On Sept 4th after the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency, Governor Whitmer announced an emergency order with plans to ban flavoring in e-cigarettes containing nicotine. Michigan was the first state to announce such a ban. Other states quickly…
On Sep. 25, I blogged about the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) investigation of eight vaping-related deaths and 530 illness cases across 38 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Now, just three weeks later, the case count has risen to over 1,300, with 49 states,…
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI), which are head injuries that disrupt brain function, can impact people at any point during their lives. These are caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head and can result from a number of unexpected situations, such as slip-and-fall…
On October 7th, the St. Louis Missouri Circuit Court judge handling the upcoming Roundup trial issued the following order: “Whereas the parties in the above-captioned case have requested that the Court take the trial in the above-captioned case off calendar, it is hereby ORDERED that…
Pedestrian deaths caused by car crashes have been on the rise in the U.S. since 2010, with an average of nearly 6,000 fatalities per year since. The increasing public concern for pedestrian safety and advancements in technology have led to the development of the first…
Medical malpractice lawsuits related to electronic health records (EHR) errors are on the rise, according to a recent data analysis of 216 closed malpractice claims from 2010-2018. The data analysis, which was conducted by the Doctors Company, revealed that EHRs contributed to nearly four times…
On Oct. 6, Bayer Health announced that the upcoming St. Louis City Roundup trial has been delayed indefinitely, saying in a statement that “the Oct. 15, 2019 trial date for Winston v. Monsanto in St. Louis City has been postponed.” This comes as high-profile mediator…
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.…
