Posts tagged consumer

• Hundreds of Parks, Thousands of Injuries Every Year in Florida

  Ed Normand | April 04, 2012 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  While last month saw far too many headlines across the nation involving school bus accidents, the video above is news footage of another type of incident that many of us never really think...

• Consumer Report Has Concerns About Popular Medical Products

  Brenda Fulmer | March 29, 2012 5:29 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A recent Consumer Reports article on medical device safety has generated a great deal of buzz (and concern) among patients. Consumer Reports, founded in 1933, is an expert, independent, nonprofit...

• John Stossel on Being a Good Citizen

  John Hopkins | June 17, 2011 2:18 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Is John Stossel duplicitous or misunderstood? Has he “grown” in his philosophies or is a charlatan? Hypocrite or sadly misunderstood? I have now spent some time reading about Mr...

• Support Your Local Trial Lawyer

  John Hopkins | June 09, 2011 2:39 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In the news today, some of us read the very good news that many sport utility vehicles (SUV) are safer because of the incorporation of electronic stability control (ESC) into these vehicles. A...

• Choices Made for Consumers: Second Surgeries or Heavy Metal Poisoning?

  Cal Warriner | May 31, 2011 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons estimates that there may be a need for 500,000 hip replacements and 3,000,000 knee replacements each year by the year 2030. That’s a...

• BP Oil Compensation -- Buy a Release

  John Hopkins | December 14, 2010 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  It has existed in the insurance industry for as long as I can remember and that encompasses about 30 years: it is called “buying” a release. Take an injured person who is financially...

• Consumer Safety Resources

  John Hopkins | September 22, 2010 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  We want to introduce what we hope is useful consumer information and it is our hope the information will assist in avoiding injuries. Unique? Not at all. This is what trial lawyers do –...

• Searching for Answers for Tainted Eggs

  Laurie Briggs | August 26, 2010 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Blame it on the FDA, blame it on the egg farmers, blame it on the government, but someone has “egg” on their face after 550 million eggs were recently recalled after complaints of...

• Is Florida's Attorney General Putting Politics Before the People?

  Patrick Quinlan | April 09, 2010 3:19 PM | 7 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As a Floridian, I am angry. As a trial lawyer, I am furious. Our Attorney General, Bill McCollum -- a man who wants to be the Governor of this state -- has filed a lawsuit seeking to have the new...

• Dangerous High Chairs Recalled

  Laurie Briggs | March 19, 2010 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  After receiving nearly 500 complaints about their Harmony High Chairs, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced yesterday that 1.2 million high chairs were being recalled by Graco,...