Posts tagged congress

• Today’s 24 Hours Dedicated to Injury That Occurs Every 21 Seconds

  Council Wooten | March 21, 2012 9:52 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and today is Brain Injury Awareness Day. As noted in the video above from the traumatic brain injury (TBI) information website Brainline.org, somebody...

• The Medical Malpractice Myth

  Ed Normand | February 11, 2010 8:30 AM | 5 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We hear many politicians these days calling for tort reform, claiming that the medical malpractice system is broken, and blaming personal injury attorneys. And as time goes on, we will probably hear...

• Americans should look at Insurance Reform Before Espousing Tort Reform

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | October 21, 2009 4:39 PM | 1 CommentMiami, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There is a lot of energy about the various Health Care Bills that are being prepared and proposed by Congress. One issue on lots of minds is tort reform. Some elected officials are for tort reform,...

• Hydroxycut: The Latest Gun in DSHEA’s Wild West

  Don Greiwe | May 11, 2009 9:32 AM | 3 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As you probably have heard, hydroxycut has been taken off the market. On April 30th the FDA warned consumers to immediately stop using all 14 Hydroxycut products. This comes after the FDA...

• Wyeth v. Levine, and The Food and Drug Administration’s Internal Conflict over Federal Preemption

  Armand Rossetti | November 02, 2008 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Reporters at The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) have been paying close attention to recent developments concerning federal preemption of state lawsuits, concerning United States Food and Drug...

• Stealth Preemption by Preamble

  Armand Rossetti | October 16, 2008 11:18 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  What is the most rapid and effective way to advance preemption? Answer: preemption by preamble. It seems that the concept doing it the traditional way; first approaching Congress, or having...

• Report: Florida Congressman Mahoney Settles In Sex Scandal

  Brian W. Smith | October 13, 2008 2:33 PM | 4 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL) has agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mistress, Patricia Allen, who worked on his staff and was threatening to sue him, according to ABC...