“More than 76,000 Americans have been killed walking or crossing the street in the past 15 years, and pedestrian deaths account for about 11.8% of all traffic fatalities;” that published in a joint report by groups Transportation for America and the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership entitled ‘Dangerous by Design: Solving […]
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One of the leading manufacturers of baby strollers, Maclaren, has recalled one million strollers which pose an amputation danger for children’s fingers. The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that 12 children had suffered fingertip amputations after getting them stuck in the closing hinge mechanism of the strollers. In response […]
Much has been written recently concerning the sentencing of three youths to life without parole in what has become known as the Dunbar debate. The crime was a particularly heinous one: in a South Florida housing project, a battery of nearly a dozen youths invaded the home of a woman, […]
The latest buzz in the legal industry focuses on the drug Byetta. The diabetes drug exenatide, trade name Byetta, has been linked to an increased risk of a serious and often deadly form of pancreatitis. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a warning that Byetta might increase risk […]
Nearly a ton and a half of steel hurling its way down the road at 50 miles an hour suddenly lurches and begins to increase its speed; 60 mph, 70 mph, 75, mph, 80 mph. The driver applies the brakes in a frantic effort to slow the vehicle; it does […]
In his June 11, 1963 civil rights address, President John F. Kennedy confronted head-on the unfair treatment of African Americans in our society under our then-existing system of laws. President Kennedy, in imploring Congress to pass fundamental civil rights legislation, stated: “…the old code of equity law under which we […]
There has been a lot of talk about the H1N1 virus and now the H1N1 vaccine. Some say get the vaccine, some say it may be a health hazard. Who should you believe? Vaccinations began in Florida recently and continue to be available for certain at risk populations. However, doctors […]
It is old hat in the medical device and drug industry; do not ask for permission—simply deal with the fall out of asking for forgiveness. The US Attorney’s Office announced indictments against a number of Stryker executives for lying to the Food & Drug Administration. Apparently, Stryker was given permission […]
There is certainly no shortage of tort reform crusaders who have, in their private lives, sought the assistance of trial lawyers to bring exactly the type of lawsuits that they decry in public: then-Gov. George W. Bush filing suit over a minor fender-bender involving one of his daughters in which […]
Insurance companies are always out there wringing their hands, crying poor, and accusing everyone else for high insurance rates and, oh yeah, those “frivolous lawsuits”. The truth is the insurance industry was designated as a special class of corporation over 50 years ago. This special class was caused by exempting […]
