz-yasmin-ocella-mdl-class-action.aspx?googleid=275026" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;co-lead counsel&lt;/a&gt; for these Yaz and Yasmin cases.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;My role in this MDL is simply a reflection of the commitment of all us . . . to the women or families of women who suffered grave heath consequences after taking Yaz or Yasmin and just how seriously we take all our cases,&amp;quot; said Mr. Niemeyer.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href="http://www.yazhealthrisk.com/contacts/new" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;contact our team&lt;/a&gt; for a free case evaluation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;What Is An MDL? How Does An MDL Effect My Case?&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can find out more about MDLs and how they work at this &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yaz-side-effects-lead-counsel-appointed-in-yaz-yasmin-ocella-mdl-class-action.aspx?googleid=275026" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;recent post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An MDL is like a class action, but with important differences. Instead of only one &amp;quot;case&amp;quot; (like in a class action), each plaintiff in the MDL maintains his or her own claim. However, because of many areas of common interest, the thousands of cases are consolidated for much of the pre-trial work up. For example, all of the cases filed in federal courts across the country will be transferred and consolidated in front of a single trial judge. The trial judge will appoint certain attorneys to represent all of the plaintiffs for various issues during pre-trial work up, such as discovery (fact-finding), motions, and scientific testing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lead counsel for the MDL is appointed by the trial judge. This small group of attorneys (for the Yaz MDL, there are only three attorneys appointed as co-lead counsel) will manage all of the pre-trial work up of all cases (potentially thousands) within the MDL.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If you file your Yaz or Yasmin claim in federal court, the three co-lead counsels -- including Mark Niemeyer of our team of attorneys -- will manage the work up of your case until trial.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Who Are Members Of This Team Of Attorneys?&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.onderlaw.com/" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;Onder Law Firm&lt;/a&gt;, based in St. Louis, Missouri has a track record of success and results for their clients in pharmaceutical litigation, personal injury claims, class actions and multi-district litigation (MDLs). Other lawyers across the country seek the firm's experience and expertise on complex litigation in specialty areas like dangerous drug cases.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.langdonemison.com" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;Langdon &amp;amp; Emison&lt;/a&gt;, with locations in Chicago, St. Louis and near Kansas City, is one the country's premier trial firms, successfully taking on the largest corporations in the country. Langdon &amp;amp; Emison fought General Motors to the United States Supreme Court. . . and won. &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1997/1997_96_653" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;Baker v. General Motors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; held that corporations could not buy the silence of their employees and is taught in law schools across the country. The lawyers at Langdon &amp;amp; Emison actually try cases and have built a reputation for getting results for their clients with total recoveries of &lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;more than half a billion dollars&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;. You can learn more by visiting Langdon &amp;amp; Emison's &lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;safety blog&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/firms/Missouri/Lexington/Langdon--Emison/" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;profile&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://standlyhamilton.com/" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;Standly Hamilton&lt;/a&gt;, based in Dallas, Texas, litigates cases involving important social issues, dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, catastrophic personal injury, and wrongful death.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Learn More&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href="http://www.yazhealthrisks.com/" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;learn more&lt;/a&gt; about the serious side effects of Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella and find out what to do if you or a loved one have suffered any of these dangerous side effects at this &lt;a href="http://www.yazhealthrisks.com/" ywaonclickoverride="true"&gt;Yaz/Yasmin/Ocella informational and safety web site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://kansascity.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/yaz-yasmin-ocella-side-effects-bayer-profit-grows-in-spite-of-deadly-side-effects.aspx?googleid=275490"&gt;Originally posted&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"&gt;InjuryBoard&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Brett-Emison/"&gt;Brett Emison&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <category>FDA &amp; Prescription Drugs</category>
      <category>Yaz</category>
      <category> Yasmin</category>
      <category> Ocella</category>
      <category> Bayer</category>
      <category> profit</category>
      <category> money</category>
      <category> safety</category>
      <category> side effects</category>
      <category> side effect</category>
      <category> heart attack</category>
      <category> stroke</category>
      <category> pulmonary embolism</category>
      <category> PE</category>
      <category> deep vein thrombosis</category>
      <category> DVT</category>
      <category> gallbladder</category>
      <category> lawyer</category>
      <category> attorney</category>
      <category> class action</category>
      <category> multidistrict litigation</category>
      <category> MDL</category>
      <category> lead counsel</category>
      <dc:creator>Brett Emison</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:20:48 GMT</pubDate>
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