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…
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 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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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.…
On Sep. 23, a Wall Street Journal report revealed that federal prosecutors in California have launched a criminal investigation into JUUL, the nation’s leading e-cigarette company. The investigation will be led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, but the scope…
Earlier this month, a group of 16 environmental, health, and farmer organizations released a statement calling for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to remove glyphosate-based products from the U.S. marketplace due to increasing evidence linking the herbicide to cancer. The agencies that sig
The nation’s top-selling e-cigarette company, JUUL, originally launched in 2015, has been flooding the U.S. market with its unique vapes that closely resemble USBs. Just four years later, hundreds of cases of potentially vaping-related lung disease are being investigated and eight confirmed deaths l
On Sep. 15, Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy in New York as part of its $10 billion agreement to settle thousands of opioid lawsuits in dozens of states. This filing came after the Sackler family, who owns the company, was in talks for weeks to…
