AstraZeneca has agreed to pay fines totaling $520 million in settlement of charges made by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) that AstraZeneca illegally marketed Seroquel; a prescription drug used for the treatment of schizophrenia. Although Seroquel had not been approved by the FDA, AstraZeneca marketed and continued to market […]
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Let me start with a disclosure to be fair: I am always suspect of the insurance industry. I worked in the insurance industry for many years and, although there are very good people there, the companies often stand for something I do not like. I am in favor of every […]
Long term use of denture cream products such as Poligrip and Fixodent may be associated with paralysis, numbness, tingling, muscle weakness, and other neurological issues, according to recent reports by manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline. Thirty-four million Americans rely on dentures to replace their missing teeth and some wearers have had difficulty with […]
West Palm Beach, Fl – (April 14, 2010) – South Florida law firm Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA is pleased to announce that Christian Searcy has recently been inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) as president. The announcement took place at the IATL’s annual meeting in Phoenix, […]
On April 14, 2010, SDSBS attorneys Bill Norton, Brian Denney and Hardee Bass won a $21 million verdict against Big Tobacco for their clients in Escambia County Florida for the wrongful death of Janie Mae Clay. The jury awarded $3.4 million for compensatory damages to the statutory survivors, Teddy Clay, […]
The public school system is a valuable part of our country’s foundation and it is failing. The good news is YOU can help mend the fiber that has propelled this nation to success for two hundred years. Public schools are not failing because they are a bad system or because […]
It seems clear that it is not clear… or is it the things we know do not include the unknowns…or is it the things we don’t know are known unknowns? In any event, based on comments I have seen in blogs, one thing is clear: the public does not understand […]
On November 12, 2008, a Dillard High School student shot and killed Amanda G. Collette outside a classroom. The student, Teah Wimberly, entered the school with a loaded handgun in her backpack. Wimberly informed a fellow student that she intended to harm Collette. The fellow student in turn informed a […]
Searcy Denney Law Firm Files Suit on Behalf of Dillard High School Student’s Family WEST PALM BEACH, FL (April 8, 2010) – South Florida law firm Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA today filed a wrongful death suit against the School Board of Broward County on behalf of the family […]
I can not remember who said it, but it speaks volumes about people who give of themselves through volunteering to help others: “If you insist on measuring yourself, place the tape around your heart rather than your head.” We are in very tough economic times. Everyone is feeling the loss […]
