Monthly Archives: March 2013

SUPREME COURT Decides Medicare Case in Favor of the Injured

  In WOS v. E.M.A., 568 U.S. ___ (March 20, 2013), the Supreme Court affirmed the Fourth Circuit’s ruling that North Carolina’s irrebuttable statutory presumption that 1/3 of a tort recovery was the amount due on state’s Medicaid subrogation claim was invalid under federal Medicaid anti-lien statute and the Court’s 2006 Ahlborn decision. In thisContinue Reading

NHTSA investigating reported Mercedes fuel leak.

  The AP (3/20) reports, “Federal safety regulators are investigating reports of fuel leaks in about 250,000 Mercedes-Benz E-Class cars.” The NHTSA “and Mercedes have received 533 complaints from owners about a strong odor of gasoline, mainly after refueling. The agency says fuel may be leaking from the upper part of the gas tank.” NoContinue Reading

Nurse discovered mold in New Jersey compounder’s product.

  In continuing coverage, NBC News (3/20, Aleccia) reports in its “Vitals” blog that a “sharp-eyed nurse at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut is being credited with raising a warning last week about floating mold in vital intravenous drugs, prompting a mass recall – and possibly averting serious infections in patients in at least fourContinue Reading

Product Recalls

      5,600 Fords Recalled over Child Lock Issue Ford Motor Co. has issued a recall of 2013 Focus, C-Max and Escape vehicles due to mechanical issues with the child locks. The company said the child locks on the rear left doors were improperly made, meaning the locks can fail to engage. The recallContinue Reading

NECC Still Causing Meningitis

    Six months after fungal meningitis outbreak, patients still get infections AP Nearly six months after injectable steroids made by the New England Compounding Center were implicated in an outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections, more people are turning up ill, including those who previously tested clear of infection. By JoNel Aleccia, SeniorContinue Reading

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