September 04, 2013
Prolific Plastic Products Pose Problems — FDA Fails Again
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Early this past spring, we published an article titled “The Slip between the Cup and the Lip: The FDA’s Lax Regulation of Potentially Harmful Products,” which e…
View MoreAugust 28, 2013
On Roller Coasters and Regulation
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In May of this year, we posted an article about the surprising prevalence of injuries to children at amusement parks. In the first study of its kind, a team of …
View MoreAugust 21, 2013
Doctors Receiving Kickbacks May Be Persuaded to Prescribe
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The blog aboutlawsuits.com recently published a blog post by Irvin Jackson about a new study that deals with doctors receiving “kickbacks” from pharmaceutical c…
View MoreAugust 14, 2013
British Study Reveals Role of Technology in Surgical Errors
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The British Medical Journal: Quality and Safety recently published a study evaluating the role equipment and technology play in surgical mistakes. The article a…
View MoreAugust 09, 2013
State and City Officials Need to Fix Roosevelt Boulevard
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Broken Boulevard “ State and City Officials Need to Read The Inquirer."Jason Daria - Inquirer Op-EdStaff Photographer Ron Tarver’s photographs, taken at the fun…
View MoreAugust 07, 2013
NuvaRing Plaintiffs Will Soon Get Their Day in Court
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Last July, we posted our first article on the potential dangers of the NuvaRing method of birth control (manufactured by Merck) a vaginal ring that patients wea…
View MoreJuly 31, 2013
New Research Suggests Failure of FDA Post-Market Oversight System
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This blog has published many posts that mention the United Stated Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and we have on a few occasions taken the position that the…
View MoreJuly 24, 2013
Roosevelt Boulevard — A Death Trap
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Too many tragic deaths have to occur and too many years have to pass before simple changes are made to improve safety on the Roosevelt Boulevard and to protect …
View MoreJuly 17, 2013
Statute of Limitations Amendment, Inspired by Cancer Patient, Dies in NY Legislature
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Lavern Wilkinson of Brooklyn, New York, took a bus to Kings County Hospital’s emergency room in the winter of 2010, experiencing sudden and severe chest pains. …
View MoreJuly 11, 2013
Feldman Shepherd Founding Partner Carol Nelson Shepherd Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from The Legal Intelligencer
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On June 27, 2013, The Legal Intelligencer honored Philadelphia medical malpractice attorney, Carol Nelson Shepherd of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Wein…
View MoreJuly 10, 2013
Supreme Court Protects Generic Drugmakers from Warning Label Liability Lawsuits
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The pharmaceutical industry in the United States is massive. According to a report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, Americans spent $325.8 bil…
View MoreJune 26, 2013
Verdict Announced in First da Vinci Surgical Robot Lawsuit
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One of our past articles on the da Vinci surgical device cited the Chicago Tribune, which quoted Johns Hopkins surgeon and professor Dr. Marty Makary as saying,…
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