June 10, 2015
Evidence-Based Medicine Activist Explains Our Expensive Health Care System
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WNYC’s Freakonomics Radio–named after a book series by journalist Stephen Dubner and economist Steven Levitt–recently ran a two-part series about the American h…
View MoreMay 27, 2015
Retired NHL Players File Class Action Suit Against League
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In 2013, more than four thousand former NFL players settled a class action suit against their former employer for $765 million, alleging that the league knew ab…
View MoreMay 20, 2015
To Make Amtrak Crash Victims Whole, Congress Must Raise Rail Liability Cap
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Joanne Doroshow, founder and executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy at New York Law School, is also a columnist for The Huffington Post. In …
View MoreMay 13, 2015
Doctors, Attorneys Allege Low Testosterone “Disease Mongering”
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When we first covered the alleged link between testosterone drug therapy and cardiovascular problems–particularly in older men–last June, there were about 50 su…
View MoreMay 11, 2015
16 Feldman Shepherd Attorneys Named as 2015 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, Including 2 in the Top 10 of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP is proud to announce that 16 of its attorneys have been na…
View MoreMay 06, 2015
Feldman Shepherd Attorney Sues Bayer’s MiraLax for Kidney Failure
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Since at least 2009, researchers have been aware that MiraLax, an over-the-counter laxative manufactured by Bayer Corp., is not safe for patients who suffer fro…
View MoreApril 29, 2015
Record Number of Cases Sitting in Judicial Limbo
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The American judicial system is overstressed, underfunded, and underserved. This blog has been covering court backlogs at the local level since 2012, but now th…
View MoreApril 22, 2015
Judge’s Decision Protects GM from Billions in Damages
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As one of the largest automotive recalls in American history, this blog has been covering the massive and tragic GM ignition switch failure–which has killed at …
View MoreApril 15, 2015
Takata Corporation Faces Wider Recall, Fines, and a Class Action Suit
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Last year saw more auto recalls in the United States than any other year in the country’s history (one trade publication has even dubbed 2014 “the infamous Year…
View MoreApril 08, 2015
5 Hospitals Report Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Outbreaks
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Having covered the dangers that hospitals pose (on several occasions) and the previousfailures of the FDA to keep consumers safe (again, on several occasions), …
View MoreApril 01, 2015
Some Wins, Some Losses in Tobacco Class Action Suits
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In November, this blog published an article about the ways in which class action lawsuits–cases in which a group of individuals (a class) may stand together aga…
View MoreMarch 25, 2015
New York Doctor Database–Including Malpractice Information–Is Facing Elimination
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Health experts have long pointed to increased transparency as a way of eliminating medical errors and reducing healthcare-associated infections, not to mention …
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