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• Doctor's Failure to Admit Medical Errors - Who is to Blame?

  Rob Curtiss | December 07, 2007 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  In the past several years, many articles have been written about the overwhelming failure of medical professionals to admit errors made in the course of their practice. Many people blame trial lawyers for this phenomenon. The assumption that underlies this position is that doctors would be forthright about their mistakes if they weren't faced with the specter of being sued. I can think of at...

• You May Be Entitled To Benefits, Under Your Employers Auto Insurance Policy

  Rob Curtiss | December 14, 2007 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Most people realize that their own automobile insurance policies protect them if they are injured through the negligence of an uninsured or underinsured driver. What they may not realize is that these same type of benefits may be available to them if they are injured while in their employer's vehicle. Recently, we have handled a couple of cases for people who were operating vehicles owned by...

• New Hampshire Teen Killed in Car Crash

  Ed Van Dorn | November 28, 2007 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  New Hampshire teen killed in car crash was not wearing seatbelt. It is especially important that young drivers and their passengers take all proper safety precautions. Last Sunday morning a high schoool student from Claremont, New Hampshire was killed in a car crash. Police say 17-year-old Aaron Branch was pronounced dead at the scene. The car he was riding in, driven by 17-year-old Eric Simino,...

• Manufacturer of Failed Hernia Repair Patch being Sued

  Christina Cole | December 28, 2006 8:49 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Davol, Inc. a Rhode Island based manufacturer of the Composix Kugel Mesh Patch, a medical device that is used in hernia repair surgeries, is being sued by Motley Rice with co-counsel Wexler Toriseva Wallace LLP. The suit was filed in Rhode Island Superior Court on behalf of plaintiff Jimmy Warren of St. Charles County. Warren, who's inserted Kugel Mesh Patch failed to work following a product...

• Hydrox Labs Recalls Cardinal Health Alcohol-Free Mouthwash

  Jenny Albano | May 08, 2008 3:46 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Hydrox Labs, in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling Cardinal Health alcohol-free mouthwash because it has been tested positive for Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia). The CDC has confirmed one...

• Medical Malpractice in New Hampshire

  Ed Van Dorn | October 16, 2007 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Two years ago, under pressure from the medical and insurance industries and despite efforts by consumer groups, the New Hampshire legislature passed a law requiring all medical malpractice claims to be screened by an allegedly "neutral panel" before the claim could be heard in court. The insurance and medical groups argued that it would provide an efficient, time and cost saving method of...

• Court Limits Slip-and-Fall Cases

  Christina Cole | January 17, 2007 3:04 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  A business cannot be sued in a slip-and-fall case unless the injured patron is able to prove that the store employees were aware or should have known about the condition, ruled the Arizona Court of Appeals.The judges threw out a claim by David Contreras Sr., an employee of a liquor distributing company.In 2005, Contreras sued after he said he slimed on a slimy blue substance while on delivery to...

• Hyundai Sonatas Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | May 26, 2009 11:42 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Hyundai Sonatas from the 2002-03 model years are being recalled to fix a problem with the interior door handle. The company said some door handles may have thin chrome plating, which may wear...

• Summit Import Corp. Recalled Sum Cheong Lung Brand Dried Fish

  Jenny Albano | February 27, 2008 10:17 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  Summit Import Corp., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling all its packages of Sum Cheong Lung brand Dried Fish because it was discovered that the fish was not eviscerated before processing. New York State Dept. of Agriculture and Markets Food Inspectors during a routine inspection and subsequent analysis of the product by Food Laboratory personnel confirming that the fish had not been...

• Dog Bite Law in New Hampshire

  Ed Van Dorn | July 05, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  The state of New Hampshire has a strict law concerning dog bites and attacks by domestic animals. Specifically the law says:NHRSA 466:19 Liability of Owner or Keeper. - Any person to whom or to whose property, including sheep, lambs, fowl, or other domestic creatures, damage may be occasioned by a dog not owned or kept by such person shall be entitled to recover damages from the person who owns,...