NBC News Rock Center (4/12, Williams, 4.13M) reported, “The FDA wants fitness centers across the country to stop using popular dietary supplements containing an ingredient called DMAA [1,3 dimethylamylamine]. The agency says the substance is illegal and brings with it the risk of heart attack or worse. The question, of course, why isn’t the substance… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Colorado jury rules against football helmet maker in concussion case.
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In this important case a jury found against the manufacturer of football helmets. This case has important ramifications given the fact that more than 4000 NFL players alone are currently suing the NFL. This gives some indication of the staggering numbers potential cases. The New York Times (4/15, Belson, Subscription Publication, 1.68M) reports, “A… Continue Reading
Pfizer Pays Price for Off Label Marketing: Did the FDA really approve the drug you are taking
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Most of the lay public does not realize that many of the drugs they are prescribed were never approved by the FDA for the illness they are being treated for. After a drug is approved Doctors have great latitude in what they can prescribe for without FDA approval. Drug companies aren't supposed to but… Continue Reading
Using Generic Drugs May Cost You Your Legal Rights
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If you are using generic drugs instead of name brand drugs, You are giving up your right to compensation should you or your family be seriously injured. Watch this video before your next trip to the pharmacist.
Jury says Exxon Mobil should pay $236 million to New Hampshire for MTBE use.
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Bloomberg News (4/10, Earle, Jeffrey) reports a New Hampshire jury said Exxon Mobil Corp. “should pay $236 million in damages after it found the company negligent when it added MTBE to gasoline and contaminated the state’s drinking water.” The company said it will appeal the decision. Bloomberg says Exxon Mobil told jurors “that it was… Continue Reading
Chrysler recalls nearly 250,000 vehicles over six separate issues.
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The AP (4/10, Krisher, Durbin) reports, “Chrysler Group LLC is recalling more than 247,000 SUVs and cars for several problems, including faulty gas tank hoses, broken drive shafts and air bag warning lights that illuminate when there’s no problem.” The AP notes that “the largest of the recalls, posted Tuesday on the U.S. National Highway… Continue Reading
Co-Inventor Testifies He Would Not Use DePuy ASR
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On the heels of J&J president Andrew Ekdahl’s amazing testimony in the trial in Chicago of Carol Sturm vs. DePuy that the ASR hip was not recalled due to defects, but to was merely a matter of the DePuy ASR failing to meet “clinical expectations”, orthopedist and co inventor orthopedic surgeon Thomas P.… Continue Reading
Parents beware-CDC declares 1 in 38 children are lead poisoned
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For many years the lead paint industry knowingly included this deadly toxin in paints used throughout the United States and the world. If you live in housing built before the 1970s and you have young children you must be aware of the potential for lead paint poisoning. Your children should be screened by their pediatrician… Continue Reading
First Circuit affirms $142 million verdict against Pfizer in three Neurontin cases.
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The First Circuit Court of Appeals changed the landscape for third-party payor cases involving defective pharmaceuticals. The opinions are important in terms of how plaintiffs go about proving their cases from a causation and damages perspective. The First Circuit yesterday materially softened the individual proof rule and is willing to allow in aggregate proof in… Continue Reading
Noted Estate Lawyer Russell J. Fishkind Tells Single Women How to Avoid the Second Marriage Mistakes of Anna Nicole Smith
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Probate Wars: Nationally known estate lawyer and NYU professor ,Russell J. Fishkind , is the author of the excellent selling book “Probate Wars.” In this interview, Russell uses the case of Anna Nicole Smith to illustrate how and why single women need to protect themselves when entering a second marriage. Similarly, Russell discusses how the… Continue Reading