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• Connecticut Driver Kills New York Motorist

  Courtney Mills | August 21, 2007 11:42 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  A fatal car accident on Route 8 claimed the life of a 41-year old man from New York. Connecticut police announced that Robert Goodwin of Saratoga Springs, NY, died at Yale-New Haven Hospital.Goodwin's truck was in the southbound lane on Route 8 when, according to authorities, a car struck him head-on in the oncoming direction. The other car was in the wrong lane of the highway, and apparently...

• Transplant Doctor Accused of Speeding Up Death for Organs

  Jenny Albano | July 31, 2007 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Dr. Hootan Roozrokh of San Francisco has been accused of prescribing excessive drugs to a disabled patient to speed up his death and harvest his organs. The man, 26 year-old Ruben Navarro, died in 2006.The defendant's lawyer stated that the charges were "unfounded and ill-advised" and that is client has been subjected to an "18-month witch hunt".Roozrokh was charged with felony counts of...

• FDA Cannot Promise Safety of Imported Drugs

  Jenny Albano | July 13, 2007 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  According to Peter Pitts, president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest and a founding member of FDA's Counterfeit Drug Task Force, it is almost impossible for the FDA to guarantee the safety of imported drugs. This is because there are so many counterfeiters from all over the world. Pitts continues that "simply mandating safety by legislative fiat will not make imported drugs...

• Playing Fair: Discovering Facts About Medical Malpractice Injuries

  Alison Mynick, RN, Esq. | June 02, 2007 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  How do you prove your medical malpractice case? What do you do if a defendant hospital doesn't "play fair" ? In Charleston, South Carolina the Court ordered a hospital to pay $1.3 million as a sanction to the plaintiff in a medical malpractice. The reason: The hospital was found to have given inaccurate answers to questions, inaccurate testmony and to have engaged in other "misconduct" . See:...

• Insurance Industry Greed

  Corinne Tozier | April 26, 2007 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Most insurance companies make a sizeable profit each year yet never really explain to their customers why the rates keep going up and perhaps services go down. Take, for instance, the Eastern and Gulf Coast policyholders whose policies have been dropped yet the insurance industry profit in 2006 was over $63 billion dollars. Sixty-three Billion!Watch out for the greedy insurance company.You...

• Hazardous Lead In Children's Jewelry

  Corinne Tozier | April 20, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Children's jewelry contains lead? Yes, some jewelry does contain lead. This should be a huge concern for parents, grandparents and families in general. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been urged to ban the lead from children's metal jewelry.With an overwhelming number of toy recalls recently, the CPSC should be focused on keeping dangerous toys off the market, not weakening...

• Car Accidents 101 - What to do!

  Corinne Tozier | April 10, 2007 3:07 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  You've been in an accident; you are upset and cannot think clearly; and you are at a loss as to what to do or what information you might need for future use.A print-out list of what you should do would be handy to help you through those first stressful minutes after your accident. Well here's a list for you!http://www.seitelman.com/auto_accident.htm1. Try to remain claim and thoughtful 2. If...

• Safety Problem with Weakened Car Doors

  Corinne Tozier | April 04, 2007 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been asked to reconsider the wording of a regulation on car door locks that might affect state tort laws. The regulation in itself is good as it makes sure that car doors, including sliding side doors, remain closed in the event of a crash.However, the language is problematic.The regulation, scheduled to take effect on September 1, 2008,...

• Weekend Medical Malpractice: Delay Places Stroke Victims At Risk

  Alison Mynick, RN, Esq. | March 19, 2007 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Each year 700,000 American suffer the devastation of a stroke. About one third die, and many survivors suffer irreversible effects that limit speech and mobility.You are fourteen times more likely to die of a stroke if you're brought to the ER on the weekend. A recent Canadian study outlines the startling figures, but the reasons why a weekend stroke patient is more likely to die than his or...

• Hormone Therapy On Trial: Product Liability Lawsuit Won Against Wyeth.

  Alison Mynick, RN, Esq. | February 06, 2007 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Mary Daniel of Arkansas took on the Pennsylvania drug company Wyeth Pharmaceutical. Wyeth manufactures estrogen pills prescribed by doctors to replace a loss of estrogen. Ms. Daniel claimed that Wyeth's "Prempro" hormone pills caused her breast cancer. However, a key question in her case was: How specific does a drug company need to be about warning consumers of a possible side effect such as...