Miscellaneous

• Government Agencies Liability Limited

  Patricia Doherty | July 31, 2007 11:45 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Did you know that under the Florida Statutes a recovery for personal injuries is limited against a government agency? Under Florida's sovereign immunity statute the most a government agency will have to pay is $100,000.00 per an individual's claim. If a jury awards more than the cap on damages the injured party must petition the Legistlature to collect the rest of the award. Situations where...

• Avandia....It Could Be Back...

  Allison Snoddy | July 31, 2007 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  On Monday a panel of independent experts suggested that drug regulators keep Avandia on the market even though Avandia is linked to increased heart problems. A study in the May 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine showed Avandia users -- more than seven million around the world -- had 43 percent greater risk of heart attack.The Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee agreed...

• Is Avandia Back??

  Allison Snoddy | July 31, 2007 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  On Monday a panel of independent experts suggested that drug regulators keep Avandia on the market even though Avandia is linked to increased heart problems. A study in the May 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine showed Avandia users -- more than seven million around the world -- had 43 percent greater risk of heart attack. The Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee agreed...

• Class 1 Recall of Baxter COLLEAGUE and FLO-GARD Volumetric Infusion Pumps

  Jenny Albano | July 31, 2007 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Baxter Healthcare and the FDA have announced the Class 1 Recall of Baxter COLLEAGUE and FLO-GARD Volumetric Infusion Pumps. The recall includes 534 infusion pump devices in the United States that were brought into the company's service center for maintenance and repair. The company found falsified repair, test, and inspection data sheets, including electrical safety data. The products are...

• Bad Faith Insurance Claims

  Matt Buckmiller | July 30, 2007 9:29 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  One Fourth Of Americans Have Had Valid Health Insurance Claims Denied. While theinsurance company in John Grisham's book "The Rainmaker" is fictitious it is indicative of the way billions of consumers are treated when dealing with their insurance company. In the book, an insured 20-something year old, Donny Eay, is dying of leukemia. A bone marrow transplant would have cured Donny Ray...

• This article has been moved.

  Chrissie Cole | July 30, 2007 6:41 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

• The idiots running Little League baseball

  Ben Glass | July 30, 2007 2:12 PM | 2 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  There is an interesting article in Sunday's Washington Post. It seems that the father of an eight-year-old Little League or was umpiring game, most probably as a volunteer, when a situation occurred that caused him to want to go look up the official rules in the Little League rulebook. He checked the Little League website first with no success. To make a long story very short what he found...

• Another Botulism Case Found in San Diego

  Jenny Albano | July 30, 2007 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  On July 27, 2007, the California Department of Public Health announced that another case of botulism was confirmed. A 51 year-old San Diego women was found to have the rare illness and was hospitalized, she is now recovering at home.The women reported that she had eaten one of the recalled products, Kroger Chili with Beans, before she became ill. The San Diego County Health and Human Services...

• Avandia - will FDA pull the drug

  Rob Quattrocci | July 30, 2007 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  The federal government this week is considering pulling the drug Avandia due to the heart risks associated with the medicine.Information from dozens of studies of the GlaxoSmithKline PLC drug points to an increased risk of heart attack, Food and Drug Administration reviewers said. The regulatory agency is seeking advice from a joint panel of outside experts on whether the drug should be pulled...

• Medical Malpractice - Syracuse - New York

  Rob Quattrocci | July 30, 2007 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Recently, with the debates and the upcoming presidential election we have heard the cry for tort reform - particularly in medical malpractice cases. However, recent studies show the the claim of runaway juries and ridiculous verdicts is simply propodanda. In fact, only approximately 27% of malpractice plaintiffs prevail at trial and that number is far less in states such as New York.Reviewing...