Posts tagged juries

• Legal Drugs Can Sometimes Be As Deadly as Illegal Drugs - Know What You're Taking

  Darren Tobin | May 21, 2012 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Ever wonder how to find out exactly what inactive ingredients are in medication? Most people do not know or care to know what inactive ingredients are in the drug they are about to take, but some...

• Actos' Cancer Risk Acknowledged by FDA

  M. Brandon Smith | September 25, 2011 11:09 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  An increased risk of developing bladder cancer has been linked to the diabetes drug Actos (generic: pioglitazone). The increased risk of developing bladder cancer is a staggering 40%. Actos was...

• Motorcycle Rider Struck By Mini-van Causes Serious Injuries

  M. Brandon Smith | August 13, 2011 4:21 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Saturday, July 30th, two area residents were seriously injured in a traffic accident involving a motorcycle and a minivan. The accident occurred in the late morning on Thurmond Road in Barrow...

• DePuy ASR Hip Implant Failure Rate May Be As High As 49% In All Patients

  M. Brandon Smith | March 13, 2011 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  On August 26, 2010, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc, recalled two of its hip replacement systems – the ASR XL Acetabular System and DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System. DePuy said in its recall that...

• Should The FDA Approve A Medical Device That Has Not Been Tested?

  M. Brandon Smith | February 26, 2011 12:26 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The short and troubled life of the DePuy ASR hip implant points to a larger more disturbing situation: a FDA implant oversight system that is malfunctioning almost as badly as the DePuy hips...

• Updates on Atlanta Botanical Garden Walkway Collapse

  Jessica Smagacz | July 15, 2009 12:33 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  About seven months ago, a walkway collapsed at the Atlanta Botanical Garden that resulted in one death and 18 injures. Please see our past blog here. Latest update come from Atlanta...

• 4 Car Accident Causes Fatal Injuries

  M. Brandon Smith | June 30, 2009 10:02 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recentyly two young children will killed in a car accident in Lexington County. The car accident occurred the Monday morning of June 22, 2009 about 8:45 a.m. at South Lake Drive near Bethany Church...

• Georgia Worker Killed by Car Dealership Forklift

  Jessica Smagacz | May 13, 2009 11:33 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) reported that a car dealership in a Clayton County experienced a tragic accident. One of the workers at a car dealership, Pars Car Sales on Southlake Parkway,...

• The CPSC Continues to Investigate the Yamaha Rhino after some 30 deaths

  Jessica Smagacz | April 02, 2009 8:02 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A couple days ago, Yamaha Motor Corp. U.S.A. of Cypress, California announced a free repair program to address safety issues with all Rhino 450, 660, and 700 model off-highway recreational...

• Yamaha Motor Corp. Experiencing Troubles with Model Rhino Vehicles

  Jessica Smagacz | April 01, 2009 2:10 AM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said yesterday that Yamaha Motor Corp. U.S.A. of Cypress, California announced a free repair program to address safety issues with all Rhino 450,...