On Sep. 17, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a report announcing 18 confirmed cases of silicosis, a severe and sometimes deadly form of lung disease, in engineered stone fabrication workers; two of the 18 cases have been fatal. With the recent rise in…
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services [MDHHS] reported on October 4th that they have seen the first death in Michigan due to a vaping-related lung injury. They are urging vaping users who experience symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, fever and/or…
Last week, the Associated Press published a lengthy article on the consequences of allowing priests who’ve been accused of the sexual abuse of children to remain unsupervised after their dismissal from their diocese or religious order. In far too many of the cases cited by…
As a retired Ohio State Trooper, I jokingly (somewhat) like to say “I have yet to meet an older driver who didn’t think he or she was the best driver in the world”.
The Federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation [MDL] entered an order yesterday creating a MDL and centralizing all federal cases against JUUL Labs, Inc into the courtroom of U.S. District Judge William Orrick of the Northern District of California. On October 2nd, the U. S.…
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On Sep. 19, lawyers for Monsanto sent a letter to a St. Louis County Circuit Court judge in an attempt to delay the nation’s fourth Roundup cancer trial. The court date is set for Oct. 15 and includes 14 plaintiffs that were diagnosed with cancer…
On Sep. 24, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker ordered a four-month statewide ban on the sale of all vaping products and declared a public health emergency. The ban, which is the harshest action taken by a state to-date, comes amid rising public health concerns regarding the…
We want to believe that the era of electronic records is making our lives safer. However, according to a Doctors Company data analysis of malpractice claims from 2010-2018, medical malpractice lawsuits related to electronic health records (EHR) are becoming more common in the United States.…
It’s been nearly two decades now since the latest iteration of the childhood sex abuse crisis rocked the Catholic Church. This isn’t the first time in the church’s history that it has faced such a crisis over the abuse of children. The canons of…
Recently, I blogged about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) proposed changes to the Hours-of-Service (HOS) standards that regulate the commercial trucking industry. The proposed HOS updates were introduced in an Aug. 14 notice issued by the FMCSA with the stated goal of “enha
Here in Northern Michigan, as the leaves begin to turn, many of us start thinking about deer camp. It’s just around the corner. Opening day of rifle season is always the 15th of November. It’s a tradition unlike any other here in the Mitten State.…
