Brett Emison |
May 21, 2013 10:43 AMKansas City, MO
Category:
Wrongful Death
The city of Moore, Oklahoma - near Oklahoma City - was devastated by a tornado yesterday. Reports have the tornado producing up to 200 mile/hour winds with a width of up to 2 miles while on...
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David Mittleman |
May 23, 2013 10:45 AM |
Lansing, MI
Category:
Medical Malpractice
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the U.S., and that's even among young people. Thanks to inventions like the indoor tanning bed, as well as not wearing sunscreen when spending...
Lawrence Cohan |
May 22, 2013 12:30 PM |
Central Pennsylvania, PA
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
The old phrase “To err is human” helps us to understand that even doctors make mistakes. While it is acceptable that humans make mistakes, surgical mistakes are not something that...
Steve Thomas |
May 22, 2013 10:57 AM |
Houston, TX
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
Based on common “factual allegations” among plaintiffs in dozens of Mirena IUD lawsuits, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in April consolidated claims against...
Andrew Cochran |
May 22, 2013 11:19 AM |
Voices
Category:
Toxic Substances
Like many of you, I come from a family in which someone has proudly served our country in war, so I take veterans' health and civil justice issues very seriously. On Memorial Day, we'll...
Eric Chaffin |
May 23, 2013 1:17 PM |
New York, NY
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
Patients who take the anticoagulant Pradaxa to reduce their risk of stroke now have another reason to discuss this choice with their doctors. The FDA approved Pradaxa in October 2010 for use in...
Dottie Perry |
May 23, 2013 2:19 PM |
Mobile, AL
Category:
Miscellaneous
My 5 year-old niece spent some time in a Raleigh, North Carolina hospital recently after an encounter with a copperhead snake in her front yard. Even though the ER doctors say her finger was...