Posts tagged inc

• More Study Ordered on Implantable Surgical Mesh by FDA

  Greg Webb | January 18, 2012 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an order requiring makers of implantable surgical mesh used to treat urinary incontinence in women to study its risks.[1]...

• Pusillanimous Plaintiffs Personal Injury Lawyers are the Pits

  Doug Landau | December 04, 2011 8:14 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The cowardly acts of several so-called plaintiff's personal injury lawyers have really gotten Doug Landau, of the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., peeved. Rather than discuss these...

• Electric Car Batteries Can Spontaneously Catch Fire

  Emily Mapp Brannon | November 20, 2011 3:33 PM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Concerns about fires in Chevy Volt vehicles are growing after a report about a crash test car catching fire spontaneously. The car, used in a crash test three weeks previously, was sitting in a...

• Social Security Disability Updates for 2012; Higher Earnings Allowed

  Doug Landau | October 27, 2011 6:31 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Social Security Administration has released the new numbers for 2012. The Federal Government's disability program has increased the amounts necessary for work determinations, the payments for...

• Can I get compensation for lost wages/earnings if I was out of work at the time of the crash ?

  Doug Landau | October 08, 2011 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A lawsuit in the wake of a car accident involves multiple types of damages. Plaintiffs seek recovery, for example, for medical expenses, for physical and emotional pain and suffering, for loss of...

• Will New Hospital Codes Be Abused by Insurance Companies?

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | September 16, 2011 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  If you fall on a sidewalk and break your foot, or if you hurt your back after slipping in the bath, doctors and hospitals use different codes to inform insurers about the nature of the injuries In...

• Surgical Mesh Used for Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Incontinence Causing Complications?

  Greg Webb | August 01, 2011 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As early as October 2008, the FDA released a public health notification about problems associated with transvaginal placement of surgical mesh in the cases of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress...

• Interstate budget bus company's poor safety record

  Doug Landau | June 17, 2011 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  When a bus company has a pattern of unsafe practices and a history of accidents, the Federal Government should protect the public and shut the transportation motor carrier down until the safety...

• It Makes No Sense That States Can Randomly Inspect Trucks But Not Buses

  Michael Phelan | June 08, 2011 12:05 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The Virginia bus crash last week that killed four and injured over 50 people has re-ignited the debate over a massive transportation spending bill that Congress passed in 2005 called SAFE-TEA-LU....

• Off label use results in $200 million Botox punitive damages verdict

  Doug Landau | May 19, 2011 12:06 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Off label use of a drug is when a medication is used to treat a condition other than what it was approved for by the Federal Government. The manufacturer of Botox found out that augmenting sales by...