Posts tagged liability

• Just How Much do Malpractice Suits Raise Health Care Costs?

  Mike Ferrara | July 16, 2009 10:22 PM | 21 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A succinct op-ed in The New York Times earlier this week by UPenn Law School professor Tom Baker made some terrific points about medical malpractice, and the expensive malpractice insurance that...

• Huge Medical Malpractice Study: Liability Should Not be More Limited.

  Mike Ferrara | July 23, 2009 9:50 PM | 7 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Americans for Insurance Reform released a study earlier this week showing that in recent years, doctor premiums and medical malpractice claims have overwhelmingly dropped, while the profits of the...

• Toyota's Recall Not Nearly Large Enough, Lawsuit Says: 13 More Models at Risk

  Mike Ferrara | February 02, 2010 10:46 PM | 5 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to a lawsuit recently filed in West Virginia, Toyota’s 2-million-vehicle recall last month neglected to include all of the vehicles that pose a threat to consumers. ...

• Stop The Dog Bite Madness - 4.7M Dog Bites A Year Far Too Many

  Mike Ferrara | June 17, 2007 11:30 PM | 4 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that there are 4.7 million dog bites a year, 800,000 of which require medical attention. That is 2191 bites a day. Every day. Of these, half involve kids. Of the children bitten, two thirds between the ages 5 and 9 are bitten in the head and neck. There are 386,000 bites that require trips to the ER and a dozen die each year. ...

• Another Blow to Consumer Safety by the U.S. Supreme Court

  Mike Ferrara | July 06, 2011 5:20 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Supreme Court recently came to a decision in McIntyre Machinery v. Nicastro that will make it a lot harder to hold foreign manufacturers accountable in U.S. court when they sell...

• New Evidence in Toyota Vehicular Homicide Case Points to Faulty Cruise Control

  Mike Ferrara | April 22, 2010 8:31 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The conviction of a man sentenced to eight years in prison for vehicular homicide is being re-examined in light of the recent Toyota recalls for unintended acceleration. And a new...

• Former Head of NHTSA: Agency is Weak & Underfunded

  Camryn Hansen | February 26, 2010 10:32 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Joan Claybrook, who headed the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration from 1977-1981, testified at the Congressional Toyota hearings on Wednesday that the agency is lacking in a...

• Confused by Preemption in Wyeth v. Levine? Listen to the Experts.

  Camryn Hansen | November 11, 2008 10:55 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  This week, as the US Supreme Court hears the case of Wyeth v. Levine, centered around the FDA’s continued approval of the Wyeth migraine drug Phenergan for intravenous use via the IV push...

• Manufacturer Accountability = A Huge Boost for Product Safety

  Mike Ferrara | December 09, 2010 6:32 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Just in time for the holidays, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission approved a Final Rule to establish an online database of product safety complaints that will be open to all consumers. ...

• Before the Recalls: “We Need to Come Clean,” Said Top Toyota Exec

  Mike Ferrara | April 09, 2010 8:53 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Now there is more proof than ever that Toyota knew full well that it had problems with unintended acceleration long before it informed the public or took any action to fix sticking...