- Brett Emison | October 31, 2011 10:43 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsTonight is Halloween, but all of the spooks, ghouls and goblins don't have to turn Halloween into a safety nightmare.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) through the U.S. Department of Health and...
- Brett Emison | October 28, 2011 11:22 AM |
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Wrongful Death
Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week:
New York Times Op-Ed Advocates Letting Everybody Play 'Lawyer' [Elie Mystal at Above The Law]
I Saw The Future Of Law, And It's Not...
- Brett Emison | October 27, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsI wrote just two days ago about a Reuters report on the potential conflicts created by kickback-type payments to physicians who use certain medical devices. Now the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has...
- Brett Emison | October 26, 2011 1:07 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe American Association for Justice has released a scathing report on the hypocrisy of US Chamber of Commerce and its members regarding tort reform, access to civil justice, and lawsuit abuse. The...
- Brett Emison | October 25, 2011 11:17 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsMulti-million dollar payments to doctors by drug and medical device companies are nothing new. But as a Reuters report shows, the payments are increasing and raising ethical questions for doctors....
- Brett Emison | October 24, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidents
Many of America's trucking corporations will meet up with other corporate executives and defense lawyers at a large conference at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida in December. At this...
- Brett Emison | October 21, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Medical Malpractice
Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week:
Curbing Cell-Phone Bill Shock [Brian Wolfman at Public Citizen Consumer Law & Policy Blog]
Respect for the Verdict [Scott...
- Brett Emison | October 20, 2011 12:00 PM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsDefective artificial hips that loosen and leach chromium particles into the body.
Knee implants that have to be recalled.
Vaginal mesh implants that do unspeakable damage to women.
Defibrillators...
- Brett Emison | October 19, 2011 7:11 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesThe Associated Press and others have reported that dozens of exotic animals - including Tigers and Bears - have escaped from an exotic animal farm in I-70 in Ohio after the farm's owner was found...
- Brett Emison | October 18, 2011 1:55 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)The Nebraska Supreme Court has reinstated a young woman's lawsuit against Railroad giant, Union Pacific, alleging that the Union Pacific train crew failed to apply the brakes once the crew realized...
- Brett Emison | October 14, 2011 11:24 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week:
U-Haul and its Lousy Customer Service (Updated x3) [Eric Turkewitz at New York Personal Injury Law Blog]
Our Exceptional...
- Brett Emison | October 13, 2011 11:24 AM |
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Wrongful DeathSisters Rachel (age 20) and Jacquie Houck (age 24) rented a Chrysler PT Cruiser from Enterprise Rent-A-Car in October 2004. The PT Cruiser that Enterprise rented the sisters had been recalled...
- Brett Emison | October 12, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer Accidents
I have had a number of angry comments from truck drivers for my assertions in previous blog posts that in trucking, like every industry, there are a few “bad apples” that hurt the...
- Brett Emison | October 11, 2011 10:59 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsNBC Nightly News aired this report last week:
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According to the report, the FDA has received nearly 11,000 reports of...
- Brett Emison | October 10, 2011 11:21 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesMike Rowe is the popular host of the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs. As part of the series, Mike has been on site at dozens (perhaps hundreds) of job sites. And in a blog post, Mike confirmed...
- Brett Emison | October 07, 2011 11:23 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week:
Al Qaeda Killing Raises Legal Questions [Nathan Koppel at WSJ Law Blog]
Saudi King Cancels Whipping of Female Driver [Lowering The...
- Brett Emison | October 06, 2011 10:51 AM |
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Wrongful DeathThis afternoon I will be speaking at a CLE program for new lawyers and then attending an annual Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys benefit for Breast Cancer Awareness. Once again, MATA is going...
- Brett Emison | October 05, 2011 12:12 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe Hill has reported that the American Medical Association is urging the congressional supercommittee to enact federal medical malpractice tort reform to help reduce the federal deficit.
The...
- Brett Emison | October 04, 2011 11:46 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsThe New York Times report is gruesome:
As surgeons here sliced through tissue surrounding a failed artificial hip in a 53-year-old man, they discovered what looked like a biological dead zone....
- Brett Emison | October 03, 2011 11:26 AM |
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Wrongful DeathWhile many state legislatures, including those in Missouri and Illinois, have imposed substantial restrictions on the right to trial by jury in order to protect negligent corporations, many state...