Posts tagged war

• 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...

• Cancer Scams -- FDA Warns Consumers

  Alyssa DiEdwardo | October 25, 2010 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  October is the 25th anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness month. In 2006 191,410 women were diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast Cancer is ranked number one in cancer in women of all...

• Minimizing the Risks of General Anesthesia in Surgery

  Jerry H. Trachtman | August 12, 2010 3:20 PM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  According to a study reported in Anesthesiology (April, 2009), the journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, between 1999 and 2005 there were 2,211 anesthesia-related deaths in the United States. Of those deaths, almost half (47%) were the result of general anesthesia overdose.

• What is Going on at Johnson & Johnson?

  Brenda Fulmer | August 04, 2010 5:03 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) has made the news many times in recent months with several recalls of various consumer drugs, including many of its popular children formulations. ...

• Big Tobacco Caught in the Back Draft of its Scorched Earth Litigation Strategy

  Cal Warriner | November 20, 2009 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Big Tobacco's pants are aflame today after suffering a 300 million dollar verdict in yet another defeat in its Florida litigation war. You see, knowing it has imposed more death and suffering than...

• Helping Our Wounded Warriors

  Jerry H. Trachtman | August 28, 2009 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Imagine returning home from combat facing devastating injuries and long term hospitalization--in a facility hundreds of miles away from your family. Imagine somebody brings you together. With these...

• A Family's Liability- when a family is negligent, does the liability extend down the family chain?

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | August 24, 2009 6:24 PM | 6 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  On July 26th 2009, Diane Schuler loaded her 2 children and three nieces into her car and hit the road, returning home to Long Island after a weekend of camping. This was 9:30 in the morning. By 1:30...