March 19, 2014
Another Oversight Failure – GM Recalls 1.6 Million Cars
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General Motors has recently announced a recall of 1.6 million of its vehicles, some of which are linked with thirteen deaths over the past eleven years. And fed…
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Feldman Shepherd Attorney Represents Temple Student Arrested for Photographing Traffic Stop Sues Police
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Temple Student Arrested for Photographing Traffic Stop Sues PoliceBy Casey McDermott, SPLC Writer Two years ago, a Temple University student’s attempt to comple…
View MoreMarch 12, 2014
California Nursing Homes Attempt to ‘Clean Up’ Complaints
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Kaiser Health News recently revealed that several hundred nursing home cases in Los Angeles County were closed without any investigation as part of the so-calle…
View MoreMarch 05, 2014
Tort Reform Does Not Create More Doctors
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In early February of this year, the Des Moines Register editorial staff ran an article attempting to confirm what this blog has been arguing since its inception…
View MoreMarch 04, 2014
Feldman Shepherd Founders to Kick Off Bar Association Program
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Alan M. Feldman, Carol Nelson Shepherd and Ezra Wohlgelernter will help the Philadelphia Bar Association launch a new program to assist law firms of all sizes a…
View MoreFebruary 26, 2014
Unqualified NJ Doctor Stripped of License After Performing Spinal Surgeries
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We have commented in previous blogs about the inadequacy of the self-regulation of physicians by the medical community. Apparently, only in the most egregious c…
View MoreFebruary 19, 2014
Tort Reformers Collect Huge Sums While Claiming to Oppose Lawsuits
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This blog has covered the United States Chamber of Commerce before, calling it in 2011 a“misleadingly named collection of businesses considered the largest pro-…
View MoreFebruary 12, 2014
PA Supreme Court Allows Emotional Distress To Be Defined As Bodily Injury
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This past January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court took up a question that had been addressed by lower courts in the state over the past few years: Does witnessi…
View MoreFebruary 05, 2014
New OSHA Pamphlet Suggests Hospitals More Dangerous Than You Think
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A new pamphlet published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) called “How Safe Is Your Hospital for Workers?” includes some startling fac…
View MoreJanuary 29, 2014
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Stops Immunizing Big Pharma for Harmful Products
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The seemingly never-ending products liability case in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Lance v. Wyeth has finally drawn to a close after more than three years of ar…
View MoreJanuary 27, 2014
Feldman Shepherd Hosts Sold-Out Tincher Products Liability CLE
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In January, Feldman Shepherd produced a sold-out products liability CLE titled “A Whole New World? Product Liability Law in Pennsylvania After Tincher.” Alan Fe…
View MoreJanuary 22, 2014
Generic Drug Industry Still Largely Unchecked
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In the past few months, this blog has addressed issues concerning the safety of generic drugs. In July we published an article about the Supreme Court protectin…
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