February 13, 2015
About 28,000 infants born in the United States each year—or 76 per day—suffer from a birth injury. In many instances, birth injuries arise due to medical mistakes, including miscommunication of pertinent medical information between practitioners during pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Common birth…
February 09, 2015
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following:
Family Dollar Stores- (254,000) Tough Treadz Auto Carrier Toy Sets due to laceration hazard.
Sunbeam- (34,000) Oil filled heaters due to scald hazard.
Lifesmart – (17,000) Lifepro…
February 06, 2015
Approximately 1.3 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year, and misdiagnosis is not uncommon. Last year, tissue samples from 6,000 cancer patients across the country were reviewed by researchers at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It was determined that one out of every 71 cases…
February 02, 2015
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following:
CR Brands – (83,000) Mean Green cleaner and degreaser products due to chemical hazard
La-Z-Boy – (4,000) control wands sold with Silver Luxury Lift chairs over burn hazard
Primal…
January 30, 2015
Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes, or meninges, surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Easily mistaken as the flu, signs of meningitis may develop over several hours or one to two days. Symptoms usually include severe headaches, stiff neck, sudden high fever, vomiting, and…
January 26, 2015
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following:
Olympic Mountain Products – (232,000) Tealight wax warmer sets over fire and burn hazards.
IKEA – (169,000) VYSSA crib mattresses over risk of entrapment.
CoScentrix – (168,000) DD…
January 23, 2015
A three-judge appellate panel has ruled that cruise lines should no longer be legally exempt from medical malpractice lawsuits. The decision comes from a 2011 case in which Pasquale Vaglio, an 82-year-old retired NYC policeman and Korean War veteran, fell and hit his head shortly after disembarking…
January 16, 2015
A fatal auto accident last year in Missouri along with a massive federal jury verdict in Texas have heightened the national debate about the safety of the ET-Plus highway guardrail system. A recent study found that the ET-Plus design was nearly four times more likely to be involved in a fatal auto…
January 14, 2015
In recent years, the number of whistleblower cases in healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors has surged to unprecedented heights. These cases have proven to be a crucial implement for unearthing fraud against the government in healthcare, tax evasion, and other cases.
In an effort to further…
January 12, 2015
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following:
Comfort Research – (125,000) vinyl bean bag chairs due to a risk of entrapment and suffocation
Schneider Electric – (62,500) Power Pact J-Frame circuit breakers due to fire , burn…
January 09, 2015
Trinity Industries, an industrial manufacturing company based in Dallas, has halted shipments of its ET-Plus highway guardrail system following reports of deaths and injuries over allegedly faulty design changes. A federal whistleblower recently charged Trinity with changing the design of its…
January 02, 2015
Johns Hopkins Hospital recently agreed to pay $190 million to 7,000 women whose privacy was invaded when they were secretly recorded during pelvic exams. The incidents occurred at an East Baltimore community clinic run by the hospital network.
According to news reports, Dr. Nikita A. Levy, a…
December 29, 2014
Graco Children’s Products has recently issued a recall for nearly five million strollers. The recall comes amid reports of fingers being amputated and lacerated on the strollers’ hinges.
Caregivers were urged to use extreme caution when folding or unfolding the strollers and to make sure that the…
December 16, 2014
The Takata Corp., a Japanese auto safety manufacturer, is caught in an escalating recall crisis that involves millions of automobiles and at least 10 different automobile makers in the United States. Takata’s airbags have so far been linked to five deaths that occurred when the airbags exploded…
December 11, 2014
Kline & Specter’s Braden Lepisto, in his first case as lead counsel, won a $260,000 jury verdict for the family of an 83-year-old woman who died at St. Joseph’s Hospital after staff there failed to monitor her vital signs as she suffered an acute aspiration event.
A nurse’s aide who found …