Posts tagged war

• Motorcycle Awareness Month Applies to All Motorists

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | May 09, 2012 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  I hear the same stories over and over again,” Jim Gladstone says in the video above. Gladstone is the president of West Coast ABATE of Florida, a non-profit organization that promotes...

• Majority of Work Zone Fatalities are Motorists, Pedestrians

  Ed Normand | April 25, 2012 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This video from the New York Times was part of a December 2009 story about deadly accidents in highway work zones around the country. The segment above begins with the story of a 42-year-old...

• Without Charges for Distracted Driving, Florida Police Will Issue Tickets for ‘Careless Driving’

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | April 18, 2012 8:50 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This video released last year by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office shows a number of motorists who either ignored or did not see red lights and caused a number of near accidents....

• Be Wary of What You Post on Facebook

  Steve Watrel | April 04, 2012 6:17 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Reflecting on twenty years of practice in the State of Florida, I realized how much the practice of law has changed with the arrival of the internet. When I started practicing, we used hardbound...

• 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 Debate Over Pradaxa (Dabigatran) Safety - Follow the Money

  Cal Warriner | March 20, 2012 10:19 AM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Boehringer Ingelheim, a German pharmaceutical company beat all competitors to the market with its new wonder drug Pradaxa. The new drug was touted as equal or superior to Coumadin (Warfarin) for...

• Zofran (Ondansetron) - Another Heartbreaker from Glaxo Smith Kline

  Cal Warriner | September 19, 2011 9:38 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  On Thursday, September 15, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Glaxo Smith Kline’s (GSK) anti-nausea drug Zofran (Ondansetron) has been linked to potentially fatal cardiac...

• Big Tobacco--Emperor Has No Clothes in Massachusetts

  John Hopkins | September 02, 2011 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Over 6000 plaintiffs in Florida continue to face arguments put forth by the tobacco industry. To those of us who have read major portions of documents produced by Big Tobacco and dating back as many...

• Graphic Cigarette Warnings Coming in 2012

  Laurie Briggs | June 21, 2011 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released nine new graphic cigarette warning labels which will be required to be placed on every cigarette pack sold in the United States beginning on October...

• It's About Time Cigarette Warnings Got Serious

  Laurie Briggs | November 22, 2010 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally wants to change the way cigarette packs look. It’s not seeking to change the color of the packs or the size and shape of cigarettes. It...