- Brett Emison | September 30, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Wrongful Death
Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week:
Legalese After-Math: When Jurors Forget To Carry The One [Matt McCusker at Deliberations by American Society of Trial Consultants]
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- Brett Emison | September 29, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsThe Chicago Tribune reported that drug companies paid more than $25 million to Illinois doctors to promote and use drugs from the pharmaceutical companies. Nearly 40 physicians got payments and...
- Brett Emison | September 29, 2011 8:54 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI wrote yesterday about Reebok's $25 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over deceptive marketing of Reebok's toning shoes, the EasyTone and RunTone.
Since then, I have...
- Brett Emison | September 28, 2011 4:47 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA number of sources have reported that Reebok will pay $25 million to settle an FTC lawsuit alleging deceptive advertising of Reebok's toning shoes. The payment will be made to consumers who...
- Brett Emison | September 28, 2011 11:25 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA new report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal showed a risk of bleeding associated with the combined use of antidepressant medications using selective serotonin reuptake...
- Brett Emison | September 27, 2011 11:24 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsI have covered the side effects and dangers of Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella and Beyaz for nearly two years.
Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella, and Beyaz are popular birth control pills containing the artificial progestin...
- Brett Emison | September 26, 2011 12:20 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesYou might be surprised at what ingredients (and chemicals) are found in your food. The video below from the popular television program, The Doctors, discusses some of these potentially harmful...
- Brett Emison | September 23, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Wrongful Death
Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week:
F-16s Scrambled Due to Inappropriate Bathroom Use [Lowering The Bar]
Snakes on a Plane [Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice]
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- Brett Emison | September 22, 2011 11:14 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsThe Bangor Daily News has reported that the driver of a semi truck that collided with an Amtrak Downeaster passenger train in North Berwick may have been distracted by using a mobile phone.
It...
- Brett Emison | September 21, 2011 1:03 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesForgive me if I'm just a little off-topic today, but as a Netflix subscriber and as someone fairly engaged in the online world, a story about the Netflix spin-off, Qwikster, caught my...
- Adam Graves | September 20, 2011 4:00 PM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Within the past couple of years, deaths from presription drug overdoses have recieved National attention from the deaths of Anna Nicole Smith, Michael Jackson and Heath Ledger, but it's not just...
- Brett Emison | September 20, 2011 11:32 AM |
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Wrongful DeathAnother week... another attack on the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan for being... nonpartisan.
I wrote last week in defense of Missouri's non-partisan, merit-based selection of judges. I am...
- Brett Emison | September 19, 2011 1:50 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsCarbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless gas that is toxic and is the number one cause of accidental poisoning deaths in the United States. Carbon monoxide can be particularly dangerous in...
- Brett Emison | September 14, 2011 1:15 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe National Law Journal reported that Toyota lost its bid to dismiss the first Toyota sudden acceleration bellwether case set for trial, though a subsequent article suggested that case may delayed...
- Brett Emison | September 13, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Miscellaneous
I've written before on studies linking Actos to bladder cancer and I often get questions about this topic. Here are some quick answers to common questions I hear:
1. What is...
- Brett Emison | September 12, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsI have written before about efforts of powerful interest groups and political parties to buy or at least control judges. [Should Justice Be For Sale In Missouri?] Heavily financed special interests...
- Brett Emison | September 09, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Wrongful DeathSunday marks the 10 year anniversary of the attacks on 9/11. I remember vividly sitting in a secured transactions class in my 3rd year of law school not remotely listing to lecture but reading the...
- Brett Emison | September 08, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)A news story out of Salt Lake City recounts a doubly-tragic railroad accident. There is the obvious tragedy that a young person lost her life, but it is compounded by the fact that someone notified...
- Brett Emison | September 07, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsOverdrive Magazine - the premier magazine for leased owner-operators and independent owner-operator truck drivers - featured an article last week, A novel 'hot load' strategy, focusing on electronic...
- Brett Emison | September 06, 2011 11:15 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsSince the late 1990s, two diabetes drugs have dominated that market. Avandia (Rosiglitazone) and Actos (Pioglitazone) are both members of the drug family thiazolidinediones, (TZDs) which lower blood...
- Brett Emison | September 05, 2011 11:25 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesI've written before about MoTLC - Missouri Trial Lawyers Care, a function of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. A related group is MATA's Emergency Response Teams (ERTs) who have partnered...
- Brett Emison | September 02, 2011 11:22 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsLegal, safety and other topics that caught my interest this week. (But seriously, what are you doing reading this? You should get an early start to Labor Day Weekend!)
Driverless Cars And...
- Brett Emison | September 01, 2011 11:16 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAccording to Time Magazine, the craze over toning shoes is over. The article claims that despite a 400% increase in sales in 2010, new sales have dropped dramatically as would-be customers realize...