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New Research Identifies Previously Unknown Triggers for Elevated Stroke Risk

Each year, one of every 20 U.S. deaths, which encompasses around 140,000 people, is caused by a stroke. Nearly nine in 10 of these strokes are ischemic strokes, which occur when blood flow to the brain is limited or blocked. This blockage deprives the brain…

By Christopher T. Nace

/ 13 Dec 2018

New Research Identifies Previously Unknown Triggers for Elevated Stroke Risk

Why We Remove Mesh

A leading hernia mesh doctor reports that her California office is being inundated with requests for hernia mesh removals. Dr. Shirin Towfigh is the principal investigator among researchers reporting on the conclusion of a 4.5 year study on mesh removals, published in Hernia Magazine December…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 13 Dec 2018

Lawsuit Against Big Pharma Opiate Manufacturers Dismissed in Tennessee

In late November, a Tennessee judge dismissed a lawsuit that aimed to label Big Pharma manufacturers of prescription opiates as drug dealers. This comes after 47 Middle and East Tennessee counties filed lawsuits against opiate manufacturers and distributors in 2017. Thousands more were filed nationw

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 13 Dec 2018

Lawsuit Against Big Pharma Opiate Manufacturers Dismissed in Tennessee

Crossbow Hunting Season Has Begun!

Deer hunting season recently began in many states around the country, and with it, another onslaught of crossbow injuries resulting in claims against Barnett Outdoors, LLC. Although Barnett was forced to place “finger reminders” on their crossbows some years ago, many of these ‘reminders’ are…

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 12 Dec 2018

Snow Chains, Safety Tips Help Nevada Drivers Navigate Slippery Winter Roads

Each year, up to 2,000 crashes result from unsafe driving on snowy, icy, or rainy roads in Nevada. In an attempt counteract this, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) recently implemented a new safety regulation for drivers; beginning in Winter 2018-2019, snow chains are mandatory…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 11 Dec 2018

Snow Chains, Safety Tips Help Nevada Drivers Navigate Slippery Winter Roads

CJG is investigating Hernia Mesh Injuries

DID YOU KNOW MORE THAN 800,000 HERNIA REPAIRS ARE PERFORMED IN THE U.S. EACH YEAR? YET THERE HAVE BEEN 50,000+ LAWSUITS IN THE U.S. RELATED TO HERNIA MESH PROCEDURES AND THE NUMBER CONTINUES TO RISE. The most common adverse events following hernia repair with mesh…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 6 Dec 2018

CJG is investigating Hernia Mesh Injuries

Bus Wreck Results in Death of 9 Year Old, Injures Others from Orange Mound Youth Football Team

Just weeks after a Desoto County, MS bus wreck killed 2 and left dozens more injured, tragedy struck the Mid-South again. This time the victim is a 9 year old boy from Memphis named Kameron Johnson. His friends and family called him Kam Kam, according…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 3 Dec 2018

Prevention Efforts Aim to Decrease Young Driver Fatalities in Tennessee

Did you know that 94% of teen drivers acknowledge the dangers of texting and driving, yet 35% of them admit to still doing it anyway? That’s according to a recent AAA poll. While those are nationwide numbers, the statistics in Tennessee aren’t any better. On…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 3 Dec 2018

Prevention Efforts Aim to Decrease Young Driver Fatalities in Tennessee

Former Big Pharma Exec Pleads Guilty to Bribing Docs to Prescribe Opioids

A former top executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc., an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company, pleaded guilty in a Boston courthouse in late November to bribing doctors to prescribe the company’s strongest opioid medication. The former executive, Alec Burlakoff, was Insys’ vice president of sales and i

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 3 Dec 2018

Former Big Pharma Exec Pleads Guilty to Bribing Docs to Prescribe Opioids

Driver Shortage: How the Trucking Industry Aims to Recruit New Demographic Groups

According to the American Trucking Association (ATA), there are currently 51,000 vacant truck driver positions open in the U.S. This can be attributed to a number of factors, including the large number of older truckers retiring, millennials’ general lack of interest in trucking, and the…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 30 Nov 2018

Driver Shortage: How the Trucking Industry Aims to Recruit New Demographic Groups

Tennessee Hospitals Still Have Room for Improvement Regarding Patient Safety

In the beginning of November, Leapfrog released its semiannual Hospital Safety Grades for each state in the United States. Tennessee ranked in the middle of the pack, ranking 20th amongst the 50 states for the number of hospitals that received “A” grades. On an alarming…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 30 Nov 2018

Armed with a Search Warrant, Law Enforcement Raids Houston Catholic Headquarters Looking for Secret Archives

This past Wednesday, local Houston law enforcement officials did something that was unprecedented. They obtained a search warrant and raided the headquarters of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston looking specifically for the secret archives. The police action in Texas was taken by the Montgomery Coun

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 30 Nov 2018