Mike Ferrara |
February 09, 2012 8:52 PMCherry Hill, NJ
Category:
Automobile Accidents
After almost two years of a series of bad faith efforts to keep information about its defective, dangerous tires private, Michelin North America has been ordered by a federal judge in...
Elsewhere On The Injury Board
David Mittleman |
February 09, 2012 11:56 AM |
Lansing, MI
Category:
Workplace Injuries
During what was supposed to be a heart warming segment on a local television newscast, a reporter was biten in the face by a dog rescued from an icy lake the day before by firefighters. The dog,...
Joe Saunders |
February 08, 2012 9:28 PM |
Pinellas, FL
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
Products liability lawsuits against three different manufacturers of transvaginal surgical mesh devices were assigned to a single federal judge in a multidistrict litigation proceeding this...
Shezad Malik MD JD |
February 08, 2012 9:51 AM |
Fort Worth, TX
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
A medical study underway is expected to reveal that side effects of metal-on-metal hip replacements can cause genetic damage, which could lead to an increased risk of cancer.
According to the...
Paul Napoli |
February 08, 2012 10:09 AM |
New York City, NY
Category:
Medical Malpractice
Allergan Inc., maker of the Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding System, has announced it will no longer sell the weight loss device to troubled California surgical centers affiliated with the...
Jackie Fedeli |
February 08, 2012 10:25 AM |
Central Pennsylvania, PA
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
Eight Days spanning from February 7th through February 14th is National Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. How appropriate that the last day of the week ends on Valentine’s Day, a...
Andrew Cochran |
February 09, 2012 3:34 PM |
Voices
Category:
Wrongful Death
This week, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 3541, the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, which prohibits an abortion based on the sex, gender, color or race of the child, or the...