March 19, 2020
How Many Women Die Before, During and After Childbirth?
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For the first time in more than a decade, the U.
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February 20, 2020
What Are the 5 Most Common Emergency Room Errors?
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We typically think of hospital emergency rooms as the best place to get medical care when serious injury or illness suddenly strikes.
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February 20, 2020
Feldman Shepherd Attorney Alan Feldman Honored with Judge Learned Hand Award
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Feldman speaks to the role and responsibility of trial lawyers to protect the public from dangerous products In a speech that encouraged trial lawyers to do more than just get a good result for their clients, Feldman Shepherd co-founding partner Alan M.
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February 10, 2020
Are Sightseeing Helicopters Safe?
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NTSB Blames ‘Unsafe’ Harness for Causing Doors-Off Sightseeing Helicopter to Crash, Then Trapping 5 Passengers in Underwater Wreckage The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has blamed a passenger harness/tether system for causing the 2018 sightseeing helicopter crash in New York and then trapping all five passengers in the chopper, underwater in the East River.
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February 07, 2020
How Are Construction Workers Most Likely to Get Hurt?
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In 2018, 5,250 Americans were killed on the job — an average of more than 14 deaths each day.
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February 04, 2020
CoaguChek XS PT Test Strips Linked with Serious Injuries, Death
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Test strips used for home monitoring of patients taking the blood thinner warfarin may have caused serious injuries or death due to inaccurate readings, leaving legal action as the only remedy for innocent patients and their families.
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January 28, 2020
Another 31,000 Dressers Recalled Due to Risk of Tip-Over
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Exactly three weeks after a Netflix documentary was released highlighting two former Feldman Shepherd clients, who told their stories of deadly dresser tip-overs — and just days before IKEA agreed to a $46 million settlement in a deadly dresser tip-over case brought by Feldman Shepherd — home furnishings importer Hillsdale Furniture became the latest player in the furniture industry to recall dangerous dressers.
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January 08, 2020
Four Major Retailers End Sales of Inclined Infant Sleepers as Safety Concerns Mount
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In a momentous step forward for infant safety, e-commerce titans Amazon and eBay announced on December 4, 2019 that they are banning the sale of all inclined infant sleepers on their platforms.
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January 06, 2020
IKEA Dresser Tip-Over Case Settles for $46 Million; IKEA Agrees to Expand Efforts to Recall Unstable Dressers.
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The settlement is believed to be the largest child wrongful death recovery in American history PHILADELPHIA – January 6, 2020 — Plaintiffs’ personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP has secured a $46 million settlement of a lawsuit filed on behalf of a 2-year-old California boy who was fatally injured by a tip-over of an IKEA MALM three-drawer dresser.
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December 02, 2019
Netflix Documentary Will Shine Spotlight on Dresser Tip-Overs
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A documentary series by Netflix covering dangerous consumer products in a handful of industries will shine a spotlight on a growing epidemic of dresser tip-overs in the U.
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November 20, 2019
Why Women Should Take Folic Acid Before (And During) Pregnancy
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If you are pregnant, or hoping to become pregnant, taking vitamins and eating nutritiously most likely ranks high on your list of priorities.
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November 20, 2019
About One Million Dressers Recalled for Tip-Over Risks
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As child safety advocates, parents and lawmakers turn up the heat in their fight to keep children safe from dresser tip-overs, two more furniture makers have succumbed to the pressure to get their unsafe furniture out of their customers’ homes.
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