Posts tagged law

• The Role of the Beers List

  Mark Bello | May 24, 2012 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  I am not talking about a list of the most popular adult beverages. The Beers list, formally known as the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults, is a list of...

• Corporations Pay Big for Misleading Advertising Promises

  David Mittleman | May 23, 2012 8:49 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A couple of recent stories have debunked advertisers' false claims about their products and shown the dangers of making big promises to consumers to get them to buy. From Nutella, the...

• Prescription Errors are Tough to Swallow

  Mark Bello | May 22, 2012 1:13 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A New Jersey CVS Pharmacy mistakenly gave as many as fifty children Tamoxifen, a powerful cancer fighting medication, instead of the prescribed fluoride tablets. Although some children ingested...

• Tires; Your Life Rides on Them

  Mark Bello | May 22, 2012 10:56 AM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Inclement weather, poorly maintained roads, and road debris are all conditions that can make for dangerous driving, and poorly maintained tires are no exception. A new government report shows...

• Woman a Quadriplegic After Procedure to Determine Cause of Headaches

  Mark Bello | May 21, 2012 12:33 PM | 2 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A California woman recently won a $22 million medical malpractice lawsuit against the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Group after a medical procedure left her a quadriplegic. In October 2006, the...

• Two Lawsuits Filed in Tent Collapse during St. Louis Storm

  Mark Bello | May 17, 2012 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  On April 28, a fast-moving storm whipped through St. Louis with little warning as hundreds of baseball fans celebrated a Cardinals victory at Kilroy’s Sports Bar near Busch Stadium....

• Employer Released from Liability in Wrongful Death Case

  Mark Bello | May 17, 2012 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The owner of a taxi cab company has been released from personal liability in the 2010 wrongful death lawsuit of a 12-year-old boy. The lawsuit, filed by the child’s mother alleged that the...

• Law Students Discover Wrong Man Received Death Penalty in Texas

  David Mittleman | May 16, 2012 8:43 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It was a horrible coincidence: he had the same first name as the killer and looked uncannily like him, too. On top of that, Carlos DeLuna was also at the scene of the crime when it took place in...

• Can Someone Be Held Liable for Being Electronically Present in an Auto Accident?

  Mark Bello | May 15, 2012 1:51 PM | 4 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One September evening in 2009, a couple riding their motorcycle was sideswiped by a Chevy pick-up truck that crossed the center line. The cause of the accident – the 19-year-old driver of...

• Ford Windstar Recalls Continue over Rear-Axle Breaks

  Mark Bello | May 15, 2012 1:29 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Back in May 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) started investigating cases of rear axles breaking in Ford Windstars after receiving over 200 hundred initial...